EXAMINATION TIPS....CRACKING THE NO-CHOICE CODE

All of you must be aware that the ICAI has announced a change in the pattern

of the question paper with respect to the PCC and Final Examination, i.e., from

the November 2009 examination, there will not be any choice and a student

has to compulsorily answer all the questions. This is also applicable for those

who take the IPCC examination.

The announcement reads as follows:

The Examination Committee has taken the following important

decisions for the November, 2009 examinations. Students are

advised to note them carefully

A. CA course being a professional course, practical training is

an essential part of it and accordingly all papers of Professional

Competence Examination as well as Final should be practical

oriented questions as also of the level of knowledge should be

expert and not working knowledge. All questions should be

compulsory at both Professional Competence Examination /

Integrated Professional Competence Examination and Final

examinations

The way to deal with it is to be ready for it. You have NO CHOICE (Pun

unintended). We give below the issues involved and how to face it

SL no	Issues	How to Face
1	Nature of the Question Paper.	Be prepared for any surprise.
	This is not known
2	The level of knowledge: Expert	do not worry. At worst the question
	Knowledge and not working	can be lengthy. If it’s lengthy for you it’s
	Knowledge	lengthy for others as well.
3	Nature of Questions: Analysis	Focus on:
	of the Past Question Papers	Study material
	fairly reveals that the source of	Past Exam papers
	the questions is more or less	RTP
	from the study materials, RTPs	One prescribed text book (Prescribed
	and past question papers. In	by ICAI]
	some selected subjects it could	.
	be from prescribed text books
4	About the Question Paper.
	One can notice questions are	Do not waste time on doing the question
	not normally repeated for about	for the past 4 attempts except for
	2 years i.e., 4 attempts. But a	practice, if need be.
	different question from the same
	topic is possible.	.
5	About the Question Paper:	Split a subject into say 20 sub-divisions
	In almost all the subjects there is	of topics. A matching with that of the
	consistency with respect to 60%	past question papers would throw out
	of the topics.	the topics which are consistently
		repeated. Hence student should be
		thorough with the 60%.
6	About Question Paper: The	This is a general phenomenon and it can
	time allowed may be	be noticed that more or less 10% of the
	disproportionately less to	questions will be difficult to answer. Do
	number of questions asked, due	not unnecessarily worry about it. To
	to the voluminous syllabus.	tackle this it is preferable to provide
		short/precise answers instead of giving a
		lengthy and irrelevant answer.
7	The right objective: Students	Change your objective. This
	do not normally set an objective	automatically ensures that you get the
	of getting 50+ marks in each	AGGREGATE.
	paper.
8	Lack of Practice: You are more	Note that the examination is manual.
	accustomed to cell phones and	Please give rest to both your cell phones
	typing in the Computers.	and computer. Start writing. It should be
		a minimum of 2 hours a day.
9	Know the system of valuation	Refer the suggested answers brought
	by the ICAI. The valuation is	out by the ICAI and cross verify whether
	quite unique. i.e., every step	your answers tally with the answer
	carries a due weight in each	given. It need not be 100% similar.
	paper.	However you should be able to strike
		75% of the same.
10	General Tips:	Ensure proper and adequate
		preparation, adequate sleep and
		adequate diet. Do not overdo any of
		these.

		Do not panic if your very first exam is
		not upto your satisfaction. Go ahead.
		.
		Do not write unnecessary and
		irrelevant answer.

		Read the instructions clearly and do
		not misunderstand the question.