Under Option B (the increasing death benefit option) of a universal life policy, the total death benefit is equal to:

Giải thích

The increasing death benefit election pays the policy's face amount plus the accumulated cash value, so the total death benefit grows as the cash value builds, at a higher cost than the level election; that is why the response giving the face amount plus the accumulated cash value is correct. Subtracting the cash value from the face amount is not how any standard election works, so that response describes nothing that exists. The accumulated cash value standing alone is not the death benefit. A level face amount that does not move with the cash value describes the level death benefit election instead. The defining feature of the increasing election is that the death benefit rises with the cash value.