June ’10 Exams POLL – Paper F6 was … Post your comments here

TOUGHEST PAPER OF ALL TIMES

I am still trying to recover from the exam …really hoping for 50% the motor cars had me going

DAVID HARWARD PREPARED THE EXAME,THINKING THAT EVERY 1 PASS F6 VERY EASILY…….BUT NOT THIS TIME……LOLZ……..PAPER WAS VERY TOUGH

Was harder compared to last sitting i am hoping for 50.

@acltang72 said:
@owensn
Nope you still missed the point. Read my post carefully. It wasn’t the content i was talking about, it was the QUANTITY of the content.

I made a number of blunders in the first question but was able to spot them after having done the calculations, I also got extremely nervous when the paper started and wasted some time getting a hold of myself. But I was STILL able to complete the paper, the above posters remark of having done the paper 15mins earlier seem very reasonable to me as I would have been able to do that as well if not for the above reasons.

Q1 was long yes but it constituted 30% of the marks so you essentially have an hour for it. Q2 wasn’t as long as it was difficult and it shouldn’t take more than 45mins to do unless you don’t actually know how to do it.

Q4 and 5 were the real time gaining questions, theory actually takes a lot less time provided again that you actually know what to write and are at least somewhat comfortable in writing.

I had already started doing the adjustments of part A of Q1 during the reading time on the question paper, yes calculations don’t count on the question paper but copying hardly takes any time so I thought that was the best way to use up the reading time by just doing the question which had 30 marks.
I never agreed with the 1.8min per mark thing to determine how much time should be given to a question, I was frequently able to do the shorter past exam questions well before the time but mostly the 25 and 30 mark questions seemed too long to do within the time without making a blunder or 2. Q4 and 5 in other formats as well simply weren’t detailed enough for it to be necessary to read the question more than once.

If you are able to do the f6 pilot paper on time then I honestly don’t see how you can have problems with this papers length, it’s the last thing one can complain about in my opinion.

Oh there is a 25 mark question ENTIRELY on partnership in june 2006 and it is testing alot more of the partnership only rules than the question of this years paper.

Sorry people but those who are claiming to have done the entire revision kits were clearly doing something wrong…

@gambler747 said:
Oh there is a 25 mark question ENTIRELY on partnership in june 2006 and it is testing alot more of the partnership only rules than the question of this years paper.

Sorry people but those who are claiming to have done the entire revision kits were clearly doing something wrong…

i think there was no such technical area of partnership examined in paper.. we just had to distribute the profits (and we learned this in f3).. and the basis period was not to be calculated.. had the examiner given a question to calculate basis period in partnership, than we would have a tough time! but fortunately he dint!

@treace

I agree. More areas tested in the paper than any other past paper. And each question made as complex as possible. Everything tested is on the syllabus but they crammed in too much in 3 hours and 15 minutes 🙁 Paper resembled nothing of the kit, I can do most of the kit in my sleep

awful, it was something else, nothing like it, i dont think i can get over it. the level of preparation was nothing compared to wot i met. wot a day.

Yes it was tircky

the trding loss question was most awful..dividends from foreign shares and capital allowances..all were bad…whatwas to be done wid the purchase of the ventilation system?

@joannem said:
I found this exam difficult and extremely unfair, it was as if there had been a new examiner writing the paper!! I actually called ACCA today after coming across many forums, proving that I am not alone! As it was my first exam I thought it may have just been me, having lost the plot or something… I went into the exam feeling quite confident and came out with no confidence. I worked hard and covered the syllabus

ACCA said it is important that anyone who felt that the structure/layout/questions of the paper was unfair it is a good idea to make sure you enter your feedback on the questionnaire they have and to call them, they have asked me to email them (to the normail student email add) putting my concerns in writing! …and said if more people do this it may help! I will do this as feel it is unfair to have possibly wasted 6months of my time and hundreds of £’s.

I don’t think this is a case of finding someone to blame for not doing well, I really believe that the paper was unfair! …ahh rant over – for now!!

I do understand your frustration, but this is your first exam and when you have completed more and gained more experience you will get to know that ACCA do this with the exams all the time. It’s not that they are unfair, just that their exams are challenging.

Exam technique is a vital skill and ACCA know students will freak when they see the change of paper (I don’t really see it was THAT different). The trick with any exam is deep breath, get rid of the negative thoughts and gradually work your way through the question doing what you can and picking up as many marks as possible.

The reason the pass rate is 50% is exactly why the exams seem tough. They could make them easier but with a much higher pass mark but this vital skill of coping under pressure would be harder to test.

Hard questions – yes, but with a fair pass rate (50%)

What I would say is don’t get too down now. Experience also tells me that when I feel I’ve done really badly on a paper I often have done quite well. (7 exams now avg 69% and no fails) and I thought I’d failed a few.

Just wait till the results come out, you may be surprised. If you have revised hard and covered the sylabus you stand a good chance. Belive me, I never try to guess what i have got as a mark because I have been surprised in the past.

Good Luck