8 CFA Candidate Mistakes You Could Be Making

Hey @Nikhil

I’ll be honest with you – based on what I’ve seen it does not look good. You can find historical precedence on the CFA website:

Despite this requirement, six Level I candidates and six Level II candidates used their exam ticket or other surface as scratch paper during the exam. The CFA Institute Professional Conduct Program investigated these matters and found that the candidates engaged in the conduct, thereby violating the CFA Program Exam Rules. Four candidates accepted the sanction of Private Censure/Reprimand and Voiding of Exam Results; six candidates accepted the sanction of One-Year Suspension from Participation in the CFA Program and Voiding of Exam Results; and one candidate accepted the sanction of Three-Year Suspension from Participation in the CFA Program and Voiding of Exam Results. One candidate requested a Hearing Panel. After consideration of the evidence, the Hearing Panel imposed the sanction of One-Year Suspension from Participation in the CFA Program and Voiding of Exam Results.

http://www.cfainstitute.org/ethics/conduct/sanctions/Pages/candidate_sanctions.aspx

Hope that helps.

You might get lucky though. Here’s the list of past statistics on sanctions: http://www.cfainstitute.org/ethics/Documents/Professional%20Conduct%20Program%20Documents/can_discipline_stats.pdf

Hi @Fedjak, the link is this one: http://www.300hours.com/blog/cfa-exam-day-checklist-items

We’ve also fixed the broken link – thanks for letting us know! Have a Beta Tester badge 🙂