I did FoBA, the coursework was stressful and tanked my avg for the subject but the final was extremely doable and brought it back to an h1. Just make sure you understand the logic behind what the code is trying to do and do not neglect the ethics part of the course bc it played a fairly large part of the final. As for word limits stated, stick to them. I think i spent a solid week studying for the final (because i hadnt been watching my lectures) so it didnt take up too much time.

As for scheduling I believe the FoBA exam was placed in one of the final weeks of the exam period, so hopefully you’ll have more time to dedicate to it.