[garnerr2]

I just took FAR on 12/10 and hope it will be the last test I need to take. Just yesterday I realized I may have made a huge mistake and was wondering if anyone had done something similar.

I use CPAexcel and on their practice simulations, any blank spaces would need to be filled. So for journal entries, any blank spaces in the account column I would put ‘N/A or No entry needed’. For empty debits/credits I would put an ‘N/A or 0’.

On the actual exam it specifically told me I may not need to use all rows available. So if asked for a journal entry and they gave me room for 5 entries, but I only needed 2, I would put ‘No Entry Needed’ in the 3rd slot and move to the next question.

Example:

Accounts Receivable xx
Sales xx
No Entry Needed

After I put the ‘No entry needed’ once, it wasn’t available anymore, hence me not filling the other blank spaces.

I am realizing that this entry is probably only required if there really was no J/E needed whatsover. I am hoping when the computer grades this, it doesn’t read the No Entry Needed and automatically mark the whole question incorrect.

Anyone run into this problem or something similar? I have just been programmed to answer these in this fashion after doing over 300 sims in the past couple months.

AUD - 76
REG - 78
FAR - Aug 2016
BEC - 79

[Anonymous]

Honestly, it all depends on how the person who is grading your simulations interprets your answers. If it were me, I may be a little confused when you put an entry and then put “no entry needed”, but the fact of the matter is that you gave an entry. If your entry is correct, I doubt that they will count it against you.

I know that most of the exam is graded by a computer, but I do believe that many of the simulations are reviewed for partial credit by a real person.

[Gary]

You know, now that I think about it I came across the same exact situation and thought there was a problem with the sim. Pretty sure you were supposed to leave it blank. If they're graded like how the practice sims are, you got 4/5 (assuming it was a 2-line entry), so that should be a little reassuring.

AUD 8/18/16
FAR 11/16
BEC 1/17
REG 2/17

[smoothiezguy]

I too have greatly wondered about this… I didn't figure that “no entry needed” was necessary for a question that does need an entry, even if that entry doesn't fill all the available spaces; however, I have wondered if you are supposed to put zeros in the debit/credit cells that don't have the entry numbers in them. Like this:

account 1 xxx.xx 0
account 2 0 xxx.xx

That's what Ninja SIMs require, but there aren't explicit instructions about that on the actual test.

CMA - 430
BEC - 83
FAR - ?
AUD -
REG -

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