Need your advice on BEC - Page 2

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  • #1517991
    cpa83
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    I did not pass BEC. Received 71. I used Roger and added some practice questions towards my weak areas (IT & ECON) on Ninja MCQ. I was planning to take the AUD in May. But would you please give me advice?

    Q1: Should I start AUD or should I re -study BEC?
    Q2: For those of you have passed the BEC with roger and/or Ninja, how did you guys studied and passed?…

    I have passed only REG so far. I am very sad.

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  • #1518444
    jms10101
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    @cpa83 You are smart. Just need to work on the details. This is about you right now. Own this like the Boston Red Sox own the New York Yankees.

    #1518535
    cpa83
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    @jms10101, i called the board for reapplying. They said it will take about 2-3 weeks to process the application. So i will have about 3 weeks to review BEC again. I think this may give me some time to look at other topic too. Meaning i will review BeC everday and other topic everyday too. Do you think this will be a good plan? Also, if i chose another topic with BEC (except reg) what will be a good one? For my FAR and AUD i am planning to watch the cpaexcel lectures and read wiley book for FAR and AUD, and test bank on Wiley. Please advise. ( i didnt pass Far with roger and i didnt pass Aud with becker before)

    #1518591
    danko1983
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    This is my key to BEC: take all the formulas, keep a separate list of them. Within the last two weeks (especially the last week) before the exam, write each one out a minimum of 10 times each. That's what I've found to be the key to passing that section – the formulas. If you know most of them it can help you even in the non-mathematical questions. I even have post its hanging up on my walls with them on it.

    BEC - exp 2/28/13 (crap)
    AUD - exp 11/30/13

    #1518624
    jms10101
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    @cpa83 I will tell you because you asked. I NEVER would switch between sections. Stick to one at a time. Multi-tasking is about quantity. CPA exams are all about quality> Do not move to another until you are done with BEC. After the next BEC exam, I would move to FAR. Do one thing at a time, do it very well and then move on. I hope this helps.

    #1518658
    cpa83
    Participant

    Yes, it does help.

    Thank you all.

    #1518664
    Tarheel83
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    Thanks for the advice on this post. I am in the same boat. I made a 71 on BEC again (74, then 68, now 71). I think I am literally only going to hammer MCQs on NINJA BEC from here on out until I take the exam.

    #1518672
    cpa83
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    Glad it helped you @Tarheel83

    #1518841
    Anonymous
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    I think everyone above give good advice, but I suggest you to really understand the material instead of just trying to memorize them. Because as you hit the MCQ more often, you will start to click answers without even finish reading them, which is bad.

    I did all the MCQs on Ninja, but for the missed questions, I made sure I reworked them multiple times and took notes, so when you hit your final reviews make sure you review those questions first. At the end of my final review I was trending 98%-100% with zero questions missed and 2100 questions attempted but I was only averaging about 76%(I believe it's due to I marked a huge amount of guess questions during the first attempt), but since there were so many stuffs within the BEC, especially the I.T portion can be really tricky in wording, I made sure I understood the structure of each I.T system and their limitations. I consider myself pretty tech savvy as I took some coding classes back then but I was shocked at the amount of craps I didn't know or should I say some of these controls or “roles” do not exist in real life, in fact I even passed some of these I.T questions to my company's engineers and they looked at me like “wtf?”. So don't underestimate them.

    About memorizing all the formulas, I don't think it's necessary. But you have to know the fundamental such as CAPM,CVP,BE,MC,Variances,WACC,CPI,NOPAT,ROI,RI NETPV, EFU,etc. When I say understand them, I mean you need to know how to work them back and fore not 1+1=2. However, I do think I over studied the calculations and you might get an exam which give you just four or five calculation problems. I also recommend you to have a good understanding of COSO/ERM and ECON section since those sections are easier and shorter.

    During my exam, I think the questions I received were very well diversified, I had some tricky ones, and took my best educated guess. Believe it or not I took the exam on the 9th and I still remember four of the questions which I thought were “bs” and they were six or seven sentences long and I spent at least three to five minutes on each. I had about 55 minutes left for my WC, and I don't know how I did it but I finished all three with 20 seconds left then walked out Pometric not sure of how I did. But today I found out I actually got a “stronger” score for WC and I thought I got maybe 8 points at most since English is not my first language.

    #1519183
    cpa83
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    My last question to all. Do I need to buy updated textbook for Roger and Wiley? I only have 2016 but not sure if I need to buy the updated book too. Please advise.

    @cpwhat thank you for ur advice.

    #1520271
    Anonymous
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    @CPA83 when is your next test date? According to the blue print and the sample test I took on AICPA(in the fear of not knowing if I pass or not) I notice the new TBS is actually easier. Because they even have one page full of formulas! Just go see it yourself.

    I believe they(Roger/Wiley) update their text books with PDF links and the updates are minor. Also based from studying the materials from BEC, I believe most of these are basic concepts. If there are going to be changes, I would expect coming from Governance. I passed the exam with just Ninja MCQ and 2016 Becker book from my friend but I only used the book when I didn't understand a topic and majority of times I just focused on taking notes while doing MCQ and reading the explanations then google the rest.

    #1520298
    cpa83
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    @cpwhat i just reapplied, so i am thinking around end of April. I have roger 2016. I think i should be ok?

    #1520310
    Anonymous
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    @cpwhat you should be fine, as some of these MCQs are ancient if you ask me. I mean they said Magnetic tape storage in I.T. Who in the living world still use those?? lol. Also check out Roger's website regarding the blue print and below link. I got e-mail from them since I signed up for their free trial.

    #1520479
    cpa83
    Participant

    Thank you!

    #1520697
    Brains&Gains
    Member

    i dont know if someone before might have suggested this, but i was in a similar situtaion where i took BEC and got a 73 and then was preparing to take REG and i took REG first and then 10 days later took BEC again and passed with a 78 or another suggestion might be to start lightly preparing for your next section, but then about 2 weeks before your supposed to retake BEC just cram that in again and then continue hitting your next hard after.

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