Sat for BEC last Friday – Lots of IT material I had never seen before

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  • #158983
    pshustler
    Participant

    I knew Becker inside and out. I took my time and was getting 95s on every practice I took. First testlet I did pretty well and was confident in all but 3 answers. Second testlet was much, much harder. There were IT terms I had never seen before, and calculations I never had to do in Becker.

    Anybody else get the second testlet being much harder and lots of unknown IT questions? Ive been freaking out ever since and wanted to kick Mr. Olinto is his groin

    BEC - 86
    AUD - 94
    REG - 88
    FAR - 89

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  • #255611
    HazeEastwood
    Participant

    Hey, I took BEC on Sunday. I also noticed the 2nd testlet was harder than the first! I didn't notice a signigicant difference in IT questions though. I will say that I have a friend using becker and we compared material. There are some things Wiley has in it that Becker does not and vice versa. All and all the 2nd testlet was asking really weird phrased questions on all topics. 3rd testlet with smoother. I am sure you did well though, it is impossible to prepare for every question they could ask on this exam.

    FAR-81
    BEC-84
    AUD-91
    REG-89

    #255612
    Florida_Candidate
    Participant

    Yeah there was stuff I had never seen before, Becker does say online though that they didn't think IT would be as heavily tested as it is, so they have this GIANT supplemental study thing online that was kinda helpful. So they do realize they are lacking, and do try to make up for it :-/

    FAR-91 (7/29)
    AUD-99 (8/23)
    BEC-90 (10/1)
    REG-99 (11/3)

    #255613
    fla 335
    Participant

    yes i agree, the questions were those that i had not seen before and there was 1 question of all the IT which i was asked that made NO sense to an IT auditor!!!! i read the questions at least 20 times in between completing other questions on my exam this past week and NONE of the choices were correct… so i went with an educated guess based on narrowing the differences solely on the answer choices…

    AUD - 78
    REG - 75
    BEC - 75
    FAR - TBD

    #255614
    pshustler
    Participant

    I did this a couple times.

    I shouldve looked more into that expanded Becker IT review they were offering. Hopefully I passed and I wont have to. Felt awful after walking out of the test though

    BEC - 86
    AUD - 94
    REG - 88
    FAR - 89

    #255615
    Anonymous
    Inactive

    I got lots of “never seen before” IT questions. .I was sure I failed.. The questions were so weird, I couldn't even remember any of the questions after leaving the exam.

    I still passed 🙂

    #255616
    pshustler
    Participant

    CPA Someday – thats exactly how I felt after leaving the exam. I hope I have similar results………..

    BEC - 86
    AUD - 94
    REG - 88
    FAR - 89

    #255617
    Florida_Candidate
    Participant

    I hope I have similar results too 🙂

    FAR-91 (7/29)
    AUD-99 (8/23)
    BEC-90 (10/1)
    REG-99 (11/3)

    #255618
    gabe1475
    Participant

    The way to think about it is the IT material is probably difficult for most of us, so they will have to cure the grade related to those questions. Here is to hoping I guessed right on some.

    FAR - 95
    AUD - 82
    REG - 94
    BEC - 84

    #255619
    pshustler
    Participant

    Florida – Candidate……judging by your previous scores, Im sure you did fine. I have audit next. What did you do to score so well on that exam?

    BEC - 86
    AUD - 94
    REG - 88
    FAR - 89

    #255620
    Florida_Candidate
    Participant

    I memorized the entire Becker book lol….

    Flashcards were really good for audit!

    FAR-91 (7/29)
    AUD-99 (8/23)
    BEC-90 (10/1)
    REG-99 (11/3)

    #255621
    pshustler
    Participant

    Thanks. I'll have to keep that in mind. I was advised not to get the flash cards, but might have to get AUD ones if you think they helped that much

    BEC - 86
    AUD - 94
    REG - 88
    FAR - 89

    #255622
    Florida_Candidate
    Participant

    Yeah I found them pretty useless for all sections EXCEPT Audit! 🙂

    FAR-91 (7/29)
    AUD-99 (8/23)
    BEC-90 (10/1)
    REG-99 (11/3)

    #255623
    pshustler
    Participant

    I'll take your advice seeing as how you got a 99.

    BEC - 86
    AUD - 94
    REG - 88
    FAR - 89

    #255624
    Prayingfor75
    Participant

    I used Becker too! If it makes you feel better, I almost got up and left the testing center after the first testlet becuase it was SO hard and they asked my ALOT of things I had never heard of. I passed with an 89. Heck if I know how this crazy exam is graded!! 🙂 Good luck!

    BEC - 8/16 - 89
    REG - 10/1 - 94
    FAR - 10/25 - 86 (Didn't finish the sims)
    AUD - 11/22 - 88

    #255625
    pshustler
    Participant

    Thats crazy. Like your name, Im just praying for a 75

    BEC - 86
    AUD - 94
    REG - 88
    FAR - 89

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