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I want to know about the paper pattern of P4, how many questions in total I will have to attempt, and can I attempt the Question no.1 , last in the paper?
Or is it necessary to attempt the first question, first.?And what are the tips to pass the paper, this is my first attempt. ?
Thank you Brother, this information is very useful.
I would be needing help for another thing about P4. As I am preparing for P4 from online resources like LSBF and Opentuition etc.
Can you just summarise the syllabus of P4 for me?
And also tell me which topics I need to have a goof grip and which topics are complementary?
And also which topics were included in P4 that are now excluded?
And what is the best way to get theoretical knowledge that i would want for the paper?
Just to second something Anon39 mentioned in his/her post above, time management is essential (the ACCA should offer a qualification in Time Management, seriously.).
This is true of any P level exam but write quickly, keep track of the time, and whether in terms of a part of a question, or a whole question, or a section, *know when to move on*.
You should know by now whether you are a Section A first type of person or a Section B first type of person. My advice to anyone who asks me is always not to tackle Section A last, do it first when you’re the most switched on and focused. Also means you should be able to spend all of the allotted time on it instead of potentially running out of time if you’re attempting it last and your time management is bad.
Another thing is that people sometimes assume is that P4 is all numbers and as long as they master the calculations they’ll be fine. I have no idea what the split between calcs/theory is, but there is a lot of theory to learn. You need to be able to explain the principles of why we do the calcs (succintly), as well as being able to actually do them. Do not spend 90% of your time on practicing calculations.
There are no ‘complementary’ topics in P4. We just had a ton of marks on bonds, which are a relatively small, less meaty part of the syllabus. I don’t expect so many marks on bonds to come up again but the point is that everything is examinable, you don’t want to tank the exam because you paid less attention to something than was due. Have at least a passing knowledge of all areas.
Practice report writing also because besides BSOP the presentation marks are the next easiest 4 marks in this paper…
Good luck
Ok Last question brothers.. Can I use a BPP Exam Kit that was for June 2017? and Which study text should I study to get grip on theoretical aspects of the paper.?
Well, Thank You very much both of you and especially Annon. and I would presumably say that I think I agree with annon about attempting the “Section B” first rather than throwaway, because this was the same reason I failed my P7 in December attempt, as I spent too much time on first question in effort to cope full 50 marks, I could only attempt one 20 marker and failed my paper at 45%.
However In case of P2, I attempted the Section A first, but I think due to good practice of goodwill questions I completed the section A first question pretty easily and was left with enough spare time to do rest of my paper and completed paper worth 85 marks and passed it easily.
If I will get any difficulty I will ask you guys on this thread, and I plan to take the paper in coming 9th of March and therefore really working hard. 🙂
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