[Anonymous]

Hi! i recently took BEC, and while i think I did well on the written communication section, im not sure about the multiple choice. I know I had to make educated guesses or completely wild guesses on about 16-20 multiple choice questions.

Is it possible to pass BEC if I missed that many? Assuming I get some of those right, and some are pretest, and I still miss 15 out of 60, is 75% good on the MCQ?

[shawn in VA]

Hi. was exam that difficult? I am due for my retake in March so I was curious? Did you get a lot of IT or ECON questions? It is hard to say given your facts. There are like 12-15 pretest questions so anything is possible. Did your WC relate to BEC or other random topics ?

[Good Lordy Me]

Ben, I think only the CPA gods know if you passed or not. Hoping you passed!

I too would like to hear your thoughts on BEC exams as mine is looming. Thx.

[shawn in VA]

I have to agree. the 1st time I took it i got a 71 but thought I passed. The 2nd time I took it I thought I failed very badly but got a 74. Anything is possible. But Both times I screwed up on WC because the topics were NOT BEC topics. They were who knows what. very unfair.

[QueenCPA]

Ben,

Guessing doesn't mean you failed the questions.

Anything is possible with these exams. Stay optimistic and hope for the best.

Good luck

[Anonymous]

What I want to know is, for BEC – and all the exams actually, under the new format – are they still going to do pre-test questions? I think FAR is dropping down from 90 to only 66 questions. I think I read that for the 90 questions, a whopping 15 were pre-tested. I don't think there will be that many pre-tested on 66 questions. Then again, I don't even know why they do pre-tested questions anyway. I dare say that some people who have flunked (and repeatedly) with 73 or 74 would not have flunked if their pre-tested questions had counted.

[sazz1994]

Yes its possible!!!I got about that much wrong(I calculated too), and got an 80. I felt like BEC was really hard though, I didn't know if I passed or failed. I think if you thought the exam was hard that eould be a goid sign that you passed.

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