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1 EXAM TECHNIQUE WEBINAR Q & A Held on 25 May Questions and answers The Q&A cover general questions (eg, about time management in exams) as well as specific questions relating to the different stages of the exams. General questions Q: Workings are usually shown at the end of the answer. While answering a question I always face difficulty in assessing that how many pages I should leave blank for answer and then start workings. Any tips? Have confidence that the marker will find the workings if they are clearly cross referenced then it is clear that they are there and so will be found. If you have spare pages left between the question and the workings, you can always explain briefly at the top of the first page that the workings are to be found later. If you help me as marker, I will help you! Q: How do we tackle questions? I have been told to answer as I find them by one teacher, and answer the easiest first by another teacher. Which is correct? I have sympathy for both pieces of advice, to be honest. It can be a case of what works best for you. Ultimately, you will spend the right amount of time on every part of every question (as a result of your planning, and you playing of the marking guide game) that s the one thing that you must ensure. Q: In you Lydford example from the webinar, would the industry average performance be in the question or are we expected to know about the industry involved in the question? It would be in the question. Q: Do you have any advice on how to handle practising questions from past exams? I would always aim to complete them properly, within the time, and not in plan form. It is at least as important to then thoroughly debrief afterwards. The examiner s comments are always very useful, as they provide a good indication of what the typical candidate did well and poorly. From your debrief, you will then identify areas of potential weakness practice more questions in that area, and consider going back to the technical material as well. Q: I cannot manage the time correctly during written exams. Do you have any advice? Practice! This is absolutely crucial. At the start of the exam, spend some time identifying all of the requirements, and then allocate your time across them all do this before you attempt anything else. You then have to be very strict with yourself, ensuring that you stick to the timings that you have written down for each question. Do not allow yourself to overrun on any one time allocation. Q: Do calculations need to referenced and noted for audit paper margin increases etc? I think that it is always best to provide the background behind any calculation. That way, if you do make an error, it is clear for the marker to see.

2 Q: When it comes to definitions, can I copy the definitions to exam questions or do I need to answer with my own comments? If there is a formal definition, and you have access to it (eg, audit risk) then you can copy it out, rather than trying to paraphrase it. Ensure that you are only giving the required definitions, though; there will not be many marks available for pure knowledge of this type, so do not allow yourself to overrun on time. Q: Please outline a recommended sentence structure for identifying audit issues and audit procedures. Whenever you write a procedure, I say that you need a verb and a source. The verb is the doing word. It is a good idea to take these from the ISA, as they are very active (analytical procedures, inspection etc). Try and avoid too many passive verbs (discuss, review). The source is then the building, the person, the document etc that you are using. So, for example; I will inspect (verb) the machine (asset) to provide evidence of existence. Q: I am confused about my writing techniques. Should I take exam paper feedback from ICAEW? ICAEW offers (for a fee) a Marks Feedback service but this only gives a breakdown of the marks that you were awarded per question. They also offer (for a fee) a Marks Review service but this just provides a confirmation that the exam paper you are questioning has been correctly marked. Neither of these will comment of your writing style or offer suggesting on how to improve your writing technique. However, there are several suggestions: 1) You could explore the issue of writing techniques with your tutor you ll be able to do mock exams and your tutors will give you feedback from these mock exams 2) Go to icaew.com/examresources where you ll find past papers, sample answers, examiners comments and feedback. All of these should help you 3) The ACA study manuals and learning materials provide excellent question banks and model answers. You should always look at these and understand what makes a bad, average or good answer. Questions on the Advanced Stage Technical Integration papers Q: I have failed BC twice with marks of 45 and 48. I cannot understand where I am going wrong. Is it worth getting a copy of my paper/mark breakdown (or whatever is available)? Do you have any advice for me? Firstly, I would recommend that you listen to recording on How to pass the Technical Integration papers. This is a special recording that looks at: what is covered in the TI papers; how to approach these exams; what the examiners expect to see in your answers; and analyses in detail two past questions. This should help you see where you have been going wrong and what you need to do to gain those extra marks. Simply go to the Technical Integration tabs in the exam resources area of the student website. Also, it is always a good idea to use whatever resource is available and to practice past questions. The paper/mark breakdown is a good example of this. By giving you an indication of where you did

3 well and badly, it will enable you to focus on the areas of the syllabus where you are perhaps weaker question practice in that area of course then becomes vital. The breakdown may also show you where you failed to answer every part of every question, or where time allocation was poor. Such issues are likely causes of failure, and can then be addressed. You can also post your questions on the online student community. Your fellow students may also have some good advice for you. Go to icaew.com/studentcommunity Q: I'm studying for my TI exams but am unsure whether I should focus on reading my notes/making notes or just doing lots of questions. What do you advice? If I did all the questions in the TI question bank, would this be sufficient in covering all topics? I would always recommend that you practice as many questions as possible. This is key! So, while you should ensure that your notes are in a form suitable for taking into the exam with you, you should not spend excess time going over them again and again. The best way to learn how the syllabus is going to be tested is through question practice. So, if you were able to answer every question, that would, of course, be fantastic. Remember, though, quality is important. So, ensure that you are learning from the work that you are doing through question debriefs etc. That may mean that you do not answer every question in the kit, but will mean that you learn more. Q: For TI exams especially for Business Reporting, there is such a time constraint that I feel it will be very difficult to elaborate the answer as written in past exam solutions...can you please guide how to structure my answer to get maximum marks? Two bits of advice here. 1) Listen to the special recording on How to pass the Technical Integration papers as this has detailed information on structure and planning and how to deal with the time pressure. You can access it under the TI tabs at icaew.com/examresources 2) The model answers are often just that models that you could not achieve in the exam hall at all. What I would always stress is the breadth over depth requirement. It is essential that you highlight every issue, and address them all. It is also important to ensure that you provide calculations, as these will always attract marks. Focus in your question practice on being brief. By re-reading your answers, you may well find areas that you could have answered more briefly. Q: Will all TI question requirements be what Jim called joke requirements - reply to / letter etc? How should we handle these joke requirements? By calling them the joking requirement, I was suggesting that they merely meant that you had to find the real ones (ie, what was in the partner s etc). What you will get from that first requirement is the required format for your answer memo, etc. Q: in BR paper which IFRSs are more important as far as the exam in concerned? Gosh! They are all important, of course. However, complexity will always attract marks, and so you have to be happy with the technical areas of the standards the way they are examined will become clear to you as you attempt question practice. Standards that are often lurking in the shadows though, would be IAS1, IAS37 for example you can often refer to something being an exceptional item warranting extra disclosure, or the need to set up a provision.

4 The breadth of the exam is such that trying to standard spot is not recommended at all! You must always ensure that you have a good technical grounding across all areas! Q: In the TI papers I find the requirements are hidden within the scenario rather than explicitly stated. I have found that I take a fair amount of time to read the scenario first to pick out all of the requirements, and then almost having to re-read to address the requirements. Do you have any advice on how to save time as I find it is more my planning time that over runs rather than my writing time. Yes, this is one of the key aspects of the TI exams. There is no magic solution really. The best way to improve is through question practice that gets you better at identifying all of the areas that warrant your attention. Whilst I recognise that it does take time to identify all of the issues, I also think that it is important to take that time. It is only then that you can appreciate the breadth of the requirements, and allocate what time you have left across them. It is important to have said something (even if it is brief) on all elements of the question. Q: I am going to be studying for the Technical Integration and Case Study papers soon. I have heard that 75% of the people that take these papers pass. Does this mean that 25% in the bottom quartile will fail, even if they get 50% in the exam? ie, are the pass mark boundaries raised or lowered? The pass mark for each Advanced Stage paper is always 50% the pass mark boundaries do not change year on year! The exam result a student gets is based on their own merit and not by being in the top X%. You might like to know that the number of students passing these exams is often nearer 80%. So don t lose hope make sure you have practiced questions in a time-pressured environment before you sit the real exams and listen to the recording on How to pass the Technical Integration papers which should give you some good advice too Q: For the TI papers, do you have any recommendations as to how to prepare the files to bring in the exams? I would suggest that you have summaries of each of the main accounting standards etc. Ensure that you have, for example, one sheet covering financial instruments. Ensure that you lay them out in a way that is logical to you, so that you can access them easily if required. Also ensure that you have appropriate highlighting in the open book texts, with tabs providing easy reference points to the main areas of interest. Q: Regarding BR and BC papers of the Technical Integration exams; as both papers share the same syllabus except for one subject ie, the business analysis. What is the main difference in these two papers? I d focus on the R and the C. The one is reporting, and so is therefore going to look more at the auditing and financial reporting aspects of the accounting standards essentially, what a company may need to disclose externally. The other is change focussed, and this is where, say, the business analysis comes in, as it provides the ability to demonstrate how a company would raise the finance to fund an acquisition, as an example.

5 Questions on Application papers Q: I'm struggling to pass a specific paper (FR) and am now on my final attempt. I am going back to college for revision, but is there any other advice you can give me specific to this paper? This is a paper where the because is absolutely essential. Spend time looking at examiner s comments and you will see that most candidates who fail do so because they do not provide enough specific explanation as to why things have occurred. You must also allocate your time appropriately there are multiple parts to most questions (and the consequential question is a good example of this). Good luck get plenty of question practice in, and spend the appropriate amount of time debriefing on each afterwards. Q: I have failed one of the Application papers twice each time by 54%. Do you have any suggestions of what I can do to gain that extra mark? It s hard to be specific, but I would say that question practice, and time allocation to ensure that you respect the mantra breadth not depth gives you the best chance of success. Good luck! Q: Was wondering if the examiner will allow me to bring my old open book - the 2010 version for the Audit and Assurance paper? ICAEW would always advise that you have the latest study manuals and materials. ICAEW cannot be held responsible for any incorrect answers you may provide based on content from old books. Q: In the Application exams, should the answers be in bullet points or do the examiners prefer answers in paragraphs? You must write in sentences and paragraphs. Bullet points are not recommended at all. However, your paragraphs should be short and focussed, with plenty of space and sub-headings as appropriate so that you make the marker s job easier. Remember how we spoke of playing the marking guide game.

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