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- June 3, 2013 at 12:53 am #128334
Hi
I will be siiting my first ACCA exam and have studied from text book and acca open tuition lectures. Did not have any tutor support. Therefore, slightly unclear about the following:
* In the exam, will marks be lost if due to time pressure, accompanying notes to a specific calculation or a specific treatment or assumption is not made? For example, stating why a 0 was entered in tax adjusted trading profits or why AIA was firstly used against a specific asset.Would really appreciate any help.
Thank you.
June 3, 2013 at 10:45 am #128391In the examples you quote NO explanations should be given as you have either correctly computed and demonstrated the correct treatment in your answer or you have got it wrong! Where explanations are required the question will state – “Explain and compute” rather than just compute or calculate!
Remember that as your exam script will be scanned and sent electronically to the marker you should use a bold black pen and make sure you only write within the margins. Start every question on a new page, underline with a ruler every computational heading and refer to numbered workings where necessary.
Ensure you attempt all questions! Do not waste time struggling with the most difficult issues within a question if it means you then do not have time to score easy basic marks in another question!
You have one objective – score at least 50 marks. Score the 50 easiest marks therefore first!!!Good luck!!
June 3, 2013 at 2:19 pm #128459Thank you very much for the response and the very useful advice. It is very reassuring. Good luck to everyone taking F6 tomorrow!
June 3, 2013 at 4:28 pm #128562Today I was sitting F5, I had 3 bold black pens and they all run out! So I had to complete 1.5 question using pencil. Will I get any marks for 1.5 question?
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