Exam Feedback October 2020 Part 2 Exam Feedback

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mcrisk7

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There was a hedge fund question relating to biases, I selected measurement bias as it includes many biases. Not sure whether it is correct.

I think I selected "selection bias, and not survivorship bias" (this combination was one of the answers provided). I guess "no survivorship bias" because the hedge fund was not listed in the database as stated in the description of the problem. Not 100% sure on that one though.
 

randomname

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I think I selected "selection bias, and not survivorship bias" (this combination was one of the answers provided). I guess "no survivorship bias" because the hedge fund was not listed in the database as stated in the description of the problem. Not 100% sure on that one though.
I just looked at the answers without reading the question, seems to have been the wrong strategy
 

mcrisk7

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I just looked at the answers without reading the question, seems to have been the wrong strategy

Difficult to say, as other questions had a load of irrelevant information where you had saved a lot of time by doing so.. No wonder if GARP wouldn't follow a straight line here..
 

seevvlee

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For this particular round, what do you all think the passing mark would be? I read that it's around 75% of how the top 5%tile performs i.e. if top 5% gets 70/80 on average, then the passing mark would be 75% x 70 = ~52.5.
 

goodbunny

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For this particular round, what do you all think the passing mark would be? I read that it's around 75% of how the top 5%tile performs i.e. if top 5% gets 70/80 on average, then the passing mark would be 75% x 70 = ~52.5.
My guess would be 45-48. What do you think?
 

seevvlee

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Tbh I am just plucking this from thin air. I am sure it will be much lower. I can't see the top 5% average being higher than 60.
Haha you are indeed a goodbunny! It's kind of you to say that. I just wonder if there is anyone who'd actually think the paper was doable. I thought I had prepared decently, but I feel many of the questions even exceed BT standard.
 

VWJETTY

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I think I selected "selection bias, and not survivorship bias" (this combination was one of the answers provided). I guess "no survivorship bias" because the hedge fund was not listed in the database as stated in the description of the problem. Not 100% sure on that one though.

I can't remember which letter that was. But I think I chose D for this one.

How confident are people with the Current Issues questions e.g. ML/eMoney/cyber etc?

There was one easy one I think where it asked about the uses of eMoney and I think I answered that its value is based on Merchants, businesses can support if it has a wide-spread network. Something along those lines. Because the other answers were based on country currency or based on a country's economical value.

But to your point, there was (i felt) an uncanny amount of these questions. And there were a number of them that I thought were from way left field. Not sure if others feel the same.
 
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toddler

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hi, can someone please clarify if the passing rate shared by GARP (like 56% for 2019 part 2) is % of those who registered or % of those who appeared in the exam? Because in my room with capacity of 50, only 15 people turned up for the exam, which is only 30%.
 

toddler

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I remember the following questions.. any suggestions on the correct answer ?
1) hedging using ccs - the difference in basis is due to ? i remember answers were like arbitrage, speculator, etc.
2) ccp - was the answer 3 ways of clearing? self/bilateral/ccp? i know the self clearing didn't make much sense. other options were not relevant as well.
3) cost of trust in blockchain - options were KYC, G20 fx settlement, etc?
4) neural networks - was the answer something like using weak data to predict outcome or the fuzzy logic?
5) FRTB - was the answer like 5 maturity horizons or something else?
 
For the blockchain question about cost of trust. I believe I have selected an incorrect option. The right option was in lines of that it reduces amount of money blocked in cross border transaction.
 

taknev

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Hi, could somebody kindly confirm the total number of questions in FRM Part 2 Oct 2020 exam as well as the approx. no. of numerical (quantitative / requiring calculations) questions versus approx. no. of theoretical questions ?
 
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