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garagelife
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Posted: 17 Jan 2011 at 23:16 \| IP Logged

Steelers11 you should read the whole article. http://goingconcern.com/2011/01/the-aicpa-talks-to-going-con cern-about-the-new-cpa-exam

It's an eye opener, but the good news is the AICPA will not be changing the passing score from 75 moving forward...... but....

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AUD 79
REG 79
FAR 78
BEC 73 retake April

Steelers11
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Posted: 18 Jan 2011 at 11:10 \| IP Logged

@garagelife

“In terms of the score reported to candidates, right now
the passing score on that reported scale is a 75 and it’s
going to remain there because we want to have consistency
over time,”

The 75 score itself has no real basis, as the scores are
clearly manipulated so that X percentage of examiners
pass the exam. So really the only thing that remains
CONSISTENT over time, is the # of examiners who pass the
exam. For the last 10 years, BEC has had more or less the
same passing rate..

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FAR: 87
AUD: 87
BEC: Jan 11, 2011
REG: TBD

sunshine112
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Posted: 19 Jan 2011 at 17:08 \| IP Logged

Hi, rhn5, do you think those new section is enough to study if i have Becker 2009 version + 2011 wiley? I probably will buy becker final review as the last minutes review.

And for the simulation, how's the NPV and IRR stuff? Do i need to calcualte or soomething? I am most worried about the writing.

thanks!

rhn5 wrote:

1) Corporate Governance and Operations Management in lieu
of Business Structures

2) Information Systems & Communication in lieu of IT

3) Strategic Planning in lieu of Planning Measurement &
Cost Measurement

And of course the new simulations - 3 writing sections,
memos to client re NPV vs. IRR, COSO, and the like

There was supposed to be some IFRS, though I haven't seen
it in the review materials I have covered thus far. It's
possible they will throw those in as sample exam
questions to gage answers of testers for future
reference.

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Posted: 26 Jan 2011 at 01:26 \| IP Logged

How are the WCs? Are they similar to the old ones from the other three sections?

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Posted: 26 Jan 2011 at 11:09 \| IP Logged

I dont see how BEC is the easiest of the four exams. There
is so much random material - I took REG and its simply
split into taxes and business law - this is just all over
the place!

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