Possible to pass Series 79 and 63 without reading the book?

Wondering if this is doable. Exam is in a couple days and have not opened the book yet. Have just been doing videos and practice questions.

I passed the SIE without reading the book, and so far have been doing well with practice exams for the 79. Is this doable ?!

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I only studied a day each for each of my series exams just doing practice problems and practice tests. It's very doable. Just start grinding through practice problems and supplement anything you don't understand w/ videos or reading the book for specific stuff you don't understand. 

Keep doing practice tests until you consistently score >80% then you should be good. I think I did something like 600+ practice problems for each of my series exams.

 

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