[Anonymous]

I am taking FAR in a few hours and I am making a plan of how much time I should spend for each testlet. Would it better to spend more time on the 1st testlet rather than the 3rd? Also do you think around 1 hour and 45 minutes is enough for the simulations? I know if varies from person to person but I would really appreciate hearing what some of your time allocations were on the test.

[Anonymous]

I spent about the same amount of time for all 3 MC testlets (about 55 minutes each) but unfortunately that didn't leave me enough time for sims – which were ridiculous. I used Becker to study but didn't feel prepared for SIMS.

I felt like the MC questions in the 3rd testlet were more difficult than the other 2 but by that time I was already pressed by time and wanted to allow at least 1 hr and 15mins for SIMS.

I am hoping for a miracle pretty much! 🙂

Good luck to you!

[Anonymous]

I spent about the same amount of time for all 3 MC testlets (about 55 minutes each) but unfortunately that didn't leave me enough time for sims – which were ridiculous. I used Becker to study but didn't feel prepared for SIMS.

I felt like the MC questions in the 3rd testlet were more difficult than the other 2 but by that time I was already pressed by time and wanted to allow at least 1 hr and 15mins for SIMS.

I am hoping for a miracle pretty much! 🙂

Good luck to you!

[Anonymous]

My goal was 45-50min for each testlet. That leaves a minimum of 1.5hrs for the SIMS, and maybe a quick break if you're on schedule. And yes, I would agree that 1.5 to 1.75hrs for the SIMS is about right if you'd like to have time to not feel too pressured.

I had 1hr 40 min going into the SIMS, and I dove right in and had a pretty solid pace. I had 15min left when I finished, but decided to call it good rather than hit the authoritative literature hard.

Also, if you're doing well, the first testlet may be the easiest, so don't allocate extra time for that one unless you find you're genuinely struggling with several questions. I usually flag the ones I'm not sure about as I go through the testlet. Then I go back and try try answer the ones I think I have a decent shot of answering correctly first. When I get down to 3-5 flags left of the hardest questions, I just make a quick educated guess and press on. My normal self would kill 10-15min trying to answer those, but it's just not worth it when you know you're truly guessing anyway.

[Anonymous]

My goal was 45-50min for each testlet. That leaves a minimum of 1.5hrs for the SIMS, and maybe a quick break if you're on schedule. And yes, I would agree that 1.5 to 1.75hrs for the SIMS is about right if you'd like to have time to not feel too pressured.

I had 1hr 40 min going into the SIMS, and I dove right in and had a pretty solid pace. I had 15min left when I finished, but decided to call it good rather than hit the authoritative literature hard.

Also, if you're doing well, the first testlet may be the easiest, so don't allocate extra time for that one unless you find you're genuinely struggling with several questions. I usually flag the ones I'm not sure about as I go through the testlet. Then I go back and try try answer the ones I think I have a decent shot of answering correctly first. When I get down to 3-5 flags left of the hardest questions, I just make a quick educated guess and press on. My normal self would kill 10-15min trying to answer those, but it's just not worth it when you know you're truly guessing anyway.

[Anonymous]

cpaexcel says youre supposed to spend 2 min per question but i always run out of time while doing the practice questions in exam mode? are the actual questions as wordy and long?

[Anonymous]

cpaexcel says youre supposed to spend 2 min per question but i always run out of time while doing the practice questions in exam mode? are the actual questions as wordy and long?

[Wolfchicken]

@CPA066729. Just took FAR a couple of weeks ago. I spent about 2 hours on the MCQ's and allocated 2 hours to the sims. I used Becker and the actual questions on the exam were definitely not as wordy and long than the practice MCQ's with Becker.

BEC - PASS
FAR - PASS
Audit - PASS
REG - PASS

[Wolfchicken]

@CPA066729. Just took FAR a couple of weeks ago. I spent about 2 hours on the MCQ's and allocated 2 hours to the sims. I used Becker and the actual questions on the exam were definitely not as wordy and long than the practice MCQ's with Becker.

BEC - PASS
FAR - PASS
Audit - PASS
REG - PASS

[Anonymous]

Were there alot of calculation questions or theory questions, I know some ppl had tests with mainly concepts and few calculations

[Anonymous]

Were there alot of calculation questions or theory questions, I know some ppl had tests with mainly concepts and few calculations

[Wolfchicken]

I had a mixture of both. Probably a little more theory than calculation. The calculation ones weren't too complicated. I wasn't surprised on any of the SIMS I got either. All things that were covered in Becker. I did have a lot of tricky MCQ's tho, which is the same experience that I had with both REG and BEC so I was expecting it.

BEC - PASS
FAR - PASS
Audit - PASS
REG - PASS

[Wolfchicken]

I had a mixture of both. Probably a little more theory than calculation. The calculation ones weren't too complicated. I wasn't surprised on any of the SIMS I got either. All things that were covered in Becker. I did have a lot of tricky MCQ's tho, which is the same experience that I had with both REG and BEC so I was expecting it.

BEC - PASS
FAR - PASS
Audit - PASS
REG - PASS

[toasty]

just took FAR yesterday and oh boy was i unprepared… flew through the MC, got a good mix of theory and calc, nothing too difficult… took a 10 min break and started the SIM with 2:10 left, this is where i got nervous cuz of the 7 SIMS that i got, nothing looked even close to any of the sims in Becker 🙁

[toasty]

just took FAR yesterday and oh boy was i unprepared… flew through the MC, got a good mix of theory and calc, nothing too difficult… took a 10 min break and started the SIM with 2:10 left, this is where i got nervous cuz of the 7 SIMS that i got, nothing looked even close to any of the sims in Becker 🙁

[Anonymous]

Im using cpaexcel, some questions are easy but some are crazy hard

I practiced some sims but heard its better to focus on understanding concepts and doing mcqs

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