2012年6月ACCA考试科目F4考试考点预测(tips-1)

2012年6月ACCA考试科目F4考试考点预测(tips-1)

ACCA考试科目 F4由于考察的是法律知识，所以其文句严谨，逻辑关系严密，阅读起来自然比较困难。在回答问题时，文风也不能够太随意，很多在其他科目考试中可以使用到的大白话，在F4考试中就不能够随意使用了，这大大提升了对于考生英文书写能力的要求。更何况法律原理在进行解释时要求细腻、完善，且必须辅以对于我们来说晦涩难懂又难记的案例，而每篇答案的长度基本要求在350字左右，18分钟之内完成。3小时的考试我们需要完成10道这样的题目，总字数需要把控在3500字上下，基本是一篇论文的长度。。。。所以这些林林总总潜在的苛刻要求，都大大增加了这门考试的难度系数。这正是很多人逃避F4的主要原因。

June 2012 ACCA F4 Corporate and Business Law (ENG) Exam Tips
Prepared by Anthony Tao, ZBCT F4 Lecturer, Attorney-at-law
Tier 1
You will not pass the F4
exam without a thorough
understanding of these
areas
Tier 2
You should be able
to outline these
areas
Tier 3
Although these are
unimportant for the
purpose of the June
2012 Exam, you
should at least know
they are in the
syllabus.
Chapter 1 English
Legal System
1, 3, 4, 5 2 6, 7, 8
Chapter 2 Contract
Law
10, 11, 12, 13, 17, 18, 19,
20
9, 14 15, 16
Chapter 3 Tort Law 23, 24, 25 22 21, 26
Chapter 4 Employment
Law
27, 28, 29, 31 30
Chapter 5 Agency Law 34 32, 33, 35
Chapter 6 Partnership
Law
38, 39 40 36, 37
Chapter 7
Company
Law
Part I 42 43, 44, 45 41
Part II 48, 51, 52 46, 47, 49, 50, 53
Part III 54, 55, 59, 61, 62, 63, 64*,
65, 66
60 56, 57, 58
Part IV 71, 74 68, 69, 70, 73 67, 72
Part V 78, 75, 76 77
Part VI 79, 80, 82, 83 81
Part VII 84, 85 86
Chapter 8 Fraudulent
Behaviour
89* 87, 91 88, 90
* New areas introduced by the 2012 F4 (ENG) Syllabus.
F4 Corporate and Business Law (ENG) Past Exam Paper Analysis (Pilot – Dec 2011)
for June 2012 Exam
2012 Study Guide Content Exam Papers Notes
Chapter 1 English Legal System Pilot D07 J08 D08 J09 D09 J10 D10 J11 D11 Chapter 1 English Legal
System
1 Types of law 1 1
2 Court and tribunal systems 1 1 1
3 Case law and precedents 1 1 1 1
4
Legislation and delegated
legislation
1 1 1 1 1
5
Rules and presumptions for
statutory interpretation
1
6
The concepts of human rights
defined by the HRA 1998
7
HRA Impact on statutory
interpretation
8
HRA Impact on the common
law
Chapter 2 Contract Law Pilot D07 J08 D08 J09 D09 J10 D10 J11 D11 Chapter 2 Contract Law
9 Nature of a simple contract 8 8 8 8
10
What is an offer and what is
not an offer
8 8 2 8 2 2 8
11
Explain the meaning and
consequence of acceptance
8 8 8 2 8
12 The need for consideration 2 8 8
13 Doctrine of privity 2 2
14
Intention to create legal
relations
2 8
15
Distinguish terms from
representations
3
16
Define various contractual
terms
2 3 2
17
Explain the effect of exclusion
clauses and evaluate their
control
8
18
Explain the meaning and effect
of breach of contract
8 2 8 2
19
Explain the rules relating to the
award of damages
8 8 3 2
20
Analyse the equitable
remedies for breach of contract
8 8 2
Chapter 3 Tort Law Pilot D07 J08 D08 J09 D09 J10 D10 J11 D11 Chapter 3 Tort Law
21 Explain the meaning of tort
22
Identify examples of torts
including “passing off” and
negligence
4
23
Explain the duty of care and its
breach
3 3 3 3 3
24
Explain the meaning of
causality and remoteness of
damage
3 3
25
Discuss defences to actions in
negligence
3 3
26
Analyse the duty of care of
accountant and auditors
4 3
Chapter 4 Employment Law Pilot D07 J08 D08 J09 D09 J10 D10 J11 D11 Chapter 4 Employment
Law
27
Distinguish between
employees and the
self-employed
7 7
28
Duties of employers and
employees
7
29
Distinguish between wrongful,
unfair and constructive
dismissal
6 7 7 7
30 Redundancy 7 7 7
31
Remedies for unfair dismissal
and redundancy
7 6 7 7 7
Chapter 5 Agency Law Pilot D07 J08 D08 J09 D09 J10 D10 J11 D11 Chapter 5 Agency Law
32
Role of the agent and
examples
Agency law is always tested
in connection with
partnership and company
law. You should therefore
focus on the agency position
of partners, directors and
company secretaries in
sections 38, 70 and 73.
33
Explain how the agency
relationship is established
34
Define the authority of the
agent
35
Explain the potential liability of
both principal and agent
Chapter 6 Partnership Law Pilot D07 J08 D08 J09 D09 J10 D10 J11 D11 Chapter 6 Partnership Law
36
Explain the law governing
unlimited and limited
partnership
37
Discuss how partnerships are
established
38
Explain the authority of
partners
9 10 9
39 Analyse the liability of partners 9 10 9
40 Termination of partnerships 10
Chapter 7 Company Law Chapter 7 Company Law
Part I Corporations and legal
personality
Pilot D07 J08 D08 J09 D09 J10 D10 J11 D11 Part I Corporations and legal
personality
41
Distinguish between sole
traders, partnerships and
companies
42
Meaning and effect of limited
liability
9 9 5 10
43 Types of companies 5
44
The effect of separate
personality
4 9
45 Lifting the veil of incorporation 4 9
Part II Company formations Pilot D07 J08 D08 J09 D09 J10 D10 J11 D11 Part II Company formations
46
Role and duties of company
promoters
4
47 Pre-incorporation contracts 4
48
The procedure for registering
companies
4 4
49
Statutory books, records and
returns
5
50
Contents of model articles of
association
51
Analyse the effect of a
company’s constitutional
documents
4
52
Alteration of articles of
association
9
53 Company names 4
Part III Capital Pilot D07 J08 D08 J09 D09 J10 D10 J11 D11 Part III Capital
54 Different meanings of capital 4 5
55 Allotment of shares 10 4 5
56
Difference between various
classes of shares
5 5
57
The procedure for altering
class rights
58
Define companies’ borrowing
powers
59
Explain the meaning of
debenture
9 5 5
60
Distinguish loan capital from
share capital
61 Fixed and floating charge 9 5 10
62 The need and procedure for
registering company charges
63
Capital maintenance and
reduction of share capital
5 5
64
Explain the nature of treasury
shares
65
Issuing shares at a discount or
at a premium
9 5
66 Dividend rule 5 9
Part IV Company officers Pilot D07 J08 D08 J09 D09 J10 D10 J11 D11 Part IV Company officers
67
Explain the role of directors in
the operations of a company
68
Appointment, disqualification
and removal of directors
6
69 Types of directors 6 6
70
Powers of the board, MD and
individual directors
10 9 4
71
Duties of directors owed to the
company
10 6 9 9 10 6
72
Statutory controls over the
directors’ powers
73 Company secretary 6 4
74 Auditors 7
Part V Company meetings and
resolutions
Pilot D07 J08 D08 J09 D09 J10 D10 J11 D11 Part V Company meetings
and resolutions
75 AGMs and GMs 5
76
The procedure for calling such
meetings
5
77
Detail the procedure for
conducting company meetings
78
Ordinary, special and written
resolutions
5
Part VI Insolvency and administration Pilot D07 J08 D08 J09 D09 J10 D10 J11 D11 Part VI Insolvency and
administration
79 Voluntary liquidation 10
80 Compulsory liquidation 6
81
Explain the order in which
company debts will be paid off
9 10
82
Explain administration as a
general alternative to winding
up
6
83
Appointment, effects, powers
and duties of administration
6
Part VII Corporate governance Pilot D07 J08 D08 J09 D09 J10 D10 J11 D11 Part VII Corporate
governance
84
Explain the idea of corporate
governance
6 6
85
Extra-legal codes of corporate
governance
6 6
86
Identify and explain the legal
regulation of corporate
governance
6 6
Chapter 8 Fraudulent Behaviour Pilot D07 J08 D08 J09 D09 J10 D10 J11 D11 Chapter 8 Fraudulent
Behaviour
87
Insider dealing and market
abuse
10 10 10
88 Money laundering 10 10
89 Bribery
90
Criminal activity related to the
running of corporate affairs
91
Fraudulent and wrongful
trading
10__