[HearnUC]

Hi all, I found this forum while searching for studying strategies regarding Becker and found everyone’s input very helpful so I have come to ask personally for more suggestions.

When I work on the multiple choice questions, should I be completely closing the book when do them or use it intermittently if I get stumped on a question. I try to distance myself from the book as much as possible doing the questions, but find myself sometimes looking to either get clarification on my initial answer or just try to find it. On an average of 25 questions, I’d say I look for help on about 5-8 questions.

All suggestions and input is welcome and I’d really appreciate it.

Good luck to all!!

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AUD - 5/23/12 - 88
FAR - 7/28/12 - 84
BEC - 8/30/12 - 87
REG - 10/20/12 - 75

[mla1169]

I tried the question without any help but if I got it wrong, I researched the answer until I completely understood the correct answer (could be time consuming!) before I moved on.

FAR- 77
AUD -49, 71, 84
REG -56,75!
BEC -75

Massachusetts CPA (non reporting) since 3/12.

[Phllop]

One thing I always struggled with was getting MCQs wrong in the passmaster. It's good to have sort of a competitive spirit and want to never get them wrong, but it's almost better to get them wrong. Getting a question wrong means you know exactly what you need to learn. If you get a question wrong, read why the right answer is correct, and why the wrong answers are incorrect. Try not to look at the book to get your answers first, it didn't work for me anyway, I found I was relying too much on the book for answers. It's OK to get the practice questions wrong, it's what they're there for!

mla's method seems like it would be good too. I would go through all the questions, and mark anything I got wrong, or got right for the wrong reasons. I would then keep doing only the marked problems until I was satisfied.

I'll be honest, I don't use the book or the lectures much after I do them once, unless it's a concept I'm having a real hard time with. MCQ's have always been my preferred method of studying. I think it's a good idea to keep the book close, but only look at it AFTER you've attempted the problem. Once you know an answer is wrong try to find out why and then answer it again.

Everybody studies in a different way though, if you find you retain it better when looking at the book — by all means!

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BEC: 80 (don't even ask me how)

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[Anonymous]

I went four for four on the exam sections and I always used the book if I was stumped on an MCQ. I didn't want to reinforce wrong answers/wrong solution processes.

[HearnUC]

Yeah I never like rewatching the lectures after going through once unless I have absolutely no idea about a topic. But usually the book is in good enough detail you don't need to rewatch.

I absolutely hate getting questions wrong, but always try to understand why (which IS very time consuming). Kind of sucks working full time in a CPA firm and trying to balance studying for the right amount of time and working the crazy hours. Oh well gotta suck it up.

Must be a CPA in 2012!

AUD - 5/23/12 - 88
FAR - 7/28/12 - 84
BEC - 8/30/12 - 87
REG - 10/20/12 - 75

[Sowmiya]

Hi Friends,

My AUD exam is on Feb 9th. What is the best way to work on operating cycles in Internal control module and Other specific audit evidence topics in module 4? Also i haven't took FAR.. I am just afraid about the journal entries in simulations.. Please give me some suggestions…

[Anonymous]

Most of the time, I try to look up the answer because I'm afraid that I'm going to be subconsciously memorizing answers if I don't. Looking up the answers forces me to suffer through the question. The more I suffer, the more likely I will not forget the concept later on.

[joe34y]

I tried to get though the lectures and multiple choice questions as quickly as possible for a chapter on my initial run and marked all the questions I didn't understand. Then I would go back and study the explanations to the questions and print out all the questions I got wrong with explanations on them.

I created a big binder of these questions and went back every couple of days and reviewed the questions again so I wouldn't forget the material ( very important for exams like FAR and REG when you have 9 to 7 chapters.)

When I needed to do my final review I had a binder full of Becker questions that I could focus my attention on and not worry about wasting time on the stuff I already knew.

AUD: 84
BEC: 82
FAR: 85
REG: TBA

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