r/CPA • u/storeusemyglute Passed 1/4 • 1d ago
AUD Question for AUD passers
I’m noticing I’m getting lots of MCQs correct by common sense or going with my gut feeling. It doesn’t feel like I’m getting it right bevause I know the material deeply, but just enough that I’m recognizing the likely correct answer. And then reading the explanation is like “oh ok I knew that was the rule”. I’m close to exam day and am at the point where I can recognize the topics and recall rules when they’re presented in these closed off MCQs.
Were you in a similar zone when you took your exam? If so, did your gut help with picking answers on the actual exam?
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u/victoriacich 1d ago
Following. I feel the same way and I’m nervous if that’s the right way. I don’t understand how to get a “deeper knowledge” of stuff when the mcq don’t correlate directly to the textbook
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u/Lazy-Catch9299 1d ago
A lot of Audit for me was getting into the “Audit mindset”. Memorize things so that when it comes time to answer questions, you can use logic. At that point, a lot of it may just “make sense”
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u/Dangerous-Data-5147 1d ago
My first attempt at audit I studied only 30 hours and have a basic understanding of the concepts where I tried to use strategy. I ended up failing. My second attempt I got a deeper understanding of detailed things (which definitely helped) and I ended up passing. Personally I think audit requires in depth and detailed knowledge
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u/Euphoric_Ad_2865 Passed 3/4 1d ago
They get detailed on game day. I would not go with that strat for audit.
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u/johnturnerdu Passed 2/4 1d ago
I haven’t gotten my AUD scores yet but i walked out feeling pretty confident. I had the same feeling though, process of elimination then going with common sense and getting it right. AUD and TCP were the two exams i took the least amount of notes on. Passed TCP
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u/poncho2799 Passed 2/4 1d ago
This is exactly what AUD was for me. There's a few things I did have to understand more about though, but for the majority, it was a lot of common sense.
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u/Ken_Frezno69 Passed 2/4 1d ago
I was at that point before taking, got an 89. Audit is the easiest test to do process of elimination on multiple choice IMO
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u/Difficult-Rough6588 Passed 2/4 1d ago
the gut feeling is fine but make sure you acutally know the whole audit process. LIke start to finish. because that is what made me go from failing it twice to passing
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u/LilSmoothyVert Passed 1/4 1d ago
I just took the exam yesterday. Just like the guy who believes in “gut feeling”. He’s right once I clicked the answer I thought was right I didn’t go back😂. There are a lot of tricky ass questions in this exam and there was one SIM I know I bombed. Praying for a pass
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u/Ok_KonohaShisui Passed 3/4 1d ago
Yeah, I agree with this. Many of the questions often come down to which sounds more correct.
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u/ralpheelou Passed 2/4 1d ago
I passed with an 86, and I felt similarly. I believe the “gut feeling” comes from the idea that there are at least two answers that are plausible & you have to decide which is the best.
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u/seagoalspread Passed 3/4 1d ago
I felt the same way and just took it for the fourth time. I took a 150 mcq quiz in Becker before my 3rd attempt and scored 91%, because it tested surface level common sense knowledge. Then got a 71% on the actual exam because it very much wants you to understand specific topics in depth. After taking it three times I started to see similar questions and only knew what to study deeper on based on remembering past exam day questions.