Rainbow,
I would definitely read explanations to the answers you got right at least the first couple times through. The reason being that often the explanations have much more info than just the correct answer. So you may find that you can learn 2 or 3 different nuggets that would help you answer future questions. Also, you may answer a question for the wrong reason and by reading the answer explanations it may prevent you from learning a false fact.
When you get to final review stage, if you answer a question and know you've mastered the topic, then move on quickly to enhance the questions you cover. Also, I highly recommend the simulation wizard sims for a review towards the end of your studies as they are more of a rapid fire quiz of knowledge, but they are not as in depth as the gleim online sims that you do as part of the 7 step approach.
One last piece of advice about studying in general(I learned this from a great professor). Lots of times you read a section of material that seems like a lot of fluff and indirect in nature. When you read those statements, just get the gist and move on. Remember, people have jobs devoted to creating new questions. It is a lot easier to test on a specific definition/rule/fact than a strange piece of information that doesn't even make sense when you read it twice. I don't know if this makes much sense, so I will give an example:
Suppose you are reading about a bunch of acts discredible to the profession. Instead of memorizing each specific one, just focus on the essence of the discredible act, think briefly why it is bad logically, then move on. You will develop a feel for these topics and eventually you will have. “Memorized” the facts. On the other side of the coin, if you slowly read a sentence and you cannot even figure out what point is trying to be made and it sounds like “blah blah blah”, think how hard a question writer would have to work to create a legitimate question. Now gleim tries to reach for good questions sometimes that just flat out don't work, mainly they might make you assume a certain fact before even getting to answering the question. If that's the case, just do what I recommended before and get what you can out of it, say to the computer “you got me there gleim”,then move on. I never got better than 85% on the quizzes, and even though I couldn't best gleim, I sure got the best of the real exam!
Again, thanks for bearing with my wordy comments, I just want to come across as clear as possible.
Audit(11/5/13) - 89
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BEC(11/14) - 85
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