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CPA Strategy: Taming the Beast: The 15-Minute Rule for CPA Simulations · VoraPrep Audio — Professional Licensure & Certification Exam Prep

Hey, welcome to VoraPrep Audio. Today's episode is from our CPA Exam Strategy Masterclass: "Taming the Beast: The 15-Minute Rule for CPA Simulations". Seven exhibits pop up on your screen: an email, a board resolution, an invoice, and a contract. Your heart rate doubles. Here is how you take control. Marcus: Ava, simulations account for 50 percent of the total CPA exam score. Yet most candidates spend 90 percent of their study time doing MCQs. Why is there such a disconnect? Ava: Because simulations are intimidating. When you open a simulation in testlet four and see six tabs of exhibits, cognitive overload kicks in. Marcus: Here is how to beat that: the 2-minute inventory. Do not start reading exhibit one word-for-word. Just open each tab and classify it: memo, balance sheet, contract, invoice. Ava: And strictly enforce the 15-minute rule. Even if you haven't balanced the final cell, at 15 minutes you wrap up your entries and move. You cannot sacrifice two whole simulations at the end of the exam to hunt for one point in testlet three. Marcus: If you want to put this exact strategy into practice with thousands of blueprint-aligned questions and an authentic exam simulator, head over to voraprep.com. Start your free trial today—no credit card required. Ava: See you in the next masterclass.