Approximately 80 individuals aspiring to become CPAs got a hands-on preview of the computerized CPA exam at Prometric's New York City testing center during a pilot session in December.* Approximately 80 individuals aspiring as·pire intr.v. as·pired, as·pir·ing, as·pires 1. To have a great ambition or ultimate goal; desire strongly: aspired to stardom. 2. to become CPAs got a hands-on preview of the computerized computerized adapted for analysis, storage and retrieval on a computer. computerized axial tomography see computed tomography. CPA (Computer Press Association, Landing, NJ) An earlier membership organization founded in 1983 that promoted excellence in computer journalism. Its annual awards honored outstanding examples in print, broadcast and electronic media. The CPA disbanded in 2000. exam at Prometric's New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. testing center during a pilot session in December. The candidates, who took a total of 200 parts of the exam, were volunteers drawn from a pool of those who had taken the last paper-and-pencil exam. At the time of the pilot, they did not know whether they had passed or failed the November test. Because the pilot's purpose was to test the new exam system, their efforts during the session will not be graded. "This is a very important step toward launching the computerized test," said Arleen Thomas, AICPA AICPA See American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA). vice-president of professional standards and services. "Although we've done extensive preliminary testing, we're eager to see how well the exam functions in a 'five' environment," she said. The JofA's monthly Exam Countdown column has been helping candidates prepare For the test since September and will continue to do so through the exam's April launch date. (The February issue will have additional coverage of the December pilot session.) |
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