CFAI Text FSA end of Reading Q's worth doing? certainly, concepts, material

Benjiko

I’m busy slogging my way through the end of Reading questions in FSA and am finding them to be painful. I’ve already covered the material but have gone back to the questions.
I’m just wondering whether or not to invest too much time in the questions? Or to focus more on the concepts within the readings?
I certainly woudn’t expect to see any questions like these in the exam? (I hope!)

LPoulin133

Don’t know the specific quextions you’re referring to but why on earth wouldn’t you expect CFAI to set exam qns similar to those in their books?

Iginla2010

I know it was a lame question (hey its late) but I meant more those long wordy convoluted questions that involve you recreating the best part of a balance sheet or income statement. yuck…

stockjaguar

I think it is worth doing all the CFA questions. Or at least read every question and answer. Those questions are a good test of your understanding (they’re harder than Schweser in general). It’s only about 6 readings that have those long questions, but considering that FSA is worth 20% I am not leaving anything to chance!

ajpheif16

thanks guys. this was a useful thread.
ive just finished reading the schweser FSA notes and was planning to do the CFAi questions. will try reading through the long/compliacated ones instead.

kingstongal

Hej guys
I have just registered for the CFA L1 exam june2009.
I really dont know how should i start for it?
which study material is proper?
should i keep only on Schewser ( study notes and Qbank ) or that is not enough and other supplements are required ?
For ethics…
For Financial statements analysis…
For economic part…
Many thanks for any help and advise