Change to the Financial and Quantitative Methods paper

There will be a change to the Financial and Quantitative Methods paper whereby students will be required to answer a total of four questions, two from the Finance and Management Accounting sections and two from the Quantitative Methods section.

This change will be implemented for the December 2001 examination session and thereafter.

A copy of the proposed rubric is shown below for your further information

DIPLOMA

FINANCIAL & QUANTITATIVE METHODS (D07)

(EXAMINATION PAPER DATE)

TIME: 10.00 - 13.00 HOURS

DURATION: 3 HOURS

There are three sections to this paper, these being:

Section A: Cost and Management Accounts

Section B: Financial Accounts

Section C: Quantitative Methods

Candidates are required to answer four questions in total, as follows:

1. Two questions from either Section A or Section B.
2. One question from Section B.
3. Two questions from Section C.

All questions carry 25 marks.

Candidates are asked to note that they will be penalised if they do not select questions as defined above.

The answer to each question should be started on a new sheet of your answer book. Graph paper is supplied within the answer book.

No reference material of any kind may be taken into the examination .