The CGFM Questions That Made Me Slow Down

I’ve been preparing for the CGFM exam and recently worked through some CGFM exam questions to see how I was actually doing. It was a useful reality check because a couple of areas were harder than I expected.

I struggled most with governmental accounting and financial reporting and budgeting and financial management. I understood the main ideas, but some questions made me connect several concepts instead of simply recalling a definition.

I also noticed I was spending too much time second-guessing myself. Going back through the questions I missed helped me figure out where my reasoning needed more work.

Now I have a better idea of what to review instead of feeling like I need to study everything again.

For anyone else preparing for CGFM, which topics took you the longest to get comfortable with?