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That was never the original plan. I was thinking of just sticking to Schweser’s volume 1 exam booklet. At least that was the plan before I started using this forum. Actually after I started using this forum I also learned that CFAI offered a free mock. Imagine my delight!
Now after finishing the morning session I want to tear out my hair. I am hoping that the real exam isn’t this frustrating or convoluted or riddled with so many MISTAKES. Granted they did put up a revised version as of May 23rd but the language is sometimes pretty impenetrable.
And. I. Am. Native. To. English.
I would love to discuss questions but that is a violation I believe. On every single page it states that it is a violation to copy/paste or share the material.
Now I am coming up with less that polite theories of why they explicitly prohibit sharing, but I’ll let your imagination run wild.
I feel like I have wasted a full day trying to get through the morning session and the debriefing period made me feel like a mad hatter. Even after the revised version I still think there are mistakes…will I e-mail the institute inquiring about it? No. Just no.
I regret going for 7 mocks, I should have stuck to 6. The CFAI mock exam has put my blood pressure outside the realm of reasonable.
Any other level II candidates losing their sleep over the CFAI issued mock exam?
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I would like to add that this isn’t a post reflecting my shaken confidence or anger because my score fell well below the 70% needed to comfortably assure a pass. Neither happened. I just believe that people who haven’t done the CFAI level II mock (can’t comment on other levels) might rethink doing another exam for their 7th mock. I would suggest it might be more useful to opt to redo the first mock they attempted. While I have no problem with curve balls and tricky questions it is unfair test of knowledge when the exam isn’t accurate. With the few days left it is silly to spend it being frustrated with a question you don’t understand only to later to realize that the solution provided is incorrect. -
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@Zee I felt like I needed to add more to my blog post after reading your comment.
I don’t think this year’s mock is a representation what happens in the real exam, I am not exaggerating the level of mistakes I found in the mock exam. From what I recall from the level I exam it was pretty straightforward and easy to comprehend – remembering the correct solution is another matter . 😉 -
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I just finished the 2013 CFAI Mock (AM & PM) under timed conditions and got a 73% on both (44/60) which I’m pleased with considering I found the PM test to be extremely confusing. I found the first FRA vignette (PM) to be the most difficult I have come across in all of the tests that I have taken (4 of 6 wrong). Analyst forum has a thread called surveymonkey that calcs people’s submitted scores for the mock and I think the average is around 68%. Keep cranking!
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@Sankrutimehta short answer is depends. If you want to do it to get a feel for what the real exam has in store for you, don’t do it. The real exam can’t be that messy. If you have lots of practice under your belt and want to do “extra” practice go for it but some of the answers are just plain wrong. If you have particular topics you feel like you need to spend time on. Spend time on those topics instead. Review small details that might be on the exam but has been glossed over by Schweser. Re-read all the LOS and make sure you know what they are talking about.
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@Zee I felt like I needed to add more to my blog post after reading your comment.
I don’t think this year’s mock is a representation what happens in the real exam, I am not exaggerating the level of mistakes I found in the mock exam. From what I recall from the level I exam it was pretty straightforward and easy to comprehend – remembering the correct solution is another matter . 😉@diya Strange. I remember the quality being fairly good in my years. Quality dropping…?
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@vincentt Thanks I worked that one out in the end. I had firm value not EQ.
What about PM Q52? I applied the higher growth rate for 2 years to calculate terminal value but it was meant to be for 1 year only. The wording in the vignette was a bit confusing with the placing of the semicolon. Did you have any trouble with the wording?
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@alta12 i don’t have issue on this but for Q10 PM is crap since they missed out the entire sentence with important information.
As for Q52 PM, even though it stated that the annual growth would be 10% for 2013 and 2014 but they have given you the FCFE items for 2013 so you would only need to grow by a year (2014).
“Next year (2013), FDF will realize $1m in CFO……”
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