Do you absolutely need 70+ % in FRA to pass?

CFA Level I
#1

Since I began studying in early Feb 2012, I’ve noticed considerable improvement in most of the sections except FRA… even though I’ve spent a disproportionate amount of effort in FRA.

Although I’d like to strive to improve the FRA score, I’m curious if anyone has passed with say 50- 70 in FRA before? And how did you fare in Level 2?

#2

do you have the Qbank?

go to " browse questions "-- look over every question in FRA (~1000) you then answer them again in an “exam”…

you will get it

#3

Its the overall score that counts. FRA is the most heavily-weighted but you can pass with a relatively low score in FRA. Don’t bank on it though.

#4

just focus on the calculations… and good luck with the wordy problems

#5

Completely possible to pass FRA without 70+, a high mark in FRA just sets you up nicely. Say you get a 60 on FRA you just need a 73 on rest of exam to get 70+.

#6

I got 50-70 in FRA and passed

#7

Ok, thanks for the answers… it seems like a more balanced approach is called for.

I’ve been getting about 80+ % on my strong sections (i.e. Quant, Equities, Fixed Income, PM) and 70’s in my moderate sections (Corp, Econ, Derivatives.)

Ethics is a mixed bag… very volatile scoring… I sometimes get all of the questions right, sometimes half.

FRA I struggle to score over 60%.

My strategy from this point on is to do questions from the Q-bank as follows:

Set 1: Ethics Only

Set 2: FRA Only

Set 3: Everything else (all topics except FRA and Ethics.)

And I’ll cycle through Set 1 on one day, Set 2 the next, Set 3 the day after, then Set 1 after that etc…

Set 2:

#8

Well, it looks like I passed with 50-70 in FRA:

Q# Topic Max Pts <=50% 51%-70% >70% - Alternative Investments 8 - - * - Corporate Finance 20 - - * - Derivatives 12 - * - - Economics 24 - * - - Equity Investments 24 - - * - Ethical & Professional Standards 36 - - * - Financial Reporting & Analysis 48 - * - - Fixed Income Investments 28 - - * - Portfolio Management 12 - - * - Quantitative Methods 28 - - *

#9

I know people passed with both FRA and ethics in 51%-70%

#10

I passed with 50%-70% in FRA and Fixed Income.