Practice Exams

[paiva85]

Hi David,

I noticed on a few of the FR's you reference actual GARP questions from recent exams and was wondering if they are available somewhere on the GARP website to download? I couldn't find them anywhere in the Digital Library. I see you do have mock exam C available for L1 now which is going to be a huge help as well. Just looking for as many questions in this last week to really fine tune my preparation for next Saturday.

Thanks,

Devin

 

[David Harper CFA FRM]

Hi Devin,

Yes, the Focus Review are actually grounded in a 3-year history of GARP's practice exams; Suzanne collected them by topic. (Although our mock exams copy from no source at all; mocks are pure BT)

I thought we included the recent history of GARP practice exams in the Study Planner? I am copying Suzanne Evans because, if not, we can make the the last three years conveniently available (worst case, as links to the dropbox PDFs, i would think?), we will make those available as soon as possible, thanks,

 

[paiva85]

Thanks!

 

[synicq]

Hi David, I just noticed the GARP practice exam for 2012 has only 1 exam? The 2011 version has 2 exams. Am I missing something?

 

[David Harper CFA FRM]

Hi synicq, that is correct: for 2012 GARP published only a single set, 25 P1 + 20 P2 questions, thanks,

 

[Suzanne Evans]

paiva85,

Here is 2011:

• P1: http://www.bionicturtle.com/how-to/question/l1.2011.garp-practice-questions-errata/
• P2: http://www.bionicturtle.com/how-to/question/l2.2011.garp-practice-questions-errata/

Here is 2010 (These were annotated by David):

• P1 A: http://www.bionicturtle.com/how-to/question/2010-l1-12/
• P1 B: http://www.bionicturtle.com/how-to/question/2010-l1-22/
• P2 A: http://www.bionicturtle.com/how-to/question/2010-l2-12/
• P2 B: http://www.bionicturtle.com/how-to/question/2010-l2-22/

In case you want the original set (non-annotated) for 2010, here it is (this is not in the SP): http://www.bionicturtle.com/how-to/question/2010-garps-practice-exams-original

I will need to add 2012.

Thanks,
Suzanne

 

[paiva85]

Perfect! Thanks Suzanne!

 

[Mark W]

Hi David,

I know you've definitely answered this before so I'll accept a one word Yay/Nay response but I can't find where you mentioned it (I've forum trawled for the last 30 mins but have lost it ).

With respect to Part 1:

2012 GARP practice exam Qs: relevant
2011 GARP practice exam Qs: relevant
2010 GARP practice exam Qs: ???

I do recall you saying something about the variable quality as we go further back in time and the syllabus splitting into two around 2009 - thus I'm wondering if the 2012 practice exam Qs are worth bothering with?

Many thanks,

Mark

P.S. Obviously the 4 BT mocks take priority!

 

[David Harper CFA FRM]

Hi Mark,

I think GARP's 2009 to 2012 are relevant to Part 1 (P1) candidates. I do think the relevance deteriorates the further back you go, such that I personally would not utilize questions prior to 2008. I do think the 2012 are somewhat useful, but there are only 25 of them, so they just a fragment of the testable domain. I hope that helps, thanks,

 

[Mark W]

Hi Mark,

I think GARP's 2009 to 2012 are relevant to Part 1 (P1) candidates. I do think the relevance deteriorates the further back you go, such that I personally would not utilize questions prior to 2008. I do think the 2012 are somewhat useful, but there are only 25 of them, so they just a fragment of the testable domain. I hope that helps, thanks,

Ah, thanks! Though I meant to say "thus I'm wondering if the 2010 practice exam Qs are worth bothering with?".

But I can comfortably infer from your above that the 2010 are worth doing if I've got time.

Many thanks!

 

[David Harper CFA FRM]

Oh, right, for Part 1, I always like the trailing three years because P1 does not churn nearly as much as P2 ... in fact, I probably should include 2009 (the first year GARP introduced the P1/P2 separation) since the 2009 P1 is remarkably similar to the 2012 P1. So, on balance for Part 1, I think 2009 to 2012 are the best GARP historical reference set (and I probably would not bother with 2008 and prior; or 2007 and prior, taste depending). Thanks,

 

[the_tank]

This is a great website for FRM. I'll probably sign up for level 2 exam. I noticed that 2011 level 1 annotated GARP sample exam is not accessible to me. I am curious if it is intended for member only? It seems odd that 2010 2009 and 2012 are all public. Very few views on those questions, average 10.

 

[David Harper CFA FRM]

the_tank Yes, Suzanne's links above all point to files accessible by paid members only (the little red flag, FRM1 or FRM2, betrays paid resource).

Re: "It seems odd that 2010 2009 and 2012 are all public. Very few views on those questions, average 10"
Sorry, i don't know to what you are referring? thanks,