UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL 
ACFI20001: Principles of Finance 
Final Examination Guide and Notes 2025 
 
- Part 01: About This Guide 
- Part 02: Sample Final Examination Paper 
- Part 03: Suggested Solutions to Final Exam Paper 
- Part 04: Proven Exam Strategies and Tips 
 
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University of Bristol - ACFI20001: Principles of Finance

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ACADEMIC YEAR 2025 - 2026

University	University of Bristol
Study Level	Undergraduate
Unit Code	ACFI20001
Unit Name	Principles of Finance
Credit Points	20
Notes Title	Final Examination Guide and Notes
Format	PDF
Page Length	36

Prepare for the ACFI20001: Principles of Finance exam at the University of Bristol with this complete set of exam notes. It explains how the final exam is organised, the likely style and range of questions, and how to avoid common mistakes. Inside you’ll find sample exam papers, solutions, step-by-step explanations, and final-exam hints and tips. It has been updated to match the latest exam content, so you can revise with focus and confidence.

This unit is a core intermediate course in finance. It provides the techniques and institutional contexts for students considering a career in financial services. It will also help them make informed decisions in their own personal finance decisions.

The course explores aspects of corporate finance, examining how companies interact with the financial markets and how decisions about internal and external financing affect the value and risk of corporate flows. The aim is to provide a well-rounded picture of decisions that company managers make, the effects of these decisions, and the information that should be used as a basis for these decisions.

Upon successful completion of the unit, students will be able to:

Employ mathematical tools to compute risk and return for portfolio of securities.
Present, explain and apply the Capital Asset Pricing model for computing expected stock returns and critically evaluate the evidence for informational efficiency of stock markets.
Calculate and apply different costs of capital in valuation.
Understand and explain different capital structure theories.

Units you must take before you take this one: Mathematical and Statistical Methods (EFIM10008) or Mathematics for Economics (EFIM10023) or ECON10005 Mathematics for Economics and Finance; plus Fundamentals of Accounting and Finance (ACFI10003) or Introduction to Accounting (ACCG10052).

UNIT CODE	UNIT NAME
ACCG10052	Introduction to Accounting
ACCG20011	Management Accounting
ACFI20001	Fundamentals of Accounting and Finance
ACFI30003	Advanced Corporate Reporting
ACFI30011	Portfolio Management
ACFI30013	Derivatives and International Finance
ECON10001	Economics
ECON10003	Probability, Statistics and Econometrics
ECON10006	Statistical Methods
EFIM10008	Mathematical and Statistical Methods
EFIM10010	Economic Principles
EFIM10015	Introduction to Management
EFIM10028	Risk and Return
EFIM10029	Financial Markets, Institutions and Instruments
EFIM10030	Accounting and Finance for Managers
EFIM10050	Principles of Economics
EFIM20007	Financial Accounting
EFIM20010	Applied Quantitative Research Methods
EFIM20011	Econometrics 1
EFIM20033	Intermediate Microeconomics
EFIM20036	Econometrics 2
EFIM20038	Microeconomic Analysis
EFIM20042	Corporate Finance and Valuation
EFIM20043	Asset Markets
MATH10013	Probability and Statistics
MGRC10002	Principles of Marketing

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