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Yes i got that question
sales quantity profit variance
sales mix profit varianceThis was indeed a strange exam. There was alot of emphasis on big data yet I had 2 MCQs on this at most. There was no questions on budgeting or mix and yield variances, balanced scorecards or the building block model. I also found the manner in which the questions were phrased very confusing. In particular there was a question on applying the learning curve theory to Copy-Tie that made no sense. Grammatically, that question was a disaster. I am also not convinced that the Platinum-approved learning providers are that good. I started studying in April and feel as though I wasted my time.
is it? i was so confused if it was TPS or EIS because routine means now and then and also means daily so i put EIS :/
Hello there,
I will be taking my F5 exam under remote exam conditions on the 16th and am really intimidated after reading all of your reviews of the paper. Would anybody mind giving suggestions as to how exactly I should design my next 6days to be able to pass this exam fairly well, based on what you guys felt and experienced after taking your exam today?
Any help would be much appreciated!
Sorry for making you feel intimidated. I do suggest understanding your strengths. If you are stronger on the constructed response questions, do those first. If the MCQs are your strength, start there. Get the marks that you can! Make sure that you know the various calculations very very very well Learning curve, breakeven analysis, variances, roi, roce, tpar. Good luck!
Hi Andy i would suggest doing all mcqs from past papers at least twice also try to do all constructed questions from past Exams available,have a look at the PQ magazine ,they give few points on what can come in constructed question so it would be pointless to practice too many long questions of topics with low likelihood to appear in 20 marks question..
Dont get to worry but focus on past exam papers rather than bpp or kaplan which are useful but at this stage you will be better off with past exams in my opinión.
I felt that the grammar of the veggie pot was disaster ….
It was so confusing and I actually had to guess With the cost gap..
It looks as they did this test in a hurry and they have had plenty of time.
Very badly written paper. The way they were asking questions did not make any sense and some mcq questions grammatically you could not connect wiith any available answers. Felt like this paper was put together in a hurry and noone proof read it. Veggie pot or Copie-Tie learning curve questions were a total joke! Question n itself simply did not make any sense! I also agree that 3 hours were not enough for this confusion. Half of the time I was just trying to figure out what exactly are they asking. Mess, just mess
Yes I got the same. Did you include advertising costs when calculating profit for the variance question?
Struggled with the veggie pot target cost question too.
Found it extremely difficult – been studying for 5 months.
It was a tough one.
I have never come across ‘conversion costs’ either in a throughput question.. so very randomly worded.
I totally agree with you. The grammer and wording in the entire paper was HORRIBLE. This is my second time taking it and the first exam was actually easier and made much more sense. I’m glad I’m not the only one because I thought I was going crazy. I studied so hard over 400 hours and still not sure if I passed because of the fked up section C questions especially. I got a very confusing transfer price question that was unlike anything I did in any textbook, can’t even find one that complicated even if I wanted to. I don’t understand what the point is if they won’t ask the actual type of questions we solve in the bpp books. I too spent too long trying to figure out wtf it was asking me, a lot I had to just guess . Did anyone also get that question asking for the minimum quantity level but only gave fixed and variable cost ?? No sale or profit value to find contribution
Pretty bad exam ! Wording was very confusing and had nightmare with therapist question sec C and vegebite .
Just hope I did enough in section A to get me enough marks.
Did anyone find the mask really off putting as well ? Maybe I’m just pulling at strings for a bad exam but I felt I couldn’t think clearly .
Hope everyone passed anyways
That linear regression formula made no sense to me. No matter what it cancels each other out so what was I supposed to do…? I had to completely blindly guess for that answer ..
They over-complicated the damn question….x.x Paragraph above said company wanted profit margin but below said profit markup. Tried both still couldn’t get the target cost for the veggie pot so gave up and guessed. I noticed the whole exam they over complicated the grammar for everything everyone else is also saying this so it’s not just me. I am a native English speaker so I can’t imagine for foreigners. I really wish I can plead and ask to do a retake of this exam because that was unbearable…I put so much effort into it it’s my second time taking it
I laughed when you said Vegebite but it seems everyone got fked over with that question. Section C had the worst grammar I’ve ever seen for a long question. It’s unlike any I’ve done. I guessed for pretty much all of it… Also did you use standard contribution or profit margin? Textbooks hardly ever make us calculate it. I did two bpp textbooks and I only recall making me do it once or twice . That therapy question by far was the worst for me, I sat there in silence not knowing what to do because I couldn’t figure out wtf it was saying…
Haha, the minimum quantity level question threw me. I just assumed it was the number of units to cover fixed costs according to the VC per unit. But yeah, no sign of cont/unit anywhere. Who knows…
Section C therapists was, as agreed with the rest of the comments here, chaos.
I thought that in the exam, I really felt for anyone who doesn’t have English as their first language.
I thought it looked like they had a new exam question writer, a child?!! Absolute shambles, there’s no need for it plus it makes you feel disappointed to have spent so long revising when they do that. My second time too.
I Saved the first part of the vacuum question until last , pretty much ran out of time and then used standard margin, Can’t say I came across one than used profit so I thought it was just word junk arising again?!! What did you use?
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