1. Exam Overview
The Strategic Options exams are all 3 hour and 15 minutes, paper-based exams.
The paper is split into 2 sections and all questions are compulsory.
2. Learning Objectives
- Identify the legal and regulatory environment and its impact on audit and assurance practice
- Demonstrate the ability to work effectively on an assurance or other service engagement within a professional and ethical framework
- Assess and recommend relevant quality control policies and procedures in practice management
- Identify the auditor’s role in relation to the acceptance and retention of professional appointments
- Identify and formulate the work required to meet the objectives of audit assignments and apply the International Standards on Auditing (UK)
- Evaluate findings and the results of work performed and draft suitable reports on assignments
- Identify and formulate the work required to meet the objectives of non-audit assignments
- Understand the current issues and developments relating to the provision of audit-related and assurance services
3. Study Methods
Whatever study method you choose, you’ll benefit from high-quality learning materials, practical learning methods, hundreds of practice questions, marked mock exams and expert support even on evenings and weekends. You can be confident with Kaplan.
Award-winning structured online course with the flexibility to start anytime and study anywhere.
- Topic focused learning modules, containing tutor-led bite-sized videos
- Engaging activities designed for effective online learning
- Integrated programme to guide you efficiently through the whole syllabus
Live interactive online classes at a set time, which you can watch from anywhere.
- Live lectures delivered online by a tutor
- Re-watch and replay lessons through recordings
- Access to our award winning OnDemand online learning resources
4. Study Materials
Live Online and OnDemand students will receive printed and online study materials. The ACCA materials are the only official ACCA approved study materials that cover the full syllabus and are reviewed and approved by ACCA faculty, so you can be confident of their quality.
We provide:
- Study text
A textbook covering the full subject syllabus with worked examples and activities. - Integrated workbook
The integrated workbook helps you work through the syllabus, with room to write your notes. It helps you keep everything in one place to make it easy to study and revise from. - Study programme
Outlines the course structure, providing guidance on what to do, and when. - Revision cards
Pocket-sized, brief revision notes that highlight and prioritise the essential topics you need to understand to pass your ACCA exams. - Exam kit
The exam kit gives you plenty of exam style questions and answers to test your knowledge and practice. - eLearning modules (Live Online and OnDemand only)
Interactive tutor-led video modules that teach the whole syllabus and extend learning via tricky topic tutorials.
Support
- Tutor support
Dedicated support* whenever you need it through LiveChat, email or callback for UK students, evening and weekends included. - MyKaplan
An online learning portal that helps you access all your online learning and testing resources such as your study materials. - Study program
Outlines the course structure, providing guidance on what to do, and when. - Discussion forum
Keep in touch with your fellow students and tutors through the online discussion forums in MyKaplan. - Test
Hundreds of questions that you can use to build your own tests to help target weak areas, or check your overall knowledge. - Student Relations Officer
Receive support from our dedicated Student Relations Officer.
