Well, I took audit for the first time today...it is definitely not one of my stronger subjects. But for all those who are wondering and worried about 2011, I will share with you my experience.
First testlet included everything I expected to see. A couple of the questions were word for word Becker Review questions, and may have not even had the order of the choices changed...that is how familiar they looked.
Second testlet, I believe was a little harder than the first, again a lot bunch of Becker questions, only this time the answer choices varied from the review material.
Third testlet was difficult in the beginning, but then seemed like the last couple questions were cake compared to what I had seen on the rest of the exam.
I finished the mc sections with nearly 2 hrs and 15 minutes left. I am hoping I didn't go to fast and misread some questions and answer choices. All in all, I felt seemingly confident moving on to the simulations.
And then......the simulation took about a minute to a minute and a half to load...i almost when and got the prometric lady. The first tab was fairly easy. It seems like on some of the tabs, they want you to use the research tab...because they now include a separate research sub tab included with all the individual tabs...i think Becker's 2011 software also does this. Tabs 2,3, and 4 were very difficult for me. They all included an area in which I had some trouble understanding, and needless to say took some very educated guesses on hoping to get some credit. 4 was an area that I do not believe Becker had covered at all, and I had wished taken FAR before Audit because it would have definitely helped for this tab. Research tab was a 50/50 chance...these to me either seem impossible or stupid easy...no in between.
I honestly doubted seeing much new material, and this was seemingly the case (I hope I can say that)
All in all, I believe it was a fair test. Hardly anything I hadn't seen in my review material. I'm hoping that the sims didn't hurt me too bad now that they are weighted at 40%. Hoping and waiting for the best. Taking FAR after tax season at some point and hoping its my last exam! Good Luck everyone!
BEC-Passed
AUD-
FAR-
