Stress Testing Principles... Exam Relevance High/Low?

[Shazam023]

Are they important w.r.t exam questions. coz there are around 21 principles and i still have much more to do with Book 4. so just want to confirm about the exam relevance of this topic, is it high or low??

Thankx in advance

 

[ShaktiRathore]

Please see the Study Guide http://www.garp.org/media/1489257/frm_program_manual_2015_-__013015_rev.pdf.
I think it has relevance for the exam as its included in the Guide as one of the topics to be studied for the exam. Even if its of low-medium relevance it would be good if you give a quick read nothing wrong with that.
Thanks

 

[Dr. Jayanthi Sankaran]

Hi @Shazam023,

The feedback from FRM Candidates from the May 2015 Part I Exam was that Stress Testing was tested. Hope that answers your query

Thanks!

 

[brian.field]

The opening of Til Schuerman's paper states the following:

"Capital adequacy addresses the right side of the balance sheet (net worth), and liquidity the left side (share of assets that are “liquid”, however defined). If all goes well, both economic and regulatory capital/liquidity are less than the required regulatory minimum, and their difference (between economic and regulatory) is small, namely that regulatory models do not deviate substantially from internal model results."

I am confused by the "if all goes well, both the EC and RC are LESS than the required minimum."

Should this say greater than the required minimum? And if not, then I am afraid that my entire understanding may be flawed!