"Current Issues in Financial Markets" is one of the six broad topics that GARP tests in its FRM Part 2 exam. This broad topic has a 10% weight in the exam. This means out of 80 questions asked, you may expect 8 questions from this section. This area focuses on current issues that have a strong impact on financial markets. The broad knowledge points covered in "Current Issues in Financial Markets" include the following:

“Market Risk Measurement and Management” is one of the six broad topics that GARP tests in its FRM Part 2 exam. This broad topic has 20% weight in the exam. This means out of 80 questions asked, you may expect 16 questions from this section. This area focuses on market risk measurement and management techniques. The broad knowledge points include the following:

"Liquidity and Treasury Risk Measurement and Management" is one of the six broad topics that GARP tests in its FRM Part 2 exam. This broad topic has a 15% weight in the exam. This means out of 80 questions asked, you may expect 12 questions from this section. This area focuses on methods to measure and manage liquidity and treasury risk. The broad knowledge points covered in the Liquidity and Treasury Risk Management section include the following:

"Operational Risk and Resiliency" is one of the six broad topics that GARP tests in its FRM Part 2 exam. This broad topic has 20% weight in the exam. This means out of 80 questions asked, you may expect 16 questions from this section. This area focuses on methods to measure and manage operational risk as well as methods to manage risk across an organization, including risk governance, stress testing, and regulatory compliance. The broad knowledge points covered in Operational Risk and Resiliency include the following:

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"Credit Risk Measurement and Management" is one of the six broad topics that GARP tests in its FRM Part 2 exam. This broad topic has 20% weight in the exam, which means out of 80 questions asked, you may expect 16 questions from this section. This area focuses on a candidate's understanding of credit risk management, focusing on structured finance and credit products such as collateralized debt obligations and credit derivatives. The broad areas of knowledge covered in readings related to Credit Risk Measurement and Management include the following:

“Valuation and Risk Models” is one of the four broad topics that GARP tests in its FRM Part 1 exam. This broad topic has 30% weight in the exam, which means that you may expect 30 out of 100 questions to be asked from this section. This topic tests a candidate’s knowledge of valuation techniques and risk models. The broad knowledge points covered in Valuation and Risk Models include the following:

"Quantitative Analysis" is one of the four broad topics that GARP tests in its FRM Part 1 exam. This topic has a 20% weight in the exam. This means out of a total of 100 questions asked, you may expect 20 questions from this section. This area tests a candidate's knowledge of basic probability and statistics, regression and time series analysis, and various quantitative techniques useful in risk management. There are thirteen chapters or readings in this section. If you go through the GARP specified learning objectives (LOs) for this section, you will find many non-computational LOs. As this section is named "Quantitative Analysis," FRM candidates generally bias computational LOs while preparing for this section. However, be informed that GARP often asks tricky questions on non-computational LOs. Therefore, to score well, non-computational LOs are to be equally emphasized. 

"Financial Markets and Products" is one of the four broad topics that GARP tests in its FRM Part 1 exam. This general topic has 30% weight in the exam. This means out of a total of 100 questions asked, you may expect 30 questions from this section. This area tests a candidate's knowledge of financial products and the markets, more specifically, structures and functions of financial institutions, structure and mechanics of over-the-counter (OTC) and exchange markets, structure, mechanics, and valuation of forwards, futures, swaps, and options, hedging with derivatives, interest rates and measures of interest rate sensitivity, foreign exchange risk, corporate bonds, and mortgage-backed securities. There are twenty chapters or readings in this section. If you go through the GARP specified learning objectives (LOs) for this section, you will find a good mix of computational and non-computational LOs. As GARP generally asks tricky questions from the non-computational LOs, non-computational LOs are to be equally emphasized to score well in this section.

Risk Management and Investment Management is one of the six broad topics GARP tests in its FRM Part 2 exam. This broad topic has a 15% weight in the exam. This means out of 80 questions asked, you may expect 12 questions from this section. This area focuses on risk management techniques applied to the investment management process. The broad knowledge points covered in Risk Management and Investment Management include the following: