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CHAPTER WISE NOTES:
1. Subject Overview
Paper Name: FMA – Management Accounting (previously known as F2)
Level: Applied Knowledge (first level of ACCA qualification)
FMA introduces the student to the basics of management accounting. The emphasis is on the way accounting information is used within a business to assist in planning, control, and decision-making.
While financial accounting involves reporting to external users, management accounting is used internally to assist managers in making informed business decisions.
2. Purpose of the Paper
This paper helps students understand how to:
Collect and analyze cost information
Prepare budgets
Control and monitor business performance
Support short-term and long-term decision-making
This will provide a foundation for later ACCA papers such as Performance Management (PM).
3. Main Topics Covere
- The Nature, Source, and Purpose of Management Information
- Difference between management and financial accounting
- Characteristics of useful information
- Data collection and processing
- Cost Classification, Behaviour, and Purpose
- Direct and indirect costs
- Fixed, variable, and semi-variable costs
- Cost objects and cost centres
- Cost Accounting Techniques
- Absorption and marginal costing
- Job, batch and process costing
- Overhead absorption and allocation
- Budgeting and Forecasting
- Types of budgets: fixed, flexible, zero-based
- Budget preparation and control
- Variance analysis and interpretation
- Standard Costing and Performance Measurement
- Setting and analyzing standard costs
- Material, labour, and overhead variances
- Performance evaluation
- Short-term Decision-Making Techniques
- Break-even analysis and contribution
- Limiting factor decisions
- Make-or-buy and pricing decisions
4. Skills Developed
After studying FMA, students should be able to:
Apply costing techniques to practical business issues
Prepare and use budgets for control and planning
Interpret performance data
Support management in making short-term and operational decisions
5. Assessment Format
Exam Type: Computer-Based Exam (CBE)
Duration: 2 hours
Structure:
Section A: 35 Objective Test Questions (2 marks each)
Section B: 3 Multi-task Questions (10 marks each)
Total Marks: 100
Pass Mark: 50%
6. Global Pass Rate
The global pass rate for FMA is usually between 65% and 75%, making it one of the higher pass-rate papers in ACCA. On the other hand, students mostly struggle with it if they do not understand the logic behind costing and budgeting.
7. Recommended Study Hours
Most students will find that 50-70 hours of concentrated study will adequately prepare them for the FMA exam, but this will vary according to your background in accounting or finance.
8. Study Tips
Understand concepts rather than just memorizing them. Many questions test your understanding of costing logic.
Practice as much as possible. Use ACCA's practice platform and mock exams.
Learn important formulas well. More so, those on variance analysis and break-even calculations.
Use reliable materials. Kaplan and BPP study texts are ACCA-approved and well structured.
Review the mistakes carefully; know where you went wrong in order to avoid such mistakes during the exam.
9. Next Steps After FMA
The next papers in the Applied Knowledge level, after FMA, are: BT: Business & Technology FA (Financial Accounting) Completion of all three (BT, MA, FA) enables progression to the Applied Skills level.










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