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Hey y’all – I’m prepping for FAR (my very first section) and had a few questions that I thought one of you might be able to help!
* I know we have to use the CPA calculator thingy and not a handheld – and I HATE that little calculator – does anyone know if the keyboard on exam day has a number pad or is it just the regular numbers across the top of the keyboard. Hoping for SOMETHING that will make their calculator app easier to use. I study on my laptop and the numbers across the top make calculations so slow, and there’s not a number lock feature (unfortunately!) on my laptop’s keyboard. Hoping there’s that at least in the exam!!
* It helps me to talk to myself out loud when I’m solving a hard problem (can’t believe I’m admitting to strangers that I talk to myself, but I figure I’m among friends!) When taking the exam, are you in a room alone? Am I going to get in trouble or bother another test taker if I randomly start talking to myself? 🙂
* Finally, sometimes when doing the practice MCQs, there’ll be a series of 3 or 4 problems with the same facts, but asking for different answers/calculations. This is so much faster because once you’re familiar with the scenario and have built all the journal entries and whatnot, you can answer much more quickly. Does anyone know if that happens on the exam? Where there are multiple MCQs surrounding the same scenario? Or is this giving me a false sense of speed when solving the practice MCQs?
Thanks all and sorry for 1000 questions!
A few months in and overwhelmed! 🙂
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