Exam format - questions by topic ?

Hi,

are the questions/item sets organized by topic like on the schweser practice tests ?

Thank you

Yes, The item sets will be organized by topics. At the beginning of the exam, it will be given that which item set is for which topic. The format will be like given below:

Questions 1-6 : Ethics

Question 7-12: Quantitative Methods

Questions 13-18: Equity

Questions 19-24: Equity

Questions 25-30: Financial Reporting and Analysis

Questions 31-36: Financial Reporting and Analysis

Questions 37-42: Derivatives

Questions 43-48: Corporate Finance

Questions 49-54: Alternative Investment

Questions 55-60: Portfolio Management

so they dont ask questions from econ and debt?

It was just an example. :slight_smile:

Bingo. Eco and debt will be asked in the other exam (morning/afternoon).

so they usually dont ask alot of questions from debt??

it was one of the biggest topics in l1 and perhaps the most interesting one in l2!!

They used to ask 2 item sets from fixed income but last year they asked only 1 item set from fixed income. I got to know about that from this blog - http://konvexity.wordpress.com/2014/04/08/cfa-level-ii-in-2-months/

I am not sure about the authenticity. May be someone who has written exam last year as well can confirm. I also agree that fixed income is the most interesting area in L2 along with alternative investments.

Bingo! They don’t ask these this year.

Just don’t study those topics and you’ll be fine :wink:

lol…