[Kayla123]

I take BEC first thing Sunday morning, leaving me with two days to study. I have been using Becker, and I have noticed that Becker asks a few questions that aren’t really explained in the book at all. I was wondering if anyone had advice on what to focus on during these last 2 days, and if anyone has any opinions on the difficulty of the Becker MCQ’s vs. the actual exam questions.

Thanks!!

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[ruthnla]

I would focus on the format/layout of the essay question, and focus on memorizing formulas (including econ ones). I'd understand the budget process and understand disaster recovery plans because they're a fan of testing those (trust me), don't underestimate COBIT/COSO plus corporate governance.

CPA (MN) officially NOW DONE AS OF 8/4/15:
* FAR – 79 (11/2014)
* BEC – 82 (1/2013; lapsed 2014), 71 (10/2014), 83 (7/11/15)
* REG – 89 (11/2012; lapsed 2014), 79 (10/2014)
* AUD – 74 (11/2013), 72 (4/2014), 89 (8/2014)

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[Kayla123]

Thank you!! Do you think I should focus a lot on variances? I understand the simple ones but I get tripped up with they add in a lot of detail.

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[shanek327]

COSO and IT!

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[ruthnla]

I feel like honestly having a simple understanding of the variances and how to calculate the efficiency variance, rate variance, and total variances is acceptable knowledge. I had one question on budget variances in the MCQ and it was pretty straightforward (I'm not sure how detailed I'm allowed to get).

CPA (MN) officially NOW DONE AS OF 8/4/15:
* FAR – 79 (11/2014)
* BEC – 82 (1/2013; lapsed 2014), 71 (10/2014), 83 (7/11/15)
* REG – 89 (11/2012; lapsed 2014), 79 (10/2014)
* AUD – 74 (11/2013), 72 (4/2014), 89 (8/2014)

Ethics - 91 (7/15/15)

Used CPA Excel Silver and CPA Excel Iphone App. From 2012 to mid-2014 I was also in law school fulltime while working fulltime.

[Kayla123]

Did anyone get a lot of international finance type questions? Those are the worst…

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