Wiley CPA Examination Review Practice Software 13.0, Complete Set [CD-ROM]

Patrick R. Delaney (Author), O. Ray Whittington (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0470135301 | ISBN-13: 978-0470135303 | Publication Date: January 28, 2008

Completely updated for the new computerized CPA Exam, this comprehensive software product provides more than 3,000 questions and solutions, new AICPA simulation questions, and helpful guidelines, explanations, tips, and diagnostic feedback covering all four sections of the CPA Exam. This software is the most effective system available to prepare for the CPA exam.

Product Details

• CD-ROM
• Publisher: Wiley (January 28, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0470135301
• ISBN-13: 978-0470135303
• Product Dimensions: 7.6 x 5.4 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.5 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,137,554 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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17 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars You should probably save your money, April 20, 2008

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Craziness - See all my reviews

This review is from: Wiley CPA Examination Review Practice Software 13.0, Complete Set (CD-ROM)

The Good: The most useful feature of this software is that you get instant feedback when you answer a question. If you get it wrong, they tell you so, and, in some cases why. You can then keep trying till you get the right answer, then they give pretty detailed explanations as to why that answer is right. Of course, you can do the same thing on your own with the Wiley books if you don't mind flipping back and forth to the answer pages.

The Bad: Aside from that, the software has no real benefit over the questions in the books. It seems pretty clumsily designed - like somebody just took a database of questions and added a GUI. I don't think it's too much to ask that they add a feature that will allow you to randomize questions from different sections without being in "Exam Mode" (exam mode doesn't give you don't get the helpful little popups I mentioned above). Also, the exam "feedback" is less than helpful; it just lists the questions numbers you got wrong and what your wrong answers were. Great. Now how about giving me a useful little link to the correct answer so I can quickly review, and don't have to go clicking through 40 menus to find the questions I need.

Overall: Probably not worth the money if you have the books. The idea is good, but they need to make it more than just a pretty database.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Not worth the money, July 7, 2008

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CPA Hopeful (Seattle, WA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Wiley CPA Examination Review Practice Software 13.0, Complete Set (CD-ROM)

The only redeeming features of this software are the instant feedback and links to the text . . . which any other software package will have. Wiley doesn't give you much in the way of cumulative feedback besides a raw score by module. There are tons of typos and many questions seem to have words that have been transposed or don't make any sense.

This software has been somewhat helpful, but definitely not worth the money I paid for it.

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Very solid product, April 15, 2008

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Mark in A2 - See all my reviews

This review is from: Wiley CPA Examination Review Practice Software 13.0, Complete Set (CD-ROM)

A great set of practice questions that's comprehensive and complements the Wiley CPA review books. You have to ignore the occasional editing error, but the material is by-and-large solid and it's a great help to have the extra practice. I would use it again (though I passed BEC 1st try, so shouldn't need to).