AUD – 3 of my 7 tabs were research!! Anyone else?

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  • November 23, 2011 at 3:31 am #163231
    jkjkjkjk8
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    3 of my 7 tabs on my AUD exam were research tasks. Has anyone else had this? The other tabs were made up of one hard one, two medium difficulty and one easy.

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  • November 23, 2011 at 3:36 am #310547
    jomarie
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    I had 2 research tabs on my last Audit exam……never heard of 3!!!!

    Started sitting in May 2002, on and off. But since 2008 I've been nonstop and my scores are....
    AUD - 39, 48, 56, 65, 68, 73, 76!!! (Finally passed in Oct 2011!!!) Becker, NINJA, & Wiley
    REG - 75 (Lost Credit) 72, 68, 73, 75 (Passed again in Aug 2011) Becker, NINJA, & Wiley
    FAR - 65, 68, 75 (Lost Credit) 68, 73, 73, 80 (Passed again in May 2012) Roger, NINJA, & Wiley
    BEC - 65, 68, 71, 72, 72, 71, 76 (Lost Credit)- 70, 76!!!! I AM DONE!!! - Roger, NINJA, & Wiley
    After 10 long years of studying, I AM DONE!!!! Finally a Licensed CPA in the State of New York!!

    November 23, 2011 at 3:41 am #310548
    jkjkjkjk8
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    I took my exam this afternoon. I dont think I am going crazy, I am pretty certain there was 3 of them. weird.

    November 23, 2011 at 3:47 am #310549
    Anonymous
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    wow… i wish i have 3 research questions cause i usually kill those 😀 like jomarie said, 2 research questions are out there, but never know that it could be 3 🙂 praying for 3 research questions now, haha!!

    November 23, 2011 at 3:56 am #310550
    gns121584
    Member

    I took it yesterday the 21st and only had one research. I felt like the simulations were pretty rough. 🙁

    AUD - PASSED - 84 -(11/21/11)
    REG - PASSED - 83 -(1/17/12)
    BEC - PASSED - 86 -(2/28/12)
    FAR - PASSED - 84 -(5/14/12)
    I AM DONE!!!!

    November 23, 2011 at 4:05 am #310551
    MyLifeisCPA
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    I had 2 research today. I had 2 research, 1 fairly easy sim, and the other 4 were moderate to hard.

    BEC-Passed
    AUD-Passed
    REG-Passed
    FAR-Passed (I AM DONE!!! THANK U LORD!!!!)
    Licensed Texas CPA - 10/2012

    November 23, 2011 at 4:10 am #310552
    ROACH
    Member

    are research easy? how can I pass them?

    BEC: 66 | 69 | 7/23/2013
    AUD: 8/28/2013
    REG:
    FAR:

    November 23, 2011 at 4:27 am #310553
    MyLifeisCPA
    Member

    If you identify the keyword in the research you can find it with no problems. but research can also hurt you if you spend a lot of time on them. I make my research the last thing I do..

    BEC-Passed
    AUD-Passed
    REG-Passed
    FAR-Passed (I AM DONE!!! THANK U LORD!!!!)
    Licensed Texas CPA - 10/2012

    November 23, 2011 at 4:34 am #310554
    Mimino
    Member

    I just took AUD today and had 1 research tab and it was terrible..it took me like 10 minutes to figure out what they are asking and still not sure if i got it..

    REG 10/03/11 - 87
    AUD 11/22/11 - 79
    BEC,FAR- 2012

    November 23, 2011 at 4:44 am #310555
    Anonymous
    Inactive

    what do you do in these research sims from AUD? do they just ask for the ASC code xxx-xxx-xxx-xx or whatever?

    November 23, 2011 at 4:47 am #310556
    Mimino
    Member

    If we all got different number of research tabs, does it mean that sims are adaptive too..how did you feel about difficulty of testlets? I thought mine was medium -> difficult-> medium..

    REG 10/03/11 - 87
    AUD 11/22/11 - 79
    BEC,FAR- 2012

    November 23, 2011 at 4:54 am #310557
    Mimino
    Member

    Yeah, just find the code # and paragraph from available sets of rules: (AU, PCAOB,AT,ET,BL,VS, CS)

    REG 10/03/11 - 87
    AUD 11/22/11 - 79
    BEC,FAR- 2012

    November 23, 2011 at 12:10 pm #310558
    rubie145
    Member

    If you got 3 research it probably means that one of the research are going to be thrown out…..but congrats to you for even gettin three!!! That seems like an ideal situation right there!!!! They say SIMS aren't adaptive that its the luck of the draw an some people draw the short end of the stick!!!

    REG 10/01/2011- failed retake hopefully May 2012
    AUD 11/30/2011- failed retake 1/9/2012
    BEC 2/25/2012 -
    FAR-TBD

    November 23, 2011 at 12:29 pm #310559
    nnenna
    Member

    after taking so many times…i believe they r adaptive

    November 23, 2011 at 1:47 pm #310560
    gns121584
    Member

    Mimino, I'm not really sure how to gauge how the difficulty went. I really studied my butt off for the multiple choice and I was in public and have audit experience, so audit is probably the one I “thought” I would feel most comfortable with. But, I felt like three of the sims I couldn't have prepared at all for based off of studying and what I knew audit wise. I would say I definitely thought my last testlet was more difficult though. Personally, I would've rather had at least one more research question at least. Hopefully it works out! Goodluck to all of you guys/gals too =)

    Do they only throw one sim out? Or how many do they throw out?

    AUD - PASSED - 84 -(11/21/11)
    REG - PASSED - 83 -(1/17/12)
    BEC - PASSED - 86 -(2/28/12)
    FAR - PASSED - 84 -(5/14/12)
    I AM DONE!!!!

    November 23, 2011 at 2:00 pm #310561
    Anonymous
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    I had 2 and one was very broad.

    I don't think they are adaptive, because the first time I took the exam, two of the sims were much more brutal than those I had the second time.

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