1. Not completing sufficient questions.
2. Poor exam technique.
Too much time spent in attempting a question part that a candidate has prepared well, thus leaving insufficient time to attempt the remaining questions;
3. Lack of question practice under examination conditions.
•Candidates who have practiced attempting questions under examination conditions should be better prepared to manage their time more effectively;
4. Spending time on unnecessary
•Spending time on unnecessary introductions or definitions or reproducing figures already given in the question;
5. Illegible scripts.
•Markers need to be able to read the answers and they will find it hard to award marks to answers that are very difficult to read either because of poor handwriting or have workings that have been crossed out and rewritten over;
6. Numerical answers that were poorly structured.
•It is difficult to award marks when a candidate’s calculation does not indicate the relevant currency,
7. Written answers that were poorly structured.
•To earn marks if their report had headings and sub headings, tables and calculations that were properly labelled, workings that showed intermediate steps.
8. Focusing more on either the Problem or Theory
•Focusing more on either the numerical or discursive parts of the exam paper. Candidates need to be aware that a balanced approach is required to achieve a pass;
9. Not carefully reading the requirements
•Not carefully reading the requirements of a question and therefore not answering the question that was asked;
10. Mark & Efforts
•Too much effort often being put into answering question parts worth only a few marks whilst less effort made in answering question parts worth more marks
Following tips can be used For subjects F5 onwards
This is the marking scheme that is available with each answer paper in ACCA website after each exam (1 or 2 months after exam).
This tells you how answers are marked.
So check this for your subject and see how earlier exam questions are awarded marks.
DISCLOSURE: Most of the content have been sourced from ACCA past papers, Post exam guides etc.
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