Did Anyone Submit Errata to the CFA? multiple

MonkeyBusiness

I did. A few questions I thought could be interpreted to have multiple answers. Anyone else?

PieMan

would be interested to know if you get a response. I convinced myself that there was an error on the exam... then I said to myself 'stop, forget what you think you've read and start again'. Turned out to be an insanely cryptic question that doubled back on itself a few times... After re-reading a few times it made enough sense to answer... What's the bet that people who ace CFA exams are really f'kn good at cross words?

JonnyKay

didn't bother cuz I'm 90% sure I passed. But one question on swaps I thought was totally worded improperly to the point where it was unsolvable.

tobeornottobe

I tried to submit errata on the swaps question. The website kept saying there was some error. I have tried a few times in the past 5 days. Could not succeed in submission.

Best of luck to you all in your forthcoming exams.

MarginofSafety

I tried to submit the questions with Mozilla Firefox and Internet Explorer. I got the same error. Could not succeed.

Best of luck to you all in your forthcoming exams.

justin88

I know what question you guys are talking about and I could not get the correct answer to save my life. I spent two hours the day before the exam working those specific problems. I had earmarked that particular question to come back to once I had worked through the rest of the exam. I spent 15 minutes scratching my head over that silly question.

If there are errors in the exam then I am sure that the CFAI will find them. I am just theorizing, but I would imagine that on any given question maybe 50% of the candidates get the question right (Maybe they actually knew the answer, made an educated guess, or simply flat out guessed correctly). I would imagine that the CFAI has threshold limits for each question and if 80% of candidates missed the question then that would raise red flags immediately. Here's to hoping.

bigredhockey55

As in a red flag that reads "Got 'em! w00t!"?

I am starting to appreciate why the exams are chock full of 'tricks'. CFAI no doubt wants CFA charterholders to be a) knowledgeable AND b) intelligent / critical thinkers. Perhaps these 'tricks' are a good way to weed out those so called 'parrots' that can mindlessly quote definitions and formula.

Anyway, I'm sick of checking AF. I just picked up a new book. Amartya Sen 'On Ethics and Economics'. See you all in July and goodluck!

SFA.

badonkus

SFA Wrote:
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> As in a red flag that reads "Got 'em! w00t!"?
>
> I am starting to appreciate why the exams are
> chock full of 'tricks'. CFAI no doubt wants CFA
> charterholders to be a) knowledgeable AND b)
> intelligent / critical thinkers. Perhaps these
> 'tricks' are a good way to weed out those so
> called 'parrots' that can mindlessly quote
> definitions and formula.
>
> Anyway, I'm sick of checking AF. I just picked up
> a new book. Amartya Sen 'On Ethics and
> Economics'. See you all in July and goodluck!
>
> SFA.

Haha pretty much the truth. I've got to get away from AF.