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hey how was it? what was examined?

@sunn said:
hey how was it? what was examined?

Q1 Maximax Maximin Expected Values
Q2 Economic Theory Of Pricing + Learning Curve
Q3 Flexed Budget + Sales Quantity/Contribution Variance(discuss)
Q4 Balance Scorecard + ROI/RI (analyse, discuss)
Q5 Throughput accounting

throughput in a hospital case secnario
then maxim maximin and seasonal variation
then flexibudget
also demand and price equation also theory of sales mix contr variance

I can't get well on throughput and flexible...Can I pass??I hope pass mark...

very easy

very difficult....i can do question 5 only

what came up guyz?

finish all 5 questions but lots of doubts...Hopefully it's a pass for me, overall questions are tough.

not one of my best exam yet

i couldnt do 4a and Q5. Q 4a was 10 marks and it was about balance score card i think. and q 5 was about throughput. everything else was a piece of cake. i hope i pass.

I want to admit that the exam was difficult

Totally messed up on throughput and flexed budget. No idea wot to do on flexed budget. Depressed like crazy

Question 5 I thought was awful....

really difficult... i just know i have failed this one :(

What were we suppose to do on the flexed budget question? The paper was really hard!!

It was not tough for me :'(! i was sick yesterday! i was in bad condition!!!!!!!
i only attempted 48 marks question!!!!! i knew the whole paper except for (90% of question 4)
:'(! i am just not feeling happy!!!!!!!!
My mind was not working properly!!!!! so it was insufficient time for me!

usually I just can do well in calculation and scary the theory question? however, this time is opposite, I lost many point in calculation part.

All the questions in this paper were soooo tough!!!!!Atleast one question should have been easy

Question 5 (b) & (c) was hard for me (didn't revise throughput that well, just learnt formulas)

Otherwise, the paper was OK. Hopefully, will get 50+

im sure ill scrape it but it was hard especially question 1 and 2 just could not get my teeth into them

On Q5, they could have let us calculate the throughput but they ended up doing so much and I got more confused than ever.....
Q4, not sure why. Examiner estressed about all new additions for this years paper and we didn't have any. Such as EMA, lifecycle.... Let's wait and see
Good luck all....

It is hard for me , I did not prepare the well .and I dislike this examiner . I do not think I can pass

the examiner I think is getting a name for herself as Mrs unpredictable! No CVP and no Environmental Accounting, which were widely tipped. The questions asked covered most aspects of the course, it really is an exam that you have to know all aspects to get a good grasp. Exam questions were hard but fair, was surprised to see Risk & Uncertainty and Demand/Price optimization in 2 separate questions,.

Does somebody remember the marks for each point?

one of the most difficult exam of life.......it was like a nightmare ....

@louisewareing said:
really difficult... i just know i have failed this one :(

@cassiopeia said:
Question 5 (b) & (c) was hard for me (didn't revise throughput that well, just learnt formulas)

Otherwise, the paper was OK. Hopefully, will get 50+

@prakasam said:
very easy

You found it easy? When you get your results slip, please post proof of your high mark here for us. We'll then all come to you with questions.

That was a hard paper.

If any one found this exam easy I think they are supper clever I found it was really hard only one 2 questions they give you information to work with . question 1 they hardly give you any information but maybe I'm stupid one here .from aat to acca very big jump

Paper was very difficult....written bits were quite easy....the calculations were disastrous....i dont think i would be able to pass just on written bits and some calculations....still lets hope for the best....

The paper was okay, though time pressure had it's place.

Like someone mentioned above, intrestingly topics that were mostly expected , didn't show up :) And those that are usually not studied in depth were examined in many questions : like pricing ..i have a feeling , pricing was everywhere :D

Quite fair and independant discussional bits , this is the only thing i hope for :))
As for calculations, won't make any conclusions now, let's wait for results :)