Nature of the ACCA F4 paper
ACCA F4 Paper – Corporate and Business Law – aims to develop an understanding of
the workings of a legal system with particular reference to the law relating to business.
It is worth remembering that this is a law exam for accountants – it is NOT
a law exam for lawyers. As such, it is intended to prepare students so they
may recognise situations where specialist legal advice should be sought.
Structure of the ACCA F4 paper
The exam will be a two-hour paper, with all questions being compulsory.
There will be two sections to the exam:
Section A will comprise 25 objective test questions of 2 marks each, and 20 objective test questions of 1 mark each.
Section B will comprise five 6 mark multi-task questions.
Emphasis of the ACCA F4 exam
Major areas covered in exams are administration as an alternative dispute remedy, sale of goods law and company law. Typically 5 or 6 questions in each exam are from these 3 areas.
In the scenario questions, the examiner is looking for a student’s ability to establish the area of law involved, analyse the problem, identify the general principles of law relevant to the question and then apply those principles to the situation in the question, often with the requirement of giving advice to one or more of the parties involved.
How to pass ACCA F4 exam
Use the OpenTuition ACCA F4 lectures together with the ACCA F4 course notes. Try to read a study text, at least once, but don’t try to continue in any one session once your mind has started wandering. Do something else!
Practice as many past F4 exam questions as you can.
Just occasionally the examiner asks a question which involves simple arithmetic calculations so don’t forget to take your calculator into the exam room.
See also:
Paper F4 (All Variants) Syllabus and Study Guide
I want to get F4 paper score 90+ and I spend at least 8 hours for this paper and I only start learning just 7 days. I read text and practice kits and also watch open tuition lectures videos. What else should I study and put more effort into?
You say you spend ‘at least 8 hours’ – do you mean ‘at least 8 hours PER DAY’?
If you have read the text (I wouldn’t have recommended that!) and you’ve read the course notes and watched the videos, my advice would now be to devote your life to going through (and through, and through again) the many exam style questions that you find in a Revision Kit.
And, should you come across an area of uncertainty, post again on the ‘Ask ACCA Tutor’ forum and I shall get back to you
OK?
Hello,
The link above for “Practice as many past F4 exam questions as you can.” does not work.
I want to get hold of some past exam papers to practice and see what areas are recurring in the exams to aid my study?
Can you please provide any sources that you know of as when I look in ACCA for past papers Law Eng is not an option.
Your urgent help is required.
Thanks
Hi sir
Is the past papers in acca is under current format of rules and legislations???
Pls reply As Soon As Possible…
Hi
How to know which session to study English or Global?
Please help,
Thanks,
Which variant have you entered for? If you still haven’t entered for the F4 exam, you need to know what your plans are for when you’re qualified. Basically, is it your intention to live and work in the UK and apply for a practising certificate? If yes, then it’s English variant for you.
If the answer was “No” then select which you like the sound of.
English has a lot more Contract Law in the syllabus and only scratches the surface of other legal systems. English has a (nearly) full suite of lectures to support it free on this site. English law is FUN
Global has a lot in the syllabus covering United Nation Conventions (Arbitration, Sale of Goods, International Trade) The lectures on this site barely touch these areas but the notes and recorded lectures for the English variant are around 50% to 60% relevant for Global. Global is not as much fun as English
But whichever you choose, I’m here to answer your questions …..but you MUST put your questions on the Ask ACCA Tutor page. That way will guarantee that I’ll see your question whereas I look only rarely at Recent Comments
Any one have you got f4 english variant mcq questions?
What is gonna come in March 2016 f4 exam?
What is likely to come in the June 2014 F4 Paper?
i had given F4 Glo in December attempt 2013.. i got 45%..
the main question i wanted to ask is the should i take tuition for f4 again.. or should i do it as self study.. ??
help me out folks
What is likely to come in the December F4 Paper?
thnx alot it’z gr8.