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Can i pass the PM exam doing self study?pls Give me some tips about studying method
Yes, you can pass any ACCA exam self studying. I passed all the exams self studying.
The key is to practice lots of questions. Learn the material using OT lectures and notes (or a Kaplan/BPP textbook if you have one, but this is not essential), and then purchase a Kaplan or BPP exam kit and practice every question in there. As the exam approaches do some timed mock exams, and make sure you understand how the CBE software works.
what is BPP textbook?
I have failed my June exam and need to retake in September. Currently I take FR and AA at the same time. I think I am stressed. Please help!!@cyen said:
what is BPP textbook?
I have failed my June exam and need to retake in September. Currently I take FR and AA at the same time. I think I am stressed. Please help!!BPP and Kaplan are learning providers who produce books for ACCA study. They produce 2 books for each exam: the textbook, which contains the knowledge needed to pass, and the exam kit, which contains questions to practice.
The notes and lectures on this site can be used instead of a textbook, and many prefer the notes and lectures as the textbooks are quite long and sometimes contain too much detail. It takes a long time to read through them fully, whereas the OpenTuition notes and lectures are more focused. Personally I mostly used Kaplan textbooks, because my employer paid for my studies. However if I was paying for it myself, I would have used OpenTuition notes and lectures for sure.
The exam kit however, is considered an essential purchase for each exam as question practice is vital. The exam kit contains many questions for you to practice, and the learning providers will use real questions from old exams but update them so they are relevant to the current syllabus, as well as creating their own questions. There are some practice questions available on this site, as well as past papers from ACCA, but there is no substitute for the exam kit.
You say you failed your June exam – did you practice many questions? Did you have an exam kit?
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Can i pass the PM exam doing self study?pls Give me some tips about studying methodYou can pass any ACCA paper by self-studying. The key is coming up with a schedule and sticking to it (for example, I currently self-study for this paper as well and I study for it 5 times a week for about 3-4 hours after work). My law is: no finished chapter so far? No sleep then until its done.
I usually allocate 1 month to finish the study text and an additional 20-25 days to finish the revision kit (the BPP revision kit mentioned above). The remaining days I revise any weak areas or redo the MCQs in the revision kit. Lastly, I just check how the CBE version of the exam looks like on ACCAs website (how the questions are structured, etc). In addition, all the section C questions that I encounter in the revision kit, I solve ONLY in Excel as in the UK we have to sit the CBE version. It really helps cause you can greatly increase your writing speed in the actual exam. So, if you are required to sit for a CBE in your country, I would advise that you practice the section C questions in excel and not on paper.
Lastly, I am not sure how I can advise on the final mock exam. Some people tend to attempt 1-2 mock exams under timed conditions while other people don’t (including myself). It really is a matter a preference here.
Best of luck mate!
Thanks a lot mate.I did not ask the question but i have a habit of reading questions posed by my mates and learning from them.I have learned one thing which i think i have not been practicing the area of practicing all section C questions on Excel or Word.Thanks i will include this in one of my strategies.
Thanks again@viollet said:
Thanks a lot mate.I did not ask the question but i have a habit of reading questions posed by my mates and learning from them.I have learned one thing which i think i have not been practicing the area of practicing all section C questions on Excel or Word.Thanks i will include this in one of my strategies.
Thanks againNo worries mate. One final note on that; it is very common for most of Section C questions to be split in 2 and the second part asking you to comment on the findings or mention pros and cons or something like that.
In such cases, when you reach that question on the CBE (say…Q32b in the live exam), the answer sheet will change and give you a text space instead of a spreadsheet. To tackle this best, during your revision you can use excel to draw a “text box” on top of the cells and you can drag it anywhere you want and write in it.
That way its almost 100% simulation. (open Excel, go to the Insert tab, and it should be on the far right). With that way, you don’t have to use Word (unless of course, you are sitting AA in which case I strongly recommend Word over Excel).
Best of luck!
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