How did people find this sitting? For me the extra 15 minutes writing time wasn't the most helpful given the amount of information in the paper that needed to be read and absorbed. I barely managed to finish. It was definitely a tough one in my opinion and in the view of others I spoke to after the exam. Hoping the pass mark reflects that
It wasn't technically an 'increase' in exam time. The initial 15 minutes reading and planning time was ammended so that students could use those 15 minutes for reading, planning, writing their solutions as they wished. It was likely to be good news for those unaware of it before really.
It is an increase. You’re being examined for 15 minutes longer. I’m glad you agree people were unaware. This is another example of the inability of the IFOA to administer exams. They are just not very professional
Was anyone able to figure out what was wrong with the calculation in q2? I spent longer than I should have on that part, yet couldn't figure it out for the life of me.
Same, I struggled with question 2. And not being able to figure out what was wrong in the calculation threw me off for the rest... in general I thought most of question 2 was terrible.
Yes I thought the same. Q2 was incredibly tricky, specially in a stressed exam conditions it gave excessive amounts of confusing information. I managed to finish the exam but I'm not sure if I was able to fully cater my answers to all the information in the questions that the exam solution would require. I'm just hoping I haven't missed good chunks of easy marks just because of the way the information was presented in the questions