[John2018]

Hi everyone,

I took FAR today. Unfortunately, I could not finish the last SIM and left it blank as there was no time left. I’m failed now? Any pass scores after leaving 1 SIM blank?

[Pork Flavored Bacon]

If you pass the exam after leaving a whole simulation blank, you would be the very first person in the entire history of the CPA exam to pass a section without completing every testlet.
On the record, you are going to make history because you passed.

FAR - 75 | REG - 87 | AUD - 82 | LAW - 81

[chandler]

Sure, it's definitely possible to pass. Likely, it's even probable if you feel you did decent on the rest of the exam. On FAR, there are 7 SIMs (6 that count and 1 pre-test) which make up 50% of the grade. An oversimplification is to state that likely you only missed out on around 8.33% of the possible points (50%*(1/6)). Also, can always hope the one you skipped is pre-test. Nothing to do at this point- forget about it and move on to the next section!.

[cottonkandi]

I left 1 and half completely blank and managed a 84. Don't sweat it!

[Alex]

I left 1 blank and still passed. Its not an ideal situation but don't stress about it because you never know how they're going to grade it!

[Green CPA]

@John can you tell me how the exam was in relation to preparation and the actual exam. I am using becker and studying thouroughly, Im wondering if I study well I should be prepared? or I might encounter some surprises.

[John2018]

Thanks everbody for information. Appreciate it. I hope I get at least pass mark

[John2018]

@green…the exam was not that super hard honestly…at least almost all the questions were familiar (even the one that I left blank was an easy one)…I use Becker too. MCQ part of Becker is really good and close to real (at least for FAR, I have not taken other exams yet). For SIMs, the only thing that Becker misses is the number of charts & additional information. So if you spend 5-10 minutes for Becker SIM, it may take 15-20 minutes in real exam. Not because of the complexity, just because of load of information. But I'm satisfied with quality of Becker, the course really prepares well. I just regret not to have better speed to complete all parts of real exam.

I see you took REG & BEC already, I hope Becker is good for these parts too?

[iceman]

next time just prefill the entire testlet with 0's then come back and work as much as you can. Several of the cells are usually 0 anyway and those count for points.

[cpagoal]

Is it likely a pretest SIM would be in the last testlet?

[HDCPA]

Green – if you study thoroughly with Becker, and you feel decent about your practice, you should do great. I agree about the FAR sims and Becker. The actuals weren’t harder, but it was more like a few Becker sims put together as one. More information, still the prep got you ready. Good luck, sounds like you’re on the right track!

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