[BlackPink]

Hello,

Has anyone ever passed by just watching lectures because they were in a time crunch and did not do much mcq? I do not know how anyone learns just based off mcq without first understanding the concepts because its easy to forget a lot of the concepts when you do progress tests on every subject in beckers.

[Anthony]

I'm sure there are people who have, but they are an outlier. Just like how some people can pass this exam with their hands tied behind their back and blindfolded..but most can't.

[Biff Tannen]

It all depends? I know a guy who passed REG and only studied for 11 hours. Then there’s others who can’t pass Audit after numerous attempts. You need to do some self reflection and understand your weak subjects. Whichever subject you’re weak in, plan on allocating more time towards that exam.

[HT415]

I tried focusing on the reading and lectures, taking a bunch of notes, and I did not experience much success this way. In fact, while using Becker, the reading i focused on so heavily didn't even answer as many of the Becker MCQs as I expected, and that's because Becker purposefully threw several curveballs with the intent to make the actual exam seem not as much of a surprise. That is, on the actual exam the curveball questions are likely questions on material you've yet seen. My point here is that focusing primarily on MCQs gives you the variety of content and format of questions that best prepares you in terms of “what to expect” on the actual exam, as opposed to relying on the reading because again, the stuff I spent reading tirelessly (for REG, for ex) did not help in the way I had imagined.

[BlackPink]

Thanks for the reply…. I just do not know how anyone learns just by doing mcq if they have no prior knowledge of the content itself.

[YouCanDoIt]

When you are only reading notes or listening to videos, you get the straight bullet points of the subject. However, when you do MCQs, they are teaching you 5-10 different things (or even perspective) on that 1 bullet point. Personally, MCQs help me more than just watching videos or lectures. Then the SIMs are a great way to “wrap up” those concepts, especially for subjects like FAR and REG. For me, doing a SIM brings together those many bullet points by connecting them.

FAR: 76
REG: Currently studying
AUD:
BEC:

[HT415]

If this helps, I didn't realize this until I failed REG two or three times, I don't know if you've taken any exams yet, but I would definitely feel uncomfortable if I hadn't taken any and people were recommending this method of approach. But, I've spoken to many current CPA's and this was how they did it, just crush as many MCQ's as possible, work on SIM's to wrap things together as the person above mentioned, and I'd also add make use of the NINJA MCQ's, those were super helpful for each section I passed. Another benefit of doing many MCQ's, particularly the ones from NINJA, you actually might get lucky and see an exact copy of the question from the material on the exam.

[TommyTheCat]

blackpink – in theory no one is taking the exams with having “no prior knowledge of the content itself.” Most have BS accounting or similar degrees or have at least taken the requisite accounting courses to be able to sit for the exam.

I think you will get so much more out of your study time if you focus on MCQs rather than just going cover to cover on the textbook and lectures. Drilling MCQs and then having a solid game plan to study and review the stuff you are weaker on from the MCQs is a recipe for success. That way you aren't spending time on lectures covering subjects you already have a mastery over.

Just my 2 cents. If I had a limited time to study for any given section i'd cut the fat out of the review course and just drill their test banks.

[jules1268]

I passed REG and AUD with only MCQ. BEC and FAR I added some audio for the car rides. Still waiting on FAR. I like MCQ because it teaches you 4 things at once. Why one answer is right and why the other 3 are wrong. 5 years ago I passed just reading the books (except REG which is why I'm still here). All depends on how you learn.

[SuperAccountingGod]

I know a guy who said he passed FAR by only watching the videos and taking notes (he was cramming mind you) and literally finished with 1 hour before his test, and got a 91. A freakin' 91. How the F does that happen…

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