[Anonymous]

Wiley Question –

Is anybody spending any time working through the MC and sims that are in the actual book?

I find myself mostly just reading the chapter, and then working the MC and sims on the testbank. Wondering if I’m missing out on anything valuable from the questions in the book?

[Anonymous]

I've heard the book questions are harder, so may be more beneficial. Personally, if I was going to do the book questions, I'd do them when told while reading the chapter – I don't see as much point in finishing the chapter and then doing them.

But…that being said…I'm a bad student. 😛 I have never yet done the questions while reading, or done the questions in the book at all. I usually read the book completely, and then do the WTB questions in full. However, I tried with one chapter in my REG book doing the questions while going (just for the first couple parts, since the first 3 times of doing questions total was just 10 questions 😛 ), and I kinda liked the immediate reinforcement of doing them. So, I would say that there is some benefit to doing the questions in the book while reading…but if I didn't do them while reading (and I don't), I'd probably just skip them and go to the test bank.

So far it's worked for 3 of these…if I can make it work for the 4th, I'll be in good shape! 😛

[Anonymous]

I've heard the book questions are harder, so may be more beneficial. Personally, if I was going to do the book questions, I'd do them when told while reading the chapter – I don't see as much point in finishing the chapter and then doing them.

But…that being said…I'm a bad student. 😛 I have never yet done the questions while reading, or done the questions in the book at all. I usually read the book completely, and then do the WTB questions in full. However, I tried with one chapter in my REG book doing the questions while going (just for the first couple parts, since the first 3 times of doing questions total was just 10 questions 😛 ), and I kinda liked the immediate reinforcement of doing them. So, I would say that there is some benefit to doing the questions in the book while reading…but if I didn't do them while reading (and I don't), I'd probably just skip them and go to the test bank.

So far it's worked for 3 of these…if I can make it work for the 4th, I'll be in good shape! 😛

[Anonymous]

Thanks for the reply. I definitely feel like the book questions seem a tad bit harder and more time consuming as well. I think thats why I quit looking at them after the first couple chapters of BEC. But I passed BEC without hardly looking at them so it wasn't until today when I found out I failed REG with a 74 (so sad…) that I started to re-examine my study methods. Because I again didn't look at the book questions at all while studying REG.

But since I only have less than 5 weeks to go until FAR and I'm only done with about 15% of the book… I guess I won't be looking at those questions unless I start feeling like I'm caught up (time-wise) or unless I feel I need the extra help on a section. But if I do, I definitely will try the immediate reinforcement method you referred to above.

[Anonymous]

Thanks for the reply. I definitely feel like the book questions seem a tad bit harder and more time consuming as well. I think thats why I quit looking at them after the first couple chapters of BEC. But I passed BEC without hardly looking at them so it wasn't until today when I found out I failed REG with a 74 (so sad…) that I started to re-examine my study methods. Because I again didn't look at the book questions at all while studying REG.

But since I only have less than 5 weeks to go until FAR and I'm only done with about 15% of the book… I guess I won't be looking at those questions unless I start feeling like I'm caught up (time-wise) or unless I feel I need the extra help on a section. But if I do, I definitely will try the immediate reinforcement method you referred to above.

[samdiegoCPA]

Yup. I do them. Roger uses the Wiley book, so we do them in a diff order but I try to do them all (Did all for AUD, not all for REG)

AUD: 84
REG: 84
BEC: 79
FAR: 83

[samdiegoCPA]

Yup. I do them. Roger uses the Wiley book, so we do them in a diff order but I try to do them all (Did all for AUD, not all for REG)

AUD: 84
REG: 84
BEC: 79
FAR: 83

[jsimus]

@Lilla The wiley textbook learning strategy seems to have worked for you on passing 3 exams on first try.You indicated that you read the textbook only and then solve the questions from the WTB ,is it after reading all modules of the textbook or after each module you jump to the WTB and solve all questions for that module in practice mode? I want to adopt an approach that will be faster and efficient as my current style of reading and solving the problems simultaneously is actually prolonging my study time and my fear is the I might not have enough time to practice the WTB before the actual exams date. What was your approach since I am encouraged by your passing of the 3 exams on first using solely the wiley textbook and WTB.

[jsimus]

@Lilla The wiley textbook learning strategy seems to have worked for you on passing 3 exams on first try.You indicated that you read the textbook only and then solve the questions from the WTB ,is it after reading all modules of the textbook or after each module you jump to the WTB and solve all questions for that module in practice mode? I want to adopt an approach that will be faster and efficient as my current style of reading and solving the problems simultaneously is actually prolonging my study time and my fear is the I might not have enough time to practice the WTB before the actual exams date. What was your approach since I am encouraged by your passing of the 3 exams on first using solely the wiley textbook and WTB.

[Anonymous]

@Cburnham The FAR book takes forever and a day to get through. -.- I'd definitely consider just focusing on the reading, getting through that, and then seeing what you have time for. However, the reading without the problems shouldn't take forever. Straight reading-time, depending on your reading speed, reading FAR should take between 20-35 hours, probably. So, if you could do 10 hours per weekend and a couple hours on some weekdays, then you should be able to have the book read through in 2-3 weeks! Having 2-3 weeks left to review with MCQs in the testbank and/or book should be a good length of review time.

Sorry to hear about your REG score. 🙁 Especially being so close! That's the one I'm studying for right now, and since I got an unexpected week off between jobs, I'm trying to double-up my study methods. Actually planning to read through the book twice, just to make sure I'm covered, since it's my last one! Knowing that you struggled with REG preparing the way I do (pretty much), I'll put in some extra effort with it…!

@jsimus I'd get into the test bank after reading all the modules in the book. Which exam are you preparing for? Using my study methods, I haven't out more than 60 hours into any individual exam (BEC, FAR, and AUD so far), so I think my style is definitely efficient. The tradeoff is that it's not as thorough. If someone wanted the sure-pass method with Wiley, I'd say do the questions when told, and then do everything in the test bank after you're done. But…I have never been disciplined enough to put in the time to do it that way.

So, for these past 3 tests, I read every page of every module in the book, and then I switched to the test bank and did every question in it (or at least got close – life gets in the way, and I didn't quite get every question on all the exams). Usually when first sitting down at the test bank, I felt like my mind was swimming with too much information to organize or understand, but after a couple hundred questions, I'd actually feel like I had a slight grasp on things. 😉 If I noticed an area that I was particularly weak in, I'd go back and re-read the chapter or part of it, but I usually found that doing the MCQs helped me to understand the concepts a lot better. Always read the explanation of any question that you got wrong and try to really understand *why* the option you picked wasn't right, and why the correct one was right!

[Anonymous]

@Cburnham The FAR book takes forever and a day to get through. -.- I'd definitely consider just focusing on the reading, getting through that, and then seeing what you have time for. However, the reading without the problems shouldn't take forever. Straight reading-time, depending on your reading speed, reading FAR should take between 20-35 hours, probably. So, if you could do 10 hours per weekend and a couple hours on some weekdays, then you should be able to have the book read through in 2-3 weeks! Having 2-3 weeks left to review with MCQs in the testbank and/or book should be a good length of review time.

Sorry to hear about your REG score. 🙁 Especially being so close! That's the one I'm studying for right now, and since I got an unexpected week off between jobs, I'm trying to double-up my study methods. Actually planning to read through the book twice, just to make sure I'm covered, since it's my last one! Knowing that you struggled with REG preparing the way I do (pretty much), I'll put in some extra effort with it…!

@jsimus I'd get into the test bank after reading all the modules in the book. Which exam are you preparing for? Using my study methods, I haven't out more than 60 hours into any individual exam (BEC, FAR, and AUD so far), so I think my style is definitely efficient. The tradeoff is that it's not as thorough. If someone wanted the sure-pass method with Wiley, I'd say do the questions when told, and then do everything in the test bank after you're done. But…I have never been disciplined enough to put in the time to do it that way.

So, for these past 3 tests, I read every page of every module in the book, and then I switched to the test bank and did every question in it (or at least got close – life gets in the way, and I didn't quite get every question on all the exams). Usually when first sitting down at the test bank, I felt like my mind was swimming with too much information to organize or understand, but after a couple hundred questions, I'd actually feel like I had a slight grasp on things. 😉 If I noticed an area that I was particularly weak in, I'd go back and re-read the chapter or part of it, but I usually found that doing the MCQs helped me to understand the concepts a lot better. Always read the explanation of any question that you got wrong and try to really understand *why* the option you picked wasn't right, and why the correct one was right!

[smp73]

I used Wiley for REG and did the book questions as I was reading..aka when it told you to do questions X through Z.

I also did every TB question.

NYS CPA License # 113563
CIA: Done as of 2/15/14

Training for a half marathon post studying!

[smp73]

I used Wiley for REG and did the book questions as I was reading..aka when it told you to do questions X through Z.

I also did every TB question.

NYS CPA License # 113563
CIA: Done as of 2/15/14

Training for a half marathon post studying!

[Anonymous]

@Lilla after your first post, I didn't realize you read all the way through the book then did all the testbank questions. I've always read one module and then proceeded to work through the testbank questions for that particular module. You're method really does sound more efficient and I'm thinking about switching over… My only concern is that I'm awful at the reading. I am usually super slow and get very overwhelmed during the reading, that once I get to the end of the chapter, working on the MC questions in the testbank is a welcomed break to me from the reading.

But again thanks for your reply, I definitely appreciate insight from people who are succeeding on these exams.

[Anonymous]

@Lilla after your first post, I didn't realize you read all the way through the book then did all the testbank questions. I've always read one module and then proceeded to work through the testbank questions for that particular module. You're method really does sound more efficient and I'm thinking about switching over… My only concern is that I'm awful at the reading. I am usually super slow and get very overwhelmed during the reading, that once I get to the end of the chapter, working on the MC questions in the testbank is a welcomed break to me from the reading.

But again thanks for your reply, I definitely appreciate insight from people who are succeeding on these exams.

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