Cost Accounting (2 º Sem 2019/2020)

Dear Cost Accounting students enrolled for the Extra Season Exam,

We hope this e-mail finds you and your families well and in good health.

In relation to the Cost Accounting exam for tomorrow, July 9 at 12h, we have the following information (you can also check the announcement online):

1.            The exam is with consultation (of class materials, books, formulas) but individual, without any contact with third parties, in accordance with the honour commitment signed by the students and defined by the school.

2.            We remind you that the exam is with consultation only due to technical questions, but it was designed to be without done without consultation. Therefore, it is important that you do not waste time with unnecessary research in case you know the answer and/or how to solve the question. Validation checks should only be done at the end of each part of the exam, after answering and submitting and if there is any time left.

3.            At 11h45m all students must be at Teams at a class meeting. Specific meetings at Teams will be created, therefore you can access through the calendar. To those who may not have this option, just join the meeting that will be going on at the time.

4.            Any student without access to Teams must URGENTLY contact the Information Systems Department at ISEG (“Direção de Sistemas de Informação do ISEG” - dsi@iseg.ulisboa.pt) in order to get access.

5.            When joining the meeting, students shall turn on the cameras and microphones (during the exam, microphones can be switched off). Students with no camera on the computer must access Teams through a smartphone.

6.            At 11h45m a roll-call will be made by whoever is watching the exam.

7.            When called, the student shall answer and present the identity card (or passport) to be duly identified.

8.            Students that do not identify themselves will be subject to an oral exam.

9.            Any student not identified before the exam starts (for lack of time) will be identified in the following break.

10.          At 12h students, students will receive in the "chat" box a file with the link to access the 1st part of the exam. Use only your own link which will lead you to your Forms exam. In each break another file with links for the 2nd and 3rd part of the exam will be made available.

11.          Students shall remain in the Teams meeting, with the camera on, while solving the exam in Forms.

12.          ATTENTION: In Forms you shall only click "SUBMIT" when concluding the exam or when the time is almost completed. If you click before you may not go back to the exam. If this happens, by mistake, please report this immediately so that you receive the rest of the exam in paper. Given that all these processes take time, please be careful with the use of "SUBMIT".

13.          The structure of the exam has changed when compared to the previous exam. This one will have 3 sections, each with 30m + 2m for submission tolerance.

14.          For any errors during submission, please make "print screen" of the error and report it along with the backup of your exam.

15.          Even in Forms, we recommend all students to make backups (print-screens with the time). They may serve as answers in case of errors on Forms.

16.          There will be a 15m break between each session and problems shall be reported during these breaks. E-mails reporting errors at the end of the exam that were not reported before shall not be attended.

17.          Timing for the exam:

a.            From 12h to 12h 30m - Part I

b.            From 12h 30m to 12h 45m - 1st break

c.            From 12h 45m to 13h 15m - Part II

d.            From 13h 15m to 13h 30m - 2nd break

e.            From 13h 30m to 14h - Part III

18.          Students with special education needs will have 15 more minutes in each part. Timing will be as follows:

a.            From 12h to 12h 45m - Part I

b.            From 12h 45m to 13h - 1st break

c.            From 13h to 13h 45m - Part II

d.            From 13h 45m to 14h - 2nd break

e.            From 14h to 14h 45m - Part III

19.          Students with special education needs will receive the exam via e-mail and shall resolve it in word format. Please send your e-mail to pedrosantos@iseg.ulisboa.pt to get your exam.

20.          The exam has multiple choice questions and open text questions (text boxes). Multiple choice questions are worth 14 points in the exam and the open text questions, the remaining 6 points. In the multiple choice it is not necessary to present calculations, while in the open text questions, students shall, when applicable, present the calculations and justifications necessary to back up their answers.

21.          Each part of the exam will have 4 or 5 multiple choice questions and 1 open text questions. The different chapters of the Course are mixed along the exam.

22.         The exam does not require uploads. All the exam shall be answered in Forms, in multiple choice or in text boxes. The weight of theoretical questions is 20 to 25% of the total exam and the remaining questions are practical.

23.         This exam will have no charts/tables in order to avoid visualization issues occurred before. Therefore, some exercises may have longer explanations. We suggest that you take out the relevant information to allow you to make your calculations and then chose the correct option.

24.          All questions will have the respective quotation indicated. The multiple choice questions will be worth 1 point each and the open text, 2 points each. It is important to stress that in the multiple-choice questions, in case of a wrong answer, ¼ of the quotation will be taken out. In case you do not wish to answer you may not choose any option or, in case you have done it already, choose "No answer" which will have the same meaning.

25.          In order to maximize your time, start with those you know well and leave the others for the end.

26.          Forms has no clock for timing, so play attention to time, especially for submission purposes.

27.          Any problem with Aquila must be communicated at once to whoever is watching the exam at Teams.

28.          Only after the last part/section of the exam is over can the student switch off the camera and leave Teams.

Finally, the Cost Accounting team wishes to reinsure everyone that we are aware of the difficulties everyone is feeling and how challenging an online exam is. This exam was designed to face these new circumstances we are all going through.

Wish you all a great exam!

The Cost Accounting Team