[jc01]

Hi

I just took the FAR exam and found the simulations to be more difficult than anything I encountered with the Wiley book and CD. For each tab in my simulation I had to do journal entries, some more lengthy than others. Each tab was unrelated to the previous tab so I had to get acquainted with a whole different set of facts and situation. I think if I had encountered similar examples when I was studying, I would have done better.

I feel confident about the MC questions even though I encountered some facets of topics I was not familar with, even though I had studied the topic. They may have been the pretest questions which get thrown out though. I feel though the MC questions were similar in format as to the Wiley ones. I was familiar with how the information was being presented.

Is it normal to have all journal entries for a simulation? Are the tabs always unrelated topics?

Anyway, I am preparing to take the FAR again because I have a bad feeling about it. Is there somewhere I can see more simulation examples? I feel if I continue to study the way I did I could find myself unprepared again.

FAR - 79
REG - 75
AUD - 66, 96
BEC - 79

[HazeEastwood]

JC01, I had very similar experience with FAR. I found the simulations to be more difficult than the Wiley sims. The different topics threw me as well since WIley is not set up like that. I also had several journal entries on the simulation. I felt like I completely bomb the sims other than the written communication. So you are definitely not alone.

FAR-81
BEC-84
AUD-91
REG-89

[jc01]

Thanks Haze. It looks like you passed FAR though so it all turned out okay. Congratulations, that must have been a relief! I'm hoping I'm being overly pessimistic but preparing for the worst nonetheless.

It's frusterating because I put in the time to study and felt very prepared beforehand but the simulations had me scrambling.

FAR - 79
REG - 75
AUD - 66, 96
BEC - 79

[Anonymous]

I can't wait till they release scores.. FAR WAS SO WEIRD FOR ME too!

[Anonymous]

I took FAR last quarter and had the exact same experience. 4 tabs of journal entries, 1 WC and 1 research for each sim. Each of the 4 tabs are totally unrelated and to make it worse, they came from 4 different chapters with journals I've never seen before. The best I can do was to apply the logic and foundations learnt in Becker to the ‘weird' journals.

I came out with a bad headache and 150% sure I bombed, so imagine my surprise with the score. I guess they are just trying to throw candidates off with non-standard questions. My guess is, you will most likely be fine esp since you feel confident about the MC. 🙂

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