planoisdaudit
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Joined: Oct 2006
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Friday October 09, 2009 10:14 AM
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Learning the concepts is key. These are concepts that a good auditor will find use for over and over throughout their career. I agree the sheer amount of material is daunting. The way I prepared was to start with a practice exam and then debrief the concepts I was struggling with. Then, and for me this was the key, I got out of the software and back into college texts on the subject area to really get the concept down. My main text was Sawyer's Internal Auditing, but I also used some of my economics and accounting books for some of the areas. Once I felt comfortable with the concepts, I went back to the study software I was using and started taking practice sets. Often, I would do one or two 30-minute study sessions each day. Then about a week before the exam, I set up several practice exams in the software. By the time I got to the actual exam, it was pretty easy.
If you apply good study techniques and don't rely solely on some magic system to prepare you, then you should be able to do well regardless of what brand of preparation material you use. I've said this all along.
Being a University of Iowa alumni, I have to get my two-cents in: GO HAWKS!
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Dan
Integrity can be defined as your moral soundness. A test for integrity - Do your actions match your words?
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