I know there’s much debate over this comparison. And the consensus is usually that the CFAI exams are better to practice with… However, in Level 1, I found the actual exam to be similar (in difficulty…) than all practice exams (it was tough, but fair). If there is someone out there that has written Level II, would this ‘tough, but fair’ comment hold water? And would they care to comment on the degree of difficulty compared to Schweser and CFAI pre-tests. Thanks.
Frankly who could judge fairly, each and everyone of us has different strenghths and weaknesses and found the same exam differently. I agree CFAI is way more valuable than book 6. Unfortunately CFAI only provides with 3 samples and one mock, totalling 150 questions. So Book 6 could be a good checkup tools to see where you still need to study. People say Book 7 harder than CFAI harder than Book 6 People also say it is not the easy or hard, CFAI and schweser has two different styles of exams…