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Posted: 07 Apr 2009 at 17:00 | IP Logged  

Romain wrote:

From this, could a CPA candidate who has recently sat exam just mentioned the topic area, for example, 'got alot of inventory questions', be in breach of the above? Would he, if went a little further, said 'I got several questions on the Gross Margin Method, Dollar-value LIFO, Lower-of-cost-or market', be in breach? 

The above scenarios were made-up (disclaimer).

Your comments are welcome including Admin.

Both scenarios are not allowed.  Hope this clears things up for you.

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nimrod23 wrote:
i dont think it is a breach of confidentiality to state which topics were heavily tested on your exam.  i dont think this is any different from the AICPA's content specification outline which tells you the percentage of each topic on the exam - it gives you an idea of what to expect but not how you are gonna get it.  if you go further than that and divulge what the question asked or how it asked it, you might have a problem.

since the topics are random, what someone tells me he had a lot of doesnt really help me too much or give me an unfair edge.  ie. if someone flips a coin and gets a head, that doesnt help me predict what im gonna get.

ionno, thats the way i view it but i might be wrong. 

Topics are not to be discussed here either...there is a difference between the AICPA's content specification outline of what to EXPECT vs. what is ACTUAL.



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mgoblue wrote:
If you read the 'Before you Post, please read' sticky note on the first page of the FAR forum, it states the following:

Question: Is it acceptable to disclose the simulation topics that were on your CPA Exam? (e.g statement of cash flows, Schedule XYZ, etc.)    
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No

Question:
Is it acceptable to ask other posters to disclose simulation topics?
(e.g. "What were your sims?" or "thanks for providing your sim topics" or "Can you post more details?")
Answer:
No
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So, I'm assuming that the statement "I will not divulge the nature and content.." prohibits mentioning any thing related to what may/may not have been on your exam.

Yep, you got it, thank you!!!  Don't forget to use the Report button if you see otherwise.



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whoomp123 wrote:
I have been careful to no say anything about specific topics i saw on the test.  My comments are usually things like "Similar to the study materials", "Testlet 1 was easy, 2 and 3 were difficult.", "Sims were weird" . I think all these comments are not divulging the nature or content. 


Yes, that's as far as you can go. 

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FAR is soooo looong and so hard that even if someone tells you what she or he had on the exam it will not help too much.

There are "several" exams and to pass you MUST know the subjects. Even if I tell you my sims was in bonds, consolidation, or whatever. what are you going to do?    You must know the subject. Period.

The review curse will tell "this will be tested" or "heavy tested"  at the end they may tested but TWISTED. 

I DO respect however the no posting the exam in this forum or anywherelse but I do not think I coul benefit myself by anyone telling what what his/her exam about. My opinion.

 



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