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F8 experience

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  • This topic has 5 replies, 6 voices, and was last updated 12 years ago by ursali.
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  • January 21, 2013 at 6:59 pm #114207
    qasimrauf
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    Why mostly student stuck in F8 paper?
    Why do mostly student could not manage to pass F8 in first attempt ?
    Major reasons to fail F8 are?

    January 21, 2013 at 7:08 pm #114209
    Anonymous
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    lack of study,

    January 21, 2013 at 8:50 pm #114212
    danielglover
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    Good question.

    F8 is about analyses and applying controls and responses to a scenario. My theory is that many students just learn rules and do not know how to apply them. F8 questions are completely discursive: in papers that are 50% calculation and 50% discursive, it is shown that students get good marks on calculation rather than for discussion, albeit the discursive part being easier.

    F8 is easy for someone who understands why the auditor does what he does, and not simply because he just does it!

    January 23, 2013 at 6:00 am #114268
    Anonymous
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    lack of exam technique
    inadequate preparation
    failure to comprehend requirements of the question
    poor academic background, acca is suited to bright students only

    January 23, 2013 at 10:49 am #114280
    Vipin
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    f5, f9 is more of formulae and theory.
    f6,f7 is more of accounting
    f8 is more of procedures.
    procedures depend on the scenario, some procedures we need to memorize, some we need to think of ourselves.
    it takes some practice to get good idea of the subject.

    January 27, 2013 at 11:03 pm #114412
    ursali
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    F8 paper is very practical & majority of the students dont have any audit firm experience ….

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