[p_prince5]

Just took FAR and i feel all testlets were equal, Lots of tricky questions , never seen on BECKER. Sims were easy.

Anybody got the same ?

the more important question, anybody got the same and passed ?

Reg 93- BEC 81- AUD 88- FAR- 68 / 80 !!
I am DONE !

[whonis2002]

Wow p_prince5 your scaring some of us using the BECKER review….Are saying there was nothing even close to what you reviewed with the BECKER material?? surely there must have been something based on some of the concepts BECKER put out in there study material. I am taking FAR on 8/31 and am really trying my best to understand the basis concepts.

[p_prince5]

NO, Becker is great, there was some stuff, Becker never concentrated on in their question cause you think it a simple calculations, just make sure that you know how do every calculations

Reg 93- BEC 81- AUD 88- FAR- 68 / 80 !!
I am DONE !

[whonis2002]

p_prince5 in my opinion I believe becker devotes alot of time to the most difficult and tricky questions. I believe that simplicity sometimes is the key to doing everything right. Just last week a friend of mine took her the FAR exam and was very surprised at how few of the calculation questions she got in the MCQ's section. It was more of concepts being tested. But who knows, one can never tell what they may or may not get, I guess bottom line is study everything and be prepared.

[Anonymous]

whonis2002

It is my uderstanding the review materials cover the most likely topics that we will see on the exam.

Also, I have noticed many of us come out of the exam shell schocked. I think FAR sees a higher number of numbed minds – but we do recover andmost try again if we need to . As Peter Olinto says – we can pass the exam – just look at some of folks who have already passed.

[potatogun]

I use Becker and I only had one question on FAR that I had no idea about when I took it. So it is just the luck of the draw and your learning style.

FAR 92 - AUD 91 - REG 94 - BEC 86

[Anonymous]

This idea of the harder vs easier testlets kind of plays with your mind doesnt it….Yes you can have three of the exact same level of questions and pass FAR. If I looked real hard on FAR I might have been able to guess if the difficulty changed but to me each section had its share of easy/hard questions…I thought I did well on all three as well as SIMS and I got an 83. On REG the test started off super difficult (lots of calcs, long questions) and never changed for three sections. I got an 89….I just took audit and for the first time I could see a noticeable difference….Section one was a joke…so easy im sure i got them all correct….section two really changed and was harder……bad news is section three came on easier but maybe harder than sect 1…..based on my experience i dont know exactly how to relate that change to grades since both REG and FAR did not follow a predicatable pattern that indicates passing/failing….All I know is sections one and three were easy and the middle section was harder….i think i got a lot of quesitons right so I choose not to worry about the changes in the questions…The SIMS were somewhat reasonable and I write well so I'm optimistic that I passed….but with the grading system who really knows….when i get my email with my grade then I'll know and we can try to analyze the three different ways I have seen the MCs go and how they affected my passing.or failing

For me the whole dang thing is crazy so you just gotta study hard, put your best foot forward on the test and hope it all turns out ok……

Hope this helps

Chris

[GSU Josh]

I used Becker as well, and almost all topics I studied were on the test. The problem was that almost always the question was twisted in such a way that I had not seen with Becker, and many times I ended up choosing between two answers. The testlets did not seem to get harder, and I was certain they weren't since I felt so bad about the test. I expected to get a grade back in the mid to low 60's. I was overcome with joy when I got my 78 back. It's not that I didn't prepare enough, it's just that they hit you with so many things you most likely didn't cover while studying. Believe me, they are going to expect you to infer a lot of things.

Most recently, I took Audit and felt like all three testlets were very easy. I think this is possible, though, if you are very prepared which I was. I expect a score back at least in the 80's and will feel like it's the wrong score if it's anything below a 75.

AUD - 74, 87; BEC - 84; FAR - 78; REG - 79
It's done, Son!

[joohj1187]

ah…i have my test in about 13 hours. I hope that all the studying i did with becker pays off! I must've put in close to 200 hours going to class, watching lectures, taking notes, doing MCs….god, i hate MCQs now. I used to love 'em in college.

FAR: 8/5/2010 - 89
AUD: 8/24/2010 - 92
REG: 10/11/2010 - 94!!
BEC: 11/30/2010

[Anonymous]

joohj1187

Good luck! You did your part hope the Beast tests what you know!

[MPoni123]

cpa journey – peter olinto also says that he won't get his bonus if we don't pass haha. i like what cindy from yaeger says, “everything can't be easy!”

good luck joohj!

AUD - 84; REG - 90; BEC - 79; FAR - 75; ALL DONE!!

[FARbehind]

I had similar experience, however, all of my testlets except the last simulation seemed hard. The questions were tricky and wordy and a lot of calculations (if calculations are considered hard on this exam). I know for sure though that the first testlet is supposed to be easy, that's why I am worried. I try not to think of it but the thought comes to me sometimes in the middle of the night… I think all of you who say the first testlet was easy, second hard, and the third like the second or a little easier, have a good chance of passing. This is a classical “passing” pattern… In my case I think I just got topics I wasn't that good at, unfortunately, and I did a lot of guessing. I hope I am wrong. I still think the adjustable feature is not that fair….

aud,bec,reg-passed
far-->75 Done!!!!!
ethics-100

[Anonymous]

It's always interesting when someone posts that certain testlets were “easy.” Part of passing these exams is getting questions on information you're already familiar with….(similar to the game show Jeopardy…)

My last FAR exam had more questions on topics I wasn't familar with and nothing on certain other topics I'm proficient at.

Can I get one of those “easy” testlets……pleeeeease! 🙂

[FARbehind]

cpawannabe,

I agree with you that “easy” – “hard” classification has some subjectivity to it. But the questions are classified as easy or hard according to scale and that is totally objective. You might get topics you are familiar with but still a difficult question that is hard to solve… I think an example of a hard question would be a question that asks you: “What will be the effect on net income and inventory?” and gives you 2 columns of possible answers. This question is a combination of 2 questions that you have to answer correctly in order to get the whole question right. The probability of a person getting a question right is less than if it was just one straight question even if the topic is somewhat light…

Similarities with a real exam questions are completely accidental…lol

aud,bec,reg-passed
far-->75 Done!!!!!
ethics-100

[spqr105]

I hope what you say is correct concerning dual column questions. I took FAR yesterday and had several of those types of questions. However most of them were conceptual. I couldn't really notice an extreme difference in Multiple Choice testlet difficulty but I did notice my second testlet took about an extra 15 minutes than my first one did. The third seemed similar to the second but not quite as easy as the first. The simulations were a nightmare excluding the written communication and research portions which were pretty easy. I think out of the other 6 tabs I had, I'll be lucky if 1 of them was correct. Do they assign partial credit to these portions? Any input would be greatly appreciated.

[financeguy]

The easy and hard classification is completely subjective. For instance, on this forum I read a lot about people having a hard test that was full of calculations. For me, most of the time, I looked forward to questions w/ calculations…I was good at those, and I knew for sure if I had a correct answer most of the time.

AUD - 81, BEC - 74, 80, FAR - 82, REG - 81
Done!

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