How many questions did you completely guess on?

CFA Level II
#1

I think I completely guessed on about 35 of them. Clearly very high.

I figure there is still a chance to pass though…

Assuming 85 questions I got 75% right, that’s 64 questions + 1/3 of the 35 = 12. So total correct = 76. Out of 120 that’s 63%. Essentially in the range of potentially passing.

Am I being too optomistic here?

#2

really, who knows?

#3

I think you’re worrying too much.

In the end, we’ll all know in 60 days.

All this calculation hurts more than it helps.

#4

I guessed (either completely or with some idea) on 45.

#5

I guessed a lot :confused:

#6

I’m not worried about ones I guessed on. I’m worried about ones I thought I got right but maybe didn’t.

#7

To make matters worse I dreamt last night I was taking the actual exam again. No rest for the weary…

#8

I guessed on probably 10-15 questions but I feel like on most of those I could eliminate one wrong answer and get it down to 50/50. I think the key is how well did you know ethics fra and equity. I didn’t find those sections hard at all and if you can get 70% there then you’ll be ok

#9

There were 4 or 5 questions that I knew for sure I couldn’t do better than 1/3 on. And at least two dozen questions that were 50/50.

#10

I think I would have guessed around totally 35 Q, however I am still hoping to pass. made some really silly mistakes in PM, CF beacuse of partially memorisation of formulas.

#11

Does the CFA value each question the same?

I understand that they curve the exam - meaning set the passing rate based on how candidates performed.

But say there was a question where most candidates got it wrong - lets say 5% of people got it right - would they disqualify the question?

#12

There is no such thing you will be compared on full 120 question, except if any questions would have any error. Each questions has same weight.

They will not disqualify any questions.

#13

i think that weighs into the MPS. If there are many difficult questions that most got wrong, it wouldn’t be disqualified but would carry a lower weight. On the other hand, gimme questions would get a higher weighting. Thus, a really difficult exam would have a lower mps without causing too many people to pass.

#14

Based on the CFAI site, they evaluate each question using experienced test takers- if any questions appear ambiguous, then they may disregard it in the evaluation. They don’t mention anything about weighting questions differently.

#15

I found it very difficult. I guessed on around 30, and not sure how many I got wrong, the questions I attempted. Not expecting more than 60%. I know that is not a pass.

#16

Guessed on maybe 10-15 in total. One vignette threw me for a complete loop. Was seriously upset that there were 3 questions on something I did not study in depth.

Anyways, based on a pessimistic assumption of most sections I’m probably looking at around a 68%. Hoping the MPS is below this.

Hope that everyone is enjoying their new-found freedom

#17

I guessed on the final item set (all questions) in the AM and the 2nd to last item set (all questions) in the PM… other than that, about 20 guesses … but the scary ones are the ones that i think were not guesses but actually turned out wrong (type 3 error)

#18

I guessed on a few. I don’t remember the exact number, but I’ll put it at about 20.

But, to Graeme’s point, there were probably answers I felt confident about that were traps or otherwise wrong.

#19

Bahaha! That’s awful. I had a similiar dream on Friday night, but mine involved completely missing the exam on Satuday!

#20

Between 8-12 questions for me were flat out guesses, mostly in the AM section which was more difficult for me than the PM section. Others I talked to also felt that AM was tougher.