Jane Vessey, CFA Jane Vessey manages a training company in the United Kingdom specializing in financial analysis and investment. She is a visiting lecturer at Cass Business School teaching classes in asset management and valuation. She also teaches a CFA®  revision course at ISMA (the business school at Reading University) and is an associate at a leading London financial training company where she teaches courses covering investment management and related topics. She has developed online training programs for students taking the CFA examinations and teaches CFA courses for UKSIP (the UK Society of Investment Professionals). .   Jane Vessey, CFA M. Afdal Pamilih, CFA David Stewart A few tips on taking the exam: Budget your time.  Three hours for 120 questions may seem like an eternity, but if you spend too much time on a question, it’s easy to lose track and have to scramble in the last half hour to finish.   Don’t be thrown by how a question is worded.  The exam will throw some curve balls.  There’s a good chance that if you are properly prepared, you know the answer.    Don’t panic.  With all that you’re charged with knowing, there might be a question which you have no earthly idea of the answer, or one that you knew but just can’t remember the formula to calculate it.  Mark it, and go back to it later.  It’s better to answer the questions that you can answer and besides, I don’t think anybody will get a perfect score.   Bring lots of sharpened pencils.  There are no pencil sharpeners in the room.   Make sure that your calculator’s batteries are fresh.  Seems elementary, but I’ve heard of stories where somebody’s calculator died.  Many candidates bring more than one calculator, but that’s up to you.   Use all your time.  It is a good idea to review your test, if for no other reason then to assure yourself that you read the question properly.  Besides, you can’t leave once there are 30 minutes or less until the end, and most people aren’t going to finish in 2 ½ hours.  More candidates fail than pass, so do everything you can to increase your odds.   Good luck, and let me know how you did!!!!!