Exam Techniques for CIMA F2 Techniques for CIMA F2 ... Time management Application to F2 ... . 14

Exam Techniques for

CIMA F2Sue Thistlethwaite

Kaplan Financial

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Plan for the session

General exam technique

• Time management

Application to F2• Using CIMA Practice Exam

Resources

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CIMA Practice Exam

Available via:

http://www.pearsonvue.com/cima/practiceexams/

http://www.cimaglobal.com/Students/Exam-resources-

and-information/Exam-preparation/exam-practice-

resources/

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Go for the quick wins - shorter straightforward /

narrative Qs

Keep moving - skip the more tricky complex Qs

Flag Qs you’re not sure you have answered correctly

Don’t leave multi-choice Qs blank – guess and then

flag for late review (in case you run out of time)

Time management – during the exam

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Time management – final review

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One from four (multiple choice)

Select stated number of options

Input a figure

Drag and drop (words)

Drag and drop (numbers)

Select all that apply

Style of question

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One from four (multiple choice) – 28 questions

Select stated number of options – 13 questions

Input a figure – 10 questions

Drag and drop (words) – 4 questions

Drag and drop (numbers) – 3 questions

Select all that apply – 2 questions

Style of question – Analysis of practice

exam

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Look for opposites

When two answers are opposites: one is likely to be right

Narrowing down the options

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Narrowing down the options

Mark off the WRONG ones first

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Cover them up

Questions where all / most of the answers are plausible

Narrowing down the options

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Eliminate the outliers

Where the answers are obviously different or wrong

Narrowing down the options

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Look out for general words

The correct answer will often use general words such as

‘may’, ‘mostly’, ‘regularly’, ‘often’, ‘usually’

Narrowing down the options

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Resources

CIMAglobal websitehttp://www.cimaglobal.com/Students/Exam-resources-and-information/

CIMA Exam Practice Kithttp://kaplan-publishing.kaplan.co.uk/CIMA/F2/pages/practice-kit.aspx

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