Studying: CPA exam section: AUD
Posting will most likely be higher than normal–I’m trying to study for the Auditing section of the CPA exam and find myself wanting to do anything other than study.
Luckily, I have Bisk software and DVDs to keep me company as well as a Becker book. I think overall, Becker is more comprehensive, but Bisk throws in random tidbits that will probably help me pass. On that note, this is how the Auditing exam breaks down:
- Planning: 22-28%
- Internal Control: 12-18%
- Information: 32-38%
- Review: 8-12%
- Communications: 12-18%
Communications is the audit letters, letters to underwriters, review and attestation letters. It was my worst section last time I took the exam. I actually think that failing to memorize things in this component is why I missed it. Well, that and the average passing score being an 81%, which they scaled down to a 75%…so, yes, my score was scaled down by 6 points…that would have allowed me to pass. Talk about disappointment.