Acca f8
Glynis
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I don't care what people say but that exam was on the par to Decembers. question 4 was very difficult, not one part on after events issues which had been so called "tipped".
What will this achieve though other than shattered dreams:(
What will this achieve though other than shattered dreams:(
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I know a few people that have just finished their exams, do what they've done and get it the hell out of your head and enjoy the "summer".0
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If anybody is interested, the June 2011 F8 paper is now available on the website
http://www2.accaglobal.com/pubs/students/acca/exams/f8/past_papers/int/f8int_jun_2011_qu.pdf0 -
this might annoy some people, i don;t do audit and hav e no care to but i had a look at the paper and it looked pretty fair, i reckon even with my lack of knowledge i could i have got 30 marks on that.0
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this might annoy some people, i don;t do audit and hav e no care to but i had a look at the paper and it looked pretty fair, i reckon even with my lack of knowledge i could i have got 30 marks on that.
To be fair to people struggling with audit, I've got to say I found the exam harder than I expected. The papers appear mostly simple and common sense, but you have to use the auditor techniques and auditor speak which complicates matters.0 -
I would have thought there is where the issue comes in, thats where i would find it difficult to apply "audit Speak" to the paper. Other than that it seems to cover the Principles in a fair context. Didn't mean to offend.0
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I'm sure the 62% of people who sat the Dec 2010 Audit paper and failed will be really pleased to know that someone who has never studied the topic would find 30 easy marks on their re sit paper!0
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To be fair to people struggling with audit, I've got to say I found the exam harder than I expected. The papers appear mostly simple and common sense, but you have to use the auditor techniques and auditor speak which complicates matters.
What do you mean by "auditor speak" ? Surely if you answer the question correctly you can't be penalised for not saying it the right way, eg if you said "big things missing" instead of "significant omissions" they can't say that that's wrong. I can understand that saying "the accounts are correct" in an audit report instead of "true and fair" wouldn't get any marks as you're quoting direct text.
Using auditor techniques is surely what the whole exam is about so it's a bit unrealistic to complain that they expect you to do the very thing that they're testing you on. It's a bit like taking your driving test and then complaining that they expected you to drive a car.0 -
To be fair to people struggling with audit, I've got to say I found the exam harder than I expected. The papers appear mostly simple and common sense, but you have to use the auditor techniques and auditor speak which complicates matters.
I agree, I always thought that the auditing papers looked easier than some of the other ACCA exams, but once you try and attempt them, they can be quite difficult.
The main problem I found when studying was how easy it was to go off on a tangent and answer a completely different question to the one on the exam paper.0 -
What do you mean by "auditor speak" ? Surely if you answer the question correctly you can't be penalised for not saying it the right way, eg if you said "big things missing" instead of "significant omissions" they can't say that that's wrong. I can understand that saying "the accounts are correct" in an audit report instead of "true and fair" wouldn't get any marks as you're quoting direct text.
You gave an example of auditor speak, so not sure what to add
Ok, so not just the right words, but a combination of using the correct terms and explaing the correct techniques.0
