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In your prediction, you have said “budgeting – written question” so do you think that this time round she’ll test on the new additions for 2013 F5, as they fall under the topic of budgeting?
I personally feel that the additions to F5 will be tested in the budgeting questions, so that the examiner can just see who has revised the new topics. Also, there are only two exams left for F5 in the existing syllabus (Dec 2013 and June 2014) so she’ll have to test the addition soon, otherwise what was the use of updating the syllabus?
Environmental management accounting may also come as it has never been tested and only two exams are left for the existing syllabus.
Also, you’ve mentioned ” Financial and non-financial performance of a division”. Could you give me an example from a past paper of such a question? I saw Dec 2007 of Ties Only, are you saying something like that? Or the June 2012 question on RI AND ROI?
Thanks.
come on Man……..
why all this nonsense is happening in My turn…
there is no time for studying older topics and now there is a new gift for us…
that has never been tested, new additions…
greatttttt…and please explain “only two exams left for existing sallybus”?
now what are they going to ask in performance management after these 2???
i think there will be a Musical performance management exam after f4 for Acca students for Relaxation…Again I said that I’m not sure. These are just guesses. Please don’t think it’s coming 100%
And the additions happened way back at the start of the year, or perhaps even late last year, and they apply to all students sitting exams from June 2013 – June 2014. So it’s not only in “your turn”
The additions have been there all year, I just wanted to shed light on these.
After the June 2014, exam the whole F5 exam style changes. According to the examiner’s approach video on the ACCA website, from Dec 2014 F5 exam will be somewhat like this:
Section A – multiple choice questions
Section B – Short questions
Section C – Long questionsHowever, for us it’s 5 compulsory long questions so you need to be comfortable with ALL, AND I REPEAT WITH ALL, AREAS OF THE SYLLABUS. INCLUDING THEORY.
This forum is to ask questions of me – the tutor for F5 on this website. It is not the forum on which to debate or share guesses.
You can do this on the general forums.The only addition that was announced last year under the topic budgeting was the preparation of rolling budgets and activity based budgets. However, despite her specifically adding it, it was effectively already examinable (and has been in the past). They are certainly not new topics.
There are not just two exams left under the existing syllabus at all. The ACCA only ever publishes syllabuses for a year at a time. There may be small reviews to the syllabus, but it is unlikely that there will be any major changes (if any). There is only a full review of all the syllabuses every seven years.
Obviously environmental management accounting could be asked – as could any topic in the syllabus – but not because of anything to do with future syllabus changes. It will without doubt remain in the syllabus in the future. (If it is asked, the examiner herself said at the meeting we (as tutors) have with the examiners every two years, that it would be a maximum of 8 marks as part of a question and would not involve any calculations.)
With regard to the style of the exam, the ACCA is planning to change the style in the future because they want all the F level exams to be available on computer. However, the exact date of implementation is not certain and although F4 will go onto computer during 2014, it now looks unlikely that it will happen to F5 until at least 2015. The ACCA will give plenty of warning when the change does become certain. Until then it will stay as 5 questions of 20 marks each.
Even when the style does change, it will not necessitate a change in the syllabus.Finally, the question Ties Only is not a question on a division. Certainly it tests financial and non-financial performance, but questions on divisions will also test RI and ROI. Depending on which revision/exam kit you are using, it will contain several questions on divisional performance measurement.
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