[husnain0915]

I am extremely worried about my Reg exam, if i will not clear this than i will lose my FAR.

I just given Reg exam, i did fairly good on MCQ there were only 3-4 questions in MCQs where i took my best guess, otherwise i knew what they were asking.

For two research question, i found them easily. However, for simulations i guess i did OK for 4 of them but for 1 i know i totally screwed up. It was regarding home owner exclusion, which was very easy but in last 10 min i completely lost myself and turned blank. Therefore, answered everything wrong. I am worried because i think 1 research will be pretest so if i will get 80% also in MCQ than i will score (80% x 60% ) = 48% in MCQ, so at least i need 27% in simulation that’s mean i need to score 67.5% (27% divide by 40%) from total simulation only.

If 1 research was pretest and 1 question i did completely wrong than i am not sure that i am going score that much only from the remaining 4 simulations and 1 research.

Anybody had similar situation like me before ? I really dont want to study FAR another time

[golfball7773]

I think many people have had your experience. They come out thinking they did horrible on the sims but then end up doing really well. Therefore keep hope!

In regards to percentages, you can't really think about the sims that way as everything is weighted differently based on statistical analysis that the AICPA claims to do. They have a pyschometric scoring guide on there website.

AUD - NINJA in Training
BEC - 86
FAR - NINJA in Training
REG - NINJA in Training

AUD - 71, 73

BEC - 74, 86

REG - 77*

FAR - 57

*expired

(I have been trying to become a CPA since 2013). only one test down.......

FAR: 63, 55, 62
REG: 65, 77*
AUD: Fail, 64, 71
BEC: 72, 74, 81

*expired

[husnain0915]

Thanks for the reply. I dont think but i know i messed up totally in 1 simulation. I know i will not get a single mark for it. As i wrote all wrongs amounts. The question was about homeowner exclusion for the individual single person and i messed up because i used limitation of married person. Further, i missed other rules regarding that, so i know it was totally wrong.

I just hope that question was either pretest or doesn't worth that much.

[Sleep Optional]

I wouldn't go insane just yet. The best thing you can do is try not to worry about it. It's pretty much impossible to figure out what you'll get on the exam because of the questions being weighed differently and because you don't know which ones are pretested.

For REG, 12 of the MCs are pretested. So you could have either gotten the pretests wrong which don't count towarda your score, or you could have gotten the low weighed ones wrong.

I failed REG the 1st time around with a 73, and was expecting around a 60. My guess is that I missed a lot of the pre-tested questions. I passed the 2nd time with an 82 and was unsure with about 1/4th of the MCs.

BEC x1 - Passed
REG x2 - Passed
Audit x1 - Passed
FAR x2 - Passed

BEC: ☑ x1 attempt(s)
REG: ☑ x2 ''
AUD: ☑ x1 ''
FAR: ☑ x2 ''

Done!

[yanks2]

If you feel OK on 4 of SIMS plus you found the 2 research you should be fine. You can search this forum and find tons of people who left SIMS blank and still somehow passed. I took REG last quarter and was 100% sure I fail only to find out I passed. You really do never know. I would try to not worry about it and start studying for the next one.

Also, the exam is not at all based on percentages so don't try to calculate it like that. And you may want to edit your posts because of the disclosure rules.

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