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Contents Page Finding questions Question index iv Topic index .vii Helping you with your revision ix Revising P5 Topics to revise .x Question practice x Passing the P5 exam xi Exam formulae xvi Exam information xviii Analysis of past papers xix Useful websites xxi Questions and answers Questions Answers 109 Exam practice Mock exam Questions 409 Plan of attack .417 Answers .419 Mock exam Questions 439 Plan of attack .447 Answers .449 Mock exam (ACCA September/December 2015 Exam) Questions 471 Plan of attack .483 Answers .486 Review form iii Question index The headings in this checklist/index indicate the main topics of questions, but questions often cover several different topics Where necessary, questions have been amended to reflect the new format of the exam from June 2013 Past exam questions are designated with 'APM' after the question name, along with the date of the exam in which they featured Time Page number Marks allocation (Mins) Question Answer Part A: Strategic planning and control AB Electronics 25 49 109 Megasnack 25 49 111 Ganymede (APM 6/12, amended) 25 49 114 Wheeler 25 49 119 BPL Leisure 25 49 122 Mentons 25 49 124 CFD (APM 12/09, amended) 25 49 128 ZTC Communications 25 49 130 Stayzee Hotels 25 49 134 10 Drinks Group (APM 12/12, amended) 25 49 11 136 11 Godel (APM 6/14, amended) 25 49 12 141 12 Booxe (APM 6/14) 25 49 14 145 13 Business process re-engineering 25 49 15 149 14 BV Entertainments 25 49 15 151 15 EEE Chemical company 25 49 16 154 16 PLX Refinery (APM Pilot Paper, amended) 25 49 17 156 17 GHG (APM 6/08, amended) 25 49 19 160 18 CAP (APM 12/09, amended) 25 49 19 162 19 FGH Telecom (APM 12/10, amended) 25 49 21 165 20 Stokeness (APM 6/13) 25 49 22 169 Part B: External influences on organisational performance iv Question index Time Page number Marks allocation (Mins) Question Answer 21 Handra 25 49 23 173 22 TREN engine components 25 49 24 175 23 KLP divisions 25 49 24 178 24 Racer deliveries 25 49 25 180 25 Forion Electronics (APM 6/15) 25 49 26 182 26 Quark Healthcare (APM 12/13) 25 49 27 186 27 Bluefin School (APM 12/11, amended) 25 49 28 190 28 Great National Trains 25 49 30 193 29 Amal (APM 6/12, amended) 25 49 31 198 30 NCL 25 49 33 201 31 Landual Lamps (APM 6/13) 25 49 34 204 32 Alpha Division (APM 12/07) 25 49 35 209 33 Stillwater Services (APM 12/12, amended) 25 49 37 213 34 Seatown 25 49 39 218 35 Essland Police Forces (APM 12/13) 25 49 39 220 36 Beeshire Local Authority (APM 12/14) 25 49 41 224 37 CFE coffee shops 25 49 42 227 38 Herman Swan & Co (APM 12/12, amended) 25 49 43 230 39 Navier Aerials (APM 6/13) 25 49 44 235 40 TAW (APM 6/08, amended) 25 49 46 239 41 Thebe (APM 6/12, amended) 25 49 47 241 42 There U (APM 6/09, amended) 25 49 48 245 43 SSH (APM 12/08) 25 49 49 247 44 Albacore (APM Pilot Paper) 25 49 50 250 45 Elegant Hotels 25 49 52 254 46 Equiguard 25 49 53 257 47 ENT Entertainments (APM 6/11, amended) 25 49 54 259 48 Beach Foods (APM 6/15) 25 49 55 262 Part C: Performance measurement systems and design Part D: Strategic performance measurement Question index v Part E: Performance evaluation and corporate failure 49 Pharmaceutical Technologies (APM Pilot Paper) 25 49 57 266 50 Victoria-Yeeland logistics (APM 6/15) 25 49 58 270 51 Graviton (APM 12/13) 25 49 60 273 52 Bettaserve 25 49 61 278 53 Cod (APM 12/11, amended) 25 49 62 280 54 APX Accountancy (APM 6/11, amended) 25 49 63 284 55 Robust Laptops (APM 12/10, amended) 25 49 64 287 56 SFS (APM 6/10, amended) 25 49 66 290 57 LOL cards (APM 12/10, amended) 25 49 67 292 58 BEG (APM 6/10, amended) 25 49 68 295 59 Turing (APM 6/14) 25 49 69 298 60 Callisto (APM 6/12, amended) 25 49 70 302 61 Coal Creek (APM 12/12, amended) 25 49 71 305 62 BPC (APM 12/07, amended) 25 49 73 311 63 RM Batteries (APM 12/10, amended) 25 49 73 313 64 NW Clothes 25 49 75 316 65 Culam Mining (APM 12/14) 25 49 76 318 66 Lopten (APM 12/13, amended) 50 98 78 322 67 Film Productions Co (APM 12/10, amended) 50 98 80 329 68 Mackerel (APM Pilot Paper) 50 98 81 333 69 TSC (APM 12/08, amended) 50 98 83 342 70 Lincoln & Lincoln (APM 12/12, amended) 50 98 85 347 71 BEC (APM 12/09, amended) 50 98 89 355 72 HFG (APM 6/08, amended) 50 98 92 361 73 SBC (APM 6/10, amended) 50 98 94 368 74 Kolmog Hotels (APM 6/13) 50 98 95 373 75 Cantor (APM 6/14) 50 98 97 380 76 Boltzman Machines (APM 12/14, amended) 50 98 99 390 77 Merkland Sportswear (APM 6/15) 50 98 102 396 50 mark (Section A) Questions Mock exam Mock exam Mock exam (ACCA September/December 2015 Exam) Important note: Questions and in Mock exam are past exam questions from June 2012 and December 2011 respectively Even if you not attempt the full Mock exam, you are strongly encouraged to complete these two questions as part of your revision vi Question index Topic index Listed below are the key Paper P5 syllabus topics and the numbers of the questions in this Kit covering those topics If you need to concentrate your practice and revision on certain topics or if you want to attempt all available questions that refer to a particular subject, you will find this index useful Syllabus topic Question numbers Accountability and responsibility accounting 23, 44 Activity-based costing 39, 55 Activity-based management 56 Appraisals and performance management 12(c) Balanced scorecard 49, 50, 73, 74, 76(d), Mock Qn Benchmarking 3, 76(b), Mock Qn BCG matrix 5(d), 47 Big Data 29 Branding 37(a), 38(c) Budgeting and types of budget 10, 11, Mock Qn Building blocks model (Fitzgerald and Moon) 54, 74 Business process re-engineering (BPR) 12, 13 Business structure (and performance measurement) 60 Controls and security over information 27 Corporate failure 61 – 65 Costs of quality 39, 40, Mock Qn Critical success factors (CSFs) 7, 8, 55(b), 66, 67, Mock Qn Divisional performance measures 70, Mock Qn TM Economic value added (EVA ) 32, 33, 48, 57, 72, 75(iii), Mock Qn Environmental management accounting 16 Enterprise resource planning systems (ERPS) 25, Mock Qn 1(iv) External environment (and impact on organisations) 8, 17, 18, 19, 66 Financial performance 18, 32, 43, 69-72, Mock Qn 1, Mock Qn Five forces (Porter) 8, 20, 62 Goal congruence 2, 9, 30 Information for decision making 1, , 21, 66 Information overload 27, 70 Information systems and IT systems 14, 68, Mock Qn 2, Mock Qn Integrated Reporting 28 JIT 76 (c), Mock Qn 2, Mock Qn (iii; iv) Joint ventures 59, Mock Qn Kaizen costing 4(d), 40(c), 56(c), Mock Qn 2, Mock Qn 1(iii; iv) Key performance indicators (KPIs) 7, 9, 53, 55(b), 66, 67, Mock Qn League tables 3, 35, 69, Mock Qn Lean information systems 22, 26 Topic index vii viii Syllabus topic Question numbers Management accounting and information systems 14, 21, 68, Mock Qn Management and control styles 44(b), 48(c) Mission statements 7, 53(a), 67, 75(v) Net present value 18 Non-financial performance indicators 7, 36, 41(a), 73 Objectives 9, 55(b) Performance management in complex business structures 59, 60, Mock Qn Performance management information systems 21, 22, 23, Mock Qn Performance pyramid (Lynch & Cross) 51, 52, 53, 58, Mock Qn Performance reports 27, 75, Mock Qn Problems of performance measurement 51, Mock Qn Public sector organisations 28(a), 34, 35, 36 Qualitative information 24, 36 Quality 39(b), 41, Mock Qn Residual income 30, 32, 72 Responsibility and controllability 23, 26(c), 44 Reward and remuneration schemes 44, 45, 46, 47, 50(c), 70-74 RFID technology 26, Mock Qn Risk and uncertainty 1, 59, 68, 77(iii) Role of management accountants 5, 6, 38, 69(c) Service organisations 14, 54, 74 Short vs long-term decision making 2, 9, Mock Qn Six Sigma 41, 42, 45, Mock Qn Social obligations 19, 37 Stakeholders 15, 33, 49(b), 68, 76 Strategic management accounting 1, 17(c) Strategic planning SWOT analysis 77 Target costing 56 Total quality management (TQM) Mock Qn 2, Mock Qn 1(iii; iv) Transfer pricing 31, Mock Qn Value based management 57, 75(iv) Value chain 77(v) Value for money 36(b) Virtual organisations 60 Topic index Notes Notes Notes 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