PM*** ACCA Paper PM June 2019 Exam was.. Instant Poll and comments ***

Time management is problem in F5 for doing question.I am sad.And quetion is not suit for bpp or opentuition or past exam paper question.it is differ from all((

Hi everyone. In section C I got Incremental vs. Zero based budgeting for Amgold Co and financial and non-financial performance of Binty Co

@d-smith said: The two section C questions I had were on 1 - Transfer Pricing 2 - Incremental and then zero based budgeting. I feel a bit peeved about number 2. I haven't looked yet, but I do wonder what percentage of the syllabus compared to 20% of the exam result is Incremental and zero based budgeting? I know that Open Tuition has a page explaining what they are, on page 45. I haven't looked yet, but I will look at the BPP study text book to see how much the 'approved learning provider' devotes to this. Of course the examiner can say that they can test on any area of the syllabus - how convenient - but to me this is a bit like a new word I made up yesterday just after the exam. The new word I made up is : tractor-copter. To me it means that I've been taught to drive a tractor, and now, I'm being tested on how to fly a helicopter. In the case of the exam yesterday, it's like I've been taught to drive a tractor and being tested NOT ONLY to fly a helicopter, but ALSO being tested on the centrifugal forces exerted on the nuts and bolts holding the blades of the helicopter in place! Syllabus content = 0.1% Exam content =20% (There must be a ratio here? Similar to cost gap?) Is this fair? If I didn't do well in the Transfer Pricing question, then I'm prepared to accept the result. But to be tested on what appears right now (to me) to be an esoteric syllabus area, and to make it 20% of the exam - well that doesn't seem fair - to me at least.

You cannot suggest that incremental and zero-based budgeting are 0.1% of the syllabus - that is ridiculous. You will know from the syllabus on the ACCA website, and from our introductory lecture, that the section C questions will always come from the decision making, budgeting and control and/or performance measurement areas of the syllabus. Incremental and zero-based budgeting are fundamental budgeting topics, and you should have seen lots of questions asking about them in your Revision Kit. Yes - there is one page in our lecture notes, but they are both fully explained in our free lectures and we make it perfectly clear that there is no point in using the notes without watching the lectures. It is in the free lectures that we explain and expand on the lecture notes.

had troubles finishing the paper ,but had a stronghold on section A and B but still failed to answer one question in section C.......quick question do they remove marks for not attempting a whole question?

@jamesb400 said: had troubles finishing the paper ,but had a stronghold on section A and B but still failed to answer one question in section C.......quick question do they remove marks for not attempting a whole question?

No, they won't remove anything. You may pass this exam on sections A&B only, its 60 marks!

@mulan said: Hi everyone. In section C I got Incremental vs. Zero based budgeting for Amgold Co and financial and non-financial performance of Binty Co

I got the same questions.

@myacca1990 said: I got the same questions.

How did you go through it?

I didn't like my paper especially the section c about brake company