How is the BEC being graded? Is structure/grammar more important than content? Is it 50/50? Also, is it graded by a computer?

Apologies if questions sound ignorant lol. I've taken CPA abroad and it didnt have a written communications portion to it so this is all new to me. My concern is not knowing how to write, but what to write if i forget parts of the expected answer.

Thanks for any insight!

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It’s graded by machine. It counts spelling, punctuation, grammar and key words.

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Ahh! Thank you for the response!

I am international too and I prepared an answer for each topic.... Structure is the same all the time. Just try to get the most generic answers ready and aler on exam...

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Follow- up question: im using Becker to review. The answer key to the written comm portion seem like it almost has too much detail to even write it in 15 minutes for the exam? Are answers supposed to be this detailed/long to get a good score?

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