ACCA P5怎样规避考试中的陷阱
作者:泽稷编辑 发布时间:2018-01-25 10:32
相信各位小伙伴们都知道,ACCA官方会在每个考季后公布本考季的考官报告,一般是在当季考试成绩公布以后。报告中考官会根据不同的科目分别对考试的总体表现做一个评价,哪个知识考生掌握的比较好,哪个知识点需要考生着重注意等等,一般来说,考生表现比较差的知识点会大概率在下次考试中出现。
然而考官发现他们苦口婆心的给考生做出指引,但是却见效很小,很多考生参加ACCA考试前甚至没有看过考官报告,或者是考过以后对考官的建议置若罔闻。所以,我在这里把考生在P5考试中需要注意的问题着重指出,希望对大家通过P5考试有所帮助。
P5这门课是基于F5知识的,相对F5和P3来说,并没有增加太多新的知识点,所以通过它需要对F5和P3特别是F5的知识有很好的把握。
在P5考试中不会让你描述某个模型是什么,更多的会要求你分析模型的优点、缺点、相关假设,更注重你运用模型对案例进行分析的能力。
P5考题中常见的问题类型有以下几种,列出来给大家做参考:
Some basic calculations (though often these are already provided)
Interpretation and evaluation of the results of the calculations
Criticisms of the techniques and measures used
Suggestions for improvement: What should be measured? How tomeasure? How to interpret the measurements? How then to manage performance?
在P5考试中考生未通过的原因主要有两个,第一个是Shortcomings in technical abilities,很多考生甚至在考试前都不知道marginof safety、WACC、The Return on Capital Employed怎么计算,所以希望考生在备考P5的时候注意回顾F5的科目的相关知识,抓住这些得分点。
考官给大家精挑细选了三道典型例题,在这里我也给大家列示一下,大家一定要着重分析这些例题,参考答案链接会在文章末尾留给大家。
1.BASIC CONTRIBUTION ANALYSIS (extractedfrom December 2013 Q1 )
Task: calculate the margin of safety forLopten Co’s Beeland operation.
2. BASIC COST OF CAPITAL (WACC) CALCULATION(extracted from June 2014 Q1 )
Task: As part of an EVA™ calculation,calculate the WACC for this company.
3. RETURN ON CAPITAL EMPLOYED CALCULATIONAND EVA (extracted from December 2014 Q1 )
Task: Calculate the Return on CapitalEmployed and the EVA ™ for 2014.
第二个原因是Shortcomings in not answering the question set,也就是答非所问,不仅在P5中,在其他科目中这种现象也普遍存在,对于得分接近50但不到50的考生来说,仔细读懂题目要求就显得更加重要了。
在这也给大家列示三道典型例题,大家要好好体会问题中的要求,看看自己的分析跟答案有哪些出入,然后对症下药:
1.EXAMPLE 1 (based on June 2015 Q3 (a))
Task: Discuss how success in the customerperspective may impact on the metrics given in the financial perspective. (5marks)
2.EXAMPLE 2 (based on June 2014 Q4 (a))
Task: Advise the CEO on the implicationsfor performance management of analysing variances into the planning andoperational elements as shown.(6 marks)
3.EXAMPLE 3 (extracted from December 2014Q3 (b))
Task: Discuss the lifecycle costing issuesassociated with the nuclear power station project. (6 marks)
众所周知,P5是ACCA考试中最后一门考试之一,很多考生通过P5以后就会成为ACCA的准会员,在这里给各位小伙伴们打打气,希望大家顺利通过ACCA考试!!!
附录
官网资料相关链接:
P5: COMMON PITFALLS - AND HOWTO AVOID THEM
http://www.accaglobal.com/uk/en/student/exam-support-resources/professional-exams-study-resources/p5/technical-articles/pitfalls.html
P5 PAST EXAM PAPERS
http://www.accaglobal.com/uk/en/student/exam-support-resources/professional-exams-study-resources/p5/past-exam-papers.html
Examiner’s report :AdvancedPerformance Management December 2017
http://www.accaglobal.com/content/dam/acca/global/PDF-students/acca/p5/examinersreports/p5-examreport-d17.pdf