Becker Practice Exam Rant (BEC)

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  • #1551690
    rb2017
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    TLDR: I’m going crazy and Becker isn’t helping the issue.

    Not that I expect anyone to care, but frivolously typing this to a community that will understand makes me feel 2% better. I found multiple errors in Mock Exam 1 for BEC:

    -It marked one of my MCQ correct when I should have gotten it wrong. Its explanation even said what the correct option was and showed the calculation. If only the actual exam would do that! I guess I’ll just consider it a pretest question.

    -In the sims, there was a problem where I had to input numbers and the instructions said “round to the nearest dollar.” I entered them as they were and then I got the entire thing marked wrong besides the “zero” answers because they recorded them as hundreds representing thousands. I went back to the instructions probably 3 times to make sure I wasn’t losing it, since that could very well be a possibility as I’m a week out from my exam, and there’s nowhere it says “record numbers that are in thousands as hundreds.”

    -This might be a glitch so I’ll check back later to see if it fixed itself, but there were 2 sims where I couldn’t see all of my answers. These sims were mostly scenario-based and you chose from a drop down for 5-7 situations. For both sims, I can only see my answers for the first couple scenarios, and when I go to scroll down it freezes up and I can’t compare my answers to the correct ones. Considering there are only 4 sims, not being able to access half of them is pretty helpful.

    -Not really a complaint but there were 5 very basic IT questions which is nowhere close to the actual exam based on my experience.

    Becker is the most expensive review package out there and I feel like they get the most complaints, especially with the new version. I didn’t have any problems with the older version, but I’m just glad my work pays for it because it seems like the value has gone way down.

    **Dinosaur screams**
    End rant. Time to go outside, get some sun, and have an alcoholic beverage.

    AUD - 77
    BEC - 86
    FAR - 75
    REG - 77
    No need to worry, my accountant handles that.
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  • #1575805
    Gwynth2000
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    This is the 2nd error I've come across in a Becker BEC lecture. I emailed Olinto via Facebook a few weeks ago, he said they were planning to redo. It's enough understanding the formulas but extremely frustrating when their calculations don't add up. Valuations are hard enough, don't make me have to work around calculation errors in the review material as I'm trying to learn the damn formula!!! Damn!!! Bec 2 module 6, 1st example in lecture.

    AUD - NINJA in Training
    BEC - NINJA in Training
    FAR - NINJA in Training
    REG - NINJA in Training
    Aghhhh!!!
    #1575854
    bhunt815
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    The old version of Becker had some glitches in the SIMs as well. It would occasionally report that I needed to correct something when it was right. Frustrating considering that it would not allow me to complete a section, when the “Becker Guaranty” requires us to complete every section. I ended up not needing the guaranty but would have been upset if they wouldn't have honored it due to their system being wonky.

    AUD - 79
    BEC - 81
    FAR - 84
    REG - 78
    Becker Self Study supplemented with Ninja MCQ's for BEC and REG.

    Licensed CPA in Louisiana.

    FAR 04/11/2016 - 84
    AUD 05/12/2016 - 79
    BEC 07/06/2016 - 81
    REG 08/29/2016

    #1575866
    Gwynth2000
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    I was having sims issues as well with Bec. The drop down menu wasn't working. They fixed after a few weeks. It was frustrating seeing the “not on track” notice before they fixed it. I honestly didn't think finally having a grand opportunity to prepare for the CPA exams w/b this hard! I have an MBA and 18 years of Professional Accounting & Finance exp.

    My husband afforded me this opportunity to go for my “dream” after our recent relocation to SC from FL a few months ago and from NY 15 months before that for his job. Sitting down to study and review the lectures is a painful chore. I convinced my former, younger colleague to go for the exams. She has passed all 4 within the last 10 months and only had to retake 1. She did this while working f/t. She insist the BEC material is harder than the actual exam. I pray so. I feel like giving up but know I will hate myself without trying at least one after investing in the material. A regular job is starting to look real good again vs trying to review for hours on end. My 1st exam is 8/9/17, BEC is def NOT the easiest one as I thought!

    AUD - NINJA in Training
    BEC - NINJA in Training
    FAR - NINJA in Training
    REG - NINJA in Training
    Aghhhh!!!
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