Do you absolutely need 70+ % in FRA to pass?

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Since I began studying in early Feb 2012, I’ve noticed considerable improvement in most of the sections except FRA.. even though I’ve spent a disproportionate amount of effort in FRA.
Although I’d like to strive to improve the FRA score, I’m curious if anyone has passed with say 50- 70 in FRA before? And how did you fare in Level 2?
 
do you have the Qbank?
go to ” browse questions “– look over every question in FRA (~1000) you then answer them again in an “exam”..
you will get it
 
Its the overall score that counts. FRA is the most heavily-weighted but you can pass with a relatively low score in FRA. Don’t bank on it though.
 
just focus on the calculations.. and good luck with the wordy problems
 
Completely possible to pass FRA without 70+, a high mark in FRA just sets you up nicely. Say you get a 60 on FRA you just need a 73 on rest of exam to get 70+.
 
Ok, thanks for the answers.. it seems like a more balanced approach is called for.
I’ve been getting about 80+ % on my strong sections (i.e. Quant, Equities, Fixed Income, PM) and 70’s in my moderate sections (Corp, Econ, Derivatives.)
Ethics is a mixed bag.. very volatile scoring.. I sometimes get all of the questions right, sometimes half.
FRA I struggle to score over 60%.
My strategy from this point on is to do questions from the Q-bank as follows:
Set 1: Ethics Only
Set 2: FRA Only
Set 3: Everything else (all topics except FRA and Ethics.)
And I’ll cycle through Set 1 on one day, Set 2 the next, Set 3 the day after, then Set 1 after that etc…
Set 2:
 
Well, it looks like I passed with 50-70 in FRA:


Q# Topic Max Pts <=50% 51%-70% >70%
- Alternative Investments 8 - - *
- Corporate Finance 20 - - *
- Derivatives 12 - * -
- Economics 24 - * -
- Equity Investments 24 - - *
- Ethical & Professional Standards 36 - - *
- Financial Reporting & Analysis 48 - * -
- Fixed Income Investments 28 - - *
- Portfolio Management 12 - - *
- Quantitative Methods 28 - - *
 
I know people passed with both FRA and ethics in 51%-70%
 
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