APM*** P5 June 2014 Exam was.. Instant Poll and comments ***

Honestly the vague requirements did not help in answering the questions. i was left uncertain as to whether the answers i had put out related to the question.

well, this time, there were no any models, like prism,pyramid,building blocks etc ..... why.......this time the examiner was unfair. but as for me i had read extensively, but i wonder why the examiner could not even set an easy question for the unprepared students. all questions were so hard.

they should lower the pass rate to 43% , if any one gets above that, then he/she could be considered as though she scored 50%

If you love maths like I do, take P4. I passed in all other subjects in one try but stuck at P5. I am a maths major. Did my degree in Mathematics and then completed MBA. Two years after MBA I thought of doing ACCA and started. Hopefully, I will pass in P5 this time. Scored 65 in P4 but got only 44 in P5 last time and only 41 previous time when I did it with P3 ( got 75 for P3) :)

really technical but hope we get the 50 mark

June 2012 53 49 48 37 35 42 32 December 2012 50 49 48 33 33 44 32 June 2013 49 49 51 34 31 45 31 December 2013 48 49 49 42 30 41 33 Compared to P6 and P7 combined pass rates the combined pass rated of P4 and P5 are much lower in the last four sittings. Why did I take P4 and P5?

If you just want to pass P papers, don't choose either of P4 or P5. Historically, you reduce your chance of passing as much as 20% if you choose 4 and 5 rather than 6 and 7. Would you take a chance? If you want to specialise in Finance and/or stock market related areas or management accounting you might want to keep trying P4 and P5 combination. I took P4 and P5 as I like the content of those areas.

p5 examiner needs to change his approach and attitude. The way he watns to test the knowledge which i feel he is examining doctor or pilot. From my point of view 50 to 60 percent students has the knowledge , skills and capabilites to pass the paper. Unfortunately his wrong approch and attitudes demotivated the students but ACCA will be happy because he is playing pivotal role to maximise the revenue for the organization. He should be rewarded by bonus.

Thank a lot for the great advice! Quite helpful :) Wishing everybody luck..

Yes indeed the questions are quite technical and i believe our Phd Holder Examiner expects only the highest form of professional thinking from us. It is like throwing us into the deep end and finding out if we could swim. The exams was really tricky not knowing what is expected ......

The model answers have now been posted on the ACCA website..oh boy!