PQ: Straight from the horse’s mouth

These two articles from PQ Magazine are basically the examiners’ comments on the recent Dec 2005 sitting plus some useful exam tips.

Paper 1.3: June 2006 Exam Tips (BPP)

ACCA Paper 1.3
Managing People
June 2006 Exam Tips

Practice questions from the 2006 BPP Practice and Revision Kit are great way to prepare for your exam. It is essential that you attempt and debrief as many questions as possible. When you have read a chapter I recommend that you either complete in full or plan your answer to a question based on that chapter. It will cement your learning and keep you exam focused. Complete a question and only then look at the suggested solutions at the back of the kit. Allocate the appropriate time for each question (25 minutes for 15 mark questions) as this will ensure that your clock management skills are finely tuned.

Paper 1.1(Int): June 2006 Exam Tips (BPP)

ACCA Paper 1.1
Preparing Financial Statements
June 2006 Exam Tips

Section A – 25 MCQs (50 marks)

The MCQ’s usually have very wide syllabus coverage. So lots of question practice is important. The P&R Kit has an excellent bank of MCQ, broken down into the various syllabus areas.

Common areas examined are Income Statement adjustments, including calculation of accruals, prepayments, errors, bad and doubtful debts, inventory valuation and depreciation.

Accounting policy and application of standards are also favourites of the examiner.

Paper 2.6(Int): June 2006 Exam Tips (BPP)

ACCA Paper 2.6
Audit & Internal Review
June 2006 Exam Tips

The following list is an idea of the type of questions that may come up in the coming exam. The list highlights areas of the syllabus and how they may well be tested.

Suggested practice questions from the BPP Practice and Revision Kit (2006 edition) are shown after the relevant area. It is also worth reviewing the past exam questions mentioned to give you an idea of how a topic has been examined recently. These are easily available on the ACCA website (www.accaglobal.com/students).

Please note that there was a new examiner in June 2005

Paper 2.5(Int): June 2006 Exam Tips (BPP)

ACCA Paper 2.5 (Global)
Part 2 – Financial Reporting
June 2006 Exam Tips

For each area described, please note the reference to useful questions from BPP’s Practice and Revision kit (P&R kit) (2006 edition) for the International Stream or UK Variant. We recommend you practise them all to get broad syllabus coverage.

Paper 2.4: June 2006 Exam Tips (BPP)

ACCA Paper 2.4
Financial Management and Control
June 2006 Exam Tips

Anthony Head is the examiner for FMC. He has set exams, which are fair and focused on the core areas of the syllabus.

The references after each topic are to questions in the 2006 Practice and revision kit:

Paper 2.3: June 2006 Exam Tips (BPP)

ACCA Paper 2.3
Business Taxation FA 2005
June 2006 Exam Tips

Suggested practice questions from the BPP Practice and Revision Kit are shown next to the relevant area.

Paper 2.2: June 2006 Exam Tips (BPP)

ACCA paper 2.2
Corporate and Business Law
June 2006 Exam Tips

For each area described please note the reference to a question from the BPP Practice and Revision kit (P&R kit)

Paper 2.1: June 2006 Exam Tips (BPP)

ACCA Paper 2.1
Information Systems
June 2006 Exam Tips and Relevant Articles

The key issue about the exam format is that each section will have just one question on each major section of the syllabus.

The three key areas are: -
1. Managing information systems,
2. Designing information systems,
3. Evaluating information systems.

Overall there will therefore be 2 questions on each key area; one compulsory (section A) and one chosen (section B).

PASS: The Ultimate 3.1 Guide

From Pass magazine (11/04/2006):
The last sitting of Paper 3.1 saw the lowest pass rate yet, just 30%, and the lowest paper pass rate of any paper/sitting of the current ACCA syllabus. PASS shows you how to succeed.

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