FINM7407: Financial Institutions and Markets
Seminar 12
Are you prepared for your examinations?
Do you: Have your current student ID card? Know where your exam is? Know what materials you are permitted to bring to the exam? (check with your course coordinator) Have an approved / labelled calculator (where calculators are permitted) For each exam, ensure you: Have rechecked the timetable for exam date, time and venue and checked your emails Have your current student ID card on hand, and ready to present on entry to the exam room – should you forget it, you should report to the Student Centre before your exam Have spare pencils and pens, as well as any permitted materials Arrive at your exam venue 15 minutes before the scheduled start of the exam
Revision for the Final Exam
Necmi K Avkiran, PhD Associate Professor in Banking and Finance UQ Business School n.avkiran@business.uq.edu.au http://www.users.on.net/~necmi/financesite/profile.htm
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Now, a few final ‘pearls of wisdom’ from your course coordinator…
“Nothing travels faster than the speed of light with the possible exception of bad news, which obeys its own special laws.” Douglas Adams, The Hitchhiker's Guide
Re-familiarise yourselves with the course Blackboard web site…
to the Galaxy
On this note, I strongly recommend that you ignore all exam related rumours you might hear between now and the exam date. When in doubt, please refer to the various postings on Blackboard - including the course profile – and seminar slides.
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And there is more…
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Every topic in FINM7407 is examinable on your final paper. Your exam will have 5 multiple-choice questions in Part A (total of 10 marks) and 5 short-answer questions in Part B (total of 90 marks). Overall, more marks are riding on numerical questions. Title page is already on Blackboard. There is no formula sheet. Use the 10 minutes of perusal time