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revenue 20 18 59 173 51 Preparation question: Derringdo – – 61 174 52 Preparation question: Contract – – 62 175 Part 12: Inventories and biological assets 43 MCQs –inventories and biological assets Part 13: Provisions, contingent liabilities and contingent assets Part 14: Financial instruments Part 15: Revenue 53 Preparation question: Beetie (pilot paper amended) – – 63 176 54 Mocca (6/11 amended) 15 27 63 178 55 Wardle (6/10 amended) 15 27 64 179 10 18 65 181 Part 16: Leasing 56 MCQs - leasing 57 Preparation question: Branch – – 66 182 58 Fino (12/07 amended) 15 27 66 183 59 MCQs – accounting for taxation 10 18 67 185 60 Preparation question: Julian – – 68 186 61 Preparation question: Bowtock – – 69 186 10 18 70 188 Part 17: Accounting for taxation Part 18: Earnings per share 62 MCQs – earnings per share 63 Preparation question: Fenton – – 71 189 64 Barstead (12/09 amended) 15 27 72 190 65 Rebound (6/11 amended) 15 27 72 192 Finding questions vii Time Page number Marks allocation Mins Question Answer 66 MCQs – analysing and interpreting financial statements 12 22 74 194 67 Preparation question: Victular (12/08) – – 75 194 68 Bengal (6/11 amended) 15 27 77 196 69 MCQs – limitations of FSs and interpretation techniques 14 25 79 198 70 Waxwork (6/09) 15 27 80 198 71 Quartile (12/12 amended) 15 27 81 199 72 MCQs – statement of cash flows 14 83 201 73 Preparation question: Dickson – – 84 202 74 Mocha (12/11) 30 54 87 205 75 MCQs – alternative models and practices 10 18 89 209 76 Preparation question: Changing prices – – 90 209 77 Update (2.5 6/03 part amended) 15 27 91 210 78 MCQs – specialised, not-for-profit and public sector entities 10 18 92 211 79 Preparation question: Appraisal – – 93 212 Part 19: Analysing and interpreting financial statements Part 20: Limitations of financial statements and interpretation techniques Part 21: Statement of cash flows Part 22: Alternative models and practices Part 23: Specialised not-for-profit and public sector entities Mock exam Mock exam Mock exam (Specimen paper) viii Finding questions Helping you with your revision BPP Learning Media – Approved Learning Partner – content As ACCA’s Approved Learning Partner – content, BPP Learning Media gives you the opportunity to use exam team–reviewed revision materials By incorporating the examination team’s comments and suggestions regarding syllabus coverage, the BPP Learning Media Practice and Revision Kit provides excellent, ACCA-approved support for your revision Tackling revision and the exam Using feedback obtained from ACCA exam team review: We look at the dos and don’ts of revising for, and taking, ACCA exams We focus on Paper F7; we discuss revising the syllabus, what to (and what not to do) in the exam, how to approach different types of question and ways of obtaining easy marks Selecting questions We provide a full question index to help you plan your revision Making the most of question practice At BPP Learning Media we realise that you need more than just questions and model answers to get the most from your question practice Our top tips included for certain questions provide essential advice on tackling questions, presenting answers and the key points that answers need to include We show you how you can pick up easy marks on some questions, as we know that picking up all readily available marks often can make the difference between passing and failing We include marking guides to show you what the examiner rewards We include comments from the examiners to show you where students struggled or performed well in the actual exam We refer to the 2014 BPP Study Text (for exams up to June 2015) for detailed coverage of the topics covered in questions In a bank at the end of this Kit we include the official ACCA answers to the Specimen paper Used in conjunction with our answers they provide an indication of all possible points that could be made, issues that could be covered and approaches to adopt Attempting mock exams There are three mock exams that provide practice at coping with the pressures of the exam day We strongly recommend that you attempt them under exam conditions Mock exams and reflect the question styles and syllabus coverage of the exam; Mock exam is the Specimen paper Revising F7 ix Notes Notes Notes Notes Notes Notes Notes Notes Notes Notes Notes Notes Notes Review Form – Paper F7 Financial Reporting (6/14) Name: Address: How have you used this Kit? 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Revising F7 xi Exam information Format of the exam All questions are compulsory Section A – 20 MCQs Section B: Question 1 Question 2 Question 3 Time allowed: 3 hours plus 15 minutes reading time xii Revising F7 Number of marks 40 15 15 30 100 Questions 1 2 1 Multiple choice questions – conceptual framework 1 ...PAPER F7 FINANCIAL REPORTING BPP Learning Media is an ACCA Approved Learning Partner – content for the ACCA qualification This means we work closely with ACCA to ensure our products... you for your ACCA exams In this Practice and Revision Kit which is has been reviewed by the ACCA examination team, we: Discuss the best strategies for revising and taking your ACCA exams ... for this book is available from the British Library Published by BPP Learning Media Ltd BPP House, Aldine Place London W12 8AA www .bpp. com/learningmedia All our rights reserved No part of this publication