[Superdude3000]

Hello everyone,

So I’m in the process of studying AUD right now. I passed REG and BEC before the changes and I’m finishing up my undergrad this quarter (sitting early in WA). I’m scheduled to sit for AUD May 31st and so far I am halfway through chapter 4 in Rogers, I also use the Roger’s cram course about a month before my exams. So with REG and BEC I would usually get around 55-70% of the mcqs correct on my first run through, then improve to about 70-80% on my next run through (the ‘second’ run through is on Becker, not Rogers). When I started AUD I was shocked to see I was getting around 75-80% of the mcqs correct on my first go around. I figured the first couple chapters were just easy and I’d wait to get ahead of myself until I hit the internal control and audit evidence chapters since those two chapters alone make up around half of the textbook, but I’ve discovered that i’m still hitting on about 70-75% of the questions on my first go around even on those big chapters.

So my question… Did anybody else find Audit to be very logical and straightforward? REG and especially BEC were much more difficult to study in my opinion. They had many more rules and formulas whereas AUD just seems like a lot of common sense stuff. I’m trying not to get overconfident but I really thought AUD was going to give me the most trouble since it’s all conceptual, apparently not the case so far.

BTW – I have zero professional accounting experience, I am starting in assurance this fall (public obviously).

[Superdude3000]

Thanks for your responses everyone, I definitely know what everyone means with the deception. I realize you have to read the questions and answers VERY carefully. Hopefully my original post didn't come across as ‘this section is so easy' because it definitely isn't. Relative to REG and BEC however, it is easier to me so far. We'll see though, I still have a few chapters left and a cram course to get through. Won't really know if my gut-feeling is correct until August anyway!

[SiXiam]

Anyone can study for the AUD multiple choice, with time and pain.
The sims though are so varied and may also have FAR on them that I find them almost impossible to overcome.

BEC: 80
REG: 75
FAR: __, ?/2016

[Anonymous]

Personally, I hate AUD because I passed FAR and BEC on the first attempt, but will be taking AUD for the third time now. AUD is a very tricky and subjective exam that can have FAR-like Sims. The MCQ are the most subjective because there are almost no calculations and you must choose the “best” answer. Also, I struggle with more conceptual exams hence AUD has been my nemesis. But, I honestly should have passed last time with AUD, but I kind of screwed up with the Sims and ran out of time. Goodluck!

[Anonymous]

And what's with this crap about them putting FAR SIMs on the AUD exam? That's really bad. If I got a Government/NPO question on AUD, I'd really be pissed off if I hadn't studied it first.
But, the AICPA can do whatever they want to I guess, and could find an excuse to legitimize putting it on AUD.

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