[jeff]

Welcome to the Q4 2017 CPA Exam Study Group for BEC. 🙂

Introduce yourselves and let your fellow NINJAs know when you plan to take your BEC exam.

The Five Steps (NINJA Framework): https://www.another71.com/pass-the-cpa-exam/

Jeff Elliott, CPA (KS) | Another71 | NINJA CPA | NINJA CMA | NINJA CPE

[Scared-cpa]

@Madam I always suggest Ninja MCQ as I have always had great success with it. Ninja has plenty of IT questions to help you gain thorough knowledge of the topic.

[Madam Secretary]

@summer thank you. I guess I will get ninja for BEC section.

[Madam Secretary]

No more ninja mcq for 47usd each? heavy sigh..

[Determined24]

Hi Guys

I am waiting on my BEC score on the 19th so nervous

[ElleTaylor]

@Determined24 DItto!!!

[shakil127]

It seems like most people in Q3 got same types of questions in the exam based on the above comments. My experience was same just like most of the other people here. I got a passing score (83). I felt Becker really prepared me for the exam. Specially computational and simulations are covered broadly in Becker. Though I found COSO questions were not same as the Becker. I think to prepare for the COSO and internal audit type question, you just have to read the chapter few times so build a good understanding of the material. While I think Becker covers IT very well, it is still hard to prepare for this section. I studied for two months after failing it after two weeks of studying in Q1.

BEC-77
AUD-66,72,82
REG-66,64(Q3 2015),80 (11/30/2015)

[Determined24]

@shakil127 what review course are you using primarily?

[Determined24]

@summer was it when you added NINJA your scores increased or were you using it when you made your first attempt for FAR and AUD ?

[Scared-cpa]

@Determined24 Yes! All of my passes included Ninja. I used only Wiley with the two fails I received. My key to success with all four of my passes was to go through Wiley (briefly but I really don't know how much this matters) then hit Ninja MCQ. I did them until I almost hit the review stage (usually 150-200 questions shy). I want to be sure I am averaging 70 and trending 85 at the very least. This seems to be my sweet spot for passing. However, with BEC, I was trending 92ish and hit it right on the head with a 75. But to be honest, I was experiencing major burnout while studying for this section as it was my last and I still didn't know my REG score yet. I was awful on the MCQs and I knew it. However, the SIMS – I swear I knew 3 of the 4 exactly. The WC, I don't know since I have never taken BEC before and all I did was look over a template a couple times. But yes, I would say absolutely use Ninja if you aren't already. It's what I've used with every single one of my passes. It's amazing.

@kenckang Have you found out your score yet? I'm interested to find out since we took it at the same time and seemed to have rather similar experiences.

[shakil127]

@Determined24 Becker only. Last week of the exam I use Becker Final review

BEC-77
AUD-66,72,82
REG-66,64(Q3 2015),80 (11/30/2015)

[kenckang]

@summer congrats!!!!

im still waiting on my score. stupid california….
knowing my luck i probably failed.

[Scared-cpa]

Thank you! It sucks you're still waiting! I'm in a state that reports on its own, as well (KY) but they're always pretty good about reporting it around 8am which means I still get a good night's sleep!

Keep me posted on here – I will be watching for you and wish you all the luck!

Now, into the real world for me. Looking for a job. Eek!

[Anonymous]

Summer congrats on the perfect score!

I was wondering how you felt about the MCQ on your exam. I felt good about the first testlet and then not so good about the second. Decent/good on sims/WC. Was your experience similar? I'm really worried about how the second MCQ testlet will affect me.

[Scared-cpa]

I knew I did badly on the first testlet and the same difficulty level on the second testlet confirmed that. I don't think I did much, if any, better on the second testlet. I think I got perfect scores on at least 2 of the simulations. I could obviously be wrong but I figure I mustbhave done good on them to still pass with the poor performance on the MCQs. I don't know how I did on WC, as they're hard to gauge. I knew the topics decently well but I kind of BS'd my way through them.

[Anonymous]

Thanks. That's good to know the sims and WCs helped you out!

[Author]

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