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ACCA F1 Key to success

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ACCA F1 Accountant in Business – Nature of the paper

ACCA F1 Paper – Accountant in Business – is a foundation paper which introduces a wide range of accounting and business terminology, and information about the business environment. The syllabus is very wide, but not deep.

Structure of the ACCA F1 paper

The exam consists of two sections:

  • Section A  contains 16 one mark objective questions and 30 two mark questions objective test questions (pick one answer from a number of alternatives).
  • Section B will contains 6 four mark multi-task questions. Multi-task questions (MTQs) contain a series of tasks which relate to one or more scenarios.

Emphasis of the ACCA F1 exam

The syllabus and study guide take you through:

• Work effectively in accountancy and finance
• Principles of internal control
• Evaluating accounting systems
• Professional ethics in accounting and finance
• Professional values and basic business legislation
• Business environment, structure and governance
• Leadership management and communication

How to pass ACCA F1 exam

Use the OpenTuition ACCA F1 lectures along with the Course Notes. Make sure you know the many theories that the syllabus contains.

When you are confident of a topic, then practise relevant test questions in any question banks you have available. You need to purchase Revision Kit from approved ACCA publishers.

There are links to an ACCA test and ACCA F1 Mock exam on OpenTuition. The ACCA does not publish F1 exams after each session.

See also:

F1 Forum Support and post your questions to get help from other students
Paper F1 (FAB) Syllabus
F1 examiner’s analysis presentation 2011
ACCA F1 Demo CBE Exam

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  1. mourice says

    October 18, 2013 at 2:55 pm

    ok,,,, we will se about that.

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  2. nunuyee says

    August 22, 2013 at 12:33 pm

    How can I do?
    some advice give me.
    I failed my F1 exam tow times
    so i have got depression

    thanks!

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    • gift6 says

      September 19, 2013 at 11:09 pm

      IF U LIVE IN SOUTH AFRICA JOBERG IN PARTICULAR LETS ORGANISE AND MEET I WILL HELP U.

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      December 8, 2013 at 7:18 pm

      I CAN HELP U IF U A IN GHAUTENG SOUTH AFRICA. TRY TO USE THESE BOOKS 1. FRANKWOOD BUSINWSS ACCOUNTING 1 & 2, 2. RANDALS IN ACCOUNTING AND MANY MORE.

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    August 1, 2013 at 4:40 pm

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  4. rainofswords says

    June 4, 2013 at 8:58 pm

    Hi,

    I understand that there are long questions in cbe.
    Anyone knows the format for cbe,as in how many marks for long questions.

    I’m taking the paper in 3 days hope someone can assist me soon.

    Ch*************@*****il.com

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  5. 911faheem says

    April 8, 2013 at 4:52 pm

    ok

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  6. josephpigeon says

    March 8, 2013 at 6:27 pm

    any advsise for CBE

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  7. ashvin982 says

    March 8, 2013 at 2:45 pm

    hi…hw to revise f1??

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    • Martin says

      March 13, 2013 at 8:14 am

      hai ashvin,the best way is by going through opentuition revision and using the BBP revision kit thorourly.

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    • integral says

      September 19, 2013 at 6:19 pm

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  8. Martin says

    March 1, 2013 at 6:12 pm

    i am wishing to start ACCA part 2 this coming june-july intake and iam planing to start with three from the F,but am kindly asking for the advise,which first three can i start with? that which will motivate me!!!

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  9. shareed says

    February 27, 2013 at 11:45 am

    Hi,
    when i go to study f2 in set 1 many answers are not available afeter clicking answer question is also not available.why?

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  10. shaaaz says

    January 6, 2013 at 5:39 pm

    Can any1 telle are these notes sufficient to pass the exam?

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    • bilaal hosenally says

      January 31, 2013 at 9:35 am

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    • Exhale says

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  12. superman9991 says

    September 11, 2012 at 6:12 pm

    can you please guide me what portion to be studied daily so dat i can appear in 2012 dec exams please
    need the guidance …..
    thanx

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  13. haneena says

    September 9, 2012 at 5:36 pm

    can yuh guide me by giving daily portion to cover up..so that i can sit for this december 2012’s f1,f2 and f3 examz…

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  15. Reena says

    August 31, 2012 at 5:04 pm

    Dear All,
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  16. Reena says

    August 31, 2012 at 2:59 pm

    Dear All,
    Open Tuition helps students of ACCA save cost in terms of money.All student can study at any time at their homes and any place with or mobile phones such as IPAD & NotePad by viewing Opentuition free of charge. It is costly at any place of the world.Thanks for Opentuition by helping poor students who dream to be Professional Accountant by making their to become true by free study.Thank you I m indebted to you Open Tuition.God bless you.

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  17. Reena says

    August 13, 2012 at 4:58 pm

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  18. priyu19 says

    August 10, 2012 at 2:04 pm

    hey replying to the upper comment..yes sure you can study from this website it is really helpful.

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  19. sylvia1966 says

    August 9, 2012 at 2:06 pm

    Hi,will be sitting for F1 paper in December 3rd 2012, trying to study on my own kindly if i can get some help with notes that can be able to help me

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  20. rafaelassc1 says

    August 9, 2012 at 1:59 pm

    Hi,

    I will be sitting my F1 and F2 exams in Ireland. Can I still study from the website?
    And Do I need to pay any courses or buy any book? If I study from here.

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    • MikeLittle says

      August 10, 2012 at 2:30 pm

      @rafaelassc1, Yes, you can study from the website. You MAY feel that you need a study text, particularly if you find there are any areas where there remains some doubt in your mind. However, you really MUST acquire a revision kit – they are books full of exam-type questions and practicing those questions is essential for you if you wish to improve dramatically your chances of exam success. ( This applies to ALL your ACCA exams from F1 through to P7 )

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