F8 – Studying tips

Its not about memorizing the info its about understanding and apply the material.

i find Gromit notes and slides a good way revise the major points. listen to his lectures the live one not the short ones > read over the notes > practice past papers.

to pass F8 you need to understand the audit language and a good way to do that is to actually practice writing the answers to pass exam papers and comparing what you wrote the examiners answers.

using the AEIOU that is given is a good way.

I know how you feel i went into my audit exam thinking that i understood it all and coming out believing that i more than passed because i knew and answered all the questions. i even looked at the answers published before the results and saw that the same things that i wrote about are in the examiners answer but when results came out i only got 48.

When preparing for the next sitting i made sure i read all the examiners articles and there is one that tells you what the examiner is looking for in an answer, so you may point out the correct risk but the way you frame the answer makes a difference. so i bore that in mind and practice writing not just thinking out the answer but framing it and compare the words used with what the model answer have. next sitting i passed with a higher mark.