[Anonymous]

Hi All,

I’m looking for some advice on how to practice many MCQs.

I’ve seen many post where others talk about doing over 100 questions in a day or even completing an entire test bank eg Gleim, Becker, and then moving on to the NINJA test bank.

I think I’m having difficulty covering a lot of MCQs at a fast enough pace and would like some advice on improving my speed.

Thanks in advance

[Recked]

Do sets of 10 in test mode, or sets of 20 in study mode.
If you are doing test mode where it does not show the answer, the trick is to shorten the number you do, so you can get to the review phase quicker before you forget the body of the question. once in the review phase, if you remember the questions, you save time by not having to relearn it.
Also keep organized noted with calculations, so you can easily review your work, and what you did right or wrong.

It's very time consuming, especially for FAR.

[Defo]

There is legend of a mysterious accounting hero who has completed 660 mcq per day every day last week.

Do some honest self assessment of why you are taking too long. Is it lack of focus or just not knowing the material well enough? If you read a question and know exactly what to do its not going to take much time to answer it.

You can also consider is it really necessary to speed up your MCQ? doing 20 questions a day and really absorbing the concepts is going to be more productive than glossing over 100 questions without retaining anything.

[Anonymous]

@Defo and @bobby

Thanks for recognizing my legendary MCQ skills haha. Yes – during my review phase for AUD, I go through 10 sets of 36 MCQs on Becker progress tests and 10 sets of 30 Ninja MCQs, a total of 660 MCQs a day. I could only do up to 400 MCQs for FAR during that review phase.

Do I inadvertently memorize questions and answers along the way? Sure, but I also learn why correct answers are correct and incorrect answers are incorrect. Given the time availability, I'm blessed to go through such quantity of MCQs, but your MCQ quantity and speed really depend on how you learn the material and how much you understand the concepts.

Like most exam candidates tell you on this forum, going through a sheer amount of MCQs may not work for you. You may be better off going through just sets of 10-20 MCQs in order to better retain the information. Everyone is different. Find out what works for you first then proceed from there.

[mpr]

I was able to really ramp up the speed for FAR by doing sets of 10 in test mode. Take the MCQs in smaller doses, that way you won't be so overwhelmed and are less likely to become distracted from boredom.

[m22022]

When going through the Becker chapters, I usually just do as many as I can in a 2 hour period each day.

During my final review, I do Ninja MCQs in sets of 10. 10 seems to be the perfect number for me where I can focus on what I got wrong and continually assess the progress I'm making. I usually shoot for about 180 MCQs per day (1 question per minute * 3 hours) during my review. In my final 2 weeks for REG, I've actually managed to get through 2,500+ Ninja MCQs. I'll see if it pays off on Wednesday.

[Anonymous]

Bump.

[Anonymous]

I think the only section I could do sets of 100 was audit (no math, just conceptual) but even then it was tiring…When i did Becker I would just make sure to do as many for each module as I could. When I jumped into Ninja-sets of 30 to 50 worked well. Remember, it's quantity over quality here…

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