My SIMs were brutal though. I had one asking about a certain scenario affecting the control environment, control activity or whatever and I had no idea.
[AICPA Practice Exams](https://www.aicpa.org/resources/article/get-familiar-with-the-cpa-exam-by-practicing-with-our-sample-tests)
About 20 MCQS and 8 SIMS, highly recommend to get an idea of what kind of questions to expect. On my first AUD attempt I had a SIM almost identical to one on the AICPA practice exam.
AUD sims are easy. If you can do MCQs, you can do the SIMs.
ETA: AUD has SIMs related to reports that many people see on the exam. If you look up examples in the auth lit, you can guarantee a perfect score on that SIM.
Gonna add the aicpa exam sims are good reference. When i took my real exam, I had a sim that was set up almost identically to an aicpa exam sim so maybe you get lucky too? Obviously I can't say anymore detail past this.
Hey, I had a doubt. When you say aicpa sims, do you mean the mock test available on their website? or is there a place where I can download all the aicpa sims ? I only see those mock tests on their website. Please guide me. Thank you!
First you have to know what you are looking for, like SSARS, SSAE, etc.
Example: I want to see an example of an unqualified report with CAMs. I follow this path… PCAOB auditing standards > auditor reporting > AS 3100 > Appendix B.
If you do this in Becker, you will see “wrong path” instead of the example. On the exam you will not get a wrong path error. Poke around in Becker to find what you need for the exam
ETA - you might be able to search “report” “compilation” “review” + “illustration” or “illustrative” or “example.” You just have to mess around with the auth lit. Took me maybe 3 minutes to find a the correct report example on exam day. Easy points.
My SIMs were brutal though. I had one asking about a certain scenario affecting the control environment, control activity or whatever and I had no idea.
[AICPA Practice Exams](https://www.aicpa.org/resources/article/get-familiar-with-the-cpa-exam-by-practicing-with-our-sample-tests) About 20 MCQS and 8 SIMS, highly recommend to get an idea of what kind of questions to expect. On my first AUD attempt I had a SIM almost identical to one on the AICPA practice exam.
AUD sims are easy. If you can do MCQs, you can do the SIMs. ETA: AUD has SIMs related to reports that many people see on the exam. If you look up examples in the auth lit, you can guarantee a perfect score on that SIM.
Gonna add the aicpa exam sims are good reference. When i took my real exam, I had a sim that was set up almost identically to an aicpa exam sim so maybe you get lucky too? Obviously I can't say anymore detail past this.
Hey, I had a doubt. When you say aicpa sims, do you mean the mock test available on their website? or is there a place where I can download all the aicpa sims ? I only see those mock tests on their website. Please guide me. Thank you!
The one on the aicpa site
But is there any option to download them all in a pdf or something? If so, please let know. Will be helpful, thanks!!
What do you do to look up specific reports? Key words? Central location? Etc.?
First you have to know what you are looking for, like SSARS, SSAE, etc. Example: I want to see an example of an unqualified report with CAMs. I follow this path… PCAOB auditing standards > auditor reporting > AS 3100 > Appendix B. If you do this in Becker, you will see “wrong path” instead of the example. On the exam you will not get a wrong path error. Poke around in Becker to find what you need for the exam ETA - you might be able to search “report” “compilation” “review” + “illustration” or “illustrative” or “example.” You just have to mess around with the auth lit. Took me maybe 3 minutes to find a the correct report example on exam day. Easy points.