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@rubik said:
39, this was my first attemp.I am really interested by the advices on how overcome the P-level papers.
I passed all the F-level papers (F1 to F9) on first attemp except F4 that passed the 2nd time.
Since I am on P-level, I only passed P1 (52) on 2nd time. My scores for the others are P2(33); P3 (47, 46, 29); P7(39).
May be it is because english is not my 1st language. I am really thinking now to take only one paper per sitting to really concentrate. For sure in Dec 2014, I will only chose P2.Do not hesitate to advise.
I really think the best way for you to pass is to do one at a time. The exams are not easy and a lot of people think they will finish faster by taking 2 or 3 at a time. I would say on average this is likely the wrong approach as many of them fail at least one. It also seems a much more costly method due to the multiple fails. It only makes sense to do multiple exams if you are not working and studying full time or the company you are employed at has a time limit on how long you can pass.
PS i passed all my exams first attempt by taking one at a time so i’m talking from experience. I worked full time all through this period and took all of them by self-study except P6 (due to changes in rules & codes). Good luck for future exams
Gosh i only passed with 50%. My final exam and ridiculously one mark made the difference. So glad, i am now an ACCA affiliate and all passed at first attempt too (nice bonus).
Previously my lowest mark was 62% so this was a shock but makes me feel even more lucky to have it all done with.
Congrats to all who passed and keep going and work harder to those who didn’t.
Like most people have said i feel it was a fair paper with familiar questions. However it was very time pressured. Which meant to complete the paper you couldn’t really take too much time to think.
Overall i just kept writing the whole way through as i knew i needed to attempt all questions to have a better chance. It meant i missed quite a few points i obviously knew. Also my explanations for my point were probably not as i good as i would like as i was just writing.
I did question 4 then 3 as my options. I skipped question 5 even though audit reporting was my strongest area when i saw 8marks was all to the with going concern changes in reports. Luckily question 3 was reasonable and probably the easiest optional. It just looked intimidating as there was more to read.
Anyway with most people’s comments regarding not completing, i am a bit happier that i finished and hopefully did enough to pass. We will all find out in August!
I got 62%, this is the lowest mark of my 4 exams so far. I thought i did slightly better but still a good pass so cant complain. I just have P7 to go now, can’t wait to finish.
Well done everyone else that passed.
The ones that didn’t, good luck for next time.Passed with 83%
I must say, i lot of high marks for this exam. Must have been easier than we realised.
<cite>@jk0323 said:</cite>
legal advice had high complexity but low stg importance because those legal advices where requird by themself not by end customer so it shoud have been outsourced.. website had lowcompexity and high stg importance so itshould have been kept inhouse.. besides they had it expertise from the developmnt of complex payrolSame, thats what i thought. It made no sense to bring it in-house with just one legal person. I emphasis the good work that they were enjoying with the outsourced team so no reason for chance. I think they tried to trick people by saying the legal part was of importance (not strategic importance).
Either way, you will still get good marks for whatever you decide as long as it is explained well.I thought it was okay.
Some easy marks such as Culture, Strategic Lenses, Porter 5 forces & Harmon Process Strategy Matrix
However i found CRM & Scenario analysis tricky. Not seen any of these in past questions
Overall i think there was enough easy marks for for a pass. Main thing was i finished the paper and wrote enough for each part. So marks will be gotten even in the tough areas.
I got 64% through self-study which i am quite surprised by after how i thought the exam went. Opentuition has been very useful.
it is best to be prepared for all 3 as you can’t rely on patterns. Kaplan do not know so no point going by that. Also there are Kaplan mocks with Incone statement & Balance sheets too
Hi, i have also made the same mistake and could not change to INT paper. But i am not worried as i have analysed past papers and it is generally just around 10marks and usually one question.
My advice would be if you have the Kaplan book, make notes of the differences for Nun-current Assets, Leases, Segmental Reporting, Employee Benefits, Tax, Related Parties, & SME’s. The question is very likely to ask about one of these based on the P2 UK Course notes.
So even if you only know the basic differences but cannot discuss it well you can still receive half of the marks available for stating the difference and trying to apply to scenario.
Please stop panicking! Good luck
ugras,
with the current issue topics questions, i tend to write the whole answer as i feel it is good practice for the exam.
for the mixed questions (q2 or 3), it really depends on if i feel i can answer it well. I think a detailed answer plan is fine as a lot of the mixed question we are practising will not even come up especially the ones focusing on just one topic.
But it is very useful to do a few full ones to get used exam style
I would say the most effective plan is to re-do the questions you have done already but this time without checking answers. You will notice the improvement and also identify silly mistakes you still make.
That is what i am doing now, it is very hard to just study without looking but once you’ve done the question before then its easier.
i have uploaded a Kaplan Current Issues article i downloaded from the Kaplan website in the document section. It has a very good summary of all the current issues. Hope this help everyone requesting.
Also please look for additional articles online, to get more detailed information
Please stop requesting notes from me, they are articles on ACCA website that is available to everyone
Okay, thanks anyway. I have some knowledge of a few of the differences and hope that should be fine.
Hi
From what i understand it is mostly theory that will be split up into parts. There may be a 5/7mark calculation that relates to the question.
My plan is to focus on IFRS10,11,12 topics & IFRS13. These i am told are the two most likely based on tips and looking at case study question on Bpp revision book.
I don’t feel there is much to ask about management commentary as the discussion isnt detailed so that unlikely.
There are pdf articles on acca website which are released to give you a clue of relevant topics
SME’s already came up recently and Financial Instrument is also not a current issue right now. These may may up in question 2 & 3
The tips for current issues are IFRS13 Fair Value Measurement and IFRS10 Consolidated statement (Subsidiaries and Associates), IFRS11 Joint Arrangement and IFRS12 Disclosures. The last 3 are related & likely to come together if it comes up
There are also Management commentary and Conceptual Framework which are possible questions
Sorry about the very late response.
Its likely to be on Fair Value measurement or the new standards IFRS10,11,12 which relates to Consolidated Statement (control), Joint Arrangement & Disclosures of them.thanks for replying. I am going to make notes on all the najor differences as stated in the textbook and just hope i can remember them for the exam. It just seems like unnessary extra work for an already difficult paper. But i am pretty confident if shouldn’t have much effect on my result.
I am actually planning to the do the Q4 as i see that recent papers usually have a 7/8mark easy calculation question as part b. So if the main current issue questions are not too intimidating, i think its a good question to attempts
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