Glad to see some people with the same prespective.
I felt the majority was straightforward, and was starting to stress out thinking I’d missed some nuances.
For me it was quite straight forward despite few questions. Let’s if I am correct or not with my mark in 1 month.
Do you know when are the marks realized?
It’s an 8 week turnaround, right? So I think the target date would be July 28th.
Lucky me, triple post!
Lucky me, triple post!
I have noticed times where people who are caught off guard claim that something is a trick or a trap, but if you’re in the zone, you see where you need to go without noticing the speed bump. Hopefully, this is why a few of us didn’t notice the (supposedly many) tricks.
I did see some questions where it was an easy, easy trap (if you forgot to finish a calculation or didn’t complete the thought process). In my mind, this is more of an issue of being alert, rather than them trying to trick you.
I am liking this tricks/ traps theme. It is adding a new dimension to the discussion.
How did you guys find Alternative Investment set? Easy, Moderate or tough?
Going into the exam I thought AI was my strongest area, I just didn’t find the material that hard and also found it very enjoyable and interested.
On the exam it was tougher than I expected. There was one question where I thought the wording was a bit sloppy and for that reason even though I understand the concept 100% I’m not certain I got the question right, which bugs me. That was really the only question on the entire exam I didn’t like the wording of it.
AI was the toughest overall.
I caught a decent amount of tricks. They weren’t traps really, you just needed to know the material and be comfy with the info they gave you. It was like L1, it looks gentle, but it’s actually ferocious. A couple times i thought “omg, this one is gonna crush a lot of people”. In the midst of everything, it’s easy to be to excited and not think deep on questions.
With that said, because of out-of-my-control-feeling in ethics and that “creative” vignette in the PM session, I may have failed. If it weren’t for those two “sensitive” areas, I would’ve been a lot more confident.
What creative vignette are we talking about?
Agreed. Ethics and one of the FRA vignettes have me especially nervous. I felt OK in AI and Quants, at least enough to hopefully pull a 4/6. I was stumped in a few other specific questions across the exam so just praying my guesses went the right way a few times.
This strategy is a must. I would answer all six and circle my answer in the test book then review each question and at least 5 times I caught myself making a clear mistake when reviewing. This is why I don’t understand people that don’t use up every minute they’re given because reveiwing your answers and re-reading the item sets can lead to valuable points.
If it’s the same one I’m thinking of, it was in FRA.
It was pretty straightforward IMO. Nothing unusal if you went through the readings and done the EOCs.
Well that’s why you’re MrSmart and I’m not.
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I’ll probably not pass, but I found FRA and Equity to be the most straightforward overall.
^ Oh, Mr. Smart. You’re MR. Smart, not Max Smart. You’ll be fine. You’re at least still in the game.