ACCA Exam Tips - December 2008

Tips for ACCA F4 Corporate and Business Law (Eng)

There are fourteen of them even though there are only ten questions.

The number's in brackets behind the topic are the question numbers from the BPP revision kit.

1. Judicial precedent / delegated legislation ( 4, 7, 8 )
2. Terms, conditions, warranties, innominates ( 22 )
3. Redundancy ( 41, 42 )
4. Consideration ( 19, 20 )
5. Exclusion clauses ( 24 )
6. Breach ( 28, 29 )
7. Tort and auditor negligence ( 35, 36 )
8. Partnership compared with limited company ( 52, 53 )
9. Company names ( 65 )
10. Capital terms ( 68 )
11. Meetings and resolutions ( 78, 79 )
12. Statutory duties of directors ( 83 )
13. Corporate governance and directors ( 95 )
14. Money laundering ( 100 )


Tips for ACCA Paper F5 "Performance Management"

Question 1

Budgets / Learning curves

Question 2

Decision making under uncertainty (maximin etc..)

Question 3

Mix & Yield variances

Question 4

Financial ratios / Non-financial performance measures / transfer
pricing


Tips for ACCA Paper F6 "Taxation" (UK)

F6 is very predictable so no tips as such



Practise as many exam standard questions as you can.


Make sure you do to time. After the 15 minute reading time you have 1.8 minutes per mark. If a question is split between part (a) 10 marks and part (b) 10 marks then only spend 18 minutes on part (a) and then move on to part (b).


Look at all the requirements of the question, can you answer an easy parts first, for example one part maybe standalone and on something very straightforward, so do this part first
You do not have to answer the questions in the order they are set, if question 5 is the easiest do this one first.

Question 3 will be the hardest so leave this until last but make sure you leave 36 minutes to answer it.
Do not panic if you can’t remember something in a question, don’t spend too much time trying to remember it, have a go or even guess. Then you can move on to other parts of the question.



Above all you need 50% to pass, so find the marks you can do. There will always be more than 50% of the question which is examining core areas of the syllabus, only a few marks will be fringe areas, but you do not have to worry about these as you can find the 50 marks you need to pass

Tips for ACCA F7 Financial Reporting (INT)

Question 1

Consolidation, probably Statement of Financial Position, with subsidiary
( full year ) and Associate ( part year )

Question 2

Preparation of financial statements from a trial balance or draft set of
accounts with 6 or 7 adjustments to make - beware the accrued loan interest

Question 3

Cash flow, with or without an interpretation section. Probably with
interpretation so ....a relatively straight-forward cash flow for ( say ) 12
marks and a report interpreting the results for 13 marks

Question 4

15 marker on some lesser examined topic. Construction contracts would be
my guess - but it could be anything - EPS, Leases, Contingencies and
provisions ..... )

Question 5

Could be absolutely anything! Any part of the question Mrs Harper from
the BPP revision kit would be a good Q5 - or part (b) of Q5


Tips for ACCA Paper F8 Audit and Assurance (INT)

30 Mark question:

The audit of non-current assets, including final audit work and expected internal controls.



10 Mark question:

Audit risk or audit committee.



20 Mark questions (3):

CAAT/sampling Audit reports

Letter of representation,

Post balance sheet events,

Liabilities and contingencies.

Tips for ACCA Paper F9 "Financial Management"

Question 1

Foreign exchange:
Forecasting exchange rate
Managing risk (forward rates / money markets)

Question 2

WACC calculation / discussion of ways of raising finance

Question 3

Receivables management / cash management - Miller Orr

Question 4

Capital Rationing / discussion of limitations

Tips for ACCA P1 Professional Accountant

Coming soon

Tips for ACCA P2 Corporate Reporting (INT)

Question 1

Consolidated Cash Flow Statement
Question 2

Shares and share based payment schemes
Question 3
Deferred tax
Question 4
Various IAS/IFRS question (4 or 5 accounting problems to comment on)


Tips for ACCA Paper P3 Business Analysis

Part A - 50 mark case study
Position analysis (5 forces, PESTEL, generic strategies etc).
Foreign expansion/globalisation/convergence.



* Part B – 2 from 3 25 mark questions
• Business process change and quality – DMAIC, CMMI. Value chain. (See September article in Student Accountant). Commoditisation of business processes and outsourcing.
• Quality of software (V model). Relationship marketing. E-business evolution.
• Corporate structure – divisionalisation, matrix, decentralisation.

Tips for ACCA Paper P5 Advanced Performance Management

Coming soon

Tips for ACCA P7 Advanced Audit and Assurance (INT)

Question 1

Audit risk / Fin statement risk
Question 2

Forensic accounting (Student Sept 08) Q53
(Ethical and professional issues)?
Question 3
Audit reports
Question 4

Comment on matters requiring consideration + State the audit evidence you should expect to find

Question 5
Audit work on suspected fraud (q27 Indigo)

Please Note

Tips should not be relied on - they are only intelligent guesses.

Their only purpose is to give you suggestions for topics to concentrate on in your last few days of preparation.

Do not exclude other topics from your overall preparation.

sources from opentuition

[ PHYSICS ] KEY WORDS IN EXAMINATION QUESTIONS IN PAPER 2

KEY WORDS IN EXAMINATION QUESTIONS

No.	Key word	Expected response
1.	Estimate	Give a quantitative value based on calculation or reasoning.
2.	What	Give required / specific information
3.	How	Describe / give explanation / method /condition / steps concerning an event
4.	Compare	Give similarity and difference between two things
5.	How much/ what is the value	Give a quantitative answer
6.	Differentiate	Give the difference / contrast between two or more things / events
7.	When	State the time or period
8.	Construct	Draw diagram / one that uses geometrical method / tools
9.	Discuss	Give views from various aspects
10.	Prove	Show truth using mathematical method / exampels / facts of physics
11.	Suggest	Give an idea / opinion
12.	Find	Give an answer without calculation / with simple calculation
13.	Calculate	Give answer through calculation
14.	Describe	To tell about something (story like) in detail and systematically.
15.	Tabulate	Arrange things/data according to specified aspects.
16	Explain	Give method/reason about something in order that it is easily understood.
17.	Classify	Separate into a few groups according to fixed characteristics.
18.	Identify	Pick out or determine something based on facts/descriptions given.
19.	Sketch	Draw diagram/picture/graph (not according to scale)
20.	Shade	Denote an area by colouring/filling/draw lines to cover the area
21.	Draw	Make figure such as chart/diagram/graph /shape using instruments according to scale and in detail
22.	Why	Give reason
23.	Name	Give name/terminology for something such as component/process/instrument
24.	State	Give facts without explanation /support
25.	Predict	Give/state forecast for something based on facts
27.	List	State facts/statements in point form.
28.	Arrange	Place according to fixed order
30.	Define	Give definition for the term given
31.	Determine	Find answer base on process/reasoning
32.	Illustrate	Give facts with support such as diagrams/reasons/explanation to make clear an idea.

PRECAUTIONARY STEPS FOR INVESTIGATIVE EXPERIMENTS IN PAPER 3

PRECAUTIONARY STEPS FOR INVESTIGATIVE EXPERIMENTS:

No.	Type of experiment involving	Precautions that can be taken
1	Light	a. Experiment must be carried out in darkened room. b. Lens, screen and object must be in line c. Avoid parallax error by placing the eye such that the line of view is perpendicular to the scale of the ruler.
2	Spring	a. make sure the spring is not loaded beyond the elastic limit. (spring return to original length when load is taken off). b. Avoid parallax error by placing the eye such that the line of view is perpendicular to the scale of the ruler.
3	Electric	a. All connections must be secure/tight. b. Off the switch after readings are taken to prevent wires from heating up (resistance increase) c. Avoid parallax error by placing the eye such that the line of view is perpendicular to the scale of the ammeter/ voltmeter.
4.	Heat	a. Liquid must be stirred constantly so that temperature rises evenly. b. Alluminium block must be wrapped with insulating material to prevent heat lost. c. Thermometer bulb should be smeared with oil to give better thermal contact with the block. d. Avoid parallax error by placing the eye such that the line of view is perpendicular to the scale of the thermometer.
5	Measuring instruments such as ammeter, voltmeter, metre rule ...	a. Avoid parallax error by placing the eye such that the line of view is perpendicular to the scale read. b. Take into account zero error of instrument.

PRAYER BEFORE EXAMINATIONS

Lord,

it seems as though our lives are one test after another, weighing us in somebody's balance.

Save us from taking the coming tests
too seriously or too lightly,
but grant that we may reflect
the best of the work we've done
and the best of the teaching we've received. . . .



John W. Vannorsdall

Notre Dame Prayer Book


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