[khachik2003]

are you feeling good about the exam? Are the cpareviewforfree and wiley questions reflective of the difficulty? Is BEC found to be a more theory driven test or calculation baseD?

My test is monday and while I do fairly well on the cpareview website, I’m not sure this will translate well for the exam. The wiley questions I find are difficult but not exceedingly so. Overall I’m not sure how I feel about it because I see some guys who pass the other harder tests without a problem but struggle with BEC

thanks

[hav2pass]

Everybody is different. How difficult or easy a particular exam is dependent on so many things – our background, work experience, interests, how well we study and how much time we devote. Don't compare yourself to anybody. If you doing good with Wiley and cpareview, then you should be good. Just keep practicing till then.

From my memory BEC has both theory and calculations. Best of luck!

BEC 86 (expires Sept'11)
FAR 85
REG 87
AUD 8/27 - waiting

[kb24]

I used Wiley and Becker texts and problems and Wiley test bank but not cpareviewforfree. I felt Wiley problems were comparable to exam. I did think the test bank should have had more questions on corporate governance considering how much weight it's given in CSO. Don't compare yourself to others–they have different strengths and weaknesses and they had a different exam than you'll see. The exam has sizable quantity of both theory and calculations. Give yourself sufficient time for the writing because it's a relatively easy 15 points as long as you are able to write a decent memo on point, but it's only easy if you have time to finish. Don't worry if you don't know the answer or don't fully understand the question. Use wording from the question in your introduction, answer all points in the question, write a conclusion, don't use bullet points, and use at least 2 sentences per paragraph. The computer doesn't care if your answer is correct, just if it's an answer to the question asked. Let me give you an example that isn't similar to any question on my exam. You're asked a question comparing LIFO to weighted cost averaging and you can't remember anything about weighted cost averaging. Even if you make something up that is completely wrong, you should get credit as long as your answer is on point. However, if you write a completely correct answer describing the different types of LIFO, you're not going to get credit because it doesn't answer the question being asked.

Good luck.

FAR 4/1/11 - 89
AUD 4/15/11 - 85
REG 4/29/11 - 80
BEC 5/13/11 - 85

[khachik2003]

much appreciated, thank you!

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