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Do not fool yourself - Doing past papers with the model answer open is not exam preparation. It is just reading comprehension.
I have noticed many students approach the final weeks before an ACCA exam by reading through past papers and thinking, “That's easy, I will be able to solve it.”
When you sit a full, timed mock, three things happen that you cannot simulate by reading the exam kit:
- The Time Trap is exposed - you understand where you waste the most time.
- You actually learn to create strategies as soon as you see the paper.
- You get a real baseline of where you stand.
The only time I recommend sifting through answers in the exam kit is when you have already solved the question and just want to revisit it broadly.
Learning the fundamentals is one part of the job, but you must also know how to handle the constraints of an exam setting.
- Neel Rawat (www.afmadvantage.com)
u/InevitableAnnual7664 — 3 days ago