MCQs were rougher than I thought they would be – at least 3 could have been SIM questions due to the number of calculations I had to perform to get to the answer.
My SIM research question was insane. That took longer than I would have expected. I remember going through my BECKER SIMs and there was a disclaimer saying something to the effect of, you won't see a SIM this comprehensive on the exam but it's good for practice. I basically got that SIM plus extras. One SIM had supporting documents that were several pages long. I had to read through a two page accounting policy before I could even answer probably 1/3 of the questions on the SIM. I think all of the SIMS except two I had to switch back between source documents which sucked. The split screen feature does not auto-zoom so when I used that option, it showed me half of two pages so I had to constantly scroll left and right. I ended up eliminating the split screen feature all together and clicking between tab.
As for timing, I did the 45/45/30/60/60. The 2nd set of MCQs, I had 10 minutes left to do 12 questions. I ended up taking an extra 5 minutes so I could get them right. I had to outright guess on probably 2 MCQs, there were probably 15 that I was maybe 80% sure of getting correct. What gets me is when I know how to do a calculation and I make a mistake somewhere and it doesn't work. That's what happened with my 2nd set of MCQs.
My first two FAR exams I was hammered with NFP and government – this time, it wasn't an absurd number of questions but they were still there.
How do I feel…resigned. Not like I want to drive off a cliff like I did for my first FAR exam, just more like I missed some, I knew some, no way of knowing if I've passed or not. The other two times I felt this way, I ended up passing, so I'm not overly confident but not completely discouraged either.
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