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*** ACCA Paper PM March 2020 Exam was.. Instant Poll and comments ***

Forums › ACCA Forums › ACCA PM Performance Management Forums › *** ACCA Paper PM March 2020 Exam was.. Instant Poll and comments ***

  • This topic has 82 replies, 42 voices, and was last updated 5 years ago by oromaliza25.
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  • March 4, 2020 at 11:00 am #564082
    opentuition_team
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    How was your ACCA Paper PM March 2020 exam? Please post your comments below, and vote in the Instant Poll


    March 4, 2020 at 1:06 pm #564115
    boney
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    Had a question from lenier programming in section c which was a disaster for me..

    March 4, 2020 at 1:09 pm #564117
    abmoeedd
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    Yeah. Me too. Never expected to come in section C. But maybe i have done the a part right

    x+y<38000 dont remember the exact figures.

    March 4, 2020 at 1:21 pm #564119
    martindeo
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    Thought I had prepared well for it but wow that was tough! Especially Section B – question about the aircraft sales. Now we wait..

    March 4, 2020 at 1:23 pm #564120
    Anonymous
    Inactive
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    Couldn’t answer the PM exam due to ACCA cancelling the session exams in Kuwait due to the coronavirus outbreak! Have to wait till June 2020 now to pass this exam!

    March 4, 2020 at 2:39 pm #564142
    planit
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    I noticed that on the exam vouchers that you print is says that with Pandemics you won’t probably get a refund!

    March 4, 2020 at 2:42 pm #564143
    planit
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    This was easier than I thought. This module is more maths based which is better for me as I did an engineering degree.

    I answered everything, time was tight on section C but luckily I had some spare from a quick section A.

    Did anyone else get a zero cost gap on the aircraft target cost?
    I tried to check it twice as I thought it was odd to ask that question without a cost gap.

    I can’t see a Poll to fill out as it says in the title??

    March 4, 2020 at 3:02 pm #564153
    rsammut
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    In my opinion it was a very challenging paper. Tougher than I expected especially Section B because section C I was expecting it to be quite tough.

    March 4, 2020 at 3:14 pm #564161
    martindeo
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    @planit said:
    This was easier than I thought. This module is more maths based which is better for me as I did an engineering degree.

    I answered everything, time was tight on section C but luckily I had some spare from a quick section A.

    Did anyone else get a zero cost gap on the aircraft target cost?
    I tried to check it twice as I thought it was odd to ask that question without a cost gap.

    I can’t see a Poll to fill out as it says in the title??

    I got the same answer yes. I really battled with that question. It was very challenging

    March 4, 2020 at 3:18 pm #564164
    rsammut
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    @planit

    @martindeo

    My answer was $0 as well for that particular question.

    March 4, 2020 at 3:59 pm #564183
    Jezza
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    Agreed with the $0 however lost so much time recomputing again and again… weird question

    March 4, 2020 at 4:01 pm #564185
    dollpals
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    same here ! run out of time to calculate slack and discuss the same lost almost 10 marks there

    milk yoghurt and cream question …limiting factor was ok but too lengthy

    March 4, 2020 at 4:04 pm #564186
    dollpals
    Member
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    lucky you ! it was difficult to think with mask on and grasping for air with elevated heartbeat due to tough questions…
    you got more time to study…. even after preparing had tough time

    March 4, 2020 at 4:14 pm #564188
    dollpals
    Member
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    hey anyone solved guitar and violin question another OTQ was sales volume planning variance and sales volume operational variance.. was tricky one

    March 4, 2020 at 4:23 pm #564191
    katietester04
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    I had that one! Found it so tricky

    March 4, 2020 at 5:14 pm #564196
    Rustam
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    What was the answer to the question that how much will increase profit of company which sales flight tickets? In case that market research company identifies clearly the demand for July six months before

    March 4, 2020 at 5:15 pm #564198
    Rustam
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    Answer variants were 18000, 30000, 114000 and 1..

    March 4, 2020 at 5:27 pm #564201
    sharath240
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    18000 was answer

    March 4, 2020 at 5:29 pm #564202
    sharath240
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    For section C I had got IOA and other institution for comparison
    Where Growth , standards flexibility were issues and innovation & career support were plus points

    March 4, 2020 at 5:35 pm #564208
    Rustam
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    thank you i also chose this answer, but how is the answer calculated

    March 4, 2020 at 5:52 pm #564215
    planit
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    I will have a crack at it:

    You choose the best option for every demand and work the rates for that highest value. This is then the maximum profit you can hope to expect. This is the perfect rate.

    Compare this to choosing the option with the highest expected value.

    Perfect rate – highest expected value – cost of the survey = the profit improvement.

    Obviously if this figure is negative then there is no point paying for the information but in the exam it was wort doing to the tune of $18K?

    March 4, 2020 at 6:26 pm #564224
    martindeo
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    @rsammut said:

    @planit


    @martindeo

    My answer was $0 as well for that particular question.

    Well we either all correct or incorrect lol

    March 4, 2020 at 6:49 pm #564230
    gigani
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    I didn’t get an aircraft question? Confused ?

    March 4, 2020 at 7:02 pm #564244
    shoban
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    Anyone have issues with having to scroll unnecessarily to proceed with the exam?

    Not being able to zoom out so you can actually see both the text and the full length of your word document was so absurd – you pretty much have to settle for seeing only 1 at a time with the resizing.

    I don’t know if its due to monitor size?

    March 4, 2020 at 8:27 pm #564269
    tru4g
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    @shoban I had that problem as well, lost 5 minutes at the very end of exam. I couldn’t scroll past the page I was on no matter how much I tried. ACCA in my opinion should give more time and take this in consideration with CBE. Especially with issues of formulas as well. For such a time pressure paper the last thing one needs is go to battle with Excel or scrolling. It was such an ordeal that I wish I could make a formal complaint.

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