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by untill90 untill90 untill90 untill90 Wed Oct 26, 2011 10:30 am
This presentation intends to provide guidance to students on exam techniques relevant to the ACCA Exams.
As you prepare for your exams it is important to have a structured study plan. For every paper that you are taking you should
develop a time table clearly allocating time to studying the study text, doing practice questions from different sources including
revision kit, checking the questions and analysing the mistakes. You must also take time out for relaxation.
As you prepare for your exams, there are number of resources available to assist you in your exam preparation. These include
resources that are available on the ACCA website. These include syllabus, study guides, examinable documents, examiners
interviews, examiners approach articles in different issues of Student Accountant, examiners comments in Student Accountant
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,articles in Student Accountant, pilot paper and past exam papers. All these resources would facilitate effectual exam
preparation. Other resources including study text and revision kits are also useful resources.
Critical to exam success is practice. The more you practice, the more confident you are in the exam hall. Practice makes you
perfect. Practicing number crunching questions is essential but equally essential is practice of questions involving analysis of
information, scenario based questions or theoretical questions. Practice writing memos and reports.
Critical review of examiners comments would benefit students. Examiners have clearly outlined poor handwriting, irrelevant
answer and ineffective question planning as reasons for students not doing well in the exams.
So what kind of exam technique you should try to adopt in the exam hall.
You should aim try to Impress and thus excel that is where:
I stands for Instructions
M stands for Manage Time
P stands for Presentation
R stands for Relevance
E stands for Easy Marks
S stands for Survival
S stands for Success
INSTRUCTIONS INSTRUCTIONS INSTRUCTIONS INSTRUCTIONS
Arrive at the right place at the right time.
Read instructions carefully; how many questions are to be attempted; how long do you have?
Read the requirements for each question carefully; underline key words; look for the verb in the requirement more on this
under intellectual levels shortly.
MANAGE TIME MANAGE TIME MANAGE TIME MANAGE TIME
Allocate the correct time to each question and requirement. Attempt all parts of the question. Stick to the time allocation. Look
at how many marks are available for each question.
All 3 hour papers now have an additional 15 mins Reading and Planning Time.
During this time, students may only write or make notes on the question paper.
To use this additional 15 minutes most effectively:
carefully read and understand all question requirements, making an informed choice about which optional questions to attempt
where applicable
read through and highlight relevant information and financial data, noting why it is included
take note of the marks awarded for each question and the allocation of marks between different requirements within a question
start to plan your answers, particularly for discursive questions
think about the order in which to attempt questions
make preliminary calculations.
PRESENTATION PRESENTATION PRESENTATION PRESENTATION
Plan your answer.
Format and layout is important. The answer should be properly structured with headings, sentences, paragraphs and bullets.
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RELEVANCE RELEVANCE RELEVANCE RELEVANCE
Students tend to spot question and not give a relevant answer. It is vitally important that the question asked is answered rather
that what you know. If the question asks about outlining the effectiveness of internal controls of an organisation, students
should not write what they know about internal controls but should use the information in the question to appropriately answer
the question. Read the requirement at least twice Dont just write down everything you know about a topic Dont forget
Professional Marks where available.
EASY MARKS EASY MARKS EASY MARKS EASY MARKS
Go for easy marks first. Look at what marks are available for each question/part of question. Have a plan to attempt the paper.
There are students who prefer numerical questions and then there are students who prefer discursive questions. Whatever
your plan is, do complete the paper. All the questions should be attempted.
SURVIVAL SURVIVAL SURVIVAL SURVIVAL
Dont Panic !!!
Keep going . Move on
SUCCESS SUCCESS SUCCESS SUCCESS
Revision be prepared for the exams. Question practice and mock exams dont let the real exam be the first exam!
You must work hard and do your best in the exam with the confidence that youll get through.
Best of luck!
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