GA09
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I'm taking AUD tomorrow. I've been using Becker and have been answering the MCQs and have done one of the final exams. Last night I thought I had a pretty good grasp on it all. Today it seems like I'm getting confused on the MCQs and answering a lot of them wrong. Then I read the question again and wonder how I got it wrong. STRESSED!!
Does anyone have any advice???
Trevor
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Take a break... if you had it last night likely you are just stressed and sick of looking at mcq (leading you to guess quickly and not think...) I would take a break and come back later tonight and do simulated testlets... 30 mcq's at a time including all topics... not sure what software you have, but I think most have something you can do this with. If you have the Wiley book they have some great AICPA released questions in the back... try those! Good luck and relax
StudyInRI
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I can have the same thing happen ... it all makes sense, then it "doesn't". I agree with the above in taking it slow. 30 questions at a time, then a break... come back, do another 30.
But put yourself under EXAM mode... make sure if this WAS the exam, read the questions slowly like you would in that situation... You certainly wouldn't rush through it in the exam, would you?
I generally always go "slow" on my exam, but faster on Becker because after awhile, I just "know" questions which isn't a good thing, and sometimes the answer I select is wrong. Do yourself a favor and get past that by just reading the question, and then instead of jumping to the right answer, figure out why the others are WRONG first.
CPA Someday
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How did you guys do in the AUD exam? I have mine on Wednesday.. I've done the final review twice and completed all of the MCQ a couple of times, and read the book twice. But when I take the final exams in Becker, I can't even get close to over 60%.. what's wrong with me?
How did the test go compared to becker exams? When I get to the question I know the answer before looking at the answers.. but in the becker exam.. I'm getting them wrong ?
tax_vixen
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Now that I think about it, I only did the "final exam" for audit and thought it was much harder than the MC and quizzes I'd done in Becker. As is customary, I studied less and less for each successive exam. For FAR, I was getting between 60% and 75% on the homework problems (never did any quizzes) when I took the exam. I knew there was a curve so if I was getting under 75, then when I actually took the test it would be over 75 (and you can see from my scores that is true). Moral of the story: I wouldn't let the Final Exams get you down.
cpameplz
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only exam I have taken so far is AUD, I didn't even take the becker final exam, didn't have time. I was stupid and did all the reading/lectures first of the whole book (and took notes), then re-read my notes and did the homeworks all in succession a week before the exam. I averaged about 75% on the homeworks throughout, and felt the actual exam to be much less difficult than Becker's homeworks.
I, too, felt coming into the exam (specially since this was my first one) that I was definitely going to fail. I heard of people doing homeworks multiple times, all the simulations and final exams provided by Becker. I only had time to go through the homeworks ONCE as well as the AICPA released questions the night before.
the morning of the exam, I was skimming through the book and felt like I didn't recall anything, but alas, when I sat down, everything just started coming to me. so keep your heads up! I personally felt AUD wasn't that bad at all.
I have FAR in 3 days, though...
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