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ACCA exam tips for F1,F2,F3,F4,F5,F6,F7,F8,F9,P1,P2,P3,P4,P5,P6,P7 are given below which can be useful to

be successful in your ACCA exams.Best of Luck ! The whole process can be divided into five parts given below:

1- Planning Part 2 -Studying Part 3 -Preparatio n Part 4- Practici ng Part 5- Perfor mance Part

ACCA Study Guide and Exam Tips - Planning Part

1. Planning: When you are going to entre in your next ACCA exams, first take your time and bent on planning

immediately and decide about which papers to start ,when ,where and how to start ! Also consider which study

text to be used and everything relevent to your papers immidiately , because the purpose is avoiding time wastage

. Specially , don't wait till the results of your previous exams if you will do so, it means you have already wasted 2

precious months of your current exam session.

When finally you have planned all the above mentioned things relevent to the exams , then fisrt of all calculate

quantity of your time you have got to organize for the exams then plan your expected daily basis work routine

including your wakeup time ,classes time , playing time , family commitments , sleeping time and so on. Finally try

and draft a timetable of above mentioned plannings of your daily basis rountine works supported by the quantity

of expected days and overall time you have got for every paper of your current ACCA exams.

But remember one thing about your timetable that is , your timetable should be realistic and attainable . if you have

set an Ideal timetable then you will always need your space while following your timetable and this will demotivate

you , so your timetable should be motivating and encouraging in terms of acheiveability of your routine works that

you have set in your timetable.

2. Info of Examinable Documents : "Work smarter than harder". You must have info about examinable

documents of your ACCA exams . These are introduced by ACCA examiners giving additional detail s about that

particular topic like as, intellectual level of a selected topic , the depth of knowledge needed and the way you have

to use your skills and knowledge practically in exams . For more details click here

But remember you should not rely totally on these examinlable documents only . You have to prepare the whole

study text and available material but more focus on examinable documents to imrove your skills to be successful in

your final exams .

3.Examiner's Approach Interview : These interviews are released on ACCA website regulalrly .Examiner's

Approach Interviews released at ACCA,s web site offer you first-hand insight into what examiners want in answers

provided by students in thir relevent exam papers. So this area requires more attention by students if they want

to perform well in their exams .Click below link to approach these interviews: Examiner Approach Interviews

4. ACCA Approve d Study Texts: In ACCA there are different publishers who provide learning contents for ACCA

students . But students should use aproved learning contents providers.The approved study texts are completely

reviewed by ACCA continuously for coverage of the whole info and additionally for any revision incorporated once

changes within the info.So therefore, you'll be taking a large risk by relying only different kind of notes reffered by

friends, colleges or teachers.Famous Publishers are BPP ,GTG and Kaplan , but BPP is only approved learning

partner of ACCA. Click the link to check approved learning study text providers and their rank . ACCA Approved

Learning Study Text Providers Direcorty !

ACCA Study Guide and Exam Tips - Studying Part

5. Goals Oriented - Approach: Set targets on daily basis. In ACCA papers you have to study complete course

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and all available relevent material to pass your exam .So on daily basis work realistically , try to cover chapters

,past papers and questions daily to complete your course ,otherwise giving just some hours to your studies will not

be helpful in completing your course , so all efforts will be useless at the end . Cover your daily work always on

time ,so that before exams you will be able to revise your exam papers 3,4 times easily.

6. Make Clear Concepts: Whole of the ACCA study lies on Concepts . If your concepts are clear then you can

handle different scenario questions in your text books and also in exams . Therefore from the first day of your

ACCA studies continuously try to undersatnd and perceive the underlying ideas behind every topic of your text

books . If your are conceptually strong in your studies you will be able to earn good marks in your papers by giving

ideas in different kind of situations in exams . In ACCA if you are not doing so your making a big mistake of your

life because it can cause problems for you in your advance level papers of ACCA.

7. Ask Teachers for Help: If you're stuck somewhere while studying or fighting with a selected topic and could

not understant it then don't hesitate in asking your teacher , friend , T.A etc to assist you. Get facilitated on right

time don,t wait or try on youself again and again ,this will waste your time and efforts.

ACCA Study Guide and Exam Tips - Practicing Part

8. Past Papers Practice: Past papers practice is in recommendation of ACCA . Most of past papers questions

are found in Exam Kit to practice and apply your concetps to evaluate yourself against your preparations .Wise

students starts practicing at right time before exams .At least in last month you have to do only past papers .This

will improve your skills of time management , pressure handling , structuring the answer , understanding the

marking scheme etc. Most of time students got failed their exams only due to lack of time management skills in

exam even having complete knowledge of that paper.The reason is lack of practice of past papers and final mocks

.

Structuring the answer of a question in ACCA exams is another major problem for students. To get idea about how

to structure an answer you have to practice simply past papers and finally at least 2,3 mocks at the end . Mock

exams should be practiced according to exams condions .

Your answeres should be according to rules and standards provided by ACCA Examiners .Info in answeres must

be to the point or relevent to be successful in your papers . For this purpose try to understand every model

answer provided in exam kits but not just memorise it as it is. Also use approved text books to get enough

knowledge of topics and understanding it clearly . Use proper words in your answeres having good weightage in

the eyes of examiner and requirements.

9.Writing ski lls: Many candidates perfom poorly in ACCA exams in terms of writing . The reason for poor writing

is a lot of rough practice before exams. Candidates have to focus on this issue at practincing stage before the final

exams . The trick is simply perform every practice on rough copy as like in final exams always by writing slowly

neat ant and clean every single word and line so that in final exams this will be a natural habbit for you . Then you

will not face any problem of writing but remember don,t compromise too much on speed otherwise you will be in

shortage of time .

10.Examiner Reports: Examiner Reports are published by ACCA after every exam on website . These reports

are made by examiners after checking papers of students . In these reports examiners tells us common mistakes

and drawback areas encountered by students.The purpose of these reports is to offer candidates generally a

constructive feedback as to their performance in their examinations.These reports provide a general commentary

on the overall performance of candidates in each session after assesements as well as details on:

technical aspects that were being examined in the questions

whether candidates performed well or poorly ( performance areas also )

what aspects of the questions appeared to cause difficulty to candidates and if possible why it was aproblem e.g. lack of knowledge, poor examination technique , time management etc.

Most of students don,t read thses reports even they don,t know about them . This is shocking and plays a

negative role in your exam,s performance somehow.

11. Marking Schem es: Understanding marking schemes is vital for your success in exams .If you want to get

some good marks in ACCA you have to comply with marking scheme and the idea behind this.In order to get some

good marks and to comply with marking scheme try to answer the questions according to requirement , also use

good words that examiner wants and try to remain to the point always.There are different words that are used by

examiners in questions requirements and you have to answer according to those words. For example 'identify' , list

, define ect . If these words are used then simply there will be one mark per list or point , so if there are four marks

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you should list four good points to get full marks . Word 'Briefly' means theme of a story not a detailed answer.In

case of 'explain' examiner wants a detailed answer full of knowledge explaining all relevent points . Explanation

sould be according to marks available , neither too much , nor too less ! Similarly word 'Discuss' means , write

points in favour and against the topic required in question.So it means you have to be clear almost about every

term used in papers to avoid time wastage and failure in exams.

12. Exam Analysis : This gives i dea about which kind of topics mostl asked ? Which areas are not tested within

many previous attempts and which kind of queries these are or topics are ? This provides vital info about key

topics and queries that can be tested in your current ACCA exams and you should use this info to rank sure key

topics and then you have to focus on these topics very carefully with great attention . However, make sure that

you are not going to spot for exams only these areas selectively on the basis of analysis . These areas just

needs proper attention and clarity to boost up your confidence about your preparations for exams .This will be a

plus point having good understandings of these important topics which may be favourite areas for examiners and

so , there are great chances to be tested in your exams. This will enhance the possibility of getting passed your

papers easily .

13. Examiner Analysis Interview: ACCA Examiner Analysis Interviews are published on it,s website for every

exam . Here examiner comments on the performance of the students in current and past exam,s .Examiner also

tells about student,s weaknesses and the relevent areas . Analysis interviews are very useful in guiding students

on the way to improve their performance in ACCA exams.Shockingly, some students don,t consider them as a

useful tool and with a reasonable confidence i can say that they are simply loosing some good marks due to this

carelessness .Examiner Analysis Interviews will be accessed through the following link: Examiner Analysis

Interviews

14.Technical Articles: ACCA Student Accountant,s technical articles are terribly useful tool for ACCA students

towards topics within which students have unusually underperformed . These articles also have info about

changes , updates and additions in the syllabus . So, pay special attention to these technical articles always for

every paper before entering in your next exams .

Student Accountant magazine will be accessed through the subsequent link: ACCA Student Accountant Megazine

ACCA Study Guide and Exam Tips - Preparation Part

15.Revision: When you have done with every aspect of your studies then start revision , assign proper time for

your revision . Even you have studied every thing in syllabus but it will not easy for you to revise full course in few

days so assigning proper time is necessary otherwise you will feel stress and will become panic at initial satge of

revision. Use your own notes always in revision because this will be easy for you and will save your a lot of

precious time.If you are not in habbit of making your on handy notes you can use approved publishers notes .

16.Exam Centre Confirmation: Knowing about your exam centre is very important . You should select exam

centre which should not be too far or away from your living place when submitting your exam fee to ACCA . Check

Also your Docket before exams and confirm that your docket is according to your provided info. Take reasonable

care to reach your exam centre on time by leaving your living place on right time considering the distance and

traffic problems .

17. Sleep well befo re the exam: Worrying about the exam, or studying till late night , will interfere with sleep

.No doubt it seems unnatural to think about not studying before the exam night, but in order to get proper rest, it is

necessary to put down the books and go to bed early . Skipping some hours of studying will not affect your grades

.So take proper rest before your exam night .Otherwise you will feel sleepy in exams and would not be able to

perform well.

18. Panic Control: Students feel panic due to exam pressure in ACCA which is a big problem and some times

unfortunately leads towards failure . How to avoid this in not a bigg deal .To don,t feel panic , take a fresh glass of water , check your sitting details , fill your details and remain concentrated till start of paper .If you have failed and

got panic , you will simply become confused throughout the total exam session . This will result in errors and a lot

of cutting on your answer sheet T he trick is simply think positive before the exam starts , try to recall your

memories , remain calm totally and hold your nerves till the exam ends .

ACCA Study Guide and Exam Tips - Performance Part

19. Reading Time: In ACCA papers fifteen minutes are given to read the question paper . These fifteen minutes

are also vital towards solving your whole paper as you solve in standard time of three hours .In these fifteen

minutes you have to understand the requirements of the questions and then start thinking from where i should

start solving the questions keeping in mind the requirements of questions and the structure of answers . So

inshort the trick is simply understand the requirements of questions and start planning of structures of answeres.


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in these fifteen minutes . If you have done with this all and have some extra minutes then start drafting your

answer on question paper , don,t waste your time !

20. Understand Question Requirem ents: Read requirements of the question and the question carefully . Don,t

miss any point or line , understand it completely and then start solving the question . Understanding the question

is very important , this will result in no cutting and clear to the point answer which examiner wants.

21. Answer to the Point: Marking scheme and answering to the point are relevent to each other . As above we

have discussed how you should answer accordingly marking scheme the same case is here . When asnwering to

the point you should try to write according to requirement , marks available for that querry and the word used as

querry in question like as discuss , define , analyse , identify , explain , list etc. So this is a matter of common

sense which applies here .

22. Structure up your Answ ers: Examiner wants and appreciates well -structured answers . Your answer should

in adherence of questions requirements . The wording and solution should be simple and brief covering whole

aspects of questions. This puts a good impression on examiner , the impression that you simply have tried your

best to prepare your answers . And in case of time runs out, a solution just mentioning the key points of a

question examiner may reward you a few good marks nevevr thinking that the question is l eft incomplete. So

always follow the required structure to gin some good marks easily.

23. Facilitate the Examiner: Always fcilitate your examiner by following required structure , writing to the point ,

writing clealry and cutting on your answer sheet. Always follow the sequence of requirements and the questions .

Mention questions or company name in question on each answer on sta rt as title .Name the questions parts

clealry as a , b , c, ect. Start your new question always on a new full page . Don,t mix up different questions . Do

your workings on right place properly this will help the examiner in understanding that from where the figures used

in questions have actually came and how the have been calculated. Mark the question numbers clearly always

and take a look at to follow the sequence of sub-parts to avoid confusion.Always write in line and whithin the

permitted area of answer sheet don,t write on corners or cross lines and leave for examiner to seek your answer

.Inshort avoid confusing examiner , that,s all !!

24. Don't leave any question Unanswered: Unanswered question puts a bad impression on examiner . if there

is a time management problem or you are shortage of time try to just t format the answer,s major points but

remember just in case when you are unable to complete the solution . Examiner will understand your problem and

will reward you some good marks . So if you are just leaving your question completely unanswered the you might

loose your marks and examiner confidence and this may contribute towards your failure.

25. Review : Always try to solve your paper upto fifteen minutes before the exam time . If luckily you have done

this , then review your answeres completely and make corrections where needed . But remember don,t overwriteagain and again .

26. After Exams: Hummm now just go home , take proper rest , sleep well and enjoy your some time . After this

again prepaper yourself for next examinations immediately and avoid wasting your time :*

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Anonymous 23 September 2013 06:45

nice post thanks it helped me a lot

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Pages Inside 23 September 2013 06:46

u welcome !


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