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Is it me or are these questions pretty tough. The Brownian Motion questions are not the type that I was accustomed to seeing in the ASM manual.

The sample questions doesn't reflect the nature of the questions on the Spring07 exam.
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Actually, the ASM manual itself (2nd edition) comments on the Sample. See page vii, the paragraph above "This manual".
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Actually, the ASM manual itself (2nd edition) comments on the Sample. See page vii, the paragraph above "This manual".
I have the first edition.
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But the second printing maybe? Then look at "Notes for the second printing", page viii. In short: they are not going to ask 5 Brownian motion question (including a non-multiple-choice one) on a real exam.
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Well, I agree that they won't ask that many questions on Brownian Motion, but the questions were much more theoretical than anything. It wasn't the straight forward plug and chug that I am used to (and prefer).
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Had they not included as many Brownian motion questions, people would be complaining that they didn't have enough to go on.
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At least you guys have the Spring 07 test as a resource. Imagine taking it the first time around and having to rely on those ridiculous sample questions as your only guidance from the SOA.
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can anyone explain the solution to part (ii) of this question? i'm not getting it...
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At least you guys have the Spring 07 test as a resource. Imagine taking it the first time around and having to rely on those ridiculous sample questions as your only guidance from the SOA.
Point taken. That would have been a nightmare...
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Point taken. That would have been a nightmare...
At least you had sample questions. Imagine taking an exam the first time after a syllabus change and not having any guidance from SOA/CAS, even though their own rules stated that there would be sample questions. (See FM May 2007.)
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