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Camdown
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How did everyone find the CA2 exam this sitting?
I thought paper 1 had me really stuck for time and paper 2 was okish..
I thought paper 1 had me really stuck for time and paper 2 was okish..
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Viki2010
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I thought time was too short to produce high quality written papers and models. I wonder what did people do to fit everything within the time scales.
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indexo
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I thought it was way tougher than recent past years.. and with the time pressure, boom!
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barabash
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It was certainly more time consuming than last year! I just skipped scenario 3 and concentrated instead on audit trail.
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Viki2010
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Maybe this is the best strategy for CA2 - skip part of the excel model and concentrate on audit trail and summary report where most marks are allocated.
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Webster
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I found Paper 1 to be fair on the modelling part but I couldnt finish working on the audit trail because of time. Paper 2 had too much to read, I also was pressed of time in that paper
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souljact
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I also found Paper 1 very time consuming so after modelling the first and second scenario I decided to leave the third one and add as many checks (mostly basic ones) as I could and after that focused on documenting what I did until the end. Paper 2 again ran into time pressure (but not as extreme as Paper 1!) so decided to concentrate on putting down as many next steps as I could and just rushed through commentary of results
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Viki2010
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So what is a better strategy for this exam:
- skip part of the excel model i.e. 1 scenario but prepare very good documentation
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- complete all modelling for all scenarios but rush through the documentation and produce an imperfect work due to lack of time
- skip part of the excel model i.e. 1 scenario but prepare very good documentation
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- complete all modelling for all scenarios but rush through the documentation and produce an imperfect work due to lack of time
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Cf92
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My method for passing paper 1 in CA2 was to break the exam down into smaller sections and try and stick to these set times.
Broadly the splits were:
90 mins model
20 mins intro pupose and summary
20 mins on data
45 mins on audit trail
5 mins to check
I tried to stick semi rigidly to these times and I passed even though my model was poor (April 18)
Broadly the splits were:
90 mins model
20 mins intro pupose and summary
20 mins on data
45 mins on audit trail
5 mins to check
I tried to stick semi rigidly to these times and I passed even though my model was poor (April 18)
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Viki2010
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Thanks for sharing
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indexo
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Did you finish all parts of model?
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Cf92
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No i didn’t
I just didn’t panic and focussed on maximising the score I could get.
I did an SAR and got about 55 in the first paper and 80 in the second paper
I just didn’t panic and focussed on maximising the score I could get.
I did an SAR and got about 55 in the first paper and 80 in the second paper
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Viki2010
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Wow, that's impressive to get 80 marks on paper 2!!! What was your strategy there?
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Cf92
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Again similar strategy.
30 mins on scenarios
20 mins on intro/ purpose / data
20 mins on methodology
90 mins on results
20 mins on next step
30 mins on scenarios
20 mins on intro/ purpose / data
20 mins on methodology
90 mins on results
20 mins on next step
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Viki2010
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For paper 2 did you finish the model and all requested graphs/ tables etc ?
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Cf92
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Yes.
In the results I aimed for an introduction to results , the graph o table, and then 3 explanation points of the results and finally 1reasonableness result/ check on scenario. For example the result is lower cause the costs are higher
In the results I aimed for an introduction to results , the graph o table, and then 3 explanation points of the results and finally 1reasonableness result/ check on scenario. For example the result is lower cause the costs are higher
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Viki2010
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This paper 1 did not include any data. What did people do in terms of splitting data from parameters? Or maybe included all in one worksheet calling it data? No examiner's reports yet.