ACCA is not that difficult to pass but its not simple to score only.
I will breakdown 4 ways of exam to you :

Basic knowledge : This area you can memorise & practice with ease & tricky area won't occur. Questions will be straight forward & direct.
CAT is almost 90% basic knowledge with 10% application.

Application : This is when you must react to the case scenario given. They will give you a case study & you need to react based on that question. If you give the right contents but irrelevant to case then get 0. In part 2 it will be 30% application & 70% basic knowledge & theory.

Theory means a specific model or framework which is universally accepted. Very few theory in part 2 but may be applicable in some like PM.

Practical : This means it will require your general knowledge. This will be the favourite area in part 3. For core papers this is where you need to have good knowledge & experience if you cannot memorise eveything.

Optional level should be strictly case scenario since very qs have different code. Have to prepare at least 3 presentations like Memo, letter, report, speech, notes.....etc.

I thin you should be worried about ACCA after finishing CAT . I have the same problem when I start my CAT when all my seniors scare us with stories about advance level but most of the time they are exaggerating it or simply bcos they are not ........ .

on the verge of breaking down right after F5 finish

Thanks you gave me a more precise idea about the exam. helps a lot.

But I'm still worry.. will try my best though

This post has been edited by Soulgirlx: Jun 8 2009, 09:37 PM

Time to fun liao buddy ~ dont think about it.

F5 was killer

for first question, i spent 25 minutes to read it, and still can't do it, but eventually i tried some luck and common sense and got it right, but couldnt explain it well.

Made some silly mistake in the relevant cost question, as for the discount, I forgot that annual purchase, have to include daily sales, I only included Sunday sales. So discount wrong, bonus also wrong as it is a percentage of net profit.

Btw, the relevant cost question, have to explain anot, sunk cost, etc?

yesh , enjoy the 3 weeks , althought its know that one failed a paper ( yes , its me ... T_T ) , but who cares.... LIFE GOES ON

good luck to those who have other papers to go !!!!!

Yes, life goes on. Dont stop. Be strong and chase after what you desire.

learn from mistake ,prepared everyday,consistency
this is what lesson i learned

Haha for sure you'll never go wrong having that kind of thinking. +1

yup i'm in group 3 =)

can't use blue pen in answer script??!! i wrote pages n pages with my blue pen only!

I can safely say the pass rates for this F5 should be one of the lowest again.

yaya.. agree... totally agree...

But when go to option module in professional level, P5 is a easier and higher passing rate.

Hey, for f5 1st question, what TPAR u guys got for product a and b? i got both >1, but two of my friends got below 1.

I get <1 too

aiyo, then i think i screwed that lar....btw, the cost/factory hr is the 1.8mil+2.25mil/225khours?

1.8 is the VOH while FOH is 2.25m?

i think i did wrongly, as in lower part it says assume product c is really <1 ... so there might be other product which has TPAR >1

aiyo its over liao..dont think about it ad...

Erm, TPAR, assume all but material cost to be fixed.

So ya, the conversion cost is 18 million, I dont think its 1.8 million + 2.25million , then divide by 225khours.

Product A and B should get TPAR above 1, C is less than 1, 0.7 I think

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Added on June 9, 2009, 9:01 amThat only applies to papers on 2mr onwards, 2mr they will be the test rat for the on screen marking

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Added on June 9, 2009, 9:03 amActually don't have to worry, you should thank the examiner for splitting question 1 into a and b. By doing that, if you identified the wrong bottleneck in a and based on that, work out your TPAR in b, you will still get the full 6 marks. Lose only 3 marks at a

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Added on June 9, 2009, 9:06 amMy lecturer attended the F5 seminar by Geoff Cordwell, she said, Geoff kena taruk kaw kaw by other lecturers, one of them told him "The gap from F5 to P5 is so small, if a student can pass F5, you just have to teach him a little more and he can pass P5" LOL

This post has been edited by karhoe: Jun 9 2009, 09:06 AM

So I have decided to take three papers for my upcoming ACCA exam. Which paper should I take from F6-F9? Someone suggested me to take F6, F7 and F9 together because F8 and P1 is related and so I could take F8 and P1 together. Anymore suggestions?

I heard from my lecturer that the on screen marking is only implemented in the year 2010 so really next time can't use blue pen??