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*** F5 December 2012 Exam *** Instant Poll and comments***

Forums › ACCA Forums › ACCA PM Performance Management Forums › *** F5 December 2012 Exam *** Instant Poll and comments***

  • This topic has 129 replies, 67 voices, and was last updated 12 years ago by seagoat.
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  • December 3, 2012 at 6:01 pm #109755
    Anonymous
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    @vasilikoula9 said:
    I want to ask something weird!
    I didnt write the question number on each page of the booklet I just blacked the circles at the top of the page! Would that matter? It just struck me now!

    On the questions I am pissed with the variances, I have done all of them to see that I used 6 as std labour hour per HOUR and not per BATCH and I had to do them again! Overall, fingers crossed, I think I passed.

    If of course those correcting can get to match my answers with the questions!
    Good luck to all!

    Re: the questions numbers I did exactly the same – didn’t put the question numbers, just blacked the circles.

    Would that be a problem? Anybody?

    December 3, 2012 at 6:11 pm #109756
    amygal01
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    Admin in my variant i wrote UK, and i just found out that F5 doesnt have any variant would it affect me

    December 3, 2012 at 6:32 pm #109757
    admin
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    @amygal01 said:
    Admin in my variant i wrote UK, and i just found out that F5 doesnt have any variant would it affect me

    No, it won’t

    December 3, 2012 at 6:39 pm #109758
    Anonymous
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    overall it was ok compared to june 2012 where the time series and target cost ripped 30 marks off me!!!!
    i messed up with the graph but can grab some points with the workings….the std labour rate was confusing but i think its $12 after all…..about the division performance i apply fliz…. and moon theory…..the abc and transfer price was quite easy and finally i think i did ok on the budget question but i didnt know the answer for the spreadsheet part……
    hopefully i can pass…. and thank u open tuition for the lectures it really helped me out

    December 3, 2012 at 7:27 pm #109759
    gashita
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    Hi Guys!
    I thought labour rate per batch was 6$ and hours spent on batch 30 min. Is it correct? Budgeted production was 24000 batches, which gives us 12000 labour hours. So for calculating planning labour rate variance I multipled 30 min by 20% and arrived to 36 min spent on batch production with a reduced payment rate of 5.70 $ Did anyone get same figures? or I just completely misunderstood question?

    December 3, 2012 at 7:53 pm #109760
    musema
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    @gashita said:
    Hi Guys!
    I thought labour rate per batch was 6$ and hours spent on batch 30 min. Is it correct? Budgeted production was 24000 batches, which gives us 12000 labour hours. So for calculating planning labour rate variance I multipled 30 min by 20% and arrived to 36 min spent on batch production with a reduced payment rate of 5.70 $ Did anyone get same figures? or I just completely misunderstood question?

    Yes I did.

    December 3, 2012 at 8:02 pm #109761
    nigs001
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    Hi guys:

    labour rate VAR – ($12 – $11.4) X12000 = 7200 F
    Eff. VAR (10250 – 12000) X $12 = $21000(A)

    TOTAL VAR = 13800A

    Plan Rate VAR – new rate = $6 *0.95 = 5.70*2 = 11.4
    (12 -11.4) * 12000 = $7200F

    Plan OP = O (11.4 – 11.4) * 12000

    Plan Eff VAR-20% slower = 0.5*1.2 = 0.6
    (12300 -10250) *12 =24600A

    Plan Op Var – (12300 – 12000)*12 = 3600 F

    TOTAL VAR :-24600+3600+7200 = 13800A

    Sadly It took me 5 mins to figure it out once I left the exam room…tis what happens when panic sets in….I’ll be back in June…*sigh*

    December 3, 2012 at 8:10 pm #109762
    musema
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    @nigs001 said:
    Hi guys:

    labour rate VAR – ($12 – $11.4) X12000 = 7200 F
    Eff. VAR (10250 – 12000) X $12 = $21000(A)

    TOTAL VAR = 13800A

    Plan Rate VAR – new rate = $6 *0.95 = 5.70*2 = 11.4
    (12 -11.4) * 12000 = $7200F

    Plan OP = O (11.4 – 11.4) * 12000

    Plan Eff VAR-20% slower = 0.5*1.2 = 0.6
    (12300 -10250) *12 =24600A

    Plan Op Var – (12300 – 12000)*12 = 3600 F

    TOTAL VAR :-24600+3600+7200 = 13800A

    Sadly It took me 5 mins to figure it out once I left the exam room…tis what happens when panic sets in….I’ll be back in June…*sigh*

    I got exactly that!!! But q1 for me was a disaster and struck 1.5 pages and spent hell lot of time figuring that out. I might be back in june too….

    December 3, 2012 at 8:49 pm #109763
    latoyah
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    I am so upset. I think overall the paper was fairly easy if i had been prepared for it. I was looking for Decision tree, Linear programing and those questions but there was none.

    I worked all the questions in the bpp revision kit and didnt come across any CVP, which i didnt even realise it was missing.

    I did question 1 last and if it wasnt for opentuition i wouldnt have a clue but John voice was in my head with the profit chart even though i went through it in september and didnt look back at it.

    Qestion 2) was what i had hoped to start with but then i saw the performance measurement which i thought was my best question seeing as its at the end of the book.

    Did 3,4 and 5, then went back to 2 and 1.

    had a rough patch with the ABC as i didnt realize they asked for the absorption profit to work with machine hours so had to rework that.

    the ABC profits i could have sworn i had done something wrong since the profits were so much higher. this was a messy thing for me i hope the marker dont have any trouble finding his way through it.

    I hope i got the 50 marks to see me through but i believe that I will be sitting this exam again in June.

    hopefully next week I pass the law paper i have no wish to do 4 papers in june

    December 3, 2012 at 8:51 pm #109764
    latoyah
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    @musema said:
    Yes I did.

    i got that too

    December 3, 2012 at 9:10 pm #109765
    nikole25
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    dissapointed..i hope for a 50 pass.
    made mistakes which i may now understand but i beleive with all this that we should remember by heart when in real life we would be able just to open the booklet and solve ,with the time given,questions should be more straightforward and less demanding.Most of us have other lesson obligations also.It would be a great help to us not having to remember so many types by heart and questions to ask basics and if more demanding to be set in a very clear and helpful way.
    Unfortunately exam papers differed from time to time.This does not help students a lot.Anyway..lets hope…..

    December 3, 2012 at 11:07 pm #109766
    Anonymous
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    Hi.. I forgot to tick d question that i hv attempt at the front page..is it okay?

    December 3, 2012 at 11:10 pm #109767
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    @musema said:
    Yes I did.

    Me also

    December 4, 2012 at 9:49 am #109768
    marlise123
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    overall the paper was so much better than the june paper. THank you examinator. I am hoping i scribbled enough info to pass as at the moment going through a rough patch and had to study what i could with the time i had available. Realy want to finish F5 and move on. But at this moment i will have to wait and see if the marker felt all my scribbles meant something. Ugh. Holding thumbs for all. 🙁

    December 4, 2012 at 1:42 pm #109769
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    the exam was easier than June exam.. but some of the topics which came were easy but unpredictable as never came before.. too much writing,, i ran out of time, i did’nt attempt Q5. i hope if i can pass around 50 or may be fail nearby…

    December 4, 2012 at 1:45 pm #109770
    elsie2009
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    I think this was a fair paper and have resided to the fact if I am unsuccessful I have a good benchmark for a resit in JUne!!

    Think I messed up on the CVP – this was in the BPP book and there were lectures on here & Kaplan so bit cross with myself – but first q so nerves always steal a few marks!

    My timing was off, I did not manage to get enough points down for the last part of Q5 which was easy marks – 2 more mins would have done it!

    Looking at F7 & F9 if did ok in this sitting for June, anyone already done these? Which one should I start first?

    December 4, 2012 at 1:54 pm #109771
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    The paper was fair, although it had come tricks that could confuse. I must admit, comparing to previous papers, was easier, but still not “easy”. Time management was important, as there was a lot of writing.

    December 4, 2012 at 2:03 pm #109772
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    I screw up on the 1st CVP question… hopefully not for e rest.

    For the vairiance question i got some funny number..
    For planing was both totally adverse while operation was both favourable? did anyone got this..

    While for the last question, after using ABC i got both product cost lesser than the one with obsorption costing.. i got $160 and $140 ithink. cant rmb.. but the cost reduce tremendously.. i guess i was wrong/? what did your get?

    Please kindly share n advise.. 🙁 …

    December 4, 2012 at 3:21 pm #109773
    chiclarence
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    i remember when somenone posted a coment asking when wa the last time that a question came in CPV. i joked and said it will come this year. that joke has come to hunt me. anyway the exam was fair but for question 2. i wish ACCA could remove question 2 n mark the remaining 4 on 80.
    anyway i ve myself to blame bcos i didnt prepare well. but ACCA should be setting questions that you have to spend time to reason what to do . TIme has always been the problem with these exams

    December 4, 2012 at 4:03 pm #109774
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    What did they mean by a constant mix?

    December 4, 2012 at 5:21 pm #109775
    Anonymous
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    didn’t expect those type of questions…

    December 4, 2012 at 5:25 pm #109776
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    It was my first ACCA exam, and i did stupidity i rad all the answer will be written in BLACK pen and in hurry i started answering in BLUE pen….is it ok? or i have to re sit?

    December 4, 2012 at 6:24 pm #109777
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    In Q 5 we had to add margin of retail division on sales? It was like 45%.

    December 4, 2012 at 6:25 pm #109778
    umerkhayam
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    @ayeshahabib said:
    What did they mean by a constant mix?

    I guess it means that the mix remained constant that is the amount of material used remained same.

    December 4, 2012 at 8:41 pm #109779
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    The constant mix of sales is the fundamental assumption in CVP analysis. In other words it means u are selling products in fixed proportions for instance for every 1 sold A u sell 2 B and 5 C (1:2:5) this mix remains constant.

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