Requirements
In most states this degree is required to sit for the exam.
What is a Bachelor's degree?
This is the amount of time you have to pass all 4 sections.
What is 18 months?
This is the score you need to pass the CPA exam.
What is 75?
What is the study material that you are required to use to study for the CPA exam?
None. You may use any form of study material to prepare you for the exams.
Auditing and Attestation (AUD) Business Environment and Concepts (BEC) Financial Accounting and Reporting (FAR) Regulation (REG)
What are the 4 sections of the CPA exam?
True or False. Regardless of your major, as long as you have 150 credit hours, you can sit for the CPA exam.
False. You must have a certain amount of business related credits to sit for the CPA exam.
This is a document you need to take with you on your exam date.
What is a Notice to Schedule (NTS)?
Scoring for FAR, AUD and REG is based on these types of questions.
What are MCQs and TBSs.
On average, this is how many hours, according to the AICPA, that students spend studying in total for the CPA exam.
What is 450 hours?
This is the requirement that pertains to the locality you may test in based on where you live
What is a residency requirement?
This is the shortest testing time frame you are eligible to test for in most states
What is 6 months?
True or False. If two students get the same number of multiple choice questions and task-based simulations correct, they will have the same score?
False. Some questions are weighted differently.
This is the average number of weeks it takes for most people to study for a section of the CPA exam. (time frame)
6-8 weeks on average.
This is the amount of years of experience you must have to earn your CPA certification
What is Two Years?
This is the term the CPA exam used to describe times you could not sit for the exam.
What is a blackout month?
This is how much the written communication tasks are weighted for BEC.
What is 15%?
This is the name of the testing centers you must sit for the exam at.
What is Prometric?
As of July 1, you can sit during these months of the year for the CPA Exam.
What is every month?
This is the soonest date you can receive your score after taking the exam.
What is 6 business days?
The year the CPA exam went from pencil and paper to cumputerized.
2004