7 Day Retake Plan for the California Life and Health Exam

This plan assumes you already sat PSI once and have a score report. If you have not taken a cold timed set since the fail, start there before you touch a calendar invite for day 7.

Day 1: Cold baseline

Take a free timed practice test at getlicensedca.com/diagnostic. No notes. When you finish, list every weak topic in the language of CDI's License Examination Objectives.

If you are on Life-Only, focus the list on the Life objectives. If combined, keep both Life and Accident and Health headings.

Day 2: Highest-weight weak topics

On Life, general insurance and life insurance basics plus policy types carry a lot of weight. On Accident and Health, medical expense and senior products dominate.

Drill only your worst high-weight headings today. Short sets. Write one sentence why each miss was wrong.

Day 3: Code, ethics, and marketplace

California marketplace, producer duties, and fair claims ideas show up inside the general insurance block. If you have not finished the 12-hour Ethics and California Insurance Code course with a CDI-approved provider, schedule it. You need it before license issuance even if you already sat the exam.

GetLicensedCA is exam prep. It does not satisfy the 12-hour ethics requirement.

Day 4: Product traps

Annuities, replacement, riders, Medicare supplement, and long-term care rules are where people leak points. Use getlicensedca.com/articles/annuities-california-life-health-exam and getlicensedca.com/articles/medicare-supplement-long-term-care-california-exam as refreshers, then drill.

Day 5: Mixed timed blocks

Run two or three mixed blocks under time. Stop reviewing answers between every question. Build the habit of flagging and moving on.

Day 6: Full simulator

Combined path: Full Exam Simulator (150 questions, CA format). Life-Only or A&H-Only: a full 75-question timed set.

Score it. If you are under 60 percent, delay the PSI booking and repeat days 2 through 5 on the remaining weak headings.

Day 7: Light review and logistics

Skim your miss log. Confirm ID, route to the test center, and arrival buffer. Read getlicensedca.com/articles/psi-california-insurance-exam-day-rules once. Pack nothing that PSI bans.

Rebook only if timed work cleared the bar. Retake policy details: getlicensedca.com/articles/california-life-health-exam-retake-guide.

If you need more than seven days

Stretch the same sequence across two weeks. Do not add random YouTube hours that ignore the objectives.

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