gcaulfie
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What experience have you had with the Becker Final Exams for FAR?
Are they generally harder or easier than the real exam?
I'm taking FAR a week from today and I just completed the multiple choice part of the exam and ended up with a 77 overall (76, 76, and 80).
Any input would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!
gcaulfie
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You mean the 100 M/C tests covering all of the sections?
Thats impressive to then pull a 91 on the real thing. Good job.
I've been getting mid to high 80s on those. I've taken probably 15 or so. Hopefully this translates into a passing grade on the real thing. Thanks for the input.
Florida_Candidate
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It should translate into a passing score definitely as long as you weren't just getting high 80's because you memorized all the questions ;). But yeah I've always scored better on the actual than I did on the 100 MCQ progress test :)
whitesoxfancpa
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On the Becker Final exams for FAR, I scored 80% on the first one and 72% on the second one for the multiple-choice questions on my first attempts. 137/180 total.
If you're scoring in the mid 70's, you're set. Congrats on your passing FAR grade.
I scored in the high 60s and low 70s on the MC parts of the FAR practice finals and ended up with a 94 on the actual exam.
PleasePass
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are you guys talking about the Becker Final Review software (that you purchase separately from the software that has all the chapters in it?) or the regular PassMaster software that has 2 final exams within it?...I only have the passmaster software and have gotten roughly 70% on the multiple choices on the passmaster stuff...sadly right now im forgetting the stuff from government nfp and am only 4 days away from the exam so i think i might need to review a few of the lectures :(
@ PleasePass: There are two final practice exams within the normal passmaster software that we are talking about. They are great to use a week or so before your exam to point out weak areas to focus on your last week. These are great since they are different questions than what you've worked for the homework several times (fresh questions with new wording). They tend to be harder than what you'll actually see though, so don't get paniced if you score lower on them than you think you should. On another note, I used the progress tests throughout the course to keep previous sections fresh in my mind. Those are the ones that give you random questions from within the lectures you select.
@WI_11: I see that you've passed AUD & BEC. Use that experience to gauge your FAR performance. For me, FAR was my last. I really depended on my previous exam experience on FAR. I did marginally passing to slightly failing on on the practice exams on the previous sections so I wasn't as freaked out when the same thing happened to FAR. I greatly out performed on the actual test versus the practice final exams on all three of my previous sections as well (by as much as 20+ points). I feel sorry for those that go for FAR as their first section. I would have been freaked out had I not had the previous experience.
herbert7890
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I took FAR as my first exam but I read on the forums about the point the diff between Becker exams and actual results. I got a 15 point diff between the Becker exams (73 avg) and the actual exam
2010Please
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So glad to hear you guys saying this - that Becker problems are harder than the actual exam...gives me hope that maybe I can pass FAR. It is my last section (assuming I passed BEC - and it feels like I did, but will probably keep second-guessing myself until I see the actual score mid-November). I always hate initially going through all of the material when beginning to study for a new section, but I know (from past experience) that when it comes to review time, more will have stuck than it feels like is sticking as I muddle my way through...this thought is keeping me moving forward in FAR, even though I'm so, so tired. :)
Subject matter in FAR just seems to go on, and on, and on, and on....
AUD - 92, REG - 85, BEC - 10/4 (Waiting), FAR - (11/29)
WI_11
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Not to sure what to think. My second sim test on becker showed 76,73,50. My first test was 76/73/56. That just seems weird to me. Also the NFp questions on the sim exam were much harded than the practice once included after the lectures. 2 day to showtime!
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