Wiley CPA Examination Review 2003, 4-Volume Set

Featuring a unique modular structure, these CPA study guides review materials and combine over 230 AICPA content specifications into a series of forty-four related modules. By combining and relating topics, the books help build knowledge in a logical, self-reinforcing way, so as to foster a level of understanding beyond that achieved through rote memorization.

Each of our four volume set is devoted to a specific section of the CPA Examination, so you can study one section at a time of just choose a section that you need extra help in.

• Financial Accounting and Reporting
• Business Law And Professional Responsibilities
• Auditing
• Accounting & Reporting

O. Ray Whittington, PhD, CPA, CMA, CIA, is the Ledger and Quill Director of the School of Accountancy at DePaul University. He is also the author of Audit Sampling: An Introduction to Statistical Sampling in Auditing, Fifth Edition, available from Wiley.

Patrick R. Delaney, PhD, CPA, was the Department Chair at Northern Illinois University. He spent nearly three decades as a respected colleague of John Wiley & Sons and author of the Wiley CPA Exam Review and coauthored Wiley GAAP: Interpretation and Application of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles.

The books are very complete albeit somewhat slightly confusing at first. All aspects of the CPA program are covered, and, if you study these books thoroughly (material + multiple choice), you have a very good chance of passing the exam at the first try.

Make sure you understand the structure and the way each book is organized before you dig into it. I found the overall organization of the books to be confusing at first, and the content quality is definitely not constant from one book/one chapter to the other, which is why I would give a 4-star rating instead of a 5.

Also, I would highly recommend the Wiley's CPA Preparation Software. It speeds up your preparation greatly, and is a good way of avoiding the inevitable and endless page-flipping of book study.

Good luck!


Time Management   October 27, 2002
12 out of 14 found this review helpful

It is very important to have time management will preparing for the CPA exam.
This 4 volumes set is much better than the other 2 volume set although they both contain the same material, this one has it in a more well organized way where the questions follow the outlines, some people might find it not that helpful but it really is.
In general the both sets are easy to use and handle, the advices are very much helpful, and the material is right to the point a thing that really saves your time.
As an advice you have to go through this set at least three times; the first time (2-3 hrs/day): Read then answer the questions try to do so within 3 months (prepare notecards and don't put any marks with the questions); the second time(2-3 hrs/day): Answer then read topics on your mistakes and review your notecards on othr subjects within 2 months; the third time (5-7 hrs/day): complete a whole module daily (order is not important but might be good) you have to pass all modules 90% at least. One last time is a 4-days approach where you go through a whole section every day.