AUD Study Group – Q2 2018 - Page 18

I started covering Audit Sampling in my early sunday morning study session. *YAWN* My hard work and determination mantra is really being put to the test right now. This makes me want to go back to bed.

This might be an area that I need to cover twice. Although, I looked at the AUD blueprints and it doesn't seem that sampling techniques will be extensively covered on the test. Thank Goodness!!

@pdiddy sorry idk why I thought your exam was coming up soon. My wishes are way premature lol.

Sacpa: haha yes but I would make such a terrible study partner I have two good days followed by 5 bad days of studying; so unpredictable with the guilt trips from husband/kids and all their sickness. But I can't blame them… I've been at it for so long and I've missed out on so much. 😪

@Allsheneededwassome: Same here. My schedule is unpredictable with something or other coming up. I also have been in this for a long time. This past year has specially been very trying with as many challenging issues needing immediate attention as possible. The minute I open my book & get focused, something happens & needs to be followed up on & then it takes a while to get back to studying. I see this a a test to my tenacity to make me stronger & get to business. I almost took AUD this Jan & here I am starting all over after tax season.

Kudos to you for passing 3 sections in spite of all that is going on in your life. The struggle, pain, suffering & sacrifice is real. Having coming so close to passing, I am sure you will nail AUD this time. All the best!

Ds300, what were your prior scores in AUD?

No shame for that score.

A 62 is as bad as a 74 so is a 75 is as good as a 99.
Without studying and still got a 62 is not that bad. At least you acknowledged that it was you, not your source review material gets blamed for missing the (75) mark.

If I were in your shoes, I’d stick with Becker and pay the half-discounted price (around $500) if I can afford it or if there’s still room in my credit card. Option B would be, buy the latest edition of the Becker’s AUD textbook that I could find from EBay. ($100)

Read the book, review your old notes, and then get NINJA MCQs. Getting the Becker’s final review AUD for $170 is also a great idea.

Good luck!

@sacpa Scores are not in percentile or else the same percentage would pass in every window. Getting a 99 doesn't mean top 1%. There is just some weird weighting going on.

edit: Another way to see this is if scores were percentile then the score distribution would be linear, just as many people would score 99 as 75. We know that is not true, the score distribution is bell-shaped.

edit2: Now whether a 100 is possible I don't know. It's possible if you get every single question correct the system would still give 99 just because the extra digit would add unnecessary complexity to their systems.

Good luck SONA! Sounds like you did pretty well.

@Tim: Long time back, I read somewhere that the scores are graded on a scale of 0-99, which does not represent ‘percent correct'. Maybe the percentile part that I mentioned was not right.
Btw, I hope you win EWS award! Good Luck!

@SONA: Looks like you did well! All the best!