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Syllabus for the FE-1's

chops018 · 2011-11-05 14:40:01

So I started doing some study for the FE-1's. I have a couple of questions please if someone could answer, as I couldn't find it in the other threads. I was looking through the syllabus for these exams, and they are very lengthy and I was wondering how could you tone down the topics. So if there is 8 questions and do 5 how…

05-11-2011 02:40PM

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So I started doing some study for the FE-1's. I have a couple of questions please if someone could answer, as I couldn't find it in the other threads.

I was looking through the syllabus for these exams, and they are very lengthy and I was wondering how could you tone down the topics. So if there is 8 questions and do 5 how can you pick say 5 or 6 topics and ensure you will get a question on the topics you've studied (correct me if I'm wrong anyone as I've got the manuals and grids but haven't looked too closely yet as I've been just getting familiar with some of the subjects again, so maybe they would give me more info??).

Anyways take criminal law for example, on the syllabus it is split into four sections but in each section there is areas/topics that are huge e.g. Murder, or one of the defences. So is there any way to maybe tone it down like say choosing 3 defences to know well, then maybe theft and murder and criminal procedure. Or would you have to know all the areas they set down in the syllabus, like would a question maybe contain elements from all parts of the syllabus e.g. a problem question containing a situation about theft, that could have included a Guard illegally searching the offender and so this would include advising about a defence with some information on whether they will be indicted or not (as in the procedure).

Sorry for all the questions, and I know I sound lazy but I'd prefer to try tone everything down for these exams as much as I can, I don't want to be learning the syllabus off. I've got the text book for each of the exams I picked and have manuals for them that included some past exam papers and sample answers, I intend to get more past papers too. At the moment I'm just reacquainting myself with each subject by going through some of the chapters of the book, but it's a bit scary when you see the size of the syllabus and the the size of the book, I'd prefer if I could just do what I did in college: pick 5 topics and have them nailed down and pass! Am I worrying too much, will it become more clear after looking at the previous papers, should I abandon going through the text book so much and just get cracking at the manuals and past exam papers (i.e. start practicing questions etc).

Sorry again for all the info and question, hopefully someone can give me some insight! Actual study is going well it's just the potential volume that I'm starting to worry about.

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