When did you start and how much time did you put? I studied for 2 weeks and spent about 35 hours for it.
I took BEC this window (4/18, yesterday) and it was not as bad as i expected. Make sure to know important stuff such as..
Corporate gov: audit committee role / responsibility
Econ: It seems common sense to me. Make sure to know the difference between shift and movement along the line for supply and demand. Know currency valuation part (one country's currency appreciation/depreciation impact. For example, when us dollar value goes down, export will go up and it will help with trade deficit. If $1 was 100 yen, and now $1 is 50 yen, US good will be more attractive for foreign buyers)
Finance: I did cut corners with finance, but make sure to know expected returns (weighted avg), types of risks, Internal rate of return assumes automatic reinvestment, NPV < cost = do not invest. Cash conversion cycle is inventory conversion + receivables collection – payables deferral period. Just in time (JIT) is lean. need fewer QUALITY supplier; effective when ordering cost is cheap and storage is expensive.
IT: paper vs electronic system. COBIT is IT related, segregation of duty (you do not want programmer to have custody! i believe it is librarian), disaster recovery (frequent backup, hot vs cold site (no hardware))
misc.: breakeven (fixed cost / cm margin), variance analysis, absorption costing vs variable costing (GAAP vs non-GAAP), high-low method, and bunch of ratios. Try not to remember all ratios tho.
Maybe I put to much. Gl with your test and try to understand the concept. Quality > Quantity.
PS: I am not disclosing actual test content :p I thought they were important.
FAR - 83 (1/7/16)
BEC - 87 (4/18/16)
AUD - 92 (7/2/16)
REG - 83 (12/5/16)
Ethics - 100%!
Licensed CPA in state of Maryland Feb 2017
Materials: Wiley book + Ninja MCQ
FAR - 83 (Jan 2016)
Study time: 6 weeks
BEC - 87 (April 2016)
Study time: 2 weeks
AUD - 92 (July 2016), (74 Feb 2016), (72 May 2016)
Study time: 4 (Feb) + 2 (May) + 3 (July) = 9 weeks total
REG - (70 April 2016)
Study time: 3 weeks