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famucpa
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Posted: 25 Jun 2010 at 22:56 | IP Logged  

ive went through it once already.. im on my second go around and its just
not sticking.

i feel comfortable with be units, margin of safety, allocating joint costs. but
everything else is 50/50..

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cpakat
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I know EXACTLY what you mean.  I had no problem studying the concepts in chapters 1 - 4 but come chapter 5 and I am lost.  Everything is so foreign to me.  And it takes me 10 minutes to do each Becker problem.  I can't believe how awful this chapter is, as far as I am concerned this is the worst chapter I have seen yet in Becker including all of FAR and AUD.

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yeah variances is just not sticking for me.

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bobthecpa
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Don't sweat variance too much as they would only ask 1 to 5
questions max.

I would focus more on Business Structures, IT, and
Financial Management-Managerial Accounting. Mastery of
these topics will get you through the exam. Reading and
doing practice questions a couple times for Cost Accounting
is enough. As long as you're strong in the other topics, I
think it's ok to take your chances on Cost/Variances.

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Posted: 27 Jun 2010 at 22:37 | IP Logged  

I started on my fourth or fifth round on the Becker mcs for ch five today.  I got through them really fast.  Repetition works best for me.  As for the topics that just go over my head, it helps if I SLOWLY read the sections over.  Sometimes I write down sections word for word.  Just reading it in a different way will usually help me.

Variances only stuck for me once I copied down that stupid three tier table a couple of times.  Also look at the PURE mnemonic.  I did this at work.  Every half an hour or so I would write town the tables and formulas.  Now it is much easier.  Good luck!



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