Financial Risk Manager

Ways of Financial and Risk Management

Pattern of FRM Exam
Saturday, August 8, 2009

FRM Full Exam is a 5-hour (2 test of 2.5 hours each), 140 multiple choice question examination. The exam is split into two sections of 2.5 hrs each (morning and afternoon session). You have approximately 2.15 minutes per Question. Questions are clubbed together for all categories, i.e.

Foundations of Risk Management (10%),
Quantitative Analysis (10%),
Financial Markets & Products (15%),
Valuation and Risk Models (15%),
Market Risk Management and Measurement (10%),
Credit Risk (10%), Operational Risk (10%),
Investment Management (10%)
and current issues in Risk Management (10%)

FRM level I Exam is a 4-hour (2 test of 2 hours each), 100 multiple choice question examination, the exam is split into two sections of 2 hrs each (morning and afternoon session). The Level I syllabus is a subset of Complete FRM® syllabus and covers all tools required for Risk Management. Questions are clubbed together for all categories, i.e.

Foundations of Risk Management (20%),
Quantitative Analysis (20%),
Financial Markets & Products (30%),
Valuation and Risk Models (30%).

The exam is a percentile-based exam and top 40 to 45 percentile students pass the exam, based on the weighted average marks for all subjects hence its necessary to pass in all the subjects. There is no negative marking.

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