Study Materials

F2 is one of the three papers that form the ACCA Knowledge level. It teaches the basics of management accounting. The syllabus has six sections:

  1. The nature and purpose of cost and management accounting
  2. Cost classification, behaviour and purpose
  3. Business mathematics and computer spreadsheets
  4. Cost accounting techniques
  5. Budgeting and standard costing
  6. Short-term decision-making techniques

 

Much of this was part of Paper 1.2 under the previous syllabus.  Pricing has been removed from this new syllabus and budgeting has been added.

International is now the ACCA main stream and paper F2 uses International terminology.


Study Text

Price: £30
Suitable for: Dec 2008 exams
ISBN: 978 07517 47218

This study text has been reviewed by the examiner and concentrates on the key areas of the syllabus, taking into account the examiner's guidance on how topics will be examined. The text has a step-by-step approach to topics and lots of exercises in which you can practise the calculations. We provide a detailed chapter on spreadsheets and a basic maths appendix, for those who need some revision in the area.

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Practice and Revision Kit

Price: £16
Suitable for: Dec 2008 exams
ISBN: 978 07517 46778

The questions in our kit cover all areas of the F2 syllabus. The questions are laid out in sections which match the text chapters. We have a bank of MCQs covering each text chapter and then a bank of objective test questions covering each chapter. There are both two-mark and one-mark questions, just as there will be in the exam. The student can do a chapter in the text and then practise the sections in the kit.

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Passcards

Price: £10
Suitable for: Dec 2008 exams
ISBN: 978 07517 3265 8

BPP Learning Media's passcards for F2 are an ideal revision tool. Like the Practice and Revision Kit, they are arranged in the same topic order as the text. Each topic is presented in self-contained cards giving you just the key facts that you must know. Because so much of what you need to know for F2 can be summarised into definitions and formulae, passcards are very appropriate for this syllabus.

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i-Learn

Price: £40
Suitable for: Dec 2008 exams
ISBN: 978 07517 47430

The interactive i-Learn CD gives you a fresh look at the syllabus topics and reinforces your understanding. For instance, you can go through all the steps of producing a variance analysis or working out relevant costs on screen. The program will prompt you and correct any mistakes as you go along. i-learn focuses on the basics and gets you through a large amount of material in a short amount of time. You can tackle it in modules or go straight through the whole programme.

i-Pass

Price: £30
Suitable for: Dec 2008 exams
ISBN: 978 07517 46990

The i-Pass CD for F2 has a set of questions for each major area of the syllabus. You can get lots of practice on those workings and calculations that you are likely to be doing in the exam, such as variances, comparisons of marginal and absorption costing, process costing. Like the Practice and Revision Kit, i-Pass has both one- and two- mark questions and gives you lots of practice on all areas of the syllabus in an environment like that of the computer-based exam.

Success CD

Price: £15
Suitable for: Dec 2008 exams
ISBN: 978 07517 47652

This product enables you to revise on the move. The CD covers all areas of the syllabus from a tutor's perspective. We explain clearly how costs are classified, how to apply correlation coefficients and how to deal with inventory. The CD covers overhead apportionment and compares marginal and absorption costing. There are sections on process costing, budgeting and linear programming. At every stage these topics are related back to the exam and you are given useful advice on the type of question you may get.