[Anonymous]

I am taking the Wiley test bank exams that came with yeager, I am averaging around 70%, doing much better on sims than on mcq. What are others experience with wiley vs actual

[Anonymous]

Also, is they wiley test bank research comparable, exactly the same, or not even close to the actual research tools

[Anonymous]

Also, is they wiley test bank research comparable, exactly the same, or not even close to the actual research tools

[jgrfan1]

Wiley is harder all around was my finding. I averaged about 10 pts lower on the Wiley TB (MC and Sims) than I did on my exams. Averaging about a 75% w/ FAR. Hoping my experience with my first three exams holds true for my fourth.

Research Sim is exactly the same in WTB as in the exam.

BEC - 5/2012 - 91
AUD - 8/2012 - 89
REG - 1/2013 - 90
FAR - 5/2013 - 88
Wife, 2 kids and a job

[jgrfan1]

Wiley is harder all around was my finding. I averaged about 10 pts lower on the Wiley TB (MC and Sims) than I did on my exams. Averaging about a 75% w/ FAR. Hoping my experience with my first three exams holds true for my fourth.

Research Sim is exactly the same in WTB as in the exam.

BEC - 5/2012 - 91
AUD - 8/2012 - 89
REG - 1/2013 - 90
FAR - 5/2013 - 88
Wife, 2 kids and a job

[Anonymous]

when did you test, or have you yet? i test on the 29th

[Anonymous]

when did you test, or have you yet? i test on the 29th

[MustPass1988]

I think Wiley has more complex problems overall than the actual test. For REG, I averaged a 64% on MCQ's and got an 83 on the test.

AUD: PASSED [81]; Expired, retaking August 23rd
BEC: PASSED [83]; Expired, retaking July 11th
REG: PASSED [83]
FAR: FAILED [64]; Retaking May 23rd

[MustPass1988]

I think Wiley has more complex problems overall than the actual test. For REG, I averaged a 64% on MCQ's and got an 83 on the test.

AUD: PASSED [81]; Expired, retaking August 23rd
BEC: PASSED [83]; Expired, retaking July 11th
REG: PASSED [83]
FAR: FAILED [64]; Retaking May 23rd

[J]

The general consensus is that the Wiley book question are more difficult than the Wiley Test Bank, which is then more difficult than the actual exam. I've mentioned this in other threads but some of the Wiley book questions go into much more depth than you would ever see on the test. The Wiley Test Bank has done a much better job of selecting the questions in the book that are more similar to the actual exam experience and then adding others.

If you want a scale of comparison with the Wiley book being a 10 in terms of difficulty and the actual exam being a 1, you would probably put the Wiley Test Bank around a 3 or 4. Just remember that this scale is RELATIVE; I'm not at all attempting to imply that the actual exam is a piece of cake. 🙂

[J]

The general consensus is that the Wiley book question are more difficult than the Wiley Test Bank, which is then more difficult than the actual exam. I've mentioned this in other threads but some of the Wiley book questions go into much more depth than you would ever see on the test. The Wiley Test Bank has done a much better job of selecting the questions in the book that are more similar to the actual exam experience and then adding others.

If you want a scale of comparison with the Wiley book being a 10 in terms of difficulty and the actual exam being a 1, you would probably put the Wiley Test Bank around a 3 or 4. Just remember that this scale is RELATIVE; I'm not at all attempting to imply that the actual exam is a piece of cake. 🙂

[Anonymous]

right now i am most concerned about time, the wiley test bank practice test with 30 mcq and 3 sims is taking me about an hour and 15 minutes, but i am reviewing the answers of any that i miss, but i am scoring in the 70s pretty consecutively. I have not went and downloaded the practice aid from the aicpa website, from my understanding this is mostly so one can see what the outlay of the exam will be like but i assume format wise that it is similar to the wiley test bank. is the calculator provided at the testing center better than that on the wiley test bank, i will never understand why people insist that we should be able to do math without a calculator that has () and a power button and a memory on a timed test. I can do it, but it takes longer, and the need to be able to quickly do present value calculations without something with a memory function is extremely far reaching into hypothetical “maybe you have to calculate the bond discount with out excel because the power is out and the customer is demanding it right now…” then tell the customer to call back when we have electricity or use a laptop, or use a UPS, or call a bank, or use a cell phone…. stupid

so please tell me the calculator is more functional on the actual exam vs the wiley test bank

[Anonymous]

right now i am most concerned about time, the wiley test bank practice test with 30 mcq and 3 sims is taking me about an hour and 15 minutes, but i am reviewing the answers of any that i miss, but i am scoring in the 70s pretty consecutively. I have not went and downloaded the practice aid from the aicpa website, from my understanding this is mostly so one can see what the outlay of the exam will be like but i assume format wise that it is similar to the wiley test bank. is the calculator provided at the testing center better than that on the wiley test bank, i will never understand why people insist that we should be able to do math without a calculator that has () and a power button and a memory on a timed test. I can do it, but it takes longer, and the need to be able to quickly do present value calculations without something with a memory function is extremely far reaching into hypothetical “maybe you have to calculate the bond discount with out excel because the power is out and the customer is demanding it right now…” then tell the customer to call back when we have electricity or use a laptop, or use a UPS, or call a bank, or use a cell phone…. stupid

so please tell me the calculator is more functional on the actual exam vs the wiley test bank

[MCLKT]

LOL! The calculator is not more functional. It's rather pathetic.

And don't even bother with the “spreadsheet” function. It's a joke.

The research function is comparable.

The Wiley version doesn't include all of the codification so it's easier to navigate with less information.

But the AICPA has a better search function. You can select subtopics and “search within” so it can be narrowed down.

A:[73]97 F:[74]85 R:86 B:[74]82
*NINJA 10 Pt. COMBO & Yaeger*

[MCLKT]

LOL! The calculator is not more functional. It's rather pathetic.

And don't even bother with the “spreadsheet” function. It's a joke.

The research function is comparable.

The Wiley version doesn't include all of the codification so it's easier to navigate with less information.

But the AICPA has a better search function. You can select subtopics and “search within” so it can be narrowed down.

A:[73]97 F:[74]85 R:86 B:[74]82
*NINJA 10 Pt. COMBO & Yaeger*

[Anonymous]

the spreadsheet is only available for the sims correct?

[Author]

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