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*** F8 December 2014 Exam was.. Instant Poll and comments ***

Forums › ACCA Forums › ACCA AA Audit and Assurance Forums › *** F8 December 2014 Exam was.. Instant Poll and comments ***

  • This topic has 308 replies, 78 voices, and was last updated 10 years ago by Sam123456789.
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  • December 4, 2014 at 5:35 pm #217559
    abbas7796
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    yes that was the second one. i put recommendation as system should be amended and customer as they were only 4 should have their master files stored on the system with prices stored as well. don’t know whether or not that is correct.

    December 4, 2014 at 5:36 pm #217560
    Greggie
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    Looking at the poll responses as to the difficulty of a paper like this is misleading. Everyone seems comfortable with the answers they gave. Yet if you look at the pass rates of previous papers, the examiner doesn’t quite concur. Thankfully the mcqs give a good opportunity for a pass.

    December 4, 2014 at 5:39 pm #217563
    Alex
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    I also remember that they only sent statements to the hotels and not trade payables/receivables, so I stated that they should do as they were not performing reconciliations until year end, and therefore more likely to incur bad debts/dispute of invoices

    December 4, 2014 at 5:42 pm #217564
    Greggie
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    Good point well made

    December 4, 2014 at 5:49 pm #217570
    Alex
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    In terms of the valuation I was a bit unsure of my answers –

    Substantive tests I put the auditor should inspect fixed asset register and compare to physical assets for existence.

    Then compare physical assets held to fixed asset register for completeness.

    I remember one of the mcq question asking about substantive test for existence so assumed I would be ok with these two answers. However I know they are assertions? So are they valid tests?

    December 4, 2014 at 5:49 pm #217571
    megand
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    Please does anyone remember what the last question 6 comprised? I dont think I answered all of this and am really worried!!

    December 4, 2014 at 5:57 pm #217577
    unag
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    I too am worried – very long paper and I have learned there were 6 questions in section b and not 5 – I only answered 5 🙁

    Does anyone know if last question was a 20 marker?

    December 4, 2014 at 6:00 pm #217579
    Clare
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    There were the 12 MCQ’s in Section A, and 6 Questions in Section B. Question 6 was worth 20 marks. It was on the back page of the question booklet 🙁

    December 4, 2014 at 6:05 pm #217581
    Z
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    Guys most of my mcqs were option B. Did anyone get lots of Bs? I think I got one D n that was number 12.

    I was short on time as well. Think I left five six marks.

    December 4, 2014 at 6:09 pm #217582
    Martyn
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    I feel a little bit better reading what you guys have put but also there are a couple of aspects i thought damn wish i just included that in my answer but with the time pressure……what did you all put for question 6?

    December 4, 2014 at 6:11 pm #217583
    Osama
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    @maven232 said:
    Guys most of my mcqs were option B. Did anyone get lots of Bs? I think I got one D n that was number 12.

    I was short on time as well. Think I left five six marks.

    Majority of my answers in mcq’s were either b or c

    December 4, 2014 at 6:30 pm #217587
    Anonymous
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    Reducing cost

    December 4, 2014 at 6:33 pm #217593
    Anonymous
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    The question was benefit of not outsourcing…it was cost reduction

    December 4, 2014 at 6:41 pm #217598
    Ahmed Bashir Chaudhry
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    the answer to my mcqs were 4 A, 4 B, 3 C nd 1 D!!
    overall it was a pretty lenghty paper, idk how people are saying it was easy, not for me!!

    December 4, 2014 at 6:45 pm #217600
    xlnc123
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    Overall I found the exam very easy. (Finished 30 mins before the exam was over) If you learnt all the past papers dated back from 2009, you would realise the paper we sat today, all existed in the previous papers. (Even the sub procedures for WIP etc)

    MCQ were straight forward and easy bar two. The one about the disadvantage of the questionairr.

    What did you guys put down?

    December 4, 2014 at 6:56 pm #217608
    Anonymous
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    Irrelevant controls, that was the answer for ICEQs/ICQs

    December 4, 2014 at 7:05 pm #217610
    Anonymous
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    @kolkleen said:
    Irrelevant controls, that was the answer for ICEQs/ICQs

    no, that was missing important controls

    December 4, 2014 at 7:06 pm #217612
    Anonymous
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    The answer to what’s NOT the benefit of outsourcing was that it’s ALWAYS the cheaper option. always was the key word here as it’s not always the case

    December 4, 2014 at 7:07 pm #217613
    Anonymous
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    how do you think if the calculation of materiality was incorrect then the whole answer will not be marked?…..i applied wrong percentage

    December 4, 2014 at 7:12 pm #217617
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    @aichi said:
    no, that was missing important controls

    check bpp, disadvantage says irrelevant controls. Missing important controls should be for narrative notes

    December 4, 2014 at 7:19 pm #217623
    Anonymous
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    @kolkleen said:
    check bpp, disadvantage says irrelevant controls. Missing important controls should be for narrative notes

    in bpp revision kit , mock exam 2 , question 6, page 370, disadvantage-missing unusual controls 🙂

    December 4, 2014 at 7:23 pm #217626
    blessman1988
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    exam was ok

    December 4, 2014 at 7:24 pm #217627
    bbybilz
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    The paper was too bulky, Question 6?
    What was for revaluation of z land?
    Title deed?
    market value of z land?
    overstated?

    and how about the new warehouse?

    December 4, 2014 at 7:26 pm #217630
    Anonymous
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    @aichi said:
    in bpp revision kit , mock exam 2 , question 6, page 370, disadvantage-missing unusual controls 🙂

    Are you sure there was even such an option (unusual controls)? Not sure I remember seeing it though and bpp mentions both. So i guess its up to the examiner to decide then

    December 4, 2014 at 7:30 pm #217634
    Anonymous
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    @kolkleen said:
    Are you sure there was even such an option (unusual controls)? Not sure I remember seeing it though and bpp mentions both. So i guess its up to the examiner to decide then

    don’t know, maybe my answer is wrong

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