[jeff]

Welcome to the Q3 2016 CPA Exam Study Group for AUD.

Some BLITZ videos to help your exams: https://www.another71.com/ninja-blitz

[Anonymous]

Who here has some good mnemonics to memorize these reports?
What do you think are the biggest concepts to understand for a successful exam?

Thank you for your help in advanced. I took FAR on August 12th and have slowly transitioned to AUD. I am scheduled to take the exam Sept. 8th but might move it accordingly to how much I get done.

Currently in A2 of Beckers.

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Just finished the Ninja MCQs, all 1630 of them. Average of 81%. Better than my average on FAR (74%) and REG (77%). Next 2 days I will be doing the Ninja simulations and then it's prometric time (those bastards tried to cancel my appointment). Don't think I'll have time to do the Wiley Testbank simulations, like I had planned. Oh well, screw it. Main thing is to memorize those ratios that will likely show up in the simulations. I did poorly on the ratio simulations that CPAExcel has.

FAR - June 2016 - 88
REG - July 2016 - 89
AUD - Aug 2016 - review phase currently
BEC - Sep 2016 -

Wiley CPA Excel & Ninja MCQ

[mckan514w]

kanwal78 I will third the push back option- I wish I had that option but my NTS is expiring so I am forced to sit knowing that likely I will re-test. I was like allaboard except with FAR- I KNEW I wasn't ready- I was almost there but not quite- and like a dumba@@ I was too stupid or stubborn or something and didn't reschedule and of course I failed…. BEC I knew a week in advance I wasn't quite there and rescheduled– and got ready…. so anyway sorry for rambling I have study brain 🙂 long story short- I think right now you have time but don't rule out the reschedule option if you don't feel ready….

@circadian- I am seriously jealous of that average GOOD LUCK…

and they ask me why I drink...

FAR- 61-next time I'll ask for lube instead of a calculator
REG-75- Never been so happy to see such a low grade
BEC- 8/11
AUD- 9/2

[aatoural]

what do you mean pensions? Where is that in the becker book? 😮

@carcadian – good luck!

BEC - PASSED
AUD - 8/29/16
FAR - TBS
REG - TBS

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Thank you guys. This was after doing all the CPAExcel questions and reading the textbook, so that helps. Not sure how other people use Ninja MCQs.

FAR - June 2016 - 88
REG - July 2016 - 89
AUD - Aug 2016 - review phase currently
BEC - Sep 2016 -

Wiley CPA Excel & Ninja MCQ

[Larry]

I am guessing that pensions is one of the FAR like simulations in AUD.

REG - 82
FAR - 78
BEC - 76
AUD - 8/27/16

[aatoural]

@Papogator – do you remember what SIMS from FAR touches that? Since I haven't done FAR I have no clue, but would want to touch up a bit just in case.

BEC - PASSED
AUD - 8/29/16
FAR - TBS
REG - TBS

[Theodore]

What is up with this whole pension SIMS????

FAR: 66, 76!
REG: 76!
AUD: 72, 9/7/2016
BEC: TBA

Don't Stop When You Are Tired, Stop When You Are Done.

[patelhj1]

Not to sure either but @trele6 (on this page) mention that he recently took the exam and recommends to study pension… I havn't come across anything even slightly making reference to pensions in AUD so if anyone knows what trele6 is talking about please shed some light!

On another note, having some difficulty understanding written assertions (Becker A2-82). What are written assertions? They are required for examination and review engagements, but not required for agreed-upon procedures.

BEC 78 08/2015
REG 71 11/2015, RETAKE 83 01/2016
FAR 75! 5/2016
AUD ? 8/2016

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[Theodore]

@patelhj1 Neither have I. and I need to look over written assertions again. I starting to forget things already 🙁

FAR: 66, 76!
REG: 76!
AUD: 72, 9/7/2016
BEC: TBA

Don't Stop When You Are Tired, Stop When You Are Done.

[Anonymous]

assertions are the UPERCV or COCACURVE

written assertions are the management report acknowledging that they are making those assertions in the financial statements.

[Lou]

assertions are things that management says about the financial statements. I.E. the inventory balance is complete, inv balance is valued correctly, all of the inventory i recorded exist etc.

FAR- taken 8/11/16....now the wait begins
AUD- scheduled 9/8/16
BEC- scheduled 10/9/16
REG-scheduled 12/10/16

Live a few years like most people won't, to live the rest of your life like most people can't.

[Theodore]

Thanks guys! Did anybody find out about the piecemeal opinion??

FAR: 66, 76!
REG: 76!
AUD: 72, 9/7/2016
BEC: TBA

Don't Stop When You Are Tired, Stop When You Are Done.

[Trele6]

I used Becker, not sure which chapter covered pension audits/professionalism but you definitely need to give it a good read. I think it was only a page or two but it was tested heavier than that for me.

First go at the CPA! Only using Becker
Reg / Nov 2015 - 87
Far / Apr 2016 - 79
Bec / May 2016 - 80
Aud / Aug 2016

[Theodore]

@trele6 thank you!

FAR: 66, 76!
REG: 76!
AUD: 72, 9/7/2016
BEC: TBA

Don't Stop When You Are Tired, Stop When You Are Done.

[Author]

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