[whitesoxfancpa]

I took one of Becker’s practice exams and here’s how I did:

Testlet #1 M/C Questions 26/30

Testlet #2 M/C Questions 22/30

Testlet #3 M/C Questions 24/30

Testlet #4 Simulation 1

“Lease Calculation” Tab 1/2

“Recording Lease” Tab 12/14 (should be 14/14 – my entries were the same, just had two items in a different order)

(skipped communication and research)

Testlet #5 Simulation 2

“Accounting” Tab 13/15

“Reporting” Tab 4/9 (should be 6/9 – got 2 right they marked wrong)

(skipped communication and research)

So…80% on the MC questions and decent, I guess, on the simulations.

Am I ready for the FAR beast?

AUD 96 FAR 95 REG 94 BEC 88

[Anonymous]

Yes, I did two Becker practice exams for FAR. 67% MC on first one and 71% MC on the second one. My Sims were similar to yours, most correct even though they marked some wrong (about 80-85% for me on sims). The day before I just went through all the Becker practice sims checking the answers after each tab. It basically was a review of almost every major topic on the exam. It got a 96 on FAR in April. Used Becker 2010, no final review.

[whitesoxfancpa]

Wow, that's incredible.

There are several small topics I don't feel comfortable at all with (non-controlling interest, sale and leaseback, troubled debt restructurings, to name a few) and I don't think I'm even going to go back and try to master them. I think I'll just review everything and make sure the stuff I DO know doesn't get forgotten before the exam. If I get questions on my weak parts, I will hope that my strong parts are enough to outweigh them.

AUD 96 FAR 95 REG 94 BEC 88

[potatogun]

Practice your communication even though you can't really score it. Remember it is about key phrases and restating the question to the proper audience.

But I did similar on my review tests with Becker. It actually gave me some more confidence though I thought I knew just enough to pass…

FAR 92 - AUD 91 - REG 94 - BEC 86

[whitesoxfancpa]

Cool, so given your guys scores on FAR, I think I'm set!

I will definitely practice the written communication a bit.

AUD 96 FAR 95 REG 94 BEC 88

[whitesoxfancpa]

I did worse on the second practice exam:

Testlet #1 – M/C Questions 27/30

Testlet #2 – M/C Questions 20/30

Testlet #3 – M/C Questions 18/30

Testlet #4 – Simulation 1

“Concept” Tab 6/6

“Disc Ops” Tab 4/6

“Segment Reporting” Tab 2/4

Testlet #5 – Simulation 2

“Installment Sales” Tab 6/6

“Like-kind Exchanges” Tab 5/10 (was really 8/10…what's up with Becker?!)

Overall, 137/180, or 76% on multiple choice.

I'm feeling nervous…

AUD 96 FAR 95 REG 94 BEC 88

[Anonymous]

Just review what you miss, I did worse than 76% on both of mine (I took one 9 days before the test and one 2 or 3 days before)… you'll be fine

[potatogun]

I did worse on the 2nd review test too. And, ya, some of the simulation answers are marked wrong. Just flip through all the material again and focus on what you feel are areas that you lack understanding.

FAR 92 - AUD 91 - REG 94 - BEC 86

[Anonymous]

Wow, you guys have some good scores on FAR!

[Anonymous]

I just took FAR today.. the MCQ did not seem hard and my sims seemed very short.. is this a bad sign? yikes!

[herbert7890]

maybe you happen to get one of the new short TBS (task based simulations) that will be included in the new 2011 exam. I'm just guessing since anything can happen when it comes to the AICPA

FAR 88 - BEC 86 - AUD 90 - REG 85

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