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Hi Kim,
Thanks for answering!
The exam feedback isn’t a comprehensive breakdown of how you did per question, unfortunately, but it does give us a % from which I can gauge what my marks were for each section.
The feedback I have for my first exam (41%):
Section A – 15/30 marks
Section B – Planning and risk assessment 13/20 marks, Internal control 6/20 marks, Audit evidence 7/20 marksFor the second sitting (42%) I have:
Section A – 13/30 marks
Section B – Planning and risk assessment 13/20 marks, Internal control 9/20 marks, Audit evidence 7/20 marksI thought perhaps the way that that the AA examiners prefer answers to be written is different than other exams, as I’ve never scored so low in any other exams. Any fails I had previously were between 47% and 49%.
It feels that my exam technique is not up to scratch for this one. Part of the feedback said that my answers were that of an accountant rather than an auditor, which seems to be part of where I am going wrong. I wonder if I need to use more extensive technical language?
I will take a look at the examiner reports and the articles you linked – thank you!
I thought section A & B were pretty decent but section C really threw me off! The ROI/RI question was ok but the decision trees I was not too sure on especially 7 marks on perfect information?! And limitations/benefits of decision trees ugh… fingers crossed for the results.
I had the same questions for section C and I found it ok, the 10 marker on tax savings was enjoyable (if I can say that). Hoping I got full marks on that as I practiced many like that!
The 15 marker on corporation tax was rough, I thought, I have never seen a question like it and I found the capital allowances difficult. It felt really ambiguous but hoping I gained some marks on the pro formas!
I practiced a lot like the 15 marker on income tax too so I’m hoping I got good marks there too… I always found benefits and remembering what they are quite hard as there is so many.
Really anxious to get my results but hoping I did enough to pass… I didn’t watch any lectures this time because I found them to be quite long so it was mainly the study text that I worked with. Fingers crossed, good luck to everyone!