Operational level · OCS
CIMA OCS case study practice, set in Tendra Tents
Timed tasks in your pre-seen company, marked following CIMA's published marking approach, in about a minute, with your own answer rewritten to the next level up.
£179 for Pass, £319 for Pass Plus, one payment · First task free, no card
The free task is timed, like the real exam.
Failed once? See resit cover with Pass PlusCurrent pre-seen · Nov 2026 – Feb 2027
Tendra Tents
Tent and camping equipment manufacturing
A privately owned tent maker founded by three friends who still run it, with an eco-friendly brand. It sells three tent ranges online across Europe and through retailers in its home market, from a single production site. The pre-seen includes recent financial results, a budget for the coming year and the local tax regime.
- You are
- Finance Officer in the finance department
- Pre-seen released
- 18 September 2026
- Exam windows
- From 4 November 2026 to 5 February 2027. Check your booking and dates with CIMA.
- First results
- 7 January 2027
Our own summary to help you plan. Download CIMA's pre-seen from the CGMA Study Hub. More on Tendra Tents
What to expect
- Your role
- You write as a Finance Officer (CIMA's entry-level finance professional) in the company's finance team.
- Write like this
- Practical and clear. Explain figures, processes and controls to managers who aren't accountants.
- Expect tasks on
- Day-to-day finance: costing and variances, budgets, working capital, tax, financial statements, and how technology changes the finance function.
- The pre-seen is released on the CGMA Study Hub at least six weeks before the first exam day. It describes the company, its industry, its people and its recent results.
- In the exam, new information (the unseen) arrives at the start of each section. Each section is one task: a trigger, then two to four sub-tasks, each with its % of the time and marks, usually written as an email, memo, report or briefing notes in your role.
- Tasks draw on all three subjects at your level and on the pre-seen. The result is a pass or fail, with a scaled score out of 150 (80 or more passes) and feedback by core activity.
Always confirm the exam format and dates with CIMA.
What CIMA has asked before, by core activity: Past questions for OCS
Practise in Tendra Tents today
Try one marked task free, no card needed. Pass is £179 and Pass Plus is £319, one payment per level, covering your next two sittings until 19 February 2027.
Our marks follow CIMA's published 2026–27 marking approach. They are a practice estimate to help you improve, not an official CIMA mark or a prediction of your result.