Qbank questions difficulty

farrukhsadiq

Guys, do you find Qbank questions even advanced questions somewhat easy and may not be representing the difficulty of CFA exam?
What do you think?

spartan1

I just started answering Qbank questions and want to know if I should recycle previously answered questions when creating new tests?

agulani

I found that the Qbank was quite useful. My advice would be to use the Qbank with every SS and also continually do cummulative tests as you you progress.
Even though the actual exam had a lot less calculation problems than the Qbank, the concept is the same. I felt that the Qbank questions were more challenging than the actual exam. The only questions that I did were from the StudyNotes and the Qbank. I didn’t even take the free mock exam.
Focus on shooting for the mid 80% range on the Qbank for all SS and you should be fine.

Kingpin804

newsuper:
I think you need to study a little harder. As mentioned above Qbank is too easy compare to the CFA exam, so u need push some more.

simeezee

I’m doing Qbank almost exclusively now and have found that it is really picking up on my weaknesses.
For example, I know I suck at Quant (always have) and every exam I set myself in Qbank without fail I get no more than 55% for Quant.
ok, and FSA too…and maybe some Eco…and some of the corporate finance stuff…and a bit of alt investments…and…
whoops back to the books!

btcapital

What they say it is true. Even the advanced questions are not that difficult. Real L1 exam questions are more conceptual, hence trickier, and the calculus ones are straight forward (most of them).
The exam questions have a different feel because those are questions you have under some amount of stress that day. If you search for posts right after the June 6th exams, you’ll find pretty interesting discussions over the Q in the exam. As a matter of fact, even before that date, you’ll find discussions over the questions in the mock and sample exams that the CFAi provided. Those were more like the real exam, but way harder/more difficult than those on the June 6th exam.

EastCoastJ

It is just becuase several people posted here that they were mislead by the Qbank uqestions. They say are way easy than CFA exam and majority of questions involve calculation whereas in the CFA exam there plenty of concept questions.

edgeon

questions are not representative but they definitely do pound the material into your head

trogulj

newera:
Thanks for your response. I averaged 73% on Qbank Intermediateadvance questions only. I have not started the practice exam yet. what do you think about this score?

EastCoastJ

You will be surprised how straightforward Level I exam is.
In the last month and a half of my studies, I abused the Qbank (only tackled mediumadvanced Qs) and the Practice Exam Volumes (which are pretty representative of the actual questions…at least in my opinion). In the actual exam, I finished the morning and afternoon sessions an hour early. Needless to say, I felt very confident walking out.
These two items: Qbank and Practice Exam Volumes are excellent tools. Enough practice with the Qbank will prepare you in answering any question on any concept in record speed. All of the concepts will be at your fingertips. As for the practice exams, leave those for the last month. Volume II is harder than I. So start off with I. If you’re scoring >70%, you’re doing very well. Be sure to plug in your answers online for explanations and to see how you compare to your peers.
Good luck and feel free msg me if you have any other Level I questions!