Tag: CIMA Exam Tips

  • Practice Tests Academy

    The good people at Practice Tests Academy are offering The CIMA Student readers 20% off ALL OF THEIR CIMA Materials!! The offer runs from Monday 19th November to Monday 26th November – to take advantage use the discount code 20thecimastudent CIMA Objective Test Materials PTA have expanded their materials from being a CIMA question bank to providing…

  • CIMA Materials – 40% OFF BLACK FRIDAY!

    Astranti are having a mega BLACK FRIDAY sale starting today and are offering students 40% OFF all of their materials for the operational, management and strategic level – including all of the OCS, MCS and SCS case study materials. It caught my eye as I plan to sit the MCS exam in February 2018 and…

  • CIMA P2: Throughput Accounting

    Throughput Accounting is a modern management accounting technique that offers an alternative view to the more traditional cost accounting. It’s all about identifying the constraint or limiting factor in the production process and exploiting it to maximise profit. It allows management to focus efforts to make the best possible use of the limitation. Theory of…

  • CIMA P2: Transfer Pricing

    Transfer pricing is a subject that crops up on the CIMA P2 paper and here is my take on the subject. What is Transfer Pricing? Transfer pricing is common place among multi national corporations where there are high volumes of “inter-company” activity. Companies tend to use transfer pricing to lower their overall tax bill of…

  • CIMA P2: Learning Curves

    It’s taken a while for me to get back on track with my CIMA P2 studies but here I am with an article on Learning Curves which is a feature of the CIMA P2 syllabus. The Learning Curve The learning curve relates to the observed tendency that workers become adept at a task, the more…

  • Pass Your CIMA Exams First Time

    The Practice Tests Academy founder Justyna Wachulka-Chan explains, using her own experience on passing CIMA exams, how students can also pass their exams first time.  I bet you have often wondered what does it take to pass a CIMA exam on your first attempt?  The bad news is that there is no one-fits-all solution, BUT there…

  • CIMA OCS February 2017: Mavis Venderby

    CIMA released the pre-seen materials for the OCS February exam last Friday 9th December and the case study in question is called “Mavis Venderby”. You can find the official OCS pre-seen materials from CIMA here. I posted an article earlier this month on CIMA Case Study Advice: February 2017 that will give you some more pointers and…

  • CIMA E2: Company Culture

    Understanding company culture is part of the CIMA E2 syllabus and is an easy one for most people to relate (assuming you have some experience in the workplace). Culture is described as a combination of beliefs, values and standards of behaviour that are inherent in an organisation. Company Culture For example, you might work in…

  • CIMA E2: Managing Change

    Syllabus area D of the CIMA E2 paper revolves around managing change through projects. It’s covers 30% of the paper so you need to know enough detail to be able pass the E2 objective test. Lewins 3 step model of change Our good friend Lewin is back with another model, this time it’s his theory…

  • The Week Ahead – 21 November 2016

    It’s the final week of the CIMA November case study exams as the SCS students get to grips with their scenario of ADF. Here are a few exam tips for the SCS students to think about: Get some rest – don’t spend the night before the exam studying until the early hours of the morning.…

  • The Week Ahead – 7th November 2016

    The OCS students will be counting down the hours until their exam as the Marici Power case study begins from Tuesday this week. Meanwhile, the MCS and SCS students still have a week or two to finalise their exam preparation. Here a few exam tips for students taking their case study this month. Time Management:…

  • CIMA E2: Risk Management

    Project management, as you are probably aware due to the nature of may recent blog articles, plays a significant part in the CIMA E2 syllabus. Managing projects in the finance department (or office) is becoming increasingly common place and it’s an area of the syllabus I can actually relate to my work experiences directly. A key…

  • CIMA Case Studies: Know your role!

    The CIMA case studies require a different approach than the objective tests. Students who want to pass the CIMA case studies first time will need to understand their role in the case study and this will influence the type of questions they will be asked as well as how they will be answered.

  • CIMA SCS November 2016: ADF

    The SCS November 2016 pre-seen materials were released this week and the following set of video analysis is the perfect starting point for students who want to pass the CIMA SCS first time. Article is packed full of study advice and exam tips for the CIMA SCS.

  • CIMA OCS November 2016: Marici Power

    A collection of resources on the CIMA November 2016 OCS scenario, Marici Power. These preview videos from Astranti on the pre-seen materials released by CIMA will help students achieve a pass mark first time.

  • CIMA Case Study Advice: November 2016

    Advice and resources for students who taking the CIMA case study exams in November 2016. Study support with whats app groups as well as revision master classes and a PASS GUARANTEE with Astranti case study courses.

  • CIMA E2: Business Strategy

    This article examines the CIMA E2 subject of formulating a buisness strategy. It looks at the four main types of strategy and what type of companies would employ them.

  • How I Passed CIMA F2 Exam

    It was a case of third time lucky when taking the CIMA F2 exam this week – I finally got the PASS mark I desperately needed – the official scaled score from CIMA was 108 out of 150 and proficient in all areas of the F2 syllabus! Ah, what a relief! How I Passed the…

  • F2: Failed again

    My second attempt at the F2: Advanced Financial Reporting paper resulted in my second failure. This time, though, it’s more demoralising than the first sitting! I felt well prepared and felt confident when I finished the exam – so it was a blow to see the words “fail”on the provisional result at the exam centre.…

  • CIMA MCS August 2016: SparkSpace

    The CIMA case study scenario for the upcoming MCS exam in August is based around a company called SparkSpace. This marks the beginning of the study period for those students taking the exam, all of your preparation and planning to pass the CIMA MCS first time can start now! You can find the official pre-seen material…