[jeff]

AUD Study Group Links and Resources:

1. NINJA Monthly – $67 AUD Course
2. Free AUD Notes
3. AUD Course Comparison
4. How to Pass AUD (with NINJA)
5. How to Pass AUD (in 20 Days)
6. How to Pass AUD (after Failing)

See Also:

• FAR Study Group
• AUD Study Group
• REG Study Group
• BEC Study Group

[bmj2s]

Literally just got home from re-taking BEC this morning, looking to start AUD tomorrow. Would it be possible to nail this before the end of Q2 using a Ninja plan? I can fit studying in at work, but does that sound reasonable?

[tbizzle]

Hi NINJAs! I sat for a FAR retake today. Score release is expected 5/23. Is it possible to squeeze in AUD by that date? So study for ~23 days using only NINJA ( I have been using Wiley primarily with NINJA as a supplement). Currently have AUD scheduled for 6/10, but concerned I failed the FAR retake and would want to get started on FAR again right after 5/23 if that's the case. The last time I sat for AUD was in 2014 using Becker with a score of 61. Since then, I've worked in public accounting and have six yrs. of internal audit experience, so hopefully *some* material won't be super foreign.

TL:DR Is it reasonable to study for AUD in 23 days using NINJA only? Has anyone done it?!

Thanks much!!!

[tbizzle]

@Bmj2s Just saw your post!. In the same boat as you. I think I'm gonna go for it! Maybe first check to see if there are any open test spots at Prometric. If something happens, like you get really sick *knock on wood*, or you realize it's too intense of a study plan, you could always push it to Q3. If you have a plan of attack, do share!

[Amber]

@Ng I felt the same going into it the first time. I can't say the second was any easier but my issue seemed to be that I ran through the answers too quickly and didn't fully read them and I would pick the wrong answer. I tried to correct this by reading D and working my way up to switch things up. It really felt like they were trying to trick me the whole test lol because of the wording. This seemed to help. Good luck!

[Amber]

@Adam I just recently retook audit after getting a 55 on my first attempt. I felt good going into my first try as well. Unfortunately I feel like the second test I took was way easier. Maybe it was how I studied but I guess I can't be sure. So I used Becker but I'm sure this could work for anyone regardless of what you use. I made sure to really read the multiple choice as I was brushing by them too quickly and missed important words in the question. Then I would also read the answers from D to A to keep me from just glancing and picking. I took the first week of restudying and laid out all my significant notes…layout of each type of report depending if issuer or non issuer, important words in each, which paragraphs were altered depending on what the situation was, main formulas I needed to know,etc. I reviewed back over them. Then I retook the review tests and wrote down every answer I got wrong so that I could go back and understand what I was missing. I did that for all the practice tests and then reviewed all of those questions probably every other day. Some days I would just open a review and run through questions on that section. I originally took my test end of February and then took a week off from studying and retook it April 8th. So I gave myself about 3 weeks and passed with an 80. Hope this helps some!

[Bill]

Just took my AUD exam yesterday. Not feeling too thrilled about probably because I admittedly took a more relaxed approach to studying for this one (only other was BEC). Many MCQs were incredibly “wordy” and the sentences seemed to just run on and on. It's probably good practice to read over the questions and answers again if you're ahead of schedule. If I could go back, I would have done more of the Becker Final Review TBSs.

[bmj2s]

@Tbizzle. I don't have study plan per se'. I have it scheduled for June 9th, and I've just been going through the mcqs one section topic at a time. I'm not a book reader as my ADD doesn't let me get past the 1st page without re-reading it 10 more times. I see plenty of people saying they smash out 3000 mcqs but there's only like 1084 in AUD so that's just going through each one 3 times.

I'm writing notes whether I lucky guessed or needed the extra info from the explanations. Wasn't much of a studier until college so I sit here and think each little piece of info is testable. lol

[Luke]

Taking AUD in about a week… does anyone have any last minute study tips for AUD specifically? Something like “go over tickmarks” or “review independence rules a lot” anything like that?

Thank you and best of luck!

[Ralphie Dos Nachos]

Luke, know your SSARS differences…What type of assurance for each, whether they give an opinion, restricted use etc.

[PDiddy2000]

The AUD study group has been quiet lately. I take AUD two weeks from today. I'm hoping to go 2 for 2 on passing exams in Q2. I have to admit that I'm a little behind in the Wiley study material mainly because Wiley seems to cover every detail and I've been anal about taking my time to understand the many nuances. I'm taking the first week of June off work so I'm hoping to catch up at that time. Good Luck to everyone taking AUD the remainder of the Q2 testing window. Let's get those AICPA Q2 passing percentages up! 🙂

[M]

Hi guys. I will be taking my first CPA exam in July 2019 which will be Audit. I was practicing the sims and I was wondering how do you learn how to use Authoritative literature? Are there any sites for it? I'm so confused on how to use it :/

[Luke]

@M regarding Authoritative Literature:
I literally JUST learned how to do it, I felt like an idiot. Okay so when they ask you one of those AU-C 250.A24 questions on the Simulations, click the “Auth Lit” button with the book logo on the top bar, next to the calculator I think. A window will come up with all these rules and procedures and guidelines. The answer is in there. Basically you're searching for a rule. If the question says “What should the auditor do when they find a material subsequent event?” What I (personally) would do is click the advanced search, and type “subsequent event” in the top bar, and then read through the guidelines until I see something like “procedures after discovering subsequent event” then I could click that, read it THOROUGHLY, and see if it answers their question. If not, it's gotta be AROUND there, so I search within those rules until I find exactly what I'm looking for. Sometimes I'll think I found it, but then I'll click one more rule, like from .A25 to .A26 and it'll be even better. So my advice is read very carefully and see if it exactly matches your answer. That's how I do it.
Any other comments from other people?

FAR-80
BEC-88
AUD-today!

[M]

@luke Thank you so much for the tip! Also, did you practice any sims from the AICPA website? I recently made an account on there and I'm a bit confused. I can't seem to find the sims sample exams only or separately. The only thing I see is the sample audit exam. Do I have to take the whole sample audit exam in order to access the sims? or is there a separate section for sims on their site where I can practice from? Thank you!

[PDiddy2000]

@M you have to take the entire sample exam but you can pass through the sections that you don't want by simply submitting each testlet. I've done that before. Good Luck!

[boo boo]

Good Morning Candidates,

This is my first time in this group! I took audit May 20th and just hoping for the best. The first set of multiple choice questions were easy, but the second testlet was more difficult, however I felt as if I got through them because nothing was unfamiliar to me. Now the simulations weren't bad but I feel that section of the exam could go any way; my last simulation I had to just choose answers because I was running out time and it was a DRS question (really hoping that was a pre-test question). At this point I'm just hoping I passed!

Audit (gleim only)- score pending
FAR (gleim only)
BEC (gleim only)
FAR (gleim only

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