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The MN-IADJ exam has 35 questions and runs 1 hours.
These 10 free MN-IADJ questions are organized by exam domain, so you can see how each part of the Minnesota Independent Adjuster Exam - Property and Casualty blueprint is tested. Reveal the answer and explanation under each question.
An independent adjusting firm hires an unlicensed field technician solely to collect facts for a licensed adjuster. The technician relies on Minnesota's fact-gathering exemption, not any other licensing exception. Which added assignment would exceed that exemption?
Correct answer: B - Negotiating the amount the insured will accept to settle the claim.
At dusk, a driver swerves to avoid a deer and strikes a guardrail. The deer never touches the insured car. The personal auto policy includes both collision and other-than-collision coverage. For the damage to the car, the controlling distinction is:
Correct answer: C - The impact with the guardrail makes this a collision loss.
While repainting a room, a homeowner accidentally spills paint, permanently staining installed hardwood flooring and a freestanding fabric sofa. The home is insured under an unendorsed HO-3 special-form policy. No exclusion applies to the floor damage, and the spill is not a named peril under the personal property coverage. Which pairing correctly identifies the coverage outcomes?
Correct answer: A - Floor: covered under dwelling coverage; sofa: not covered under personal property coverage.
A corroded supply pipe suddenly ruptures, damaging the kitchen cabinets and floor. The homeowners policy excludes the deteriorated pipe but expressly covers resulting accidental water damage to other insured property. There was no earlier leakage. The homeowner argues that everything should be covered because the rupture was sudden. Which coverage determination follows the policy?
Correct answer: C - Cover the resulting cabinet and floor damage, but not the pipe.
Leases cover 36% of a commercial building, but an occupancy survey shows only 24% of its total floor area is actually used for tenants' customary operations. The remaining space has been empty and unused for 75 days, with no construction or renovation. The windstorm endorsement requires at least 31% qualifying business use to avoid vacancy. After more than 60 consecutive days of vacancy, it reduces an otherwise covered windstorm loss by 15%. Wind damages the roof. Which settlement entry is supported?
Correct answer: D - Apply the 15% reduction to the otherwise payable windstorm loss.
A covered roof loss has an approved replacement-cost estimate of $24,000, allowed depreciation of $7,200, and a $1,500 deductible. The insurer has already paid $15,300. Completed repairs cost $23,000, including a $2,000 voluntary upgrade that the policy does not cover. Final recovery is limited to the lesser of the approved estimate or the eligible repair cost actually incurred, less one deductible. Limits are adequate, and no other adjustment applies. How much additional payment is due?
Correct answer: A - $4,200
From a dry stair landing, an adjuster sees standing water around a damaged electrical panel in a basement. The utility has not confirmed that power is disconnected. The owner offers to wade to the panel and switch off the main breaker so the inspection can proceed. What must happen before anyone enters the water?
Correct answer: A - Keep everyone out until qualified personnel isolate the electrical hazard and confirm safe access.
After a Minnesota automobile collision, a claimant has $2,800 in medical expenses that count toward the statutory tort threshold. Medical evidence establishes that the injuries prevented substantially all of the claimant's usual daily activities for 75 days. The claimant recovered without permanent injury or disfigurement. The other driver's insurer proposes rejecting the pain-and-suffering demand solely because medical expenses did not exceed $4,000. Is that reason sufficient?
Correct answer: D - No; the disability duration independently meets a threshold, although liability and damages still require proof.
A bakery resumes limited operations at a temporary location after a covered fire. For the eligible business-income period, it would have earned $80,000 in revenue without the fire but actually earned $20,000. Purchases and other operating expenses not incurred because of the reduced operations total $28,000. A separate $5,000 temporary-equipment expense has already been paid under extra-expense coverage and is not included in the $28,000. No waiting-period, coinsurance, limit, or other adjustment remains. Determine the business-income loss alone.
Correct answer: B - $32,000
A Minnesota building owner requested an 80% coinsurance clause in writing and received a premium-rate reduction. The clause uses actual cash value at the time of loss. When a partial fire loss occurs, the building's actual cash value is $500,000, its replacement cost is $625,000, and the insurance carried is $300,000. The covered loss, already valued on the required basis, is $80,000. A $1,000 deductible applies after the coinsurance reduction; there is no other insurance or adjustment. What is the net claim payment?
Correct answer: B - $59,000
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