Subject guide

How to study cost accounting

Cost accounting exams are calculation exams. Master the costing schemes and know the traps, and you collect a lot of marks.

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What comes up in almost every exam

Contribution and operating result Break-even quantity Overhead absorption rates Special order and minimum price

How to practise

Write the costing schemes from memory every day, practise each problem type with new numbers and mix the types, so that you learn to recognise which method is needed (Rohrer & Taylor, 2007).

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Sources

Dunlosky, J., Rawson, K. A., Marsh, E. J., Nathan, M. J., & Willingham, D. T. (2013). Improving students’ learning with effective learning techniques. Psychological Science in the Public Interest, 14(1), 4–58. doi:10.1177/1529100612453266
Rohrer, D., & Taylor, K. (2007). The shuffling of mathematics problems improves learning. Instructional Science, 35(6), 481–498. doi:10.1007/s11251-007-9015-8