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brickshooter
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Posted: 13 Feb 2011 at 01:24 \| IP Logged

Wiley suggested budgeting 90 minutes for the 2011 Regulations Sims.

Gleim suggested budgeting 60 minutes.

For those who have taken the Regulations 2011, how much time do you suggest?

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Posted: 19 Feb 2011 at 17:36 \| IP Logged

An hour at least try to have more like 1:20.

But by the time you get there you only have as much time left as you have. As much as you try to budget time you can't rush thru the MCQ's either.

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Posted: 19 Feb 2011 at 18:54 \| IP Logged

Thanks Cody. Just took the Reg. Ended up using about 1:10 minutes on the Sims, which I thought was far easier than the MCQ once I calmed down.

But you're right. One goes at a specific pace. One can't really budget because the MCQ really dictates the amount of time one has for the Sims.

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Posted: 20 Feb 2011 at 22:54 \| IP Logged

Yeah the only way you can budget is by not dwelling on the answer too long or flaging too many MCQ's to go back to and looking at them too many times. By then you just need to pick what you think is the right answer and move on.

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Posted: 24 Feb 2011 at 07:03 \| IP Logged

Keep in mind that one of things that makes the CPA exam tricky is that it will close you out with the Task-Based Simulations (formally simulations and WC). Preferably, you would end with the MC or be able to go back and forth, so if you were running out of time and desperate, you could always make sure to guess for all of the MC. However, you must answer every MC to the best of your ability, and then do what you can with the simulations. This may be tricky, considering that simulations are more of a "fill in the blank" style, therefore, virtually eliminating the chance of a "lucky guess." So if you're running out of time, you have to make sure that you buckle down, and really focus on making sure what you point down is the right answer.

Therefore, you should probably make sure to spend more time than you think that you need on the sims. For Reg, you probably want at least 90 minutes. Don't forget that you also get the literature for the sims, and not for the MC, which can be helpful, but tricky and time consuming.

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