ACCA SBL June 2019 Exam Results – Instant Poll and Comments

I failed with 47%. Never failed any of my exams before. I guess self study just isn’t for me 🙁

Passed first time with 80%. I have to say I didn’t study for the exam half as much as my other ones. A lot of it comes down to common sense and general business acumen, which was obvious in the June exam as hardly any technical knowledge came up!

I didn’t spend a lot of time going over material after doing the course and revision with BPP. Instead I focused solely on practice questions, learning how they want you to respond to the questions as well as the structure they’re expecting.

Passed the exam

1st attempt: 34%
2nd attempt 63%

really thought i didn’t get it as i left out Q5 completely- 16 marks

tips to pass

1. not to focus on the models and theories but for the requirements use the actual wording throughout your answers and break down into sections for your answers to show you are answering the questions and leave spaces between every point to maximise marks

eg one question I could have used SAF, but instead i answered based on the financial and non financial factors as required

2. plan answers if possible as with bullet points so when i ran out of time i was probably awarded some marks

1st attempt. 57%.

Only studied properly for less than two months (with a full time job and two kids). I did all questions in the BPP practice kit and a couple of mock exams.

Thank you OT.

Can you share tips for SBL? I will sit in december for SBL?

@dilawarkhandk said:
Which study resources did you use? Book, revision kit, lectures?

I used beckers and Kaplan revision it

Failed first attempt. So sad. Please what’s link theory. Can I still attempt in sept. Just wondering how. Low morale.

Passed. 70% first time. I did feel it was a really easy exam but the time pressure was insane.
I did it with Kaplan exam kit and text book and Open Tuition lectures.
In my opinion you need the following;
1) Time to study the syllabus properly. I work, so took 6 months to study rather than the normal 3 I take.
2) QUESTION PRACTICE!! This is so important. Normally I give myself 6 weeks of question practice but for this one I had 3 months. If you do that you get a sense of what the question is asking for and how to relate it to the the case study
3) Watch and re-watch the professional marks videos. These count for 20 marks in the exam and you need to know what you are supposed to be doing when asked to evaluate, analyse, etc.
4) Read the marker’s comments on ACCA. They tell you what they are looking for.

These 4 things will get you through this exam 8/10 times. If anyone is thinking about what they should do after this exam. I’ve done APM and it’s very similar in style.

GLA

@dilawarkhandk said:
Can you share tips for SBL? I will sit in december for SBL?

Read carefully through all examiner reports, ACCA website has a lot of useful information on this exam and strategy on how to answer questions. Invest in a book from Kaplan/BPP. And practice. If not sure get a course, but lots of people including, me actually managed to get it right the first time and by themselves.

I still failed at my 3rd attempt. first got 42%, 2nd got 39% and now i got 41%. Seriously i don’t know what i did wrong.

Thank you open Tuition 58% at first attempt

I attempted 68 marks and got 47. Still confident, will make it next time in shaa allah. This exam required good time management.