[jpmcom]

Hi,

I failed Aud last window with 67.I used Becker review.After seeing posts i'm worried if i could pass it next time.I thought i aced the exam first time but failed. i'm confused how to deal with it second time.Please help me to come out of this depressed feeling about retaking it again.Is becker good enough for auditing?..I didn't even receive my score report yet from CA board.

[nervouswreck]

OnePointAway- my apologies. Sounds like you've got this thing buttoned up.

[OnePointAway]

Nervouswreck,

I am also a nervous wreck myself. I actually have a total of 4 chances to pass the AUD exam before I start to lose credit on my other 3 passed exams. I have already blown one of the 4. I am taking my 2nd exam this Oct. 27. I am really nervous about it. I keep having this nightmare that I will have to repeat my other exams even though I already passed them.

I am a complete bundle of nerves. I did get a 74 which is somewhat encouraging. I think it was the sims that killed me and it is impossible to prepare for them.

[OnePointAway]

I am preparing now for AUD and I am using Becker. Chapter 5 discusses sampling in fair detail. On p. A5-15 they have the formulas for estimation. Has anybody here bothered to memorize these formulas?

What about the PPS formula?

[Anonymous]

OnePointAway, I would not say memorize the formula, however I would make sure you understand that section.

[Anonymous]

I took the exam yesterday, overall I would say it was not that difficult. I saw a nice amount of questions from Wiley.

[OnePointAway]

Ikbcpa2b,

Thank you for the information. I have already done all the Wiley questions but I will go through them again. My AUD test is Oct. 27 so I should have enough time.

[OnePointAway]

I thought I was prepared the 1st time I took AUD but I got a 74. I knew all the Becker questions and I still failed. I think it was mostly the sims that killed me. Also, I did not go through the rules of independence and that hurt me. I just need that one more point. did you do the sims in Wiley, ikbcpa2b?

[Anonymous]

Yes, I sure did. I made sure I did every problem in the book. I felt very prepared. I would say you are ready and not trying to be confident. I wish I could tell you how many questions that came from Wiley. I know I answered them 3 times each. LOL!

[OnePointAway]

I have only done the MC from Wiley. Maybe I will do the sims too.

[gonnabacpany]

@Onepointaway – I feel your pain, I failed AUD with a 74 as well. Leaving the exam I was very confident that I passed but ended up one point shy. I passed FAR with an 84 and just sat for REG. I have started supplementing Becker with Wiley as well. I think that Becker does a fairly good job with the multiple choice, but the simulations were not even close to what I had. I am retaking AUD on the 5th, hopefully I can find that last point somewhere! Good luck everyone.

FAR - 84; AUD - 74, 11/5/09; REG - 10/10/09 ??; BEC - 11/23/09

[OnePointAway]

Hi gonnabacpany,

Thank you for the note. How much time did you spend prerparing for AUD when you got the 74?

[halfCPA]

I was just wondering how many questions people usually mark on their testlets for Audit. I took it on Friday, and walked out thinking it was a lot trickier than I expected. I got in the 80s on both Becker Final Exams, so was hoping I would be in good shape. I ended up marking about 5 questions on the 1st testlet and between 6 and 8 on the 2nd and 3rd. Is that common?

[gonnabacpany]

OnePointAway,

I did the becker live classes and pretty much followed the study plan that they set up for you. I would estimate that in addition to the class time I spent roughly 100 hours over the course of 6 weeks studying. My downfall was the simulations. I was caught off guard, I do not think that the becker simulations were helpful for AUD. Hopefully I will be more prepared this time.

FAR - 84; AUD - 74, 11/5/09; REG - 10/10/09 ??; BEC - 11/23/09

[OnePointAway]

gonnabacpany,

Thank you for your insights. You are correct. The big problem is the sims. I just don't know how to prepare for them. I can do the practice sims but that provides only limited help since I don't know what to expect. The sims make it impossible to ever fully prepare for the exam.

[Anonymous]

Quote:"I was just wondering how many questions people usually mark on their testlets for Audit. I took it on Friday, and walked out thinking it was a lot trickier than I expected. I got in the 80s on both Becker Final Exams, so was hoping I would be in good shape. I ended up marking about 5 questions on the 1st testlet and between 6 and 8 on the 2nd and 3rd. Is that common?"

That sounds fairly common. It depends on how you interpret marking though. I mark any question where I can't immediately pick out the answer, usually within 30 to 45 seconds. This ends up with me marking usually between 8 to 10 answers per testlet, and the rest I know cold (no doubt about it). I also take a "first pass" on any that seem particularly challenging or lengthy; I don't bother answering these until I finish the rest. Those usually end up being between 3 or 4 per testlet. Thus marking a question can vary from person to person; for me, marked questions usually aren't troublesome unless they fall into the "first pass" category.

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