Understanding vs Hammering MCQ’s (Time Efficiency)
I’m about 3 weeks into studying for FAR (which will be the first exam I sit for)
I’m still working through my initial run though of all the material (I’m using Gleim btw, not nearly as many people in this camp but I like it so far). Side note: holy smokes is it a ton of material!!
I incorporate intermittent review sessions of all the previous material I’ve covered as I found I’d literally completely forget something I just studied earlier in the week.
Anyway my question is if I’m wasting too much time on “understanding” topics that I’ve forgotten when I come across them in my review MCQ’s? For instance, today a couple questions popped up on the equity vs Fair Market methods for owning stock in another company. I forgot this knowledge so I spent an hour reviewing the book and asking AI to explain the answers and concepts. I now feel I have an excellent understanding of the topic.
But…The time flew by and I was lost in understanding the concepts when I realized an hour had passed. This was spurred from just two MCQs. I wondered am I wasting too much time on this. Should I get the gist and move on quicker (more of a hammer MCQs mentality) knowing I’ll review it again in the future? Or is this ok to take the time to thoroughly understand?