[Anonymous]

I take BEC on Thursday and just wondering what I should spend the rest of my time on. I feel I know corporations, partnerships, info systems, and cost extremely well. As for decision making (make/buy, ect), I don’t think I’ll really ever get the hang of it. Sucks because I know that section shouldn’t be that hard. Should I spend most of my time on making sure I have all the financial ratios down or continue to really understand the decision making section? I’m thinking having the ratios down would give me the most points. Advice would be greatly appreciated!

[Anonymous]

**I meant more understanding how to use the ratios really well**

Obviously me just knowing the formulas probably wouldn't do much good

[Anonymous]

Personally, I didn't spend extra time memorizing ratios that I didn't know already, and I don't recall getting any ratio questions that I couldn't answer. That said, be sure you are at least relatively familiar with them (i.e. recognizing what they mean, how they are relevant). I got such random questions on that exam that my advice would be just making sure you are familiar with all the terms/concepts covered in your review books.

From what I remember, it would be a good idea to be strong in all of the types of entities as well as any major IT concepts. Hmm…thinking about it more now, in regards to your actual question, if I were you, assuming I covered all the review material once already, I would probably put more focus on the decision-making process. But, be warned- every person gets a different set of m.c. questions on his exam so while my test may not have had that many ratios, yours could have a ton. Sorry if this wasn't so helpful!! Good luck with your studying and on the exam.

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