Update After Passing The IFM Exam - examupdate

SOA Exam IFM-Before and After Exam

I didn't practice much during this period because I was well prepared a month before the IFM exam. In addition to a basic review of the content of the reference book, just repeat these practice exams. If you're not someone who's already preparing, don't follow me at the end.

The recurrence of the Covid-19 epidemic in Malaysia by the Sabah elections gave way to the implementation of exercise management orders. In fact, looking back at that time, I don't think I wouldn't have been preparing to go back and forth between the internship and the accommodation for three hours a day without a mobility management order. IFM test.

I'm really impressed with the patience of those who can survive to the end because I don't know how to deal with these actuarial exams and the pressures of future work.

Cut out the junk and enter a topic about my experience during the IFM exam at the Prometric Test Center. The content below is a personal experience and does not mean that all readers will encounter it exactly at the exam center, so let's start now.

TEST IFM PROCESS

The test date was scheduled for 3 hours from 12:30 pm to 3:30 pm on Thursday, December 3rd last year. I washed it off around 6 o'clock in the morning. After that, I took the MRT to the Kuala Lumpur area, had breakfast first, and stayed there for the rest of the time to study and correct notes.

In fact, what you can do in the last moment is to deepen your knowledge that some people may not yet be able to learn exactly. At this time, all the summary notes from the Coaching Actuary are useful and will reduce the time it takes to review the content. I finished breakfast at MCD at 8am and had 3 hours left (30 minutes for transportation).

of course, you don't have to wait until it's time to go to the test room. You can go early or take the exam early. As long as you arrive and there are vacant seats in the exam room, the examiner can arrange for you to take the early exam. I decided to come to the examination room around 12 o'clock and entered the examination room about 10 minutes after arrival.

see my post. What should I do before SOA Exam P? It's about arranging and shipping to the Prometric Test Center in the KL area. Few rules were added to this center building.

• Please register your personal information when you enter the building or center (scan the MySejahtera QR code)
• Please wear the mask all the time (required)
• This time a pen instead of two pencils
• After reading the exact same rules of operation on the screen, enter a test time that lasts 3 hours after all the preparations are complete. But the moment I opened the topic, I didn't think I was stunned.
  
  
  Sincerely, the questions asked in the actual exam IFM were different from the questions in reference books such as the ASM study manual. The questioning method was unexpected to me, it only took me a long time to understand the question deeply, and there was no difference in the calculation.
  
  
  In addition, among the first 10 questions encountered before the exam IFM, there are two questions similar to the pilot's question and very complex calculations, some of which are a mixture of theory and math in one question. doing.
  
  
  In short, the previous topic came directly to my mind, which made me very distressed. If all of the first 10 questions are like this, what should we do with the next 20 questions?
  
  

  For Your Knowledge

  do you know? For the first six questions (which was also the most difficult part), we can't solve half in 40 minutes. At that time, I was already thinking about Marquee's shadow in my head and thought I would be messed up with exam IFM this time. I can't stand that time anymore and spend the remaining 20 minutes on the remaining top 10 questions. Otherwise, you will not have time to complete the entire dissertation.
  
  
  However, the questions that start after the 10th question are very relaxing. The questioning method here and the exam questions in the ASM study manual are a bit similar, greatly reducing the pressure on the exam room.
  
  
  The questions became easier and easier, and the more I saw them, the happier I was. It was so simple that I had problems like 10-2. This also allowed us to solve all of the next 20 questions in just one hour, with the exception of the remaining one or two questions.
  
  
  The remaining hour was used to address the difficult questions in front of us. After organizing my thoughts and organizing important information in detail, IFM exams were almost complete. This took a total of two and a half hours. For the remaining 30 minutes, look at the exam questions and continue to check the answers until the exam is over.
  
  
  Undoubtedly, I stopped the exam IFM after 3 hours. It was dangerous at first, but it was a test with a smooth back (personal situation). After coming out and saying goodbye to the examiner, I should have had a meeting to attend that day, so I returned to the hostel as soon as possible.
  
  
  From the moment I left the doctor's office, I took a piece of paper and a pen and wrote down all the questions I encountered along the way, and wrote down as many questions as I could. After two hours of going back and forth, I almost squeezed my memory and didn't ask any new questions. In the end, I clearly remembered the IFM exam questions for questions 22-24. Unfortunately, the rest of the questions didn't make any impression.
  
  
  Of course, these exam questions are used to help my friends personally, and the SOA has a regulation that does not disclose the exam questions. Therefore, we will not publish these question banks here, but we still have a copy for buyers who purchase the ASM SOA ExamIFM Reference Book.
  
  

  EXAM IFM ENDING

• The tips and tricks I can give you here are:

  
  

  Bring two TI-30 calculators during the exam IFM. Do not bring the BA II Plus type as it will not be very useful during the exam. 

  Familiarize yourself with the calculations on the TI-30 Calculator and remember how to use the functions assigned to the variable XYZTABC.

  
  

  Recall that we encountered about 40% of theoretical questions and the remaining 60% as computational problems, but three of these questions are pilot questions.

  Similar to the exam IFM context provided by SOA, we will closely follow the distribution of questions and focus on the main chapters.

  
  

  The above is my own analysis of the exam IFM exam process and exam questions. I hope everyone here can pass the SOA exam.