PM*** December 2024 ACCA PM exam – Instant Poll and comments ***

How did everyone's exams go? I thought Section A and C were alright and Section B was a bit lengthy. I got mix and yield variances in Section C and ROI/RI.

Terrible for me. Section B was very tough. I had throughput & Seasonal variation, cant remember the 3rd. As for section C I hade Budget control sheet? (Didn't have a clue what this was really) & ROI/RI with divisions. Reading online, people had relevant costing in section c but the question wasn't difficult. And Building block model but the headings were given to them! Hardly seems fair

I had LIFECYCLE COSTING PRCING AND TIME SERIES IN SECTION B IT WOULD BE GREAT HELP IF ANYONE COULD TALLY THE ANSEWRS WAHT WAS THE BREAKEVEN IN LIFECYCLE COSTING???

Yes, I also got life cycle costing and that question took so much of my time. I don't even remember my answer this question, I was struggling with it. Did you get transfer pricing for Section A, where you had to match the number?

YES IT WAS 11 21 AND 18

I thought they all matched the way they were arranged but I'm not sure

WHAT WAS THE ANSWER FOR VARIANCE QUESTION??

MAYBE I'M WRONG IN THE JOINT COST QUESTION FIRST WAS ACCEPT AND SECOND WAS REJECT RIGHT??

I didn't do that question, I just guessed it was the first one.

AND WHAT ABOUT THE STAKEHOLDER QUESTION WERE THE NON PAID VOLUNTEER EMPLOYYES INTERAL STAKEHEOLDERS?

I believe that the non-paid volunteer employees can be considered internal stakeholders. I don't remember what I ticked for the second option.

DO YOU REMEMBERTHE ANSWERS FOR THE PRICING MTQS??

Nope. But one of them told me it was $35 for the maximum profit selling price.

i got 550$ what was the answer to the penetration pricing mtq there were three directors one of them said the price was elastic so i used penetration pricing but my friend said its wrong did you get that question?

Yes, I believe you are right. Because if the price is elastic, the more we increase our price rate there will be less demand. At least that is how I looked at it.

Yeah I was a bit baffled when that guy told me he got $35. I do think I got an answer similar to your range

Also what was the answer in the time series mtq of seasonal variation i slected mondays and sundays and econmoic inflation option??

Don't ask me about seasonal variation ?don't remember what I chose

What did you select in the target costing value analysis mcq in section A? ALSO in calculating the mix yeild variance i calculted the SQSM wrong :( will i lose all 4 marks? Nand in (Ri) ia ccidently put % sign with answer will taht deduct marks?

I don't remember the target costing question. I don't think you will lose all four marks or in the RI one.

well i'm screwed then 7th attempt and all i'm done

I got the exam with relevant costing and building block, although it was fairly easy the section an and b had a lot of calculations without options majority was fill in questions. The exam was also quite lengthy.

My exam went fairly well, section c was on budget control quite good, can someone tell me what they did, and the other one was on resorts of yuri and lux, for the operating profit margin did you guys deduct the depreciation of controllable assets to get operating profit ??

I think I got 77700 or something like that as my mix variance in Section C, it was adverse. Did anyone get anything similar to it.

Did anyone have yuri and lux co, do u usually deduct depreciation of controllable assets to get the figure of operating profit to calculate the operating profit margin

Yes I got 77700Adverse for mix variance and about 900K(I dont remember exact number) for Yield variance.

Hello, Did anyone do the question concerning price optimization ??? 1/ price was equal 1050-2000Q , and MR=1050-4000Q ,but I am a little bit confused how can b=2000???? b is always between 0 and 1 interval 2/ In study text do we have an article concerning moving average calculation???? In time series I can not find anything concerning this

Yeah I think I got similar for yield variance. What answer did you get for that price optimization question?

Do you remember the A B C director mtq in the princng mtq i selected all 3 directors are right what did you select?

There was an mcq in which it was writen that a company has vlunteers who are unpaid employyees and the question was whether they are internal stakeholders did anyone get that question?