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ActEd Solutions with Exam Technique (ASET) contains exam papers along with ActEd’s full solutions including techniques for tackling exam questions.

ASETs are available in printed format or as an eBook. EBooks can be purchased as an addition to the printed product or as a stand‐alone product.

The tables below show which papers will be included in each subject.

ASET (2014-17 Papers)

Subjects	Exam Papers
CM, CS and CB subjects, CP1, SP1‐2, SP4‐9 and SA2‐4	April 2014 to October 2017 inclusive
CP3	May 2017 to September 2018 inclusive

In subjects where there have been significant syllabus changes, all relevant questions from all relevant subjects have been included, making it easier for you to find the questions you need.

ASET (2019-2020 Papers)

Subjects	Exam Papers
CM, CS and CB subjects, CP1, CP3, SP1‐2, SP4‐9 and SA2‐4	April 2019 to September 2020 papers
CP2	April and September 2020 papers

ASET is fully up‐to‐date in respect of changes to the Syllabus and Core Reading.

Subject CM and CS Paper B, subjects CP2 and CP3

You require some electronic files in order to complete some Paper B, CP2 and CP3 exam questions. For your convenience these files are given below.

Subject	Files
CM1 September 2020	Download ‘IandF_CM1B_202009_AnswerSheet.xlsx’
CM1 September 2019	Download ‘IandF_CM1B_201909_AnswerSheet.xlsx’
CM1 April 2019	Download ‘IandF_CM1B_201904_Q1-AnswerSheet.xlsx’ Download ‘IandF_CM1B_201904_Q2-AnswerSheet.xlsx’ Download ‘IandF_CM1B_201904_Q3-AnswerSheet.xlsx’
CM2 September 2020	Download ‘IandF_CM1B_201904_Q1-AnswerSheet.xlsx’
CM2 September 2019	Download ‘CM2B ASET Sep 2019 Question 1.xlsx’ Download ‘CM2B ASET Sep 2019 Question 2.xlsx’ Download ‘CM2B ASET Sep 2019 Question 3.xlsx’ Download ‘CM2B ASET Sep 2019 Question 4.xlsx’
CM2 April 2019	Download ‘CM2B ASET Apr 2019 Question 1.xlsx’ Download ‘CM2B ASET Apr 2019 Question 2.xlsx’ Download ‘CM2B ASET Apr 2019 Question 3.xlsx’ Download ‘CM2B ASET Apr 2019 Question 4.xlsx’
CS1 September 2020	Download ‘smoking_data.RData’
CS1 September 2019	Download ‘Interest_rates.csv’ Download ‘policies_data.RData’
CS1 April 2019	Download ‘CablesDataset.csv’ Download ‘CS1Waves.Rdata’
CS2	There are no files to download for Subject CS2 paper B
CP2 September 2020	Download ‘CP2 ASET Paper 1.xlsx’ Download ‘CP2 ASET Paper 2.xlsx’
CP2 April 2020	Download ‘CP2 ASET Paper 1.xlsx’ Download ‘CP2 ASET Paper 2.xlsx’
CP3 September 2020	Download ‘business plan supplied with advance material.xlsx’ Download ‘revised business plan supplied with question paper.xlsx’

Click on the appropriate link to download the file.

ASET includes not only a possible solution to each question on the exam paper, but also comments to help you with your exam technique, alternative approaches and references to the course material.

ASET is a useful complement to the Examiners’ Reports (available from the IFoA website).

Expected availability dates for study material.

Mini-ASET eBook (April 2021 Papers only)

Mini-ASET will be available from around mid-August. It is only available as an eBook, not in print.

Subjects	Exam Papers
CB, CM, CS subjects, CP1, CP3, SP1‐2, SP4‐9 and SA2‐4	April 2021 only

ASET Samples

How can I download further information about ASET?

Here are some samples:

Download Subject CM2 sample

Download Subject SP2 sample

The ASET samples are in Adobe Acrobat format, and you will need the latest version of Adobe Acrobat Reader to view and print it. If you don't have Adobe Acrobat Reader, you can download it here.