VCTA

Classroom upload Number 4 September 2007

see for the September upload files

IMPORTANT – From the VCAA bulletin, no. 51 August 2007
VCE Accounting - November Examination
From and including 2007, for questions involving the topic Budgets, students will not be required to consider GST. This is because to include GST would unduly complicate the task and thus undermine the assessment of the relevant knowledge and skills.

Past exams:
Vicki Baron, from Haileybury College, has generously reworked and adapted the past four years of VCAA Unit 4 exams to meet the new study design. As accounting teachers, we are lucky to have someone who is happy to share her hard work with us. A big thank you on behalf of all members to Vicki.
CL_ACC_407_8 (2003 exam)
CL_ACC_407_9 (2004 exam)
CL_ACC_407_10 (2005 exam)
CL_ACC_407_11 (2006 exam)

Jeopardy Revision:
A quiz that is based on a test designed by Vicki Baron and adapted for unit four.
CL_ACC_407_15

Unit 4 course outline

A Unit 4 course outline with references to Textbook chapters

Area of Study 1 - Extension of recording and reporting

Non-current asset purchase task - Editors' Contribution
An introductory task for buying of a non-current asset Includes two files:
Buying a NCA
Solution to Buying a NCA

Area of Study 2 - Financial planning and decision-making

Budgeting SAC:
Here is a computerised SAC to use with your students. It does contain conditional formatting on the Balance Sheet page – it tells the students they have it right or to keep trying at Total Equities. If you would like to change the Balance Sheet you will need to click the tools menu, protection and then unprotect sheet. The protection is there so they can’t see the formula used to show the words as it contains the answer.
CL_ACC_407_5.xls Unit 4 2007 Budget solution2.xls
CL_ACC_407_6.xls Unit 4 2007 Budget student file2.xls

Getting stuck into analysis and interpretation Editors' Contribution
Firstly, launch the topic with an interesting but true story to help get your students into the mood. Try this short PowerPoint which was developed from a recent newspaper article about Amazon.com

Then let them great their hands dirty with a group activity. The data is this activity is based on a previous common assessment task, however, students work in groups to try to put the information together and complete a SWOT analysis of the business over 2-3 lessons. They present their findings to the class

This PowerPoint file provides an introductory resource to start the discussion of analysis and interpretation, including general information relevant to the study design

Compak Issue 4 2007 Supplements

How to maximise your results in the Unit 4 examination (ACC407_2, issue 4, October 2007) Word or PDF
Accounting Unit 4 practice exam 2007 and answer book (ACC407_3A, issue 4, October 2007) Word or PDF
Solutions to Accounting Unit 4 practice exam 2007 (ACC407_3B, issue 4, October 2007) Word or PDF

Compak Issue 3 2007 Supplements

Profit and cash flow in Unit 4: templates and solutions (PDF, 192K, ACC307_3.pdf, Issue 3, August 2007, pages 15-17)
Analysis and interpretation task for Unit 4: scenario (Word, 256K, ACC307_4A.doc, Issue 3, August 2007, pages 19-20)
Analysis and interpretation task for Unit 4: Excel file (Excel, 312K, ACC307_4B.xls, Issue 3, August 2007, pages 19-20)
Analysis and interpretation task for Unit 4: task instructions (Word, 256K, ACC307_4C.doc, Issue 3, August 2007, pages 19-20)
Analysis and interpretation task for Unit 4: task sheet (Word, 256K, ACC307_4D.doc, Issue 3, August 2007, pages 19-20)
Analysis and interpretation task for Unit 4: solutions (Word, 256K, ACC307_4E.doc, Issue 3, August 2007, pages 19-20)