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Monday, July 22, 2019

Certified Accounting and Audit Professional Exam Experience & Tips

CAAP,(Certified Accounting & Audit Professional), conducted by IIBF can be cleared by just reading two IIBF prescribed books, with 100% certainty & confidence.

Exam:

  • We need to have the patience to write the exam because 80% of questions have long options. We have to read all of them carefully.
  • They give four statements and ask us to correct the wrong one or correct right ones.
  • If we read the books,  particularly the objectives provided at the end of each chapter, we can easily pass the test with at least 50.
  • The simple calculator may be useful only for depreciation calculations, which we can solve manually.
  • Questions like
    • Depreciation calculations(5 questions).
    • Agriculture credit NPA norms and IRAC classifications, on which date it may be classified as different assets (5 questions)
    • KCC (5 questions)
    • Credit cards NPA norms(1 question)
    • Cash && bank book adjustments (5 questions)
    • Priority sector lending (1)
    • Schedules of BS & PL
    • Business Risk & Control Risk matrix
    • RBIA, Internal Audit
    • Ind AS12
    • Jilani
    • Many questions are of the same model as the questions at the end of chapters on books.

Tips
  • Go through all chapters at least
    • Headings
    • Tables
    • Definitions
    • Summary
    • chapter-end objectives
    • Numbered points
  • Before one day of the exam, revise all the above ones.
  • Take your own time, to read all lengthy options. If we read patiently all the choices, we can easily figure out the wrong/correct ones.
  •  But reading the two books gives us enough understanding of Accounting & Auditing in Bank, and we can pass them very easily. 
  • Above all the exam is just to have a basic understanding of A&A, We have to work in the accounting department of the bank to understand & implement our A&A skills. Even if we don't work in the accounting department, having some idea about A&A gives some edge to us over overall banking.
  • Read Syllabus of exam and Contents 1 & 2 of books two-three times, 
  • Have notes regarding some important no's differences, ratings.. will be useful for revision.