The course

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  Section A: 35 two-mark objective test questions; Section B: three 10-mark multi-task questions; 2 hours; pass mark 50%

  Free: A tour of the Management Accounting exam
• 2

  Information and data: areas A and B

  Section A questions only; area B2 forecasting can also appear inside the Section B budgeting question

  Free: Management information and presenting it20 questionsFree: Cost classification and cost behaviour22 questionsSampling, summarising and analysing data22 questionsForecasting: high-low, regression, time series and index numbers30 questions
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  Cost accounting techniques: area C

  Area C is the largest area of the study guide and is tested in Section A

  Accounting for materials and inventory control26 questionsAccounting for labour18 questionsOverheads: allocation, apportionment and absorption26 questionsAbsorption and marginal costing18 questionsCosting methods and alternative principles26 questions
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  Budgeting: area D

  Section B always has a 10-mark budgeting question

  Budget preparation, control and behaviour32 questionsFlexible budgets18 questionsInvestment appraisal26 questions
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  Standard costing: area E

  Section B always has a 10-mark standard costing question

  Standard costs and variance calculations34 questionsInterpreting variances and reconciling profit12 questions
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  Performance measurement: area F

  Section B always has a 10-mark performance measurement question

  Measuring performance: ratios, ROI and the balanced scorecard32 questionsPerformance in context: objectives, cost reduction and reporting12 questions
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  Timed practice exams

  Two full papers: 35 two-mark questions and three 10-mark multi-task questions in two hours.

  Two practice exams