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This was my first test with Prometric for the CPA examination. They definitely don’t mess around with the whole check in process. I had to empty my pockets of my wallet and keys and put them in a locker. I then had to sign in, get my index fingers scanned, get a picture taken, had to show that my pockets were empty and then get scanned with a metal detector. Felt like I was at the airport!
On to the test. My first testlet was medium. The questions were definitely not as wordy as the ones that I had used to prepare through Wiley and Gleim. I marked about 3 to 4 questions at the end that I reviewed. Finished my testlet, took a break and came back for the moment of truth. Would my 2nd testlet be wordier and more difficult? Yes! Definitely could tell that my second testlet had much wordier questions. Oddly enough I saw more questions from my preparation on this testlet than the first testlet. Finally, moved onto my third testlet which I was pretty such was a harder testlet as well. I got a little nervous during the first couple of questions as I didn’t feel they were that hard. However, as I progressed through the testlet I felt that questions were a lot wordier than the first testlet.
Finally, took a quick bathroom break and moved onto the SIMS. These I was really nervous about after hearing all the recent stories. I know that I got 100% on these as I found the answers word for word in the authoritative literature. Don’t get tricked on these! If you search for them make sure that the section that you reference is answering almost verbatim as to what they are asking. Overall, the SIMS were pretty tricky however take advantage of the research ability. I found the answer to quite a few just by doing some diligent research. I know for a fact that out of the 7 SIMS that I got that I received 100% on 3 of them just through by taking the time to research.
Overall, I felt pretty good about the test. My preparation consisted of 12,000 MCQ (yes, I am not exaggerating). I went through the Wiley test bank 5 times, Gleim twice, Lambers Adaptive test prep once, cpareviewforfree twice and the minimum Yeager CRAM questions once. I did not prepare for the SIMS at all. I merely reviewed them in the Wiley test bank to gain a familiarity with them. I felt that this was sufficient as you really do not know what will be tested. I would say that I received about 15-20 multiple choice questions that were almost word for word questions that I had seen before due to my preparation. I only had a handful of questions that I had no clue on and had to guess (I’m hoping those were the pretest ones!). I also read through the Wiley book from time to time. I also utilized the Auditor’s report on Wikipedia as a quick reference. I purchased the Yeager CRAM and went through it only a little bit. I have found from experience that I learned best from MCQ as they lectures just weren’t doing it for me. I did end up utilizing the minimum questions from them though.
I felt that the best prep course the helped me the most was Wiley. I felt that the questions were more in line with what I saw on the exam. I read on this forum that the questions on the exam were actually somewhat easier than the Wiley questions and I would agree with that. I felt that the Gleim questions were just too wordy and much hardier than anything that I saw on the exam. Not to say that they aren’t a good tool. As I felt that by going through more questions it helped me absorb the material.
Anyway, this site has been a tremendous resource to me and am hoping by sharing my experience that this will help others. Hopefully I passed as otherwise I’m not sure what else to study next time around. On to BEC!
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