[Zaiitz3]

Anyone else completely disregard the “NOT” or the “least likely” portion of the question? When I take tests for school, I tend to underline “not,” but obviously, on this computer based test, I can’t. Has anyone overcome this problem? I feel like I get the silly questions wrong simply because of this.

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[Shanti]

I miss that a lot, too. I read all the answers and I get confused because 2 or 3 of them look right. The only ‘trick' I can think of is that usually there is one answer that doesn't belong with the others. That sends me to reread the question looking for the not or least likely.

Hope that helps.

[Zaiitz3]

Haha, I've found that I'm often saying to myself “one of these is not like the others…” and find the correct answer that way. Thanks for that! Glad I'm not the only one.

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[See Pee A]

@Zaiitz3: I found myself doing this as well on occasion, which is understandable since you get into a routine while doing so many questions at a time during studying. What helped me was when I had a longer question I would skip to the end briefly just to find the call of the question. This was a huge time saver since sometimes it would only require looking at one detail or something and wouldn't require me to even read the entire question. Nice tip to save a few minutes during the actual exam.

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[Anonymous]

I'm also big on underlining and crossing out answer choices as I eliminate them. I use my scratch paper to write the key word(s) that I would normally underline. I also write out A B C and D (just the letters, not the answer choice) and cross each letter out as I eliminate choices. For the sake of time, I don't do this on every question, but it seems to keep me engaged.

[Anonymous]

Since you cannot underline on a monitor, why not just double click on the one word you wish to emphasize? It should then be highlighted. Note you can only do this for one word, if you have multiple words you would like to underline you have to choose it.

Note sure if the actual CPA exam allows this, but it works on the Wiley online practice tests.

[Zaiitz3]

@bobkorz, I will try it and report back to the forums!

@eatrunCPA, it helped me stay engaged for the sections I was just going over! Took a while though. On the exam, I might just do it for the really tricky questions…

@See Pee A, Haha, especially when the first sentence is hardly relatable to the last… Yes, I've seen a few of these. I'll try skipping to the last question for the extra long questions!

Thanks guys!! I really appreciate it, and I'm glad I'm not alone.

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AUD 74, 88! 04/02/12
BEC 75! 08/30/12
FAR 68, 73, 83! 10/27/12
REG 80! 11/24/12

DONE!!!

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