September 2011

My AUD Performance Report, Now With Passing Results!

by gaap toothed on September 20, 2011 · 6 comments

in AUD,tips for success

I quickly finished the multiple choice questions in under 2 hours, due to my no-looksies-backsies rule for AUD. Since I never second guessed my gut reaction, I had more than enough time on the Simulations. I used the extra time on the Simulations to double-check my answers and corroborate them with the authoritative literature. I left the Prometric center feeling meh about the multiple choice testlets and aces about the Simulations.

It appears that reality must not be in tune with my feelings. According to my AUD Performance Report, I did Stronger on the multiple choice and Weaker on the Simulations compared to other passing candidates.
Auditing & Attestation    Score:  80    
Your Performance Compared to Passing Candidates *
by Content Area
Content Area
(% of multiple choice questions)		 Weaker Comparable Stronger
  Understanding the Engagement (12-16%)  * 
  Understanding the Entity (16-20%)  * 
  Procedures and Evidence (16-20%)  * 
  Evaluation and Reporting (16-20%)  * 
  Accounting and Review Services (12-16%)  * 
  Professional Responsibilities (16-20%)  * 
by Item Type
Overall Performance Weaker Comparable Stronger
  Multiple Choice (60%)  * 
  Simulations (40%)  * 
* The comparable column is based on those candidates who scored between 75-80 on the examination section as a whole. For more information regarding how this comparison was calculated or for more information on how the examination is scored, please see the CPA Examination website at www.aicpa.org/cpa-exam.

 

Now forreals, AUD was a pain in the butt. On my failing attempts, I studied with my brain set to off and tried to brute force memorize extremely abstract auditing concepts. I finally passed AUD because of Roger CPA Review. Roger’s AUD lectures provided meaningful context to the abstract documents/transaction-cycles I had previously attempted to memorize. After finishing the Roger CPA exam review course lectures, the auditing concepts no longer felt abstract. I no longer had to brute force memorize for audit because everything just started to make sense. I had finally connected the dots.

In short, Rahj teaches audit in 2 languages: (1) audit-speak, the bland context blurring language used in the exam, and (2) real talk, the everyday language that avoids wordiness and pretense, thereby keeping simple shit simple, real, and on the level. Hearing the audit-speak helps you familiarize yourself with the specifically discriminate wordy-wordiness that the exam intentionally wordily-wordifies so nothing ever makes no sense, never, unfalse, which for yet the least of is not best answer is not true for the father precedes the son, but the egg. Roger’s use of real talk to explain the bullshit that is audit-speak is what brings you back to reality, keeping your sanity in check.

So thanks, Rahj. Thank you for understanding that I grew up in a world of paperless/computerized transactions. Thank you for understanding that I lack audit work experience. Thank you for successfully teaching me auditing.

 

If you’d like to overanalyze my AUD score history, feel free to compare my previous AUD Performance Reports from when I took AUD pre-2011 exam changes, under the old CSO.

Tagged as: AUD, experience, Passed

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