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  • in reply to: Time Needed to Study for FAR #2922177
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    I agree with Club74. I was prepping for FAR while having just started my full time job and I played it on the safe side and gave it just about 2.5-3 months worth of time. I benefited from it.

    AUD - 76
    BEC - 81
    FAR - 80
    REG - 80
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    in reply to: Just retook AUD #2921997
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    Sorry I replied to your previous question from a few days ago not realizing you already took this. I fully believe that you need a little luck to get SIMS that you can answer well because it seems that with AUD, there are so many types of SIMS they can give that can be unfavorable. With that said, I knew I had to perform strongly on MC to stand a chance to counter any potential struggle on the SIMS. Per my diagnostic report, that turned out to be the case as I performed “stronger” on MC but “weaker” on SIMS. my performance on SIMS nearly caused me to fail again and I barely made it (76). I just think it is a hit or miss. I think you were right to focus strongly on MC and just do AICPA SIMS because it's just so unpredictable. But hey, I wish you the best of luck I really hope you get that passing score!

    AUD - 76
    BEC - 81
    FAR - 80
    REG - 80
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    in reply to: AUD (Segregation of duties) #2921982
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    Hey AndreA, this question specifically seems much more complicated then any Becker/ actual CPA question I have seen but I did figure out how to understand and answer Segregation of duty questions and started killing them on Becker review. I too struggled and the first time I took the AUD exam, this was probably the reason for my downfall. In my second prep, what helped it click so well for me was to draw out the flow charts for each of the cycles. This helped me tremendously because rather than memorizing stuff, I was able to understand how departmental duties flow into one another and how roles are distributed to each department. Then, I would recite the functions for each department back to myself several times to hammer it home. By doing this, you will notice how each department has either authorization, record-keeping, or custody functions and you will start noticing how alot of answer choices mix these 3 functions and that's how you can rule them out easily. Let me know your thoughts!

    AUD - 76
    BEC - 81
    FAR - 80
    REG - 80
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    in reply to: Aud Exam Experience 1/7/2020 #2916858
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    Hey you got it!!! Best of luck. Would love it for all of us to have this out of the way!

    AUD - 76
    BEC - 81
    FAR - 80
    REG - 80
    Mamba Mentality

     

    in reply to: Aud Exam Experience 1/7/2020 #2916855
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    THATS SO AWESOME!! Congrats @Yala!! I got a 76 so super freaking lucky and happy right now! Cpa is done!!! Cloud 9 haha

    AUD - 76
    BEC - 81
    FAR - 80
    REG - 80
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