Presumably, if you are being flagged for analysis, you got a fair number of answers wrong. After all, two people who got everything right on the exam are going to have identical looking answer sheets and that doesn’t necessarily indicate that people copied. The more wrong answers people have, the more likely it is that similar answers say something meaningful about whether there was copying.
This assumes that the two exams have the same questions and answers in the same order, which - at least if you were in the same test center - did appear to be true when I was taking the exam.
^ yes, exactly. the similarity analysis must be focussed on incorrect answers.
If 1 booklet is covered in working that would get you to the selected incorrect answer by making a typical mistake, notes etc, and the other booklet is blank or has unrelated sribblings then hopefully they take note of that when deciding who is the copier and who is the copyee.
sadly, i think it’s more likely that the CFAI would just strike off both candidates regardless.
CFAI provides a rudimentary form of procedural due process. If they think you did something wrong, they notify you, give you a chance to respond, and ulitimately give you an opportunity for a hearing if you so desire.