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About ACCA Business and Technology (BT)

ACCA Business and Technology (BT) · GB

Key exam facts

Provider

ACCA (Association of Chartered Certified Accountants) owns and examines BT; licensed CBE centres deliver the examination.

Format

On-demand computer-based examination at an exam centre in the United Kingdom. Section A uses objective tests including multiple choice, multiple response and matching; Section B uses multi-task questions, with gap-fill, hotspot and occasional number-entry formats also possible. All questions are compulsory.

Exam questions

Total questions: 52.

Time limit

Two hours of examination time.

Passing score

50% overall (50 of the 100 available marks).

Exam fee

For UK centre-based BT examinations, each CBE centre sets its own examination fee. There is no single ACCA-set GBP entry price for these sittings; obtain the applicable local quote from the chosen centre. The £86 Applied Knowledge exemption charge is not a BT examination entry fee.

Topics covered

• The business organisation and its external environment

  • The purpose and types of business organisation
  • Stakeholders in business organisations
  • Political and legal factors affecting business
  • Macroeconomic factors
  • Microeconomic factors
  • Social and demographic factors
  • Technological factors
  • Environmental and sustainability factors
  • Competitive factors

• Organisational structure, culture, governance and sustainability

  • The formal and informal business organisation
  • Business organisational structure
  • Organisational culture
  • Governance in business organisations
  • Sustainable business practices

• Business functions, regulation and technology

  • The relationship between accounting and other business functions
  • Accounting and finance functions within business organisations
  • Regulation and financial crime
  • Financial information provided by business
  • Financial systems and technology
  • Internal controls
  • The impact of advances in technology

• Leadership and management

  • Leadership, management and supervision
  • Individual and group behaviour in business organisations
  • Team formation, development and management
  • Motivating individuals and teams
  • Learning and training at work
  • Review and appraisal of individual performance

• Personal effectiveness and communication in business

  • Personal effectiveness
  • Consequences of ineffectiveness at work
  • Competence frameworks and personal development
  • Sources of conflict and techniques for conflict resolution
  • Communicating in business

• Professional ethics

  • Fundamental principles of ethical behaviour
  • The role of regulatory and professional bodies in promoting ethical and professional standards in the accountancy profession
  • Corporate codes of ethics
  • Ethical conflicts and dilemmas

How to prepare

Work through the topics, read the explanation after each answer, and revisit the areas where you miss questions. Use the official outline and reference materials below to guide your study.

These independent practice questions are not actual exam items and do not guarantee a passing result.

Frequently asked questions

Official sources and references

• Business and Technology (BT/FBT) syllabus and study guide

  p. 17, section 11; full scope pp. 6–15

• Business and Technology (BT/FBT) syllabus and study guide

  p. 16, section 8

• ACCA learning providers FAQs on exams

  What is the pass mark for the examinations?

• The structure of the Business and Technology (FBT/BT) exam

  Section A

• ACCA fees and charges

  Exam fees – Applied Knowledge exams

• BT syllabus and study guide landing page

  Download the Syllabus and Study Guides

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