Hello Jayant,
Relax my friend, you should be confident of what you have learned and practiced.
Be careful:
Confusion >>>
more thinking >>>
time losing during live exam
No one can assure that same questions will be repeated, but same concepts "
Yes". I'll give you one real example of what I had in my exam:
Which one of the following best describes Data Mining ? (IMA support package)
A. Searching through large amounts of computerized data to find useful patterns and trends.
B. Examining raw data in order to draw conclusions from that data.
C. Integrating data, technology, and analytics to optimize business decisions.
D. Inspecting, cleansing, revising, and modeling raw data in order to find valuable data.
Which of the following can uncover hidden patterns, trends, correlations, outliers, anomalies, and subtle relationships in data and help to infer rules that allow for the prediction of future results and outcomes?? (Wiley)
A. Web scraping
B. Data mining
C. Web mining
D. Social mining
Two different structures, but the concept is one: The
Definition of Data Mining. Once you understand & memorize this definition you can answer any question about Data Mining. By the way, I don't remember the exact exam paragraph but I am sure that I had answered one question about this concept.
This is why I have mentioned in my first letter (Important live exam tips" that we should stick to IMA Learning Outcome Statements. Because it has a clear definition of every concept can be tested in CMA exam. "
Data mining refers to the use of statistical methods, computer learning, artificial intelligence, and large-scale computing power to analyze large amounts of data in order to extract useful information about relationships, trends, patterns, and anomalies".
Please try to relax and take some rest of study before exam, because you need to be cool, confident, focused & very
fast on Tuesday.
Wish you all the best & fatal victory "Great Success"
Regards
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Samer Ahmad, FMVA, SCA
Kuwait
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Original Message:
Sent: 02-19-2020 10:14 PM
From: Jayant Khanna
Subject: Very important "live" exam tips
Dear sameer
i was asking for the exact same questions in the mcq's were there which you did practiced in your wiley or cma support exam package? I have completed hock kit and cma exam support package and i have studied from wiley.
actually 25th feb is the day of exam. That's why i am little worried. Just wanted to know if exact mcq's could come or not which i have practiced in the test bank and exam package 2020.
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Jayant Khanna
Executive Officer
Chandigarh
India
Original Message:
Sent: 02-19-2020 03:13 PM
From: Samer Ahmad
Subject: Very important "live" exam tips
Dear Jayant,
No one can tell what essay questions you may have at CMA exam. The common & repeated sections are budgeting & cost management which contain both mathematical and analytical (text type).
I completely recommend you to review IMA support package which has 32 answered assays for part 1 and 22 for part 2.
You can download the file from your main profile at imaonlinestore.org. It is located under My Orders >>> Digital content access
Kind regards
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Samer Ahmad, FMVA, SCA
Kuwait
Original Message:
Sent: 02-19-2020 02:07 AM
From: Jayant Khanna
Subject: Very important "live" exam tips
Can you tell me pattern of essy type questions? Will they provide excel or only ms word ? And were there some exact questions from the cma exam support which you practiced?
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Jayant Khanna
Executive Officer
Chandigarh
India
Original Message:
Sent: 02-18-2020 03:17 PM
From: Samer Ahmad
Subject: Very important "live" exam tips
Dear All CMA candidates
Greetings,,
Yesterday I had my first try on Part-1 and would like to share my experience, to help you better understand the real CMA exam story.
I will start with (2) big bold key words .. "Time" .. is a great nightmare during the exam .. "Practice" .. is the magic door to pass.
A. Exam preparation:
- Practice MCQ as much as possible. Greater quantity = Greater speed rate (I mean > 1,000 MCQ)
- Stick to IMA Learning Outcome Statement (LOS), that's all what we need for CMA. Nothing else.
- Completely finish IMA support package 2020 (There is Expired "numbers" but no expired "Concepts" at all.
- Memorize key concepts, definitions, advantages and disadvantages. (i.e. ABC, BSC, ERP .. etc.)
- Practice lots of calculations for each financial & management concept. Sections A,B,C,D
B. Exam attending: (At Prometric test center)
- Don't take anything except your calculator. They will empty your pockets, even tissues.
- They will provide (2) pencils and (3) scratch papers .. Replicable upon request.
- Attend to exam center (1) hour before exam for registration and security inspection process.
- Access testing window before at least (20) minutes for exam tutorial (Very important).
C. Exam tactics:
- Answer MSQ that you are 100% sure of first. (Short & easy ones)
- Read the last line of long paragraphed questions. (Don't waste time reading > 2 lines)
- Flag each question you are not sure about.
- Make a guess or take one straight-line option i.e.(A) for each flagged question. Don't leave any question empty (Not answered).
- Try your best to finish all 100 MSQ during (2) hours, leaving (1) hour for flagged MSQs.
- Go back and answer flagged MSQ according to last line in the question. Answer only ones you know first.
- Try to minimize the unknown answers according to available time.
Time is the whole story, the hard fact and key point of CMA live exam. If you are well prepared, smart and fast enough to manage your time efficiently during the exam, for sure you will pass very easily.
Remark:
Some CMA review course providers have a "guaranty" option to pay-back your exam fees if you didn't pass at your first attempt. Kindly note that you should complete 85% of their test bank (More than 2,000 MSQ) and score at least 85% in virtual practice exam in order to be illegible for that guaranty. This is a Practice + Time strategy.
Last but not least:
- Everyone should complete IMA support package 2020 which has 463 MSQ + 32 essays for Part-1, and 457 MSQ + 22 essays for Part-2. Practicing these questions repeatedly will maximize your answering speed and minimize the probability to lose time in live exam.
- Passing score is 72% (360 ÷ 500) so we don't need to answer 100 MSQ correctly. Running out of time & leaving 5 to 10 uncertain answers is not a disaster, but we should secure at least 70 MSQs plus (1) essay 100% correct.
- Straight-line guess (i.e. Option A) for 10 questions may include 1 or 2 correct answers, this is "Probability" for expected value in "CMA" Part-1 section B … right !!!
I wrote this message only to guide any student who is still feeling stressed or "afraid" of what CMA live exam is. Wishing that my real experience will give some support and encouragement for better self-technique and final success result.
Wish you all the best & success.
Yours sincerely
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Samer Ahmad, FMVA, SCA
Kuwait
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