Review of AMA Paper of CA Final

Sankalp , Last updated: 02 November 2017
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And a Bumper Lucky Draw with Costing O.R.

A straight forward paper, without much twist in the tail.

Almost, full paper was covered by ICAI Practice Manual and hardly any over the top difficult question which would check the students concepts.

Division of paper in terms of Marks Weightage was smartly done, covering questions from small unexpected chapters, but those questions also were pretty manageable, unlike group 1 papers where the students were tested at every level.

AMA papers, traditionally are considered very lengthy as compared to other papers. So, assuming that students would keep a fast pace from the inception, paper completion will not be a daunting task.

But the Reviews clearly reveal that the paper was too lengthy and that led to students making some silly mistakes in haste.

All in all, manageable paper and complete reliability on ICAI Material will ensure students an exemption.

Chapter wise Weightage
Paper Analysis with PM Reference

Below is a Statistical review of the above :

	AMA (Costing - O.R. Weightage)

PARTICULRS	Weight %	TOTAL Marks
Costing	71%	85
O.R.	29%	35
		120

Chapter wise Weightage :

Chapters as per PM	Weightage
Developments in Business Environment	20
Decision Making using Cost Concepts	18
Pricing Decision	8
Budget & Budgetary Control	12
Standard Costing	8
Sevice Sector Costing	10
Transfer Pricing	0
Uniform Costing	4
Profitability Analysis	5
Linear Programming	6
Transportation	8
Assignment	0
CPM PERT	8
Simulation	8
Learning Curve	5

TOTAL	120

Paper Analysis with PM Reference

		Chapter name	Pg no.	Q. no.	PM ref	Cost or OR	Marks
Q1	a	Profitability Analysis	9.21	7	Same	Cost	5
	b	Decision Making using Cost Concepts	2.12	10	Same	Cost	5
	c	Decision Making using Cost Concepts	2.178	69	Same	Cost	5
	d	Learning Curve	16.5	1	Same	OR	5

Q2	a	Activity Based Costing	1.92	17	Similar	Cost	10
	b	LPP	10.15	1	Similar	OR	6

Q3	a	Standard Costing (Module )	5.32	10	Similar	Cost	8
	b	CPM PERT	14.42	14	Similar	OR	8

Q4	a	Decision Making using Cost Concepts	2.115	48	Similar	Cost	8
	b	Simulation	15.31	14	Same	OR	8

Q5	a	Service Costing	6.24	10	Similar	Cost	10
	b	Theory of Constraints	1.115	26	Same	Cost	6

Q6	a	Budgetary Control	4.17	5	Same	Cost	8
	b	Transportation	11.54	16	Same	OR	8

Q7	a	Budgetary Control	4.74	25	Same	Cost	4
	b	Uniform Costing	8.2	3	Same	Cost	4
	c	Synchronous Manufacturing	1.49	62	Same	Cost	4
	d	Pricing Policy	3.1	9	Same	Cost	4
	e	Pricing Policy	3.7	3	Same	Cost	4