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how to apply the knowledge to exam questions

Forums › Ask ACCA Tutor Forums › Ask the Tutor ACCA SBL Exams › how to apply the knowledge to exam questions

  • This topic has 1 reply, 2 voices, and was last updated 6 years ago by Ken Garrett.
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  • June 24, 2019 at 9:30 pm #521243
    amysnowy
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    Dear Tutor

    I am self- studying SBL and plan to sit Sep 2019 exam. At this stage, I found the theories in SBL are not difficult to understand, but I found it’s so difficult to apply the knowledge to exam questions. It seems broad reading also important and I heard newspapers and magazines(financial times or the economics) are helpful to develop commercial acumen which would be tested in the exam.

    I understand the skill of understanding and integrating information from newspapers or articles cannot be achieved just in one or two months.

    how can I improve my skills to understand exam questions? knowing what the question requires?

    should I read more newspapers or should I focus on past exam questions?

    would it be helpful by also reading the old syllabus P1&P3 past papers? I have looked a few past papers and it looks including case study too. if it helps, would it be most recent past papers helpful?

    how should I improve my exam skills, such as time management in a short period?

    many thanks

    June 25, 2019 at 8:38 am #521269
    Ken Garrett
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    Do not read more newspapers. Focus on exam questions. Exams are developed about 12 months in advan e so will not refer to very recent world events. Questions are stand alone so will hold all the information you need.

    I suggest you stay away from old unadapted P1 and P3 questions, and would suggest you buy a revision kit from, say, BPP.

    Concentrate on questions.

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