20 Sample questions on CFA website- tried ??????????? correct, website

kmf229

Guys
Just tried the 20 q on CFA website given as sample.
  I got 16/20 correct.
  How many did u guys score ?

yuoska

I’m surprised I got 17/20 for this! just messed up on scales, probability and bias.

adehbone

15/20
Made a stupid mistake on quesion 7, I really need to learn how to read the question!
I actually liked the wording of these questions better than Schweser, seemed more straitforward.

LorrinCFA

Never mind I got it.  Just book value of equity.

disiz64

ishkurti wrote:
I now know without doubt that Schweser is easier than CFAI by a factor of 10 percentage points - meaning that you need to be a solid 80% with notmal difficulty and be a solid 70% when you select only the hardest questions.
I have not been able to score much over 60% on the two samples from CFAI (at $40/pop) though I average about 71 percent accuracy to date with Scwesser. Though the quantitative problems aren’t any harder, they are worded in a more challenging manner that tests your logical grasp.
Not sure if I would conclude that based on the experiences - keep in mind CFAI probably doesn’t want to distribute anything too easy, and risk people saying “Well based on the samples I was doing awesome, then I failed the real thing.”  I’d have to think anything CFAI distributes (mock or sample etc.) will be on the harder end of things.
Scored 14/20 on this one, the ethics questions I thought were borderline ridiculous.  I’ve been scoring 75-85 range on my Qbanks by topic, though I’ve only really covered ethics, FR&A, economics, and alternative investments (some long nights coming up…).
Also can anyone explain in number 7, how on earth do 1.5 million shares at $28 per share get you $4 million of common equity?

redskins44

How much did u score in cfa mock ishkurti

ftwcfa

I now know without doubt that Schweser is easier than CFAI by a factor of 10 percentage points - meaning that you need to be a solid 80% with notmal difficulty and be a solid 70% when you select only the hardest questions.
I have not been able to score much over 60% on the two samples from CFAI (at $40/pop) though I average about 71 percent accuracy to date with Scwesser. Though the quantitative problems aren’t any harder, they are worded in a more challenging manner that tests your logical grasp.
Though late for me at this point, for future CFA 1 candidates I would recommend starting as early as possible, read all materials once, do a solid 2 months with qbanks etc, then have ample time to re-read the text of challenging areas. Though I have progressed a lot, a lot of the subject matter was never strong to begin with and I am now forced to re-learn in bits and pieces from the solutions.
I have 12 days to kick my average up 10 points.

slackeranalyst

I too found the wording of these questions to be more difficult than Schweser.

lxwarr30

I just finished mine and got 14 out of 20, exactly on the 70% threshold, took me 35 minutes. I do not know whether it is the language, or whether these questions are indeed harder than the Schwesser, but I find myself intimidated by the CFAI material.

onelife1

would appreicate too, thanks!