[jeff]

Free Study Planner, Notes, Audio, Flashcards: https://www.another71.com/cpa-exam-study-plan/

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[jstay]

thanks everyone! too bad we cant have A71 open during the exam 😉

what i got from the youtube videos:

VOH Efficiency= (Actual hours – Budgeted hours) x Std rate

VOH Spending= Actual Spent – (Actual hours x Std rate)

[Anonymous]

Yeah jstay….VOH is almost identicle to DM and DL variances.

[jstay]

what are the 5 focus areas of IT governance that COBIT identifies?

[Anonymous]

Facilities, applications, technology, people, data

[NJPRU]

Hoping everyone is kicking butt this weekend!

I had to push my exam back again.. step turned into an ear infection and i was pretty much useless all week.. still not fully operational but I'm trying my best. Best wishes to you all!

AUD: DONE
FAR: DONE
BEC: DONE
REG: DONE

IM GOING TO BE A CPA!!!!!

[jstay]

NJ, Feel better! try and get some reading from the text in if you can. atleast its somewhat productive

Casa,

question i got in becker said COBIT has 5 IT Governance that it identifies.

5 of them were: value deliver, strategic alignment, risk management, resource management and performance measurement

maybe were thinking of different things?

[lauren725]

NJ – oh no, so sorry. I hope you feel better soon. Get some meds and look into thieves oil (it is an essential oil for sickness and immunity). I swear by it and think it really helps with my health during these stressful weeks.

I hope everyone is having a good productive weekend! I am kind of at a stand still, but will keep doing progress tests and going over what I am missing. At 79% trending for ninja, with my average stuck at 69% and not seeming to be budging (I guess from doing only new questions for so long). I want to get it up but it gets old seeing the same questions over again so not sure, maybe I should do section by section?

I may also plan on skimming my becker book again since I haven't picked it up in a few weeks since doing nonstop questions.

AUD - 73,91
FAR - 79 - Thank you God!
BEC - 73,79!!!!
REG - 92 whatttt??!

I used Becker review + flashcards, Ninja Audio, Ninja MCQ supplement on BEC and REG.

Done! Praise God!

[jstay]

lauren,

studying is going alrigh. got a 78 on a 72Q progress test this morning. and now im killing my marked questions in b2 &b3. scoring over a 78 on all sections! but im sure ninja will kill my confidence later..

deff skim the becker book again, theres a lot of easy points you could potentially get just from knowing the facts.

how is everyone on time management? i feel like im doing way better then time management for FAR

[Anonymous]

I'm doing Wiley book questions now and redoing the testbank. Definitely think it's a good idea to go through questions twice.

[needhelpnow]

Hi guys!

I will start studying for BEC at the end of this week. I am planning on putting in 20-22 days 8 hours/day. I hope that would be enough to not just pass, but do good. Please correct my thinking if you feel like that isn't enough time. Also, I am not sure how these study groups work over here. Can anyone just jump in at anytime and start studying? Or is there a recommended start date to port on here? I plan on start studying with the heavy hitter section first. So if someone can point it out for me, I would highly appreciate it. Thank you again!

[jstay]

needhelpnow, (i think we all do, lol)

that should deff be enough time especially if your going full time studying. yeah anyone can jump in,ask questions, answer questions..it helps us all out.

what review are you using? usually cost is a tough one. IT is another pain.

this is your first exam?

[icandoit]

I just came back from BEC test. I am not sure about corporate governance, IT, and economic concepts questions! All the calculation questions were okay. For written comm questions, I wrote something out of topic for one of WC questions. Hope that one was a sample question. I must start studying for REG, but I can't stop thinking of BEC test.

FAR: 74, 80
BEC: 70, 68, 2/28/15
REG: 75 Expired; 72
AUD: TBD

"And all things, whatsoever you shall ask in prayer, believing, you shall receive". Matthew 21:22

[needhelpnow]

Thanks @jstay! I will start with Cost and then move to IT right after. It's my 2nd exam. I just took REG a few days ago and felt like beating my head against the wall after taking it. But right now it doesn't matter because regardless of how I did on it, I have to wait 2.5 weeks for the score, and then either re-test or be really surprised with a passing score lol.

I am going to use Roger CPA and supplement it with all the Ninja material. I purchased the package Ninja had with the MCQ's, Audio and such. Hopefully Roger lectures and Ninja MCQ's with audio will be enough to pass the exam. If there are any other recommendations, I am more than open to it. Anything to help pass these suckers!

[needhelpnow]

@icandoit I hope you passed! No one wants to re-take these blood sucking papers again and again..What do you mean by you are not sure about corporate governance, IT, and economic concepts..were they a lot more/less complex? or just way over your head?

[needhelpnow]

BTW, if anyone recommends Becker over Roger, or Roger over Becker Please let me know. I still haven't purchased either or..so your advice will help. Thank you

[Author]

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