Yes, that's normal.
1) It's very difficult. So much material that the only way to possibly do it is progress tests, but even with those, you're getting random questions, and maybe not hitting the big important stuff as much as you'd like.
2) I take about five hours per Becker chapter in my own final review. Usually two study sessions for me per Becker chapter. Two weeks is about right for FAR and REG, maybe slightly less for AUD and BEC. But everybody is different. I think two weeks is pretty good, as a rule of thumb.
3) My own final review (before I use Becker's Final Review) consists of reading/skimming the chapter and then working the questions one time each. The ones I get right, great. The ones I get wrong, I make sure to understand why I got them wrong so if I were to do them again, I'd know how to come up with the correct answer.
4) Becker's Final Review is great.
I do my own final review, and what sticks, sticks.
Then I use Becker's Final Review and you get all the big, need to know important stuff refreshed over a span of a day or two before the exam. It's great to have all that important stuff fresh in your head right before the test.
There are new questions in it, anywhere from 8-20 per topic. There are 16 topics in both FAR and REG, I believe (the topics are broken out differently than the chapters, but it's the exact same material, even the same mnemonics as in the regular Becker review). So you're getting over 200 new questions, and keep in mind that the questions are on the big material, so I think the questions are more relevant. There are also a ton of simulations in the Final Review. That's where you really find out if you know the material or not.
I think it's a great product and I recommend it to anybody using Becker. It really gets all the material fresh in your head right before exam time. The day before the exam I did all the Becker Final Review multiple choice questions one time each (I had done them once already in the day or two before). This ensures that you have every topic fresh when you take the exam.
AUD 96 FAR 95 REG 94 BEC 88
