PM*** September 2025 ACCA PM exam – Instant Poll and comments ***

It wasn’t bad I got the question with expected values and ROI/RI

It wasn’t bad I got the question with expected values and ROI/RI

I got variances and performance measurement in section C I was fully prepared for variances but messed it up in calculation of fixed costs !

I got Balance scorecard and CVP in section C. I was so confident on CVP, but just messed up with the overheads allocation, I feel so frustrated. And an ABC question on Section B (related to weeks courses etc) made me spent some time. Anyway, good luck to us!

I got the Abc in sec B too, do you remember the answers ?

How do you mean messed up with overheads calculation? Was that the question with calculating the margin of safety?

No, i was really bad on that one.

For the C/S calculation, I included the overheads allocation (based on machine hours) in the calculation for contribution. If I'm not wrong my C/S ratio was 0.41698... something. But I think I should not included and should consider it as fixed costs only. Have no idea now, because I don't remember more info.

The expected values questions for part b and c seemed very similar was slightly confusing

The expected values questions for part b and c seemed very similar was slightly confusing

Yes!! I thought the same thing too The expected value in Sec C were almost identical, I was so confused with the wordings Felt like I was almost repeating the calculations

i got the expected value in section C question and by then already don't have time. Section A was ok and be is moderate. i felt like the exam questions are covering some areas more than others. i was expecting variance analysis in section B/C but it did not come

I agreed. I was liked why are they asking the same thing?!

The theory was horrible in CVP

i got the performance measurement in section C and sales variances as well. Overall thought the exam was quite straightforward and was also surprised that the breadth of coverage was quite low. Also surprised to see lifecycle costing and ABC in section B. Anyone here study using the BPP exam kit? I felt like the questions in the kit were really nasty compared to what came up in the exam

I dont rmbr the answers but the question was really tricky for no reason lol. Once every 2 weeks and x weeks per course then the last question asked for the cost for one course etc...

Hi it looks like we had the similar paper. indeed i succeeded im past papers but on this exam i struggled. Firstly on the cost drivers with weekly lessons, i got it a bit right that we should calculate the lessons per weeks (52) but couldnt reach to a normal result. Then was the decision tree also weird, no variances at all, no learning curve, one exersise with bottleneck and soaps and hand creams yes i messed up. so dissapointed.

So you multiply the weekly number by the other number to get the total number of drivers

Is like you and I had the same paper.

i preapred everything, except rolling budget and npo!!! why i got them in section c??? too difficult~ i dont have other performance topic, neither variance analysis.

I also got the Expected Values question, and the wording was terrible. My understanding, was that the first part asked for all profit outcomes (just the merchandise expected value calculated for the merch sales figure). Therefore, no expected value of total profit needed. Then the second part asked for the expected value, which felt abit too easy of a calculation for a 5 marker? Then part c, with calculating the probability of making a profit below £200k, I used the percentages between 8000 sales and 10,000 sales to work out a probabiltiy - but was very confused here. Don't remember ever doing a calculation like that in my study.