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Title: Monash AFC1000 Mid-Semester Test Discussion
Post by: lynt.br on April 12, 2010, 08:01:41 pm
How did you find it? Personally I was surprised how much focus there was on theory questions rather than practical questions (No ledger, trial balance or statement preparation), especially since my lecturer seemed to imply he was more interested in practical application rather than theory.

Some pretty challenging questions nonetheless. Definitely a good shock for someone who is used to having tests that simply repeat questions in the textbook. I guess that shows my naivety going into university!

Also, what exactly did it mean by credit repayments at a rate of 2/10, n/30? Apparently that means there is a discount if it is paid within 10 days? Has this ever been mentioned in the lectures/textbook? I don't recall ever seeing that form of notation before...
Title: Re: Monash AFC1000 Mid-Semester Test Discussion
Post by: *ryan777* on April 12, 2010, 08:44:38 pm
WTF as if so many marks on conceptual framework! its my weakest area so far :(

i agree, big shock as id mostly focused on practical textbook type questions

with the discount notation, dont worry about it, i dont think it has been taught in AFC1000 yet and i think we were just ment to ignore it for now

overall, i did quite poorly on that test :(
Title: Re: Monash AFC1000 Mid-Semester Test Discussion
Post by: lynt.br on April 12, 2010, 08:49:06 pm
with the discount notation, dont worry about it, i dont think it has been taught in AFC1000 yet and i think we were just ment to ignore it for now

Unfortunately I didn't ignore it and tried to guess at what it meant -___-"
Title: Re: Monash AFC1000 Mid-Semester Test Discussion
Post by: Fyrefly on April 12, 2010, 08:59:04 pm

yes... 2/10 n/30 means: a 2% discount if paid within 10 days, with the net (full) amount due in 30 days.
Title: Re: Monash AFC1000 Mid-Semester Test Discussion
Post by: TrueTears on April 12, 2010, 09:01:11 pm
Alright test, some ambiguous questions like the rent paid on June 15th, was it for the month of June (15 days of June and another 15 days of July) or was it for the total month of July, pretty much purely up to interpretation. Overall not a bad test - plenty of tricks in there to put people off etc.
Title: Re: Monash AFC1000 Mid-Semester Test Discussion
Post by: *ryan777* on April 12, 2010, 09:03:52 pm
with the discount notation, dont worry about it, i dont think it has been taught in AFC1000 yet and i think we were just ment to ignore it for now

Unfortunately I didn't ignore it and tried to guess at what it meant -___-"

it think its a bit unfair that one of the groups of ppl doing exam (south1 i think) got told to ignore it while no1 else had that advantage...meh oh well

btw how much needed to be said for that 1st theory question? the warranty one, im sure i got some marks but still unsure on what to write and how much
Title: Re: Monash AFC1000 Mid-Semester Test Discussion
Post by: TrueTears on April 12, 2010, 09:05:10 pm
I just wrote how it satisfied the conditions for the definition criteria and recognition criteria for a liability, took the first page and then half of the 2nd page.
Title: Re: Monash AFC1000 Mid-Semester Test Discussion
Post by: *ryan777* on April 12, 2010, 09:08:17 pm
I just wrote how it satisfied the conditions for the definition criteria and recognition criteria for a liability, took the first page and then half of the 2nd page.

oh, i think i wrote that, but no where near that length

out of curiosity, what room were ppl in? i was in R4 btw
Title: Re: Monash AFC1000 Mid-Semester Test Discussion
Post by: TrueTears on April 12, 2010, 09:08:33 pm
Rotunda, R2 :)
Title: Re: Monash AFC1000 Mid-Semester Test Discussion
Post by: methodsman on April 12, 2010, 09:14:23 pm
I wrote so much bs for the 7 mark theory questions...might get a few marks there. I went into shock when i saw the werid transactions with the "discounts"....I didn't even noe they were discounts  :( Why would they put something they didn't tell us about in that test?! I heard that 80% of people failed the afc1000 mid sem last year. For the warantee question, i wrote that while it satisfies the liability criteria, it didn't satisfy the recognition criteria (as the value of the provision can change, depending on the customer's claim) - complete guess.


Rotunda, R6. (some guy's fone went off during the test, lol)
Title: Re: Monash AFC1000 Mid-Semester Test Discussion
Post by: TrueTears on April 12, 2010, 09:21:29 pm
I wrote so much bs for the 7 mark theory questions...might get a few marks there. I went into shock when i saw the werid transactions with the "discounts"....I didn't even noe they were discounts  :( Why would they put something they didn't tell us about in that test?! I heard that 80% of people failed the afc1000 mid sem last year. For the warantee question, i wrote that while it satisfies the liability criteria, it didn't satisfy the recognition criteria (as the value of the provision can change, depending on the customer's claim) - complete guess.


Rotunda, R6. (some guy's fone went off during the test, lol)
what did u write for the 7 mark theory question? that was the one about the conceptual framework yeah? I think i just rewrote the book's explanation for that, completely regurgitated what I memorised LOL

i dont think the discount thing affected anything right? the date that they paid was more than 10 days wasn't it?
Title: Re: Monash AFC1000 Mid-Semester Test Discussion
Post by: *ryan777* on April 12, 2010, 09:22:43 pm
I wrote so much bs for the 7 mark theory questions...might get a few marks there. I went into shock when i saw the werid transactions with the "discounts"....I didn't even noe they were discounts  :( Why would they put something they didn't tell us about in that test?! I heard that 80% of people failed the afc1000 mid sem last year. For the warantee question, i wrote that while it satisfies the liability criteria, it didn't satisfy the recognition criteria (as the value of the provision can change, depending on the customer's claim) - complete guess.


Rotunda, R6. (some guy's fone went off during the test, lol)
what did u write for the 7 mark theory question? that was the one about the conceptual framework yeah? I think i just rewrote the book's explanation for that, completely regurgitated what I memorised LOL

i dont think the discount thing affected anything right? the date that they paid was more than 10 days wasn't it?

yep the discount shouldnt have been recorded as the return was 12 days after purchase i think
Title: Re: Monash AFC1000 Mid-Semester Test Discussion
Post by: methodsman on April 12, 2010, 09:26:48 pm
I wrote so much bs for the 7 mark theory questions...might get a few marks there. I went into shock when i saw the werid transactions with the "discounts"....I didn't even noe they were discounts  :( Why would they put something they didn't tell us about in that test?! I heard that 80% of people failed the afc1000 mid sem last year. For the warantee question, i wrote that while it satisfies the liability criteria, it didn't satisfy the recognition criteria (as the value of the provision can change, depending on the customer's claim) - complete guess.


Rotunda, R6. (some guy's fone went off during the test, lol)
what did u write for the 7 mark theory question? that was the one about the conceptual framework yeah? I think i just rewrote the book's explanation for that, completely regurgitated what I memorised LOL

i dont think the discount thing affected anything right? the date that they paid was more than 10 days wasn't it?
That was about the Malaysian provision thing. For conceptual framework, I discussed how if the event doesn't satisfy the recognition criteria, it doesnt get included in the financial statements (whether or not it satisfies the criteria for the account). And then I bs'ed about how it helps maintain consistency in financial records and produces faithful and relevent information
Title: Re: Monash AFC1000 Mid-Semester Test Discussion
Post by: hyperblade01 on April 12, 2010, 09:55:29 pm
it think its a bit unfair that one of the groups of ppl doing exam (south1 i think) got told to ignore it while no1 else had that advantage...meh oh well

I was in South 1 :P. We got told because supposed "so many people had asked what it meant"
Title: Re: Monash AFC1000 Mid-Semester Test Discussion
Post by: methodsman on April 13, 2010, 09:45:09 pm
I wrote so much bs for the 7 mark theory questions...might get a few marks there. I went into shock when i saw the werid transactions with the "discounts"....I didn't even noe they were discounts  :( Why would they put something they didn't tell us about in that test?! I heard that 80% of people failed the afc1000 mid sem last year. For the warantee question, i wrote that while it satisfies the liability criteria, it didn't satisfy the recognition criteria (as the value of the provision can change, depending on the customer's claim) - complete guess.


Rotunda, R6. (some guy's fone went off during the test, lol)
what did u write for the 7 mark theory question? that was the one about the conceptual framework yeah? I think i just rewrote the book's explanation for that, completely regurgitated what I memorised LOL

i dont think the discount thing affected anything right? the date that they paid was more than 10 days wasn't it?
That was about the Malaysian provision thing. For conceptual framework, I discussed how if the event doesn't satisfy the recognition criteria, it doesnt get included in the financial statements (whether or not it satisfies the criteria for the account). And then I bs'ed about how it helps maintain consistency in financial records and produces faithful and relevent information
i think it did meet the critera because theyd be able to reliably measure the cost of insurance based on previous years and past claims and there is a probable occurrence of future economic outflow of benefits to  meet obligations under the provisions warranty which come with the cars.

also with the 2n shit alan serry told every1 during the test to not worry about it. ALSO one more thing ummmmmmm nah thats it lol share ur views.
My tutor told us that he marked the tests and that half of the class failed >_<".  He told us that the provision thing was a liability - so u guys are right - but he said u can still get marks; depending on ur argument. As for the cooperate governance questions, no one got 7/7 for them.
Title: Re: Monash AFC1000 Mid-Semester Test Discussion
Post by: *ryan777* on April 13, 2010, 10:40:43 pm
so does anyone know when the marks are given out?
also are they given out online or do i have to find out i failed in my tutorial in front of other ppl?
Title: Re: Monash AFC1000 Mid-Semester Test Discussion
Post by: TrueTears on April 14, 2010, 02:21:15 am
u get it back next week tutorial
Title: Re: Monash AFC1000 Mid-Semester Test Discussion
Post by: TrueTears on April 14, 2010, 06:57:40 pm
i thought the coporate governance was the MCQ one... lol
Title: Re: Monash AFC1000 Mid-Semester Test Discussion
Post by: methodsman on April 14, 2010, 06:59:28 pm
which ones are the corp gorvernance questions :S also @methodboy was it only in your tute that no one got 7/7? I ALSO heard that half the students in the course failed that test.
Yeah - he was just talking bout my tute. whoops - i meant the framework questions. Sorry for the scare  :P
The first question (MC) the answer was e)  "All of the above" or "None of the above" - whichever one it said.
Title: Re: Monash AFC1000 Mid-Semester Test Discussion
Post by: TrueTears on April 14, 2010, 07:08:39 pm
yeah i put none of the above for Q 1 it was e)
Title: Re: Monash AFC1000 Mid-Semester Test Discussion
Post by: TrueTears on April 14, 2010, 07:25:34 pm
yeh, basically talk about the purpose of the conceptual framework... ie deriving a theory to determine what information is included in the financial statements.

then SAC 1: reporting entity.

SAC 2: purpose of the financial statements

The Framework: qualitative characteristics, definition/recognition criteria etc
Title: Re: Monash AFC1000 Mid-Semester Test Discussion
Post by: TrueTears on April 14, 2010, 07:29:45 pm
yeah the assignment due next friday yeh?
Title: Re: Monash AFC1000 Mid-Semester Test Discussion
Post by: TrueTears on April 14, 2010, 07:34:20 pm
haha, so many assignments due next week ey xD na didn't go, did u?
Title: Re: Monash AFC1000 Mid-Semester Test Discussion
Post by: lynt.br on April 14, 2010, 09:00:38 pm
What was question one on the MCQ again? Was that something like the purposes of corporate governance?
Title: Re: Monash AFC1000 Mid-Semester Test Discussion
Post by: *ryan777* on April 15, 2010, 12:36:13 am
yeah i put none of the above for Q 1 it was e)

yay 1/45 so far for the mid sem

btw, im so confused as to what im doing trying to set up MYOB

do i  just follow the MYOB manual (in blackboard) EXACTLY or what?