Scores on FAR Final Becker tests between 50-60

  • Creator
    Topic
  • #161490
    palal9923
    Participant

    Becker Question –

    This kind of worries me…. and I am feeling down… I think i tried to rationalize that some of these question wont be on there… but that doesn’t make me feel any better.. the test is on wed.. what would you guys recommend that I do :(?

Viewing 10 replies - 1 through 10 (of 10 total)
  • Author
    Replies
  • #413821
    wraffert
    Member

    I got roughly a 55 on the first Becker practice exam for FAR. I freaked out, and I started googling the sim and I found this thread: https://www.another71.com/cpa-exam-forum/topic/becker-practice-exam-scores-and-actual-score

    Basically, Becker is a lot harder than the actual. Some people claim to have scored a 50 on the Becker sim and get something along the lines of an 80 on the actual. Although I just took the test today so I can't speak from experience myself. Also, use the practice exam as a learning tool. I studied my weaknesses and two days later I took the other sim and got a 70.

    #413822
    pshustler
    Participant

    Ive had very similar experiences. Everybody seems to think Becker is much, much harder with the FAR final exams

    BEC - 86
    AUD - 94
    REG - 88
    FAR - 89

    #413823
    shellgirl
    Member

    I got 40 and 45 …..I think SIMS are not that bad(relative shorter than the regular SIMS), but MCQs are definitely difficult…I know I have no say for someone getting 40s lol..

    CPA CLASS OF 2012!

    #413824
    palal9923
    Participant

    I didn't do the Sims… I just did the MC questions ugh

    #413825
    palal9923
    Participant

    And now I have to go prepare for an interview so I guess interview> far lol

    #413826
    shellgirl
    Member

    what interview?!! please share…lol

    CPA CLASS OF 2012!

    #413827

    Hey palal, if you haven't seen my FAR thread I made last week after I took the exam, go take a look at it: https://www.another71.com/cpa-exam-forum/topic/oh-noez-your-stupid-far-sims-just-sunk-my-battleship

    Anyhow, I thought/know I dominated the MC portion. With that being said, I was scoring between 65-75 on the final review MCQs. I would just say go through the Becker Final Review MCQs and try to get a grasp on the questions you missed (and why you missed them). Overall though, I would not be worried as long as you're not missing the easy one sentence questions.

    Finally, my advice for you once you sit for the exam is this:

    Don't get caught up on those 3-4+ sentence questions or other specific questions you find hard. If you can figure out the answer within 30-60 seconds after reading the question, that's great. On the other hand, if you read the question and kind of think you know the answer (or how to get it), but you're not sure, either just make your best guess or mark the question and move on. If you mark the question and come back to it later, DO NOT spend another 2-3+ minutes trying to figure out the answer at the end of your testlet (especially if you have more than 3-4+ marked items). This is what made my test so brutal at the end…

    I bet I spent an extra 5-10 minutes at the end of each of my testlets trying to figure out the 2-3 ‘tough' questions that I was not entirely sure about. Overall, that turned out to be a good 15-30 minutes that I lost for the sims. The worst part about it is that I don't even think I changed one of my answers. Looking back on it now all I can do is laugh.

    Finally, once I got to the sims, I had just over an hour left to finish all 7 sims. I don't know if you have read many of the posts on here concerning the FAR sims for this quarter, but the consensus is that they are brutal! I really needed much more time to finish them.

    Obviously the lesson you can take from here is that you need to minimize your time spent taking the first 3 testlets so you can maximize the time spent on your 7 sims. Don't get bogged down by a minority of tough questions on your first three testlets. You are EXPECTED to get some answers wrong in each section (especially the ‘hard testlets'). I'm sure that as long as you manage your time well (i.e. have enough time to do all the sims without being rushed) you should be fine.

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

    #413828
    kb24
    Participant

    @Scruff – well said!

    FAR 4/1/11 - 89
    AUD 4/15/11 - 85
    REG 4/29/11 - 80
    BEC 5/13/11 - 85

    #413829
    memmy29
    Participant

    I'm hoping to pass FAR in 4 days with average Becker scores of 64%…freaking out.

    AUD-84, REG-75, BEC-84, FAR-77

    Licensed CPA

    CIA Exam
    Part 1 - Passed
    Part 2 - Passed
    Part 3 - Passed

    #413830
    mangos
    Member

    I think I agree with the people that say you usually get 10 points higher on the real exam. I scored in the mid 80's on Becker's final exam and ended up with a mid 90 score, so it seems true.

    FAR (5/07/13): 96

Viewing 10 replies - 1 through 10 (of 10 total)
  • The topic ‘Scores on FAR Final Becker tests between 50-60’ is closed to new replies.