R06: The exam centre experience & what to expect
Sitting your exams in an exam centre and want to know what this is like under current and potentially ongoing restrictions?
Luiza Todd, BTS Director, penned an article in this week’s Professional Paraplanner about her own recent exam centre experience.
It might surprise you to hear that our directors sit the exams too, after all, their technical knowledge is never under question! Why do they do it? Luiza explains, ‘as BTS directors, we sit the R0 exams annually to keep both our knowledge and candidate support materials as up-to-date and exam relevant as possible. I decided to have another go at the R06 exam in October 2020 find out what the exam centre experience was like during the pandemic restrictions.’
BTS have supported every single sitting of the R06 exam since its introduction.
Read Luiza’s Professional Paraplanner article in full to hear more about the R06 exam centre experience.
The BTS approach to passing the R06
BTS have been supporting candidates to prepare for the R06 financial planning practice exam since its inception, so we have a fair amount of experience to share. We understand that an R06 exam pass requires a strong combination of technical knowledge and confident exam technique. Practising your exam technique by completing past papers and attending a case study workshop is so important.
Preparing yourself for the actual exam experience, logistically, practically and mentally is a big part of this. You don’t want all your hard work to come unstuck on the day when faced with systems issues and exam centre nerves. Forewarned is forearmed!
Get enrolled on an R06 workshop
- identify the key words in each question stem
- answer the question being asked (not your own version of it)
- write/type around the answers to give the R06 examiner a good spread of answers
- avoid going down the wrong angle and squandering marks
- know how to practice and bank the marks from questions that appear in every R06 exam sitting
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They help you develop the base knowledge and understanding required for an exam pass.
There is no need to purchase the examining body R0 study text, our BTS guides are a complete replacement.
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Train
BTS offer face to face and remote workshops, and 1:1 training.
Our training ensures candidates fully understand the concepts that lie behind each of the key learning outcomes.
BTS training can also help identify key syllabus areas that are more popular with the R0 examiner.
e-Learn
BTS e-Learning is ideal for people who learn best using visual, online and interactive tools.
It allows you to work through your R0 studies at your own pace, with the BTS team behind you all the way.
BTS e-Learning can again show you the key syllabus areas that are more popular with the R0 examiner.
practise
The BTS R0 Study Buddy app replicates the CII exam standard as closely as possible.
Practise exam questions on your mobile device with fully explained answers.
The app allows you to complete full specimen exams and/or concentrate on a key learning outcome.
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