Paper F5 Dec 2010 exam was

guys

I think Iron is an intelligent examiner, look at those questions! I give kudos to her. I dont think those questions are out of this world, the problem is just that we are not always well prepared most of the time. Dont worry we will pass. congratulations.

im anxious about the final results..

@ovaiskhan
total time required for production was 2475 hours((650*1.5)+(750*2))
labour hour available were 2200,so 275 were gonna used by temporary labour….but as temp labour took twice as long as permanent labour they must have taken 550 hours(275*2)

so rate var = 550*(18-14)=2200
and eff var = 14*(550-275)=3850.
total var 6050…

Paper was OK , its student mistake who didnot prepare for Linear Programming.

Labour Variances was complicated, students didn’t have time to think in paper.

mine was x=828.57

@zizoza said:
Very easy ppr l=2000 c=600

It was easy for some. Your results are not correct. The correct answers are with 2 decimals..numbers

it was the most easy paper of my life.

Was surprised how nice this paper was!!

tut tut to students who did not cover labour rate variance – this is basic and marked very harshly for wrong answers so i am told, happy that all my variances came back to what they had set!!

The public organisation thing threw me a bit but i assumed that means government haha and went with that, rest of that question was easy marks though!!

altogether i would say an easy paper, a shame i learnt the much harder stuff, but i am definately not complaining.

I liked both this paper and F6 (lots of complaints about that one – i found it quite nice) i think these papers were extremely relevant to the kind of scenarios we will face within the workplace and tested the knowledge in a way that requires you to understand what you are doing, not just how to copy a proforma from a text book 🙂

to be completely honest…even though i herd that this paper was hard…i found it very easy and loved the practical application (even though at first i did not like it). I studied the syllabus throughout…went in to the exams hoping for a 100-98% pass.

I open the paper and thought it was a GIVE AWAY-WHICH IT WAS!!!!!!!!!!! however i made some of the most stupidest mistakes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

ABC and BUDGETING was very easy

I made a disaster of the linear programming question (the easiest ans my favorite question))-the entire thing-now that i look back-i could have done it and gained all 20marks however sadly i didn’t (so mad at my self right now)

for Q2 time was against me and i did not get to properly write what i thought-i rushed it.

Q1 was very easy…however i though the 7MKS on variance should not have been there….even though i knew now i could have done it…15 minutes was left in the exam and i panic!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Now……even after severely beating my self up!!!!!!!!! i thought i would rather FAIL than pass by a mere 50-60% (some people will think that i am crazy).

If i pass thats ok…i’ll accept and learn from my mistakes!!!!!! if i fail i will be disappointed but will ensure if i write F5 in 2011 i will pass with 90 and up %.

TO ALL U PEOPLE WHO THOUGHT THE PAPER WAS HARD!!!- ann irons wrote and entire articles on budgeting in the private and public sector in sep. 2010 student accountant- the entire question 5 was based on this!!!

MY BIGGEST MISTAKE IN F4 and F5 was that i misread the paper?

HOWEVER, the questions were time consuming.

I NOW want a pass!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! will do better next time!!!!

@bridmw said:
You’re told that anything on the syllabus can be examined in the exam and you choose to second guess the examiner that’s just plain STUPID.

how many papers have u seen where q are repeated from last session? Rarely. So I do not appreciate being called stupid by an ashole who
will fail f5 u bloodclot

WOW

@rajad2010 said:
how many papers have u seen where q are repeated from last session? Rarely. So I do not appreciate being called stupid by an ashole who will fail this, u
Kuntface

@rajad2010 said:
watch ur mouth u piece of sh1t
moron

You really are a piece of work. Do you realise this is a professional forum and do you think your outbursts are appropriate? Or perhaps you’re just trying to prove your incredible intelligence.

I won’t fail any of the four exams I took this session because I prepared fully and entered the exam hall expecting that any item from the syllabus could appear on the paper.

And by the way in the CFA program exam topics quite often repeat from year to year.

rajad 2010 – You really need to work on your reading skills. I said (and would continue to say) that attempting to second guess the examiner is stupid.

Your insults and outbursts are inappropriate for a professionally oriented forum, and I would hope for your sake that you know how to behave more appropriately IRL or else I think you will have serious problems achieving success in this or any other profession.