BEC Study Group January/February 2013 - Page 15

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  • January 6, 2013 at 4:32 pm #401478
    Tobias-Germany
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    Well I did all of the Becker MCQ (including the optional ones) two times, and I try to concentrate on the fundamental material right now. If you understand the general calculations, it's enough for the exam. I'm sure the MCQ on the exam will look quit different than the ones on Becker (like most of the BEC-takers already told), so it's more important to focus on the basics and have a general understanding of business than tackle every calculation as often as you can.

    Just my thought 😉

    January 7, 2013 at 3:18 am #401479
    vt7
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    @Tobias-Germany

    I noticed you have all 4 sections of the exam scheduled within 3 weeks. If you dont mind me asking how are you doing that? lol How do you study given the short amount of time. (I could use any tips you have)

    I am also taking BEC on 1/8. It will be my second attempt. I have been studying intensly for about 2 weeks now. I took BEC on 10/31 and failed with a 70. I studied for about 5 weeks then and thought I did really well but much to my surprise I failed.

    I am begining to panic because I am still doing chapter 6 and then will have to do a final review in a day. I am scoring better this time around on all the mcq (Becker). What or how do u suggest on focusing. Do you believe in “overstudying” or burning yourself out it? A lot people have said to me not to study the day before because u will burn yourself out however, I am not sure I really believe in that (I have always been a crammer for studying).

    January 7, 2013 at 2:20 pm #401480
    Tobias-Germany
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    Well I have no experience how effective my learning approach is, because I don't know the results yet 😉

    I'm using Becker self-study, listen to every lecture, doing every MCQ two or three times, doing all of the simulations, making notes and doing the final exams. I also think full time study is more effective than studying after work or only on weekends (if you can choose to do so), because if you going through all of the material of BEC in 60 hours within a week it probably stays longer in your mind than studying piecemeal.

    BEC is a strange section of the CPA exam, I hope I will nail it tomorrow.

    Now back to the material 😉

    January 7, 2013 at 2:52 pm #401481
    vt7
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    I agree with you- I feel like the material sticks with you more if you study say 60 hrs a week instead of 60 hrs over a month.

    When I took the BEC exam first time, the last 3 ch (ch4-6) I uderstood & retained more because I did it in 3 days.

    However, ch 1-3 took me about 3-4 weeks to get thru and I had such a hard time with it. Granted the first 3 chapters are much harder.

    This time around, for my second attempt at BEC, I have been studying full time for about 2 weeks. Granted I have already studied the info 2 months ago, but it is so much easier to understand it

    January 7, 2013 at 3:22 pm #401482
    Tobias-Germany
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    Just finished a progress test with 72 MCQ with a 94%, I think I will now leave the Becker software and review the text book for the rest of the day.

    Wish you all the luck you need for tomorrow

    January 7, 2013 at 4:15 pm #401483
    vt7
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    Thank you!

    Still amazed at how well u do given the short amount of time!:)

    January 7, 2013 at 4:37 pm #401484
    SeePeeAyy
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    Ugh…wanted to move my exam up to Wed/Thur and I go onto prometric and theres no seats left. Figures, really dont have the motivation to study for another week, ready to get this done with.

    January 7, 2013 at 5:54 pm #401485
    SeePeeAyy
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    Ended up rescheduling at a different place, taking it Thursday now.

    Going to do Final Exams/Progress Tests and read notes until then.

    January 7, 2013 at 8:05 pm #401486
    nbad311
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    @vt7, I feel the same. My first BEC try was spanned over 2.5-3 months, but I wasn't studying 3+ hours EVERY day. It also took me a loooong time to get through the hard chapters and not so much time to get through the easier ones/ But I guess come test time, that hard material never really stuck. This time around, I've been studying multiple hours a day (taking one day off completely) each week, and now EVERYTHING seems fresh in my mind, not just the easy stuff. We'll see if it pays off! I have 12 days and I almost wish I had LESS days now. I'm not sure how to make the best of my week and a half left!

    REG - 65, 70, 80!
    BEC - 35, 62, 79!
    AUD - 73, 75!
    FAR - 65, 73, 70, 75! DONE.

    January 7, 2013 at 8:32 pm #401487
    SeePeeAyy
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    57/72 on Final Exam 1 + hopefully 100% on the WC = 83.

    Kind of nervous though because you really need to be close to perfect on the McQ in order to pass this exam. I don't like the weighing of this exam score…

    January 8, 2013 at 1:25 am #401488
    SeePeeAyy
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    BEC questions are so tricky.

    The process of capturing data and ultimately producing information output is referred to as:

    Data processing

    Transaction processing

    Transaction controls

    Information and communication

    You read it and youre like oh its definitely a….wrong B.

    January 8, 2013 at 4:13 am #401489
    no.cruncher
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    ^ I concur! This section is brutal. Not sure if I'm just eager to be done or what. Concepts come off straight forward and very quickly become convoluted ;(

    FAR - 7/16/2012 *76 : 2.5mo [Exp. 1/2014]
    AUD - 8/31/2012 *82 : 1mo
    REG - 11/27/2012 *83 : 2.5mo
    BEC - 2/27/2013 *80 : 2.5mo LET'S DO THIS!!!
    Ethics - 3/13

    [ 2011 Kaplan Self Study - Textbook, MP3s, FlashCards ]

    CMA... Hmmm...???

    January 8, 2013 at 4:12 pm #401490
    SeePeeAyy
    Member

    Wow…just took the second final exam in Becker.

    If thats anything like what the real test is like I might as well stay home

    January 8, 2013 at 5:57 pm #401491
    JD_CPA
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    @SeePeeAvy

    Wow… I'm pretty sure that if we ask that question to any IT guy out there he would have picked letter A too.

    What's Becker's excuse, I mean “explanation” for A beign wrong?

    This is one of the things that bothers me about Becker, they come up with these unnecessary hard and complicated questions that are time consuming and the only thing they accomplish is to chatter the student's confidence.

    Studying for this section has been a total pain in the ***. It took me 3 days to get through all of chapter 2's homework.

    Makes me wish I was studying for REG again.

    January 8, 2013 at 9:54 pm #401492
    SeePeeAyy
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    ^^ I dont really remember I think it said something like Data processing occurs after transaction processing.

    Been taking 50 McQ Progress tests and re-reading/writing notes. I think I am ready to go and give it my best shot and get it over with… T – 48 hours.

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