Qbank - Can it be Faulty??? available, setting

Spongebob

One faulty approach to using Qbank is to use Test Management and leave the "Limit Pool Question" setting in Advanced/Intermediate/Basic. Qbank is highly weighted in Basic questions. For instance, at level 1 Study Session 15 there are 284 questions available, Schweser doesn't tell you how many questions out of those 284 questions are Advanced/Intermediate/Basic. Here is the breakdown.....there are 216 Basic Questions (76%), 48 Intermediate Questions (17%), 20 Advanced Questions (7%). So, I believe if you're setting any exams in Qbank per Test Management and leave the default setting at Advanced/Intermediate/Basic you are NOT going to effectively prepare yourself for the exam(potentially overweighted in basic questions), especially if you do not go through all 4000 plus questions. I believe there are solutions to this problem with some creative thinking. That's why I started this thread. If you creatively customize this application I believe its a great tool. From a customization standpoint I believe it blows away Stalla's Passmaster. I've used both.

Warren

suyash1989

if you search around, this has already been discussed.

i don't think it is 'faulty' per se. but more common sense.

dontknow1987

according to stalla, the 40-50-10 (basic-intermediate-advanced) rule applies in the actual exam

soddy1979

mriz21,

Thanks for your input, the 40-50-10 validates my assessment of the default setting on Qbank (Test Management). I have taken the Level one exam, the acutal exam feels more like 25/30-50/60-25/10. Some of the schweser practice exams especially Vol 2 feel more like 10-30-60.

Warren



Edited 3 time(s). Last edit at Friday, November 26, 2010 at 12:14PM by WarrenB1.

trogulj

I believe it is faulty? Why? Because such a setting can be easily overlooked. If Schweser would not check those three settings it would make the candidate think up front how should I arrange the settings according to my current skill level. I believe it would be a more effective approach. The whole CFA approach is incremental.

Warren



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at Friday, November 26, 2010 at 12:19PM by WarrenB1.