标题: CFA vs Elan Mock - Ethics [打印本页] 作者: jlg1982 时间: 2011-7-11 19:53 标题: CFA vs Elan Mock - Ethics
First up, I thought the Cfa mock was overall much harder than elans...
The ethics section on cfa crippled me however, anyone else feel this? Which is more realistic?
I was getting around 90 percent on ethics in the elan mock, got around 30 in cfa!作者: homie 时间: 2011-7-11 19:53
Why would you need to memorize the names? They provide the names...isn't it more about what each standard entails?作者: draz 时间: 2011-7-11 19:53
Elan's Ethics questions are easier, but for other topic areas they're are a good reflection of the actual test. You must read Ethics at least once from the curriculum and do the EOC questions to improve your performance. Have you already done so?作者: farrukhsadiq 时间: 2011-7-11 19:53
I haven't taken the Elan tests, but I found the CFAI mocks pretty close to the actual exam questions. For me, the key strategy for answering the Ethics questions was to figure out which of the 7 professional standards they addressed:
(1) Professionalism
(2) Integrity of Capital Markets
(3) Duties to Clients
(4) Duties to Employers
(5) Investment Analysis, Recommendations, and Actions
(6) Conflicts of Interest
(7) Responsibilities as a CFA Institute Member or CFA Candidate
To help remember this list, I used the mnemonic: "Professional Investors Don't Disclose Internal Confidential Relationships."
Hope this helps,
Patrick
neemonyx.com (or nee.ms)
Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at Sunday, November 21, 2010 at 05:52PM by wbrocks.作者: invic 时间: 2011-7-11 19:53
CFA mock ethics is tough in my opinion. I took CFA mock afternoon and scored 50% in ethics. In the schweser practice tests I got consistently above 70% in this section.作者: spartanag07 时间: 2011-7-11 19:53
I agree, the CFA mock exam was tough for ethics. Ethics is one of my strong areas based on all the other tests I've done, but I got a 60 on the CFA mock.作者: RobertA 时间: 2011-7-11 19:53
I had a hard time with the afternoon section as well. I was scoring in the 80's on Stalla and Elan and EOC questions, but didn't do very hot on the CFA mock... I'm kinda worried now...作者: Siddimaula 时间: 2011-7-11 19:53
I was feeling confident with ethics after doing elan... but then i did the cfa mock and everything changed!作者: bapswarrior 时间: 2011-7-11 19:53
I feel the same way, Elan was fantastic in preparation for everything BUT ethics. I got 192/240 on the CFA Mock, but only 19/36 on Ethics, at this point I'm not too worried about it since I can pass while bombing it, however, I am reading the CFA curriculum for it before the exam begins.作者: kmf229 时间: 2011-7-11 19:53
looks like you got a lot covered though.. with 192/240. im still stuck in the 55-60% region.
Best prep for ethics qs is probably re-reading the examples in the cfa book and doing the eoc qs again. W作者: koba 时间: 2011-7-11 19:53
Hmm.
I read ethics 3 months back since then I was scoring around 75% in schweser and 85% in ELAN and 65% in CFAI. The whole thursday ethics day for me.
@ cokecan:
Iam also on same boat around 63% on CFAI mock. I think we should nt worry abt % at this point and give everything we can for last 4 days.
@ bruinbanker: You are safe man.
Waht happens if somebody scores >70% on the exam and <70 on ethics? Do they pass?作者: kasinkei 时间: 2011-7-11 19:53
@Bruinbanker
I scored pretty much the exact same as you but I have to say I don't think it's Elan's fault. I did poorly on ethics on both the CFA as well as the Elan mocks and after going over all the problems I really don't see a huge disparity. I think ethics is simply much more involved than people think (myself included). It's not all common sense and it's not just about skimming the principles, you actually have to know what each one entails.作者: MonkeyBusiness 时间: 2011-7-11 19:53
Yes exactly...my problem is that I know all the do's and dont's, just that I'm not familliar under which titles they all fall. Hopefully there won't be too many questions to catch you out on this!作者: Beatnik 时间: 2011-7-11 19:53
vyadagiri Wrote:
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> Hmm.
>
> I read ethics 3 months back since then I was
> scoring around 75% in schweser and 85% in ELAN and
> 65% in CFAI. The whole thursday ethics day for
> me.
>
> @ cokecan:
> Iam also on same boat around 63% on CFAI mock. I
> think we should nt worry abt % at this point and
> give everything we can for last 4 days.
>
> @ bruinbanker: You are safe man.
>
> Waht happens if somebody scores >70% on the exam
> and <70 on ethics? Do they pass?
they will still pass you if you are in the 50-70 range for ethics.... there was a thread where people posted their scores from the real exam and Im sure I saw people with 50-70 in ethics and an overall pass.作者: ramzes 时间: 2011-7-11 19:53
Baystreet's right. You can pass with a 50-70% in ethics.
