[Anonymous]

This may seem like an “obvious” question, however, how does everyone complete a section of multiple questions?

For example: I’m studying for REG – individual tax. There’s roughly 150-200 questions in this one section to go over. Do you do (for example) 20 questions, go back and see how/why you missed a questions? Or do you complete all questions, then go back and see how/why you missed?

Feedback would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

[Anonymous]

I'm using Yaeger which uses the Wiley CPA books. I actually do each multiple choice question they suggest one by one. I do one and then check the answer and go to the next one. Obviously this method will be personal preference, but I like going one by one since it allows you to see what you got right or missed immediately and not just struggle on a concept you know nothing about. It also reinforces the concept right away, because if you get a question wrong, you know why it is wrong and that knowledge helps you as you continue to do practice questions in that same topic.

[Anonymous]

Ok, that's what I started doing today. I've had to reschedule the REG exam for the end of next month and started studying this past weekend. I also use Wiley / Yaeger. I was going to do the suggested questions.

As far as Wiley online test bank, how are you going to use that (if at all)? The suggestion questions are for the problems in the Wiley book and not the Wiley online test bank.

[Anonymous]

@car80X. I think we are on the same boat. I just finished 124 questions of coporation tax R3 (Becker) last weekend , and I was thinking the same question. I wished Becker could split a big section down to more managable sizes…what I did is have a whole day on the weekend to do it. It took me like 6 hrs to finish, and I definitely need to revisit those topics again next month before the test. I think after individual and corporate tax, the rest are in smaller sections.

[Anonymous]

I feel as if when your studying these MCQ and miss your 1st attempt, when you go back and look at the questions, you aren't learning the “concepts” your just memorizing the answer, or I am anyways. It's why I'm kinda struggling doing these MCQ over and over. I'm not actually “learning” I'm just memorizing.

[Anonymous]

I think in the videos Yaeger suggests you do all the multiple choice questions in the Wiley test bank. I didn't…that was just too many for me. A few days before the test, I took a couple of practice tests in exam mode using the Wiley test bank and the areas where I was weak, I did more multiple choice questions in study mode. The other thing I did was to really focus on the SIMs. I made sure to try every SIM in the Wiley book and the Wiley test bank. I would not necessarily work through every single one, but at least see each one, try it or have an idea how you would solve it, and then see the answer.

[Anonymous]

@chiwhitesox, That is very helpful information. I know a lot of people say “just ignore sims” but in my opinion it really does cover a lot of questions you may see in a MC (or even the same SIM for that matter). Thanks for the help.

@CPA-Convertible I've used Becker before and for that reason didn't like it. What I do like about the Wiley books is the “suggested questions” cover the same topics back to back. So you may do 5-6 questions in a row that cover the same topic (maybe using different wording, etc.), as opposed to having a section covering 100+ questions with each question not necessarily covering the same topic. I know when I was studying AUD with Becker, the questions jumped around so much with the different accounting cycles I couldn't grasp completely what was going on with each cycle.

[Anonymous]

@car80x…if you don't like Becker AUD, you probably won't like Becker REG then. I don't remember much from AUD, but I think the sections in REG are larger than AUD. I have Wiley test bank too. So far I like it. I didn't like Wiley test bank – AUD but I like REG so far. The problem is the test bank cover the topics deeper than Becker, so I am not sure it's overkill or neccessary.

[Anonymous]

i only gave myself 1 minute for each question.time run so fast! may be flagged some questions after i chose the anwer, then went back for it

[Texas27]

After I watch the lectures for Becker I do the problems mixed in with the lectures in the book and try to understand them. Then I jump right into the multiple choice homework even if I have no idea what is going on in the chapter and I learn as I go. The multiple choice take me longer than most people initially because I try and teach myself the material while applying it first hand. It also teaches me to look for certain things when dealing with a particular subject. This is just the way I learn the material the best. I could read the textbook all day and take notes and not learn a thing until I did real hands on questions that forces me to understand topics. If I get a question wrong the first time, I read the explanation, rework the problem, and find it in the book so I can fully understand why I missed it. If I am struggling with a topic or having trouble memorizing something, I will make a note sheet and hang it in my shower, next to my desk, on a mirror and read it over and over again.

BEC - Feb 2012: 80
AUD - Feb 2012: 84
FAR - Apr 2012: 78
REG - May 2012: 90

Thanks Becker!

[makinthemagic]

I did it like this. On Monday I would watch a Becker section and do mcq's if I had time. Tuesday would be devoted to that section's mcq's. Wednesday, I would watch the next lecture and do mcq's for it on Thursday. Friday (if not time off studying), Saturday and Sunday were split among the 2 mcq sections. I would knock out the easy ones first, then the next harder ones and so on, sometimes going back to practice the earlier easy questions. I repeated this until I had completed as close to 100% of the mcq's as I could. Anything left was reviewed after completing the above process for all lectures.

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Bec 4/11/11 91
Aud 7/11/11 75
Reg 8/31/11 80
Far 5/24/11 86
Ethics - 98
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