CA Branch 2 study plan
CA Branch 2 · Give each week a clear focus.
8 weeks · About 7 hours per week
Laws and Regulations
Map Domain 1 into 6-8 subtopics and rank them by weight and personal weakness
Define the key statutory and regulatory terms that appear most often in Domain 1 scenarios
Build a one-page reference sheet of Domain 1 rules and cite the concept each rule covers
Complete 30 untimed Domain 1 practice items and log every miss with a reason code
Your checkpoint
A dated Domain 1 topic map plus a miss-log spreadsheet with 30 logged items and reason codes
Laws and Regulations & Licensee Responsibilities and Prohibited Conduct
Explain how licensing requirements flow into day-to-day licensee duties
Distinguish prohibited conduct categories and give one original example for each
Compare penalties and consequences for violations across categories
Drill 40 mixed Domain 1-2 items under a 60-second-per-item cap
Your checkpoint
A two-column comparison table of prohibited conduct categories versus consequences, plus a 40-item accuracy score
Licensee Responsibilities and Prohibited Conduct & Advertising and Business Practices
Outline the licensee duty cycle from application through renewal and continuing obligations
Identify advertising rules and apply them to 10 self-written ad scenarios
Classify business-practice violations and match each to the governing rule
Write 15 original scenario questions covering Domains 2-3 and answer them cold
Your checkpoint
A 15-question self-authored quiz with answer key and rule citations for Domains 2-3
Records, Reporting, and Compliance
Diagram the records lifecycle: what is kept, how long, and who can access it
List reporting triggers and deadlines and convert them into a timeline
Practice calculating compliance scenarios involving deadlines and retention periods
Complete 35 Domain 4 items and target 80% or better
Your checkpoint
A one-page records-and-reporting timeline with deadlines and a 35-item score of 80% or higher
Records, Reporting, and Compliance & Laws and Regulations
Re-test the lowest-scoring Domain 1 subtopics from week 1
Connect reporting failures to the underlying Domain 1 rules that create them
Simulate a compliance audit by reviewing 5 sample record sets for gaps
Reduce the week 1 miss-log by resolving at least 70% of open items
Your checkpoint
An audit worksheet scoring 5 sample record sets, with at least 70% of week 1 misses resolved
Consumer Protection and Complaint Handling & Ethics and Professional Standards
Map the complaint-handling process from intake through resolution and documentation
Apply consumer-protection rules to 8 original complaint scenarios
Contrast ethical standards with legal minimums using 5 borderline cases
Write a short ethics decision checklist you can apply under time pressure
Your checkpoint
A complaint-handling flowchart plus a one-page ethics decision checklist
Advertising and Business Practices & Consumer Protection and Complaint Handling & Ethics and Professional Standards
Re-drill the weakest subtopics from Domains 3, 5, and 6
Complete a timed 60-item mixed set across all domains
Review every timed miss and tag it by domain and error type
Rebuild your reference sheets to trim content you already know cold
Your checkpoint
A timed 60-item score with a fully tagged error analysis and revised reference sheets
Laws and Regulations & Licensee Responsibilities and Prohibited Conduct & Advertising and Business Practices & Records, Reporting, and Compliance & Consumer Protection and Complaint Handling & Ethics and Professional Standards
Run two full-length timed practice exams under test-day conditions
Target 85% or higher on the second full-length attempt
Re-review only tagged misses and high-frequency weak spots
Finalize a one-page pre-exam summary of rules and deadlines
Your checkpoint
Two full-length exam scores with the second at 85% or higher, plus a finalized one-page summary
Milestones
Week 2: Domain 1 topic map complete and 30+ practice items logged with reason codes
Week 4: Domain 4 items at 80% or higher and records/reporting timeline finalized
Week 6: Complaint flowchart and ethics checklist complete; all domains have been studied at least once
Week 8: Second full-length practice exam at 85% or higher