[Anonymous]

Looking at the new exam format for AUD. 5 Testlet’s.

1st Testlet: 45 Mins for 36 MCQ’s.
2nd Testlet: 45 Mins for 36 MCQ’s.
3rd Testlet: 30 Mins for 2 TBS’s.
STANDARD BREAK CLOCK STOPS (15 mins I’m Guessing).
4th Testlet: 70 Mins for 4 TBS’s.
5th Testlet: 50 Mins for 3 TBS’s.

Now obviously you’re allowed to take and optional break in between them. But for the “standard” break, do you have to? Do you have to wait the full 15 mins?

[VDP]

According to the updated Candidate Bulletin that was just released, the new standard break is optional. I would assume taking only 5 or 10 minutes (instead of the full 15 minutes) would be acceptable as well.

Page 51: “In addition to the optional breaks between testlets, which count against your testing time, you will be offered
a standardized, 15-minute break approximately midway through the Exam section which may be accepted or
declined. This break will not count against your testing time.”

https://media.nasba.org/files/2011/09/Candidate-Bulletin-2017-Draft-05.pdf

[shawn in VA]

please correct me if I am wrong so 18 less MCQs but 2 more SIMS compared to the Q1 format. Who thinks the SIMS will be easier since there are MORE of them ? just wondering as the SIMS is what messes me up. Does anyone know a good review course for SIMS that are close to the actual exam. Roger and Wiley test bank did not cut it.

[Anthony]

Make sims more easier and flood the market with new CPA's? I highly doubt that, just look at the DRS sims that came out last year and the fuss people are giving it. In fact, I wouldn't be surprise they'll start making DRS more common on sims.

[Paydirt123]

shawn in VA: I don't have reason to believe the SIMS will be easier. Probably not. What I couldn't get information on: now that there are 3 testlets of TBS, compared with 1, are these testlets subject to multi stage testing? Up until now, the way it worked was: everyone started the 1st mcq testlet at a “medium” level. From there, the following 2 mcq testlets were either “medium” or “hard” depending on your performance in the 1st testlet (if you got 30 out of 30 right, you would get a “hard” testlet. While more challenging, answering “hard” questions amounts to higher point value than “medium”).

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