[sweetmanu]

I am taking my exam in april 1st week, I found Beckers 1st and 2nd exams simulations very tough. Just want to know how was others experience while solving those sims. I would really appreciate if any 1 can help me in giving some last min tips in sims.

[Anonymous]

Becker's homework and final exams are typically harder than what I've seen on the exams so far. I've scored 15-20 points higher than what I did on the Becker final exams.

[sweetmanu]

Thanks lot Dale,

Hey i have more question, I have there are some accounting portion included in audit like journal entries. Where can i find the journal entries, I mean which simulations are having journal entries.

[Anonymous]

You will probably run into some audit simulations that Becker didn't cover. I had to do adjusting journal entries and my g/f had to do something with independence, but it was stuff not covered in Becker. The independence thing I can't help you out with, but the journal entries were pretty basic and logical. If you remember Financial Accounting, you will be fine. But the thing is, if you know Becker well enough, the rest won't bring your score down enough to fail. Just know what you know and don't let the rest throw you off. I finished Audit in 2.5 hours because if I didn't know it, I moved on and worried about the stuff I knew. I passed and I know you can too.

Best of luck to you.

[Anonymous]

I didn't cover any J/Es in my review materials nor did I see any on the exam. Most of my simulations were nothing more than glorified MC questions, just with more answer choices.

[sogchhabra]

Hi I am new to this site and I also heard there was an adjusting entry simulation as well as some simulation on controls (determining prventative, detective, etc) – neither of these are in becker. Can someone elaborate on the type of questions they asked?

[whitesoxfancpa]

Not to scare anybody, but both of my simulations for my Auditing exam this morning were harder than any of the Becker simulations in the entire AUD section or the Final Review.

I also felt the multiple choice questions were harder than Becker's.

I've seen many people say that the actual exam is easier than Becker, but it certainly was not the case for me. It felt much harder in both multiple choice and simulations.

AUD 96 FAR 95 REG 94 BEC 88

[action0602]

i have to agree with whitesoxfancpa. i just took AUD on 4/30/10 and the MC/SIMS were definitely harder than Becker. IMO, doing all of the becker questions at least once or twice or more (depending on your memory) is sufficient to cover enough of the MC to pass. i had about 3-10 questions on each testlet that I was unsure about, mostly because those questions i had never seen or were topics of things i didnt dive into deep enough into.

my study approach: maybe not ideal or recommended, but mine nonetheless

Becker:

1. attend the classes (attended all without starting the HW out of laziness)

2. go through each chapter while transfering important points to 3×5 flashcards

3. go through all of the MC questions (not including suppl questions) once while taking notes on 3×5 flashcards

4. go back through and finish the suppl questions while taking notes on 3×5 flashcards

5. go back through and finish the MC i got wrong on the first try, then redo the suppl questions i got wrong on the first try

6. read all 3×5 flashcards each day for 2 weeks leading up to the exam

7. read solutions of the becker SIMS (optional)

8. if time permits, go back through the MC and suppl questions a second time or more if needed (i personally never did them more than twice as i started to memorize the answers by then)

for the best results, going over all of the practice finals and other questions provided is advisable. i just ran out of time.

for BEC, i just did strictly becker questions and zero book time=79

for REG 1st try, i just did strictly becker questions and zero book time=72

for REG 2nd try, i used the above method=84

for FAR, i used the above method=87

for AUD, i used the above method=WAITING and it sucks

so what does this all mean? if you use beckers homework MC (including suppl) only, i think that gets you about 70-80 percent of the material and about an equivalent score. if you study the book/simulations/practice finals and other stuff to fill in some topics the homework solution explanations left out, another 10 to 20 points. my advice, is to study the questions with a majority of your time, using the explanations as a guide to studying the material and even what to study. then fill in the gaps with additional studying of either the book or addition questions either provided by becker or other source. between these two, you should have enough of exposure to the material to pass.

i think reading the note cards religiously leading up to the test is a must though.

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