FAC1501 Introductory Financial Accounting — past paper topic odds, every question asked

5 papers · 2013, 2014, 2015

46 questions · 6 topics

Oct/Nov 2026 session · 21 days away

Real past papers

How it works: we read 5 past FAC1501 papers and rank every topic by how often it’s asked and for how many marks. The top three topics and every question are free. The pass (R79, whole semester) opens the rest of the map, the marks year by year, and the scanned papers. Each paper has a thread — that’s where students compare answers; we don’t publish any.

The Spot MapTop 3 free

Every topic, ranked by how often the past papers ask it. Tap one for its questions.

  1. 5of 5

    Financial statements

    29 marks

    Asked in 5 of 5 papers · last May 2015

  2. 5of 5

    Journals & posting to the ledger

    26 marks

    Asked in 5 of 5 papers · last May 2015

  3. 5of 5

    Bank reconciliation

    23 marks

    Asked in 5 of 5 papers · last May 2015

The VaultQuestions free

Every past paper we hold, as the questions actually asked, with a thread per paper. Scans open with the pass.

  1. 2015May/Jun 201512 questions · 100 marks · 1 upload agreeFree sample · open
  2. 2014
  3. 2014
  4. 2013
  5. 20132013

PracticeFree to start

Flashcards, multiple-choice drills and a timed mock, all built from the same papers.

Help us verify FAC1501

We hold 46 questions across 5 papers for this module — and no answers. UNISA doesn’t publish memos and we don’t have one for FAC1501. We’d rather show you what gets asked than guess at what the markers wanted.

What’s a memo?
The official marking guide for an exam session: the answer the markers used and how the marks were allocated. Lecturers sometimes release them; tutors and past students sometimes still have one.
What one memo does
Every question in that paper gets its official answer for every student, and we can extract the marker’s traps — what costs marks, year after year.
What you get
FAC1501 free, permanently. Not for a semester — for as long as Paper Spot exists. We verify the memo first, then unlock your number.
I have a memo or a paper →

Photos of a printed memo are fine. Papers we don’t have yet count too.

The full Spot Map and the marks by year. Or upload a paper we’re missing and get it free.