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I just got my feedback, and it makes absolutely no sense whatsoever! It says that in the SWOT analysis, “a large portion of facts and opinions were unreferenced”. I went over my paper with a fine-tooth comb and ALL facts, even other analyst opinions were referenced. I had a couple of my own conclusions in there as well, but they were minimal and were included to show that I could analyse the situation as well, and not just take what others say at point blank.
This seems to be an absolutely ridiculous reason to me…
Ahh, sounds like the marking can be quite inconsistent. I really am baffled by the lack of clarity and “quality control”, for lack of better term. But it’s also comforting to know that my fail result is likely not because I’m a complete idiot.
Would anyone know who you are supposed to email if you still haven’t received the marker’s feedback? The email with the pass/fail result last week said we would be sent a link before the 14th of October, but I still have nothing. Still a couple of hours left in the day, but I’m skeptical. Do we just contact the generic acca@brookes.ac.uk email address?
I unfortunately got an email a week ago that I failed the project. But the portal still says “unmarked”. My mentor and I were both very surprised – he’d mentioned that my paper was one of the better ones he’s read in his years of mentoring. Not to toot my own horn, but I also thought my paper was well done as I put in a lot of work and effort into it. As I already earned a Bachelor Degree some years ago, albeit not in accounting, I have extensive experience writing research papers and thought that I’d at least be able to pass. All of the requirements and criteria were checked before submission, so I have no idea what could have went wrong. My mentor suspects perhaps I failed the SLS, but I can’t be sure until they release the feedback.
I feel like it’s absolutely ridiculous… even if it’s just the SLS we have to submit another £470, and your grade gets capped at a C. How does this reflect your ability and knowledge of accounting? Of course it could be something else that’s completely my fault, but at this current moment I’m so frustrated. Especially since they’re taking so long to publish the feedback…
…But when I look at the answers for some of the other questions that involve finding lost inventory, the cost of sales IS found by using opening inventory + purchases – closing inventory. This is how they found the answer in 20.7. Why should it be different in another question of the same type?
I have watched all your lectures already, and I was not expecting you to type out an entire lecture on the forum. Apologies if I gave that impression. However as I go through this chapter I am finding the exam kit very different from your lectures, and much more complex. And given that the BBP exam kit questions are more structured like the ACCA exam questions, I assuming I should practice more off that.
Ah ok, I see what you mean. I interpreted that in the question, the “closing debit balance” meant that it had already been carried down from what was originally the credit balance from the previous period.
I’ve watched your lectures as well as reading the BBP textbook, but I suppose I always end up overthinking the question or interpreting in a different way.
Thanks!
Sorry, I also have another question. Why would an increase in allowance for receivables be included as an expense, but not allowance for receivables?
Sorry, what do you mean by I need to explain further? Do you mean I need to expand on my reasoning? As I understand F1 is a multiple choice exam so I wouldn’t be able to expand on the exam itself.
I thought the difference between strategic and functional decision-making was quite clear based on their stand-alone definitions, but every time I see a question in practice the two seem to be mixed together. In this case, I would have thought opening new plants within a specific country would have been too specific to be categorised as strategic.
Wrote the CBE a week ago. Passed, although it was a lot harder than I expected. I thought I had all the concepts down and did past exams passing with 80’s, but there were still a lot of questions I just had to guess on. It was my first ACCA exam and I had never studied accounting before, so might be easier for those who have had exposure to it before.
Thanks for the quick response, John!
For Q1, using 18,000 + 11,400 – 15,000 = 14,400, plus 10% defective… would the answer still not be 15,840 units? If 10% of 14400 is 1440, then 14400+1440=15840?
For Q2, I understand the concept you have illustrated, but I would have a hard time coming to that conclusion from just reading the question. The way I read it, I gather than the question implies 20% idle time of total hours, rather than 100 hours. Is there a trick to the question or should I just memorise this logic for similar types of questions?
Thanks again for your help! 🙂
