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KASNEB ATD study plan

KASNEB ATD · Give each week a clear focus.

8 weeks · About 7 hours per week

Week 1

ATD Level I

  • Convert the ATD Level I syllabus into a numbered topic checklist and rank every topic as high, medium or low exam frequency

  • Write out the double-entry rules and the accounting equation from memory, then post 30 opening-entry transactions to the correct ledger accounts

  • Prepare a trial balance, correction-of-errors journal and suspense account for 6 short practice sets

  • Draft a one-page 'presentation rules' card covering income statement and statement of financial position layout, depreciation methods and accruals/prepayments adjustments

Your checkpoint

A dated topic checklist for Domain 1 plus a bound notebook containing 6 fully solved trial-balance-to-final-accounts exercises with corrections in red

Week 2

ATD Level I

  • Compute cost of goods sold, gross profit and net profit for 10 short manufacturing and trading scenarios

  • Calculate and interpret at least 6 accounting ratios (current, quick, gross margin, net margin, return on capital, stock turnover) from published-style statements

  • Reconstruct 8 incomplete-records and single-entry problems to a full set of final accounts

  • Explain in writing the treatment of 10 common adjustments, stating the double entry for each

Your checkpoint

A 40-question timed Domain 1 self-test scored and marked, with a written correction note for every question answered wrongly

Week 3

ATD Level I & ATD Level II

  • Re-attempt every question missed in the Week 2 self-test until each is answered correctly without notes

  • Map the ATD Level II syllabus into a numbered topic checklist and rank topics by exam frequency

  • Summarise 15 Level II core definitions, formats and formulae onto a single A4 reference sheet written from memory

  • Work through 20 short Level II computational exercises, showing each working step in full

Your checkpoint

A consolidated error log of at least 30 mistakes tagged by cause (knowledge gap, misread, arithmetic, time) and a completed Level II topic checklist

Week 4

ATD Level II

  • Solve 12 full-length Level II practice questions under a strict per-question time cap

  • Produce worked solutions, in your own words, for the 8 Level II topics that scored lowest in the Week 3 error log

  • Compare your answers against the marking guide and restate 10 model answer structures you can reuse in the exam

  • Recite from memory the layout of every statement or schedule required at Level II

Your checkpoint

A closed-book 60-question mixed Domain 1 and Domain 2 paper completed in one sitting, scored and marked against a target of 70%

Week 5

ATD Level II

  • Analyse 10 Level II scenario questions to identify exactly what the examiner is asking before writing any answer

  • Draft full written answers to 8 narrative or discussion-type Level II questions within a 12-minute cap each

  • Compute and interpret the quantitative elements of Level II topics you previously avoided, producing 15 fully worked figures

  • Build a one-page summary sheet for each remaining Level II topic, in your own words

Your checkpoint

A folder of 8 hand-written model answers, each timed, self-marked and annotated with the marks you would have lost and why

Week 6

ATD Level II & ATD Level III

  • Re-sit the Week 4 mock and beat your earlier score by at least 10 percentage points

  • Map the ATD Level III syllabus into a numbered topic checklist and rank topics by exam frequency

  • Identify the 10 Level III topics most likely to appear as long-form questions and outline a model answer structure for each

  • Solve 15 short Level III computational or applied exercises with full workings

Your checkpoint

A one-page answer-structure card for each of the 10 high-probability Level III topics, plus a completed Level III topic checklist

Week 7

ATD Level III

  • Work through 10 full Level III long-form questions under exam timing, allocating marks per part before writing

  • Apply professional judgement and ethical reasoning to 6 case-style questions, writing conclusions that are explicitly justified

  • Rewrite your 5 weakest Week 7 answers until each meets the model answer standard for structure and content

  • Condense all three domains into a single revision sheet of no more than 4 pages that you can rebuild from memory

Your checkpoint

One complete timed mock covering Domain 3 only, written in exam conditions, scored and accompanied by a prioritised list of the 10 topics to revise in Week 8

Week 8

ATD Level I & ATD Level II & ATD Level III

  • Sit two full mixed mock papers spanning all three domains, each within the official time allowance and without notes

  • Rebuild your 4-page revision sheet from a blank page three times to confirm recall

  • Drill the 20 questions you have got wrong most often across all eight weeks until each is answered correctly twice in a row

  • Finalise your exam-day routine: question order, time per mark, working-paper layout and a 10-minute checking pass

Your checkpoint

Two completed and scored full mocks at 75% or above, plus a final one-page 'exam day' checklist written in your own hand

Milestones

Week 2: Score at least 60% on the closed-book Domain 1 self-test and show a written correction for every wrong answer

Week 4: Score at least 70% on the timed 60-question Domain 1 and Domain 2 mixed paper, with no unanswered questions

Week 6: Beat the Week 4 mock score by at least 10 percentage points and hold a complete Level III topic checklist and high-probability answer-structure card

Week 8: Score 75% or above on two full mixed mock papers sat under exam conditions with all three domains represented