Windjam

I believe the afternoon was the less difficult of the two sessions.
I felt that the real exam was comparable in terms of difficulty to the Schweser mocks, and I believe slightly less difficult than the CFAI mock exam. I think the real exam was very well worded – I don’t think there was a single question where I was confused in regard to what it was asking. It was better written than the other mocks out there.
The thing that stood out to me the most was how many hours I spent studying certain topics that didn’t even show up on the exam! There were lots!

Kapie

I suspect a Band 9-10 fail for myself, a pass will be a pleasant surprise. I was done in 2.5 hours in the morning, 2 hours in the afternoon. Thats more  a reflection of my exam writing style than anything else. I refuse to double check answers and only make sure that I filled in all of the bubbles at the end. If I don’t have a clue how to do something, I remove the answers that I can and take a logical guess if possible then move on. Did anybody hear the story on the Toronto news about students ditching their cars on the 401 to make it there in time? I just heard from the other room but I thought they said 40 cars were abandoned on the side of the road because they were going to be late.

ruchita

I wanted to add that I felt that difficulty level was almost the same in both sessions but I did get the afternoon session done quicker than the morning session.

ninja1024

I really don’t know how the exam was. Some of the questions were so easy that I couldn’t believe that they were part of the exam but then I also realized that there were a lot of tricky questions.
Also, there were some questions that I had to guess on so I have no idea how the exam was. I am just hoping that I pass :S

dvilayphet

i agree with the afternoon exam being harder, but overall i felt it was a fair exam.
What surprised me was the sheer amount of people taking the exams. It was alot more than i expected.

Kapie

Yeah, some questions, especially those in the morning sessions, were unexpected to me. I socred mid-70s in CFAI mock and over 70s in Schweser mocks…but I am not sure if i did well enough in the real exam to pass…..

OMG studied a lot for it…

ohai

IMO, I thought morning was a breeze, finishing with 10 minutes left. Afternoon was definitely harder but I finished 45 minutes earlier. Can’t explain that.
Overall, I thought it was definitely easier than the mock by a huge margin.
Having said this though, I won’t be content until I see my mark. I graduated university last year and out of all the exams I’ve ever taken, this has been the best. I left feeling confident I passed.
If I don’t pass this, I don’t think I will go for the charter since I hear that L2 and L3 are harder.

Analyze_This

I also found the afternoon session to be a bit easier.  I used 2 hours and 45 minutes for the morning session, but was able to finish the afternoon session quicker and had time to review some of the more challenging parts.  Or, maybe after the morning “warm-up,” the afternoon was just mentally easier.  Overall, I thought that the exam was challenging, but I thought it was fair.  There was nothing on it that made me think, I can’t believe they’re asking that…

malbec

Did you guys find the afternoon session a lot easier? I certainly did.

AndyNZ

Well, there was a decent amount of material in the exam that wasn’t really covered by Schweser/Kaplan….Unless I missed them in my reviews.