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.
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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.
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I agree with you. Rogers did a killer job on the Audit lectures.
I passed (82) on first attempt with “stronger” scores on all 6. I didnt worry too much about sims, it was easy when you understand the concepts. MCQ is where the focus needs to be.
where do you get that results/ analysis
on your state board or nasba website, but I heard some states don’t give the analysis. If you ask on CPAnet someone can tell me if your state does.
I’m so glad you passed!!!
I failed AUD again, last time with a 71- this time with a 72. My SIMS were killer and I got 2 SIMS using the same tough skill. I got comparable on MCQ, weaker on SIMS and then comparable and stronger on all topis except one. I walked in and out of the test thinking I must have passed so I’m very bummed. I think 2011 tests have killer SIMS. You give me hope that you can get weaker on SIMS and still pass though…I just need to NAIL MCQ next time.
Congrats and enjoy this before you knock out REG!! For me the hardest part of REG was all of the b-law areas because there are sooooo many rules, but I took it in 2010.
Def destroy the MCQ’s, aiming for “Stronger” on each topic.
I prob did well on MCQ because I felt confident with my answer choices on difficult topics. The only MCQ’s that I struggled on were the butt-fartingly super EASY questions that don’t require application, only recall/memorization. You know the type — the answer choices use the same base statement and line-up so that the differences are apparent and in plain sight.
Example: What’s your best friend’s birthday?
A) 1/1/11
B) 1/1/12
C) 1/2/11
D) 1/2/12
Instead of memorizing lists of words and phrases, I studied the semantics behind the auditing standards, which might explain why I did ‘Weaker’ on the Evaluation and Reporting topic (specifically, the stuff over preparation of reports/ communications).
BTW, I hated MCQ’s over communication reports. I think comm. reports are a generative syntax that can be applied by anyone with a word processor and SAS book. And since we live in the age of Google, AICPA MCQ’s over comm. reports are not inanely nit-picky, they are fucking obsolete.
Congrats!!!!!! I’m really hoping to conquer this section at the end of this month after coming close couple of times.