A full Accounting exam paper, written at home under exam conditions and marked question by question. The report names every lost mark, sorts it into one of five reasons, and shows which of those marks were already within reach. Grades 10 to 12, CAPS and IEB.
Last updated 13 September 2026
Price
R299 a paper; Mark Recovery, the whole subject, R749
Grades
Grade 10, Grade 11 and Grade 12
Curricula
CAPS and IEB
Papers
Paper 1 or Paper 2
Written
At home, 3 timed hours, whenever suits you
Back to you
Marks in 1 hour, the full report in 24
Delivered
By email and WhatsApp
Guarantee
Fewer than 10 recoverable marks, and the paper is refunded
What a Accounting diagnostic tells you
Exam Diagnostics ZA is a South African service that marks a full Grade 10–12 mock exam paper mark by mark and reports every lost mark, with a strategy report and a video walkthrough, within 24 hours. For Accounting that means a mark, and beside it the mark your child would have had without the mistakes that had nothing to do with knowing the work.
The marks swing from test to test. Accounting punishes a single misplaced figure harder than almost any other subject, because everything after it is built on top of it.
What Accounting Paper 1 and Paper 2 cover
Accounting is examined in two papers. Paper 1 covers financial reporting and evaluation. Paper 2 covers managerial accounting, and managing resources. You choose which one your child writes when you order, so you can diagnose the paper that is actually costing marks.
The CAPS Grade 12 split. Grades 10 and 11 follow the same shape with less content.
Paper
Focus
Main topics
Paper 1
Financial reporting and evaluation.
Company financial statements; Cash flow statements and their interpretation; Financial indicators and analysis; Fixed assets; Audit reports and the role of the auditor
Paper 2
Managerial accounting, and managing resources.
Manufacturing and cost accounting; Budgets: cash budgets and projected income; Inventory systems and valuation; Reconciliations: bank, creditors and debtors; VAT; Internal control and ethics
Grade 12 paper length: 150 marks in 2 hours per paper.
IEB: The IEB weights interpretation and commentary more heavily than the mechanics of the ledger.
Where Accounting marks are usually lost
Marks leave a paper for five reasons, and only two of them mean your child did not know the work. In Accounting the most common are accuracy and not written down — both of which come from how the paper was written, not from what was studied.
Accuracy. One figure posted to the wrong side, and every total that depends on it is wrong, even though the method was right.
Not written down. Workings are done on a calculator and never written down, so the marks allocated to them cannot be given.
Wrong method. An indicator is calculated with the wrong formula, or the wrong two figures, and reaches a number that cannot be right.
Every lost mark is sorted into one of five reasons.
Reason
What it means
Recoverable?
Wrong method
The route chosen could not reach the answer.
No — this is a gap to teach
Accuracy
The method was right; the arithmetic slipped.
Yes — the method was right
Not written down
The working stopped before the mark was earned.
Yes — the method was right
Misread
A value or instruction was taken off the paper wrongly.
No — this is a gap to teach
Didn’t remember
A formula or definition was not recalled in the moment.
No — this is a gap to teach
What you get back
Marks come back within 1 hour and the full report within 24, by email and WhatsApp. It runs to eight pages: the mark, the mark in reach, every lost mark with its reason, the recoverable marks question by question, and the concepts behind them.
Cover
The mark, and the mark in reach
Why the marks were lost
26% recoverable
Recoverable marks by question
Recoverable marks, continued
Concepts behind the losses
Concepts, continued
You can read a full report before you order anything — see the sample report .
Choose the grade
The paper is set for the grade your child is in, so a Grade 10 diagnostic is a Grade 10 paper. Pick the grade below to see what that year's Accounting paper asks for and when in the year a diagnostic is worth writing.
Questions parents ask
Which Accounting paper should my child write?
The one the marks are going missing in. Paper 1 covers financial reporting and evaluation. Paper 2 covers managerial accounting, and managing resources. If you are not sure, a school report or a returned test usually shows which paper is the weaker one.
Is the paper CAPS or IEB?
Both are available. You choose the curriculum when you order, once per order, because a family is normally at one school. The IEB weights interpretation and commentary more heavily than the mechanics of the ledger.
What does a Accounting diagnostic cost?
A single paper is R299. Mark Recovery, both papers of a subject and a follow-up paper, is R749. Finals Ready, three subjects, is R1,990. A printed copy couriered to you is R250 for the order. A follow-up paper on its own is R250; in Mark Recovery it is included.
What if the report finds nothing worth fixing?
Then you do not pay for it. If a paper turns up fewer than 10 recoverable marks, that paper is refunded.