I think the AICPA means that every question in every TBS(Task Based Simulation) is worth the same as reflected by “not weighted”. Not every TBS is worth the same, but every little task within each TBS is worth the same.
“questions across the 6 or 7 TBSs are used as a single collection of responses to determine the single score for the TBS portion of the section”
I think this above quote agrees with what I stated above; that every Sim has sub questions and every sub question is worth the same. A sub question needs to be 100% correct to get credit, and all of the answers you get right are added up in a similar fashion as the multiple choice to determine your overall score.
All research questions need to be 100% correct to get credit as reflected by “TBS is a single citation from the Authoritative Literature. Accordingly, each Research TBS is treated and scored as a single response.” Research questions are worth the same as every other SINGLE fill in the box type question you have on the other TBS's. To clarify 1 research question is NOT worth 1/7 of the Sims, but could be worth 1/35 of the Sims if there are a lot of individual tasks within the Sims.
The above citation does not appear to imply a curve. I feel like John Nash right now, hopefully I don't go crazy and start writing on the walls.
I spoke to an ancient wise man who sent me on a mushroom induced journey through an ancient forest to find the key to passing the CPA exam. A talking spider monkey told me to throw the last of my drinking water in the dirt to find what I was looking for. So I followed his instructions and the following message appeared in the soil:
"Do 5000 multiple choice questions for each section"
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