EXAM QUESTION STRATEGY

[13011991]

Good day……are you planning on doing the CFA level one exam in order? i.e. Q1-Q120 per session on exam day?
OR…is it most advisable to do the easy ones first…so….do say derivatives (lol) first and leave the harder ones for last? (e.g. ethics?)

 

[Oscar]

FIFO is IMHO the best strategy to follow!

 

[kngods]

i’m doing 1-120 Straight. Generally Fixed Income and DE along with PM. Are the last 3 topics i think. The first three are Ethics>QM>Eco>FRA>CF>Equity>FI>DE>PM… i think that’s the topic order correct me if i’m wrong

 

[A_KB]

+1

 

[13011991]

kool thanks………when i check back my mock exam asnwers……..i make such stupid mistakes…..thinking i need ot take my time….so much stupid mistakes….i hope the exam paper is more like kaplan than the CFA1 mock….

 

[kngods]

13011991 wrote:
kool thanks………when i check back my mock exam asnwers……..i make such stupid mistakes…..thinking i need ot take my time….so much stupid mistakes….i hope the exam paper is more like kaplan than the CFA1 mock….

same here man. Gonna take a full Mock in 3-4 hours. Just revising now. Honestly same here i feel like i know the answer without even finishing the question i bubble it. Need to slow down and pay attention to minor detail. Becareful CFAI says they don’t throw tricky question, but they make it a simple question but put a trick in it. LIke they will give you A , , C , D. Calculate E ?. But first gotta calculate B to get E

 

[droox]

13011991 wrote:
Good day……are you planning on doing the CFA level one exam in order? i.e. Q1-Q120 per session on exam day?
OR…is it most advisable to do the easy ones first…so….do say derivatives (lol) first and leave the harder ones for last? (e.g. ethics?)

I take them in the order , but it depends how you scored in the mocks(on average I have 30 min or more left to recheck), if you don’t have much time left in the mocks then , on the exam , most probably you will be in the same situation - try to skip hard questions and do the easy ones then go back to the questions that are time consuming

 

[burrito]

I personally go in order since I feel like it gets easier and I need my maximum focus for the early ethics questions

 

[Snah]

If you get stuck in one, jump to the next one and flag it to the end. If you ALWAYS do this, you will have at least 15/25 min to review them
Good luck

 

[Joe_83]

Going in order skipping ones i cant do in 2-3 minutes