u/IcyPossession-2234 — reddlx

I passed OA 1 on my first day! I took the pre assessment right away and figured out how to do the excel portion as I was doing the PA. It me over an hour to figure it out, but once I did, it’s not too bad! After the PA, I briefly went through the course material to brush up on theoretical framework. If I had to go it again, I’d probably read more throughly because on the OA I got unsatisfactory on theoretical framework but I still passed the OA because of acing the excel portion! So, if you want to accelerate, just ace the excel portion of OA1 and you’ll pass! I spent about 3 hours to pass (taking the PA twice, reviewing the course material, and taking the OA).

For OA 2, it was not as bad as I thought it was going to be. There were definitely questions on the OA that tripped me up where I thought 2 answers could’ve been right, but I just went with my gut and picked the one I thought was “most” right. But I’d say the OA was only about a bit harder than the PA, nothing crazy.

How I prepared for OA2 was I took the PA right away so I could understand what the material was going to go through. I the went through all the course material and took all the module quizzes, tests, and unit tests. The material wasn’t too bad to read through since I saw what they were asking on the PA. Anything I didn’t understand or questions I got wrong, I used AI to teach me. This definitely helped me once I got to inventory because I could not understand misstatements for inventory until AI could teach me.

Yesterday, I went through the study guides in the course resources. For TVM and cash & receivables, the study guides were great and helped me understand the material more. The inventory one felt more confusing than helpful, at least for me. So, all afternoon I just used AI to give me practice questions on misstatements, which was more helpful than the study guide. Then, I took the PA again, and got exemplary. I reviewed the handful of questions I missed again, I understood why I got them wrong. I decided to just take the OA right after and passed!!

If you understand how and why of each of the PA questions you’ll do great on OA2! I spent about 10 hours on OA2. I have a photographic memory, so I can retain and learn stuff usually pretty quick. So, if you take the time to study and just practice questions over and over, this class isn’t too hard! Just about a step up from D102!

Now off to D104! (I’m going on vacation this week, but excited to dive into the material when I get back, even though I’m scared too because I know a lot of people say it’s the hardest class).

Now first I will say, it was not easy in the slightest. Between studying and working full-time at 45 hours a week, was not easy. I started the course on 04-23-26.

I was so scared for this class after reading almost every Reddit post I could find 😂😂 I was trying to find the best way to approach this class and this is what worked for me:

I read every single module in order and took every module and unit test. I did about a unit and half per day. This gets me familiarized with the material and also get examples of how the questions will be presented and asked. I ONLY read through the material and did not watch any of the videos in the modules (I’m better at reading over versus watching a video).

I understood most of the material in the first 3 units (job-order and process, ABC), Then once I got to the CVP unit, it where I got scared. I would go through the quizzes and I could not remember the formulas. I could get through a problem and as soon as I clicked off, I’d forget everything. I pushed through because I wanted to read all the material because I knew there would be not just equation questions but also once’s where you need to know the concept of the unit as well.

Sunday (04/26/26) is when I finished all the material in the textbook and went back to job-order and realized a lot of stuff didn’t stick. So, between Sunday night and Monday I re-took all the unit tests and everything I got wrong I used Tony Bell’s variance videos, AI, and the solution the quizzes provides to study. This really helped me understand the material versus just memorizing formulas (which was a BIG help with the variance questions).

This morning I took the PA and got competent. I don’t fully understand the excel portion but on a Reddit post someone shared an excel spreadsheet that helped me fully understand the excel portion. I took the late morning/early afternoon off to really let the material set in. Then later that afternoon I went over the PA to understand what I wrong and why. I re-took the PA and got exemplary.

My plan was to take the OA on Friday, but after taking the PA a second time and understanding most everything, I decided to just take the OA right after so I did not forget anything I just had felt good about. I took it and passed with exemplary!! I only was competent in master budgets and differential analysis.

IM SO HAPPY ITS OVER!!!!

The PA and OA are VERY similar but make sure you brush up on the material in the textbook about the concepts of everything because there were questions on the OA that I wasn’t 100% sure on but just logic my way through the answers.

For context:

I started on April 1st and this is my 8th class that I’ve passed. I’ve passed so far: D082, D388, D717, D102, C237, D216, D081, and now D101!!! And I passed all these while working 45+ hours a week!! This is my first term and I transferred in 50% of the degree from an associate’s degree in business I got in 2020 from my community college and I used Study.com to take 3 classes to transfer in as well!

Thank you for reading my long post! 😊