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@pauljaco said:
So getting 47% in my first attempt who is in for MArch?Any tips?
How did you get that figure?
@emmaph said:
I’m studying for March 2016 too.I started again yesterday ….and forgot how boring it was
Yep boring as hell. I intend just going through the past questions from January until the exams in March. I just hope I can keep my nerve and pass it.
Students found September 2015 to be lengthy. Further, they found question 5 to be difficult. Let me tell you; F8 is neither boring nor difficult. It is simply a different exam than the rest of the exams at the Fundamentals level. It is intended to develop skills as auditors rather than simple accountants. To be a good auditor you first have to have a grip on accounting but that is not enough. You cannot rote learn for this exam. What you need to do get a strong grip on the concepts and you will pass easily.
Students think that if they solve enough past exam papers or learn a certain number of pages from study text(s); they would pass. This is not the case for F8. As it is an exam oriented towards practical scenarios; it gives the examiner ample of margin. So if you focus on past cases only; you would put yourself at risk.
I have seen students passing with little but focused study pattern and I have seen students failing after months of practice. F8 is all about your grip on the concepts and your approach to the exam.
@saadiriaz said:
Students found September 2015 to be lengthy. Further, they found question 5 to be difficult. Let me tell you; F8 is neither boring nor difficult. It is simply a different exam than the rest of the exams at the Fundamentals level. It is intended to develop skills as auditors rather than simple accountants. To be a good auditor you first have to have a grip on accounting but that is not enough. You cannot rote learn for this exam. What you need to do get a strong grip on the concepts and you will pass easily.Students think that if they solve enough past exam papers or learn a certain number of pages from study text(s); they would pass. This is not the case for F8. As it is an exam oriented towards practical scenarios; it gives the examiner ample of margin. So if you focus on past cases only; you would put yourself at risk.
I have seen students passing with little but focused study pattern and I have seen students failing after months of practice. F8 is all about your grip on the concepts and your approach to the exam.
I, find practicing past question helps in time management and also how to to understand the questions being asked. I have covered the syllabus and going through it again. Lucky for me, I’m currently involved in my company’s audit process. Getting some hands on experience too.
I am also in.
Can you please advise on the approach with F8 studies?
As this is mostly theoretical driven exam, I was thinking that first I need to go through theoretical material and only then start practice questions. But this approach takes too much time.
So what can be more effective?
@cjeffers said:
I have just started studying for the March exam.I am planning to start this next week, any advice on how you are going to approach this?
perhaps ,will re-do the paper the f8,do not felt confident about the December exams .please contact me we can revise together
IT is better to be exams focus,that is practice the core areas only:
Audit Risk
What recommendation/Threat/identify deficiencies etc….Hi guys,
First attempt at F8 in March, was wondering if anyone could give me a brief synopsis as to the main chapters to cover and how best to approach studying for the exam. If you could help us it would be greatly appreciated.
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