AAT Level 4 Synoptic Exam

unicorn1905

@Vilma what is an analytical method?

Vilma

SWOT analysis, Cost - benefit analysis, Assessing the benefits (no cost involved), Cost saving analysis - When you assess if the proposed change is worthful

Vilma

net present value and internal rate of return - other methods

unicorn1905

@Vilma thank you

unicorn1905

@Vilma something I need to revise then....

Vilma

I have used Osborne books. Now I am using the Kaplan too.

unicorn1905

@Vilma I have Osborne books so need to find it in there.

Vilma

page 139 Osborne Acounting Systems and Control.

Nicola22

Has anybody noticed that the new AAT mocks on the website do not match the published answers?
It looks like the answers have been updated but the mocks are still the old ones

Kelly87

On the mocks for section 3 they give you 5 weakness to find . 3 marks max for each question.
Works out 15 marks.
In my two actual exams only had to find 3 weaknesses but can't remember if the question was for 15 marks? If so if it's only 3 max marks which would give only 9?

unicorn1905

@Nicola22 I had this problem. Spoke with Aat and needed to clear the cache and history on computer and it then worked properly. Try this or use a browser that you haven't previously used for aat assessment practice.

Nicola22

@unicorn1905 It worked in a different browser. How strange! Thanks for letting me know

marialucas

When do you guys have the assessment? Mine is next Monday at 6pm.. !

Nicola22

Mine is this Monday at 9:30! Not sure to expect this time around

unicorn1905

Wednesday @ 530

marialucas

Okay, I will post how it went . Fingers crossed

Lindi

Good luck guys - thinking of you. Let us know how you got on and I know time is tight but don't make the mistake I made, if a question seem too vague or ambiguous note it to the examiner or put a note on the answer that question was vague. Mine were all vague and though I tried to elaborate my answers clearly I did not answer the questions in the manner they expected. I should have just said something rather than guessing what they want. Even, perhaps I should ask the invigilator to re-iterate the question in a different manner to see if I get better identify what the monkeys they want. Good Luck

jfrecker

Have I missed something but when I looked on the practice examples today online task 1 has now got 20% or 20 marks available and task 2 and 4 which previously had 20 marks available now only have 15 marks which would help all students as task 2 and 4 are normally low scoring

AlisonSwanson

5 marks have been deducted from task 4 and added on to task 1 for the September 2017 Sitting.

Task 2 was always 15 marks..

steady88

jfrecker said:

Have I missed something but when I looked on the practice examples today online task 1 has now got 20% or 20 marks available and task 2 and 4 which previously had 20 marks available now only have 15 marks which would help all students as task 2 and 4 are normally low scoring

Good point, I hadn't spotted that. If that is the case, gaining up to an extra 5 marks for Q1 may help more students pass

AlisonSwanson

It might have helped a lot of the students who scored 68% or 69% on their first attempts as well !!

jfrecker

Task 1 was previously only worth 10 marks and now is worth 20 so we must have 10 points removed from other tasks

AlisonSwanson

Task 1 was previously worth 15 marks as per the AAT on-line practice assessments.
Some publishers did not follow this mark scheme in their own practice assessments.

jfrecker

Okay that explains it so hopefully better for everyone as potentially you could loose 5 marks less and gain 5 marks more which might mean more passes goood luck for next week everyone

unicorn1905

I didn't notice this, it has definitely given me some more hope for next week!

Lindi

Hmmm... apparently I did rubbish in task 1. Think I'll revisit my L2 and L3 coursework.

Lindi

"Task 1
This task was answered quite well, achieving reasonable marks. You answered incorrectly the parts regarding: actions, posting to suspense, reappointment of auditors and detection of errors."

Vilma

I am reading Colin Drury - Management and cost accounting – and I am finding the answer of how to manage most of the task of the synoptic exam. My humble opinion is that synoptic tasks require knowledge that haven’t been included in the whole course. AAT should redesign the previous exam material and then make an exam as the synoptic. It is just an opinion.

Multiplicator

eek ! I read a bit of Colin Drury for level 3 = and found it useful for the costing module. Yes I know this makes me a nerd. didnt help in the synoptic tho'. and yes I agree that AAT are testing things in the synoptic which were not covered in the modules and then insisting their system is meant to work like that

there is another thread asking why a college has stopped teaching AAT - blimey it is obvious isnt it ?
I cant say I can give AAT 10/10 for anything - or as they might say - "a lot of the questions they have been asked have been answered slowly and incompletely"

Lindi

@Vilma - which edition are you reading and does it matter if I got edition 7? Also I need some help, I've always printed off any helpful study texts found online on subjects I thought might help me with exams but failing the synoptic has reeeeeally knocked my confidence and made me reflect a LOT more on how I study. Has anyone got any tips for studying from text books? For instance if I get this Colin Drury book, what is the most effective way to extract information from it? Do I continue with my dictaphone making verbal notes and drawing flow/braincharts in colourful sections or is there a better way? Thanks to anyone who can share their ideas.