Best test bank to complement ninja? (FAR)

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    confusedcandidate
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    My subscription to Ninja is running out and to be honest I’m starting to just memorize questions there anyway. What’s the best test bank to go with it? I’m pretty sure ninja is the same as Wiley right, so that’s out. Any suggestions?

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    jeff
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    What is your trending score?

    AUD - 79
    BEC - 80
    FAR - 76
    REG - 92
    Jeff Elliott, CPA (KS)
    NINJA CPA | NINJA CMA | NINJA CPE | Another71
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    confusedcandidate
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    Total average trending score is about a 68% :/

    That ranges from 88% in the framework questions to 30% in government which I suck at.

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    #635888
    jeff
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    You don't need new software…you need to get your Trending to 85% and be in the review stage and then take your exam.

    AUD - 79
    BEC - 80
    FAR - 76
    REG - 92
    Jeff Elliott, CPA (KS)
    NINJA CPA | NINJA CMA | NINJA CPE | Another71
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    confusedcandidate
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    I'm trending 80+% in three categories but those scores are inflated because I've essentially memorized close to 1000 MCQs. (Govt and Nonprofit scores are abysmal which is bringing my total trending score way down.) I want a new test bank because of the number of questions I've memorized from the ninja test bank.

    Anyone else have any feedback or suggestions?

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    jeff
    Keymaster

    If you're set on getting a different one, then look at the Wiley Test Bank/Supplements

    AUD - 79
    BEC - 80
    FAR - 76
    REG - 92
    Jeff Elliott, CPA (KS)
    NINJA CPA | NINJA CMA | NINJA CPE | Another71
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    Mamabear
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    I don't know that I would buy a whole new test bank for a couple of sections that you aren't getting. Have you gone back to your book and tried to do the end of chapter questions for gov't and non profit again? Also, if you're not getting those areas you may want to try googling for further explanation. Here is a website that could help with government JEs.

    https://sites.google.com/site/farnotes/gas-34/journal-entries–fund-based-vs-government-wide

    And regular JEs

    https://www.principlesofaccounting.com/illustrative%20entries/entrieslist.htm

    You may also want to try rewriting your notes or the information from the MCQ explanations before you do any more MCQ because there is a concept you may not be getting if you continue to do bad on those areas. When is your test scheduled?

    Wiley and Ninja are not the same so it would be a different test bank. Any of the review guys would have a test bank I think. Roger, Gleim, Becker. I think you may be surprised at how expensive a test bank for one section is going to be with those guys though.

    CPA Exam - Finally DONE (November 2014)
    BEC (08/10/13) 80
    AUD (08/24/13) 65 (11/13/13) 85
    FAR (04/12/14) 81
    REG (07/19/14) 69 (11/29/14) 87!!

    #635892
    zoctoman
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    @confusedcandidate – Even if you've “memorized” all of the questions, they can still be of great value if you do this process:

    – even if you've memorized the question ask yourself “why is this answer this answer”? so even if you know 1,000 is the answer, make yourself solve the question step by step and see if you come up with the answer. If you can perform the entire procedure to arrive at the 1,000 then it doesn't matter that you “memorized” all of the answers.

    A great way to compare is if you've ever taken a course with a “practice exam”. In my masters program, at least half of the courses provided a practice exam that would exactly “parallel” the real test.

    So when I was practicing my “practice exam”, of course I ended up memorizing the answers….but it didn't matter because I made sure I could solve each question step by step. On the real exam i knew the numbers would all be different so it was about nailing down the process over memorizing an answer.

    Lastly, I did feel that multiple test banks helped me in general. I used gleim and ninja mcq…but I liked having two test banks simply because I liked to mix things up to get me more excited to study. You certainly can do it with only ninja mcq. At the very least don't abandon ninja but rather supplement with another test bank.

    Audit(11/5/13) - 89
    Reg(5/16/14) - 86
    FAR(7/18/14) - 82
    BEC(11/14) - 85

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