mock exams recommend, months, possible, within, period

dmrktrading

Hello,

Part of my study plan is to do as much mock exams as possible within a 3 months period. Other than Stella, Shweser, CFA and Finquiz, are their any other sources you would recommend for mock exams?

Thanks in advance

chaojimali

No, I did not use audio summaries. Email support was very prompt but I only asked couple of questions. It turned out there were mistakes in curriculum. Later pointed out in errata by CFAI.

Their practice questions were very comprehensive (except for equity section).

I am also surprised why only few people are talking about finquiz here. These forums should be able to help candidates in selecting prep providers based on peer reviews. Except for the fact that their mock exam was brutal last year, I hardly find any opinions (good or bad) about their material.

giorgio10

it does appear that he/she is pushing finquiz to me as well. Not making a stmt. that your are mitchells just stating that the behaviour is a little suspect, which you can search my own comments and see that I have said this before.
That being said, there was a request for reviews from different sources: I went ahead and purchased it toward the end of October to review more accounting questions with. I had already completed and reviewed the EOCs out of the official cfai curriculum enough times that I felt like I was regurgitating memorized info. So I'm just using finquiz as an additional source of questions to test and refresh concepts as I move through the rest of the curriculum.
They do offer item sets, and the format of the question did feel a little more cfa'ish, if you will, than schwez did to me, which I think is certainly a plus. Of course this is probably largely a matter of personal opinion. I did find some minutae getting tested on through the accounting question bank in addition to broad concepts, which I think is good as well. I've only used the accounting material so far, and overall I would rate it as a good, albeit stream lined product.
There are a few grammatical issues here and there, it's written by non-native english speakers I assume, but all of questions and concerns have been addressed quickly and politely (something I have noticed schwez slacking on last year when I used them) by their support staff.
As a tool in the preparation tool kit I think it is helpful for review and refresh purposes, none the less I intend on primarily depending on cfai not a second derivative there of. Hope this was helpful to others.
-Andrew

cv4cfa

There is a simple solution to this. You can visit Finquiz, attempt hundreds of free questions on SS3 and give your feedback here. SS3 is the most difficult study session in level 2 as per my opinion. If Finquiz can make you understand it better, you can trust it for other SS as well.

tikfed

I have been looking into Finquiz and had the same thought that supersunny138 brought up.

Another positive comment about Finquiz... oh, it's mitchells again.

That's not to say it's not legitimate feedback. But it would be nice if someone else was as gung ho about Finquiz.

mitchells - Did you use the Audio Summaries or the 24/7 Professional E-mail guidance?

-Neil

giants2010

Mitchells I have been reading your posts for a few days now. Now I went and checked your username and what I found out:

1) 90 percent of your posts advertise Finquiz (Which makes you a suspect)
2) You regularly post on all 3 CFA forums (which also makes you a suspect)
3) The people who "specifically refer" to finquiz only have a few posts like "idonk" and sungirl etc. Its actually "idonk"'s first post on this forum. (Which again makes you a suspect)

Now seriously mate !! Alot of people here are already complaining if Schweser or Stalla is enough for their exam preparation and both of them have established their credibility. I haven't heard of Finquiz before alteast passing candidates don't mention it. So you wouldnt like to fool around with somebody who works 40-60 hours a week and on top of it he studies for CFA exam, to use a supplement study guide which hasn't established its "trust" yet ??

Think again..

onelife1

i wonder why the name finquiz keeps coming regularly these days...

thecfawannabe

There are many reason for Finquiz appearing so regularly.

1. Finquiz is apprently the only new prep provider for level 3 in the last 10 years.

2. Generally, quality of a multiple choice question is a function of the question statement as well as question options available. A question developed with four choices can deteriorate in quality if one of the four options is eliminated. Schweser's and Stalla's practice questions were developed over number of years (including acquisition of Excel exam review by Schweser) when CFAI had a four choices MCQ format. When CFAI switched to three choices format, these test providers had no other practical option except for eliminating one of the wrong choices in four choice MCQs already developed. However, Finquiz's practice questions were developed with three choices. This ensures that writer is able to test the concept in the intended manner.

Sportsman

I have noticed that all the posts pro-finquiz come from mitchells....

......What does that tell me??

random_walker47

It tells you that you are focusing more the messenger than on the message