Chapter F9 On Becker Much?

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  • #161996
    jenuno01
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    Hi all!

    I will have my second attempt at FAR on October 20th! And I was wondering how important chapter 9 on the Becker course was? I have a very good understanding of Govt Accounting and basic NFP…Chapter 9 just seems overkill and way too much information to process! I skipped it on my first FAR exam but I am sure that wasn’t the reason I failed (74! ARGH)

    What do you guys think?

    Class of 2012

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  • #301124
    Minimorty
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    Wait, you failed by only ONE POINT but you are sure that it wasn't because you skipped Chapter 9? That is a bold statement. lol. Government/NFP is about 20% of your grade. I wouldnt blow it off again.

    #301125
    jenuno01
    Member

    LOL yes it's a rather bold statement, but I know what sims I left blank or totally guessed on were not NFP, so that's I say skipping chapter 9 of Becker was not the reason.–Probably not a good idea to skip! Thanks

    Class of 2012

    #301126
    Minimorty
    Participant

    How about multiple choice? You remember each of your 90 questions? All it takes is one question when you're at a 74. My guess is that it cost you.

    #301127
    rgibson3rd
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    Do the quiz in F9 and see how you do. If you are at 90% then you know it and study your weaker areas.

    BEC (11/10) 77 (Bisk)
    FAR 7/2 - 63 11/5 - 80 (Yeager - Fail, Becker - Pass)
    Reg (08/11) - 78 (Yeager)
    Aud - 11/29 - 78(Yeager)

    #301128
    jenuno01
    Member

    lol of course I don't remember every question, and you're right, the M/C could've also brought me down. Did you use Becker? If so, did you study every single topic in the book? Including the Ancilliary material??

    Class of 2012

    #301129
    jenuno01
    Member

    @rgibson3rd great idea! thank you!

    Class of 2012

    #301130
    Minimorty
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    Used Becker, totally blew off the ancillary. Difference? I got an 87.

    #301131

    I took FAR and passed through the skins of my teeth. I think that the test got harder in the later windows (testing items that were not emphasized in the book). So if you are taking it in Q4 I would not skip a thing! they will base you scores on how we did! HA

    FAR 76
    REG 76(2x)
    BEC FAILED (2x)
    AUD FAILED (2x)

    "When you don't give up, YOU CANNOT FAIL"

    #301132

    IDK, if you didn't take NFP and/or Governmental in college, I don't think you could just totally blow off basically 50% of that material and expect to do great on FAR. With that being said, I didn't take NFP or Governmental in college and only studied via F8 and F9 from Becker. I thought Becker did a great job covering those areas and I'm pretty sure I destroyed pretty much all the MCQs that had to do with NFP/Gov.

    Now, do I think I would have passed if I totally blew off half of the NFP/Gov material? ABSOLUTELY NOT! lol…

    AUD - 85
    FAR - 78 (lol@ FAR Sims)
    REG - 85
    BEC - August

    #301133
    Anonymous
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    If you're pretty awesome at everything else in FAR, I would say you could probably get away with not doing all the HW for NFP especially if you have some familiarity with it. If you're just so-so at everything else and expect a borderline score, I'd go over that NFP and even skim the ancillary once just to squeeze out any possible points you can.

    #301134
    Laura
    Participant

    @jenuno01–if you skip it it will be on your exam, if you don't skip it it will also be on your exam….so I say just do watch the lecture and do the homework that deals with it. I really don't want to see a thread next quarter that says “I should have reviewed F9 in Becker” 🙂 That being said you should be studying for this exam like you have never seen the material before because the next exam you get will probably be nothing like the one you previously took. I only speak from experience. Good luck FAR is a beast!!

    REG-80, 77, 77
    BEC-67, 68, 71, 67, 71, 74, 71, 74, 72, 77
    FAR- 72, 65,67, 53, 75 (truth be known the 53 was with 4 hours of studying)
    AUD-58, 62, 72, 74, 74, 75
    took 5 years but I'm DONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    #301135
    jenuno01
    Member

    thank you all for the support/advice!

    Class of 2012

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