Amiin

Hi, I am a new member who do not know yet how to access this website .Anyway I would highly appreciate if were send me june 2008 exam tips for papers F4 and F5.

Ali_Hassan

Hi, here are Bpp Tips for F4 posted on this website
English Legal System
• Court Hierarchy and the operation of judicial precedent. (BPP Study Text Q1 & Q2)
• How statute is created, delegated legislation – types, advantages, disadvantages and control.
• Impact of the Human Rights Act. (BPP Study Text Q3)

Law of Obligations
• Types of contractual terms – warranties, conditions and innominate terms. (BPP Study Text Q8)
• The rules governing offer, acceptance, consideration and intention in contract formation. (BPP Study Text Q4, Q5, Q6, Q7)
• Breach of contract including common law and equitable remedies. (BPP Study Text Q10 & Q11)
• Exclusion clauses, including the common law and statutory restrictions. (BPP Study Text Q9)
• The law of tort - knowledge questions will focus on definitions of the 3 stages in a tort, plus the defences. Application questions may ask you to advise on whether a tort has been committed and what the likely outcome will be. (BPP Study Text Q12 & Q13)

Employment Law
• The distinction between Employees and Self-employed workers, how this is made, and why it is important.
• The rights and duties of employees and employers. (BPP Study Text Q14)
• Workers rights upon dismissal including redundancy, unfair, wrongful and constructive dismissal. (BPP Study Text Q15)

Business Formation and Constitution
• The law of agency and partnerships – types and duties of partners. (BPP Study Text Q16 & Q17)
• How a company is formed and the role of agents. (BPP Study Text Q18 &Q19)
• The advantages of trading via a company, how the veil of incorporation can be lifted under common law and statute.
• The contents and impact of the Memorandum and Articles of Association. (BPP Study Text Q20 & Q21)


Capital Financing
• The different classifications of share capital and the rules for issuing and paying for new share capital. (BPP Study Text Q22 & Q24)
• Fixed and Floating charges. (BPP Study Text Q23)

Management and Administration of Companies
• Defining/describing the different types of meetings and resolutions. (BPP Study Text Q26)
• The statutory general and specific duties of directors. (BPP Study Text Q25)
• Appointment, removal, powers and duties of directors, secretaries and auditors.

Companies in Difficulty
• The difference between compulsory and voluntary (creditor’s and member’s) liquidation. (BPP Study Text Q27)
• The process and advantages of administration.

Ethics
• Questions could be either knowledge or application. The focus is likely to be on the roles and responsibilities of directors. A detailed knowledge of the Combined Code is NOT required. (BPP Study Text Q28)
• The law of Insider Dealing or Money Laundering will feature on most papers. (BPP Study Text Q29)

Ali_Hassan

FTC Exam Tips for F4 Corporate and Business Law June 2008


English Legal system

Law of Obligations
Contract Law
Consideration
Types of terms
Remedies
Law of tort- Professional Negligence
Employment Law
Wrongful and unfair dismissal
Formation and Constitution of Business Organisations
Partnerships
Authority of partners
Dissolution
Capital and financing of companies
Loan capital and differences between fixed and floating charges
Management, Administration and Regulation of Companies
Types of directors
Removal of directors
Insolvency
Differences between compulsory and voluntary winding up
Administrations
Governance and ethical issues relating to business
Fraudulent and wrongful trading
NOTE: These exam tips should only be used in conjunction with proper studying. We cannot guarantee that these tips will appear in the actual exam as we have not seen the exam papers.

Ali_Hassan

FTC Exam Tips for F5 Performance Management June 2008

Tips include:

Performance measurements with both financial and non-financial indicators
Budgeting with learning curve or ABB
Variances Mix and Yield
Decision making either apply decision criteria or linear programming

NOTE: These exam tips should only be used in conjunction with proper studying. We cannot guarantee that these tips will appear in the actual exam as we have not seen the exam papers.


Bpp Exam Tips for F5 (as on this Website's Link)

• Performance Measurement – questions are likely to include interpretation of given data and also a discussion of the value of or suggested non financial measures (a typical question from the April 2007 BPP Study Text is pilot paper Q4) The discussion elements of such a question could be practiced by looking at appropriate questions such as (question 18 Springfrom the April 2007 BPP Study Text)


• Budgeting – questions may focus on implications of differing budget approaches and their impacts on motivation. The conflict between ZBB and incremental budgeting is also likely to be explored (see April 2007 BPP Study Text question 13 ZeroBased Budgeting)


• Modern cost management techniques - are likely to feature frequently involving both calculation and discussion requirements (see April 2007 BPP Study Text question 3 Abkaber)


• Decision making techniques – particularly involving relevant costs, scarce resources and pricing decisions (see April 2007BPP Study Text question 8 RAB Consulting and question 9 Plastic Tools)


• Variance analysis - particularly mix and yield along with interpretation of variances

jessie37

Hi,,
Can you tell me do any of these topics apply to the Irish variant of this subject?

Thanks

Ali_Hassan

Hi,

F5 should be same in Irish variant I Guess, and the Tips for F4,not too sure about that,just try and compare the past papers of the English and Irish variants to find anything common.

Thanks