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CIMA MCS past questions by sitting

Every sub-task from recent Management Case Study pre-seens, summarised in our own words and sorted by core activity. One sitting at a time, with the number of matching sub-tasks on each.

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May & Aug 2026 · Cartn

CIMA's post-exam materials for May & Aug 2026

Packaging · 10 sub-tasks shown

MCS past questions, May & Aug 2026 (Cartn): task, core activity, topic and our summary
Task	Core activity	Topic	What was asked (our summary)
V1 · Task 3(b)	Core activity E: Stakeholders	Transfer pricing	Difficulties measuring the opportunity cost of seconding design staff to an overseas office.
V1 · Task 4(b)	Core activity E: Stakeholders	Integrated and sustainability reporting	Reporting the new product under intellectual and social and relationship capital.
V2 · Task 1(a)	Core activity E: Stakeholders	Stakeholders, negotiation and conflict	Approach and main issues in negotiating a settlement with a customer over a claim.
V3 · Task 3(a)	Core activity E: Stakeholders	Transfer pricing	Setting transfer prices for seconding engineers to the consultancy department.
V4 · Task 2(a)	Core activity E: Stakeholders	Groups, goodwill and joint ventures	Difficulties measuring goodwill on a planned acquisition.
V4 · Task 4(b)	Core activity E: Stakeholders	Transfer pricing	Setting transfer prices that encourage internal sales that benefit the group.
V5 · Task 3(b)	Core activity E: Stakeholders	Groups, goodwill and joint ventures	Accounting for an investment in a joint venture and its first months of trading.
V5 · Task 4(a)	Core activity E: Stakeholders	Integrated and sustainability reporting	Reporting the sale of scrap material under manufactured, social and natural capital.
V6 · Task 3(b)	Core activity E: Stakeholders	Transfer pricing	Basis for transfer prices on materials sold between foreign and home subsidiaries.
V6 · Task 4(a)	Core activity E: Stakeholders	Integrated and sustainability reporting	Reflecting a new product under intellectual, social and natural capital in the integrated report.

V1 · Task 3(b)Core activity E: Stakeholders
Difficulties measuring the opportunity cost of seconding design staff to an overseas office.
Transfer pricing
V1 · Task 4(b)Core activity E: Stakeholders
Reporting the new product under intellectual and social and relationship capital.
Integrated and sustainability reporting
V2 · Task 1(a)Core activity E: Stakeholders
Approach and main issues in negotiating a settlement with a customer over a claim.
Stakeholders, negotiation and conflict
V3 · Task 3(a)Core activity E: Stakeholders
Setting transfer prices for seconding engineers to the consultancy department.
Transfer pricing
V4 · Task 2(a)Core activity E: Stakeholders
Difficulties measuring goodwill on a planned acquisition.
Groups, goodwill and joint ventures
V4 · Task 4(b)Core activity E: Stakeholders
Setting transfer prices that encourage internal sales that benefit the group.
Transfer pricing
V5 · Task 3(b)Core activity E: Stakeholders
Accounting for an investment in a joint venture and its first months of trading.
Groups, goodwill and joint ventures
V5 · Task 4(a)Core activity E: Stakeholders
Reporting the sale of scrap material under manufactured, social and natural capital.
Integrated and sustainability reporting
V6 · Task 3(b)Core activity E: Stakeholders
Basis for transfer prices on materials sold between foreign and home subsidiaries.
Transfer pricing
V6 · Task 4(a)Core activity E: Stakeholders
Reflecting a new product under intellectual, social and natural capital in the integrated report.
Integrated and sustainability reporting

Nov 2025 & Feb 2026 · Ressett

CIMA's post-exam materials for Nov 2025 & Feb 2026

Refurbished computers · 11 sub-tasks shown

MCS past questions, Nov 2025 & Feb 2026 (Ressett): task, core activity, topic and our summary
Task	Core activity	Topic	What was asked (our summary)
V1 · Task 3(b)	Core activity E: Stakeholders	Transfer pricing	Difficulties measuring the opportunity cost of technician time for secondment transfer prices.
V1 · Task 4(b)	Core activity E: Stakeholders	Integrated and sustainability reporting	Integrated report disclosures on intellectual, social and natural capital.
V2 · Task 3(a)	Core activity E: Stakeholders	Transfer pricing	A transfer pricing strategy between two departments that suits the company as a whole.
V2 · Task 4(b)	Core activity E: Stakeholders	Integrated and sustainability reporting	What to report under natural capital for the proposed consultancy service.
V3 · Task 1(b)	Core activity E: Stakeholders	Stakeholders, negotiation and conflict	Approach to negotiating terms for selling electronic waste to a disposal firm.
V3 · Task 4(b)	Core activity E: Stakeholders	Integrated and sustainability reporting	Integrated report disclosures on human, social and natural capital for the recycling scheme.
V4 · Task 2(b)	Core activity E: Stakeholders	Stakeholders, negotiation and conflict	Resolving a conflict between marketing and the sustainability champion.
V4 · Task 3(b)	Core activity E: Stakeholders	Integrated and sustainability reporting	Effect of a proposal on manufactured, intellectual and social capital reporting.
V5 · Task 4(b)	Core activity E: Stakeholders	Transfer pricing	Transfer pricing for technical support that is best for the company overall.
V6 · Task 2(b)	Core activity E: Stakeholders	Groups, goodwill and joint ventures	Difficulties accounting for goodwill if a planned acquisition goes ahead.
V6 · Task 4(b)	Core activity E: Stakeholders	Integrated and sustainability reporting	Reporting software improvements under intellectual, human and social capital.

V1 · Task 3(b)Core activity E: Stakeholders
Difficulties measuring the opportunity cost of technician time for secondment transfer prices.
Transfer pricing
V1 · Task 4(b)Core activity E: Stakeholders
Integrated report disclosures on intellectual, social and natural capital.
Integrated and sustainability reporting
V2 · Task 3(a)Core activity E: Stakeholders
A transfer pricing strategy between two departments that suits the company as a whole.
Transfer pricing
V2 · Task 4(b)Core activity E: Stakeholders
What to report under natural capital for the proposed consultancy service.
Integrated and sustainability reporting
V3 · Task 1(b)Core activity E: Stakeholders
Approach to negotiating terms for selling electronic waste to a disposal firm.
Stakeholders, negotiation and conflict
V3 · Task 4(b)Core activity E: Stakeholders
Integrated report disclosures on human, social and natural capital for the recycling scheme.
Integrated and sustainability reporting
V4 · Task 2(b)Core activity E: Stakeholders
Resolving a conflict between marketing and the sustainability champion.
Stakeholders, negotiation and conflict
V4 · Task 3(b)Core activity E: Stakeholders
Effect of a proposal on manufactured, intellectual and social capital reporting.
Integrated and sustainability reporting
V5 · Task 4(b)Core activity E: Stakeholders
Transfer pricing for technical support that is best for the company overall.
Transfer pricing
V6 · Task 2(b)Core activity E: Stakeholders
Difficulties accounting for goodwill if a planned acquisition goes ahead.
Groups, goodwill and joint ventures
V6 · Task 4(b)Core activity E: Stakeholders
Reporting software improvements under intellectual, human and social capital.
Integrated and sustainability reporting

May & Aug 2025 · Trimayr

CIMA's post-exam materials for May & Aug 2025

Hair salons · 8 sub-tasks shown

MCS past questions, May & Aug 2025 (Trimayr): task, core activity, topic and our summary
Task	Core activity	Topic	What was asked (our summary)
V1 · Task 1(b)	Core activity E: Stakeholders	Stakeholders, negotiation and conflict	Whether raising new apprentices' pay on its own could cause conflict in salons.
V1 · Task 4(b)	Core activity E: Stakeholders	Integrated and sustainability reporting	Positive integrated report disclosures on intellectual, human and social capital for the course.
V2 · Task 3(a)	Core activity E: Stakeholders	Stakeholders, negotiation and conflict	Issues likely to come up when negotiating the sale price of salons.
V3 · Task 4(b)	Core activity E: Stakeholders	Integrated and sustainability reporting	Integrated report disclosures on the academy's intellectual, human and social capital.
V4 · Task 1(b)	Core activity E: Stakeholders	Groups, goodwill and joint ventures	How acquiring a foreign subsidiary affects the group's reported performance.
V4 · Task 4(b)	Core activity E: Stakeholders	Transfer pricing	Whether a subsidiary should price intra-group sales in the home or the foreign currency.
V5 · Task 4(b)	Core activity E: Stakeholders	Transfer pricing	Three difficulties of using transfer pricing to move strong staff into the new salons.
V6 · Task 1(b)	Core activity E: Stakeholders	Groups, goodwill and joint ventures	Challenges in measuring and accounting for goodwill on an acquisition.

V1 · Task 1(b)Core activity E: Stakeholders
Whether raising new apprentices' pay on its own could cause conflict in salons.
Stakeholders, negotiation and conflict
V1 · Task 4(b)Core activity E: Stakeholders
Positive integrated report disclosures on intellectual, human and social capital for the course.
Integrated and sustainability reporting
V2 · Task 3(a)Core activity E: Stakeholders
Issues likely to come up when negotiating the sale price of salons.
Stakeholders, negotiation and conflict
V3 · Task 4(b)Core activity E: Stakeholders
Integrated report disclosures on the academy's intellectual, human and social capital.
Integrated and sustainability reporting
V4 · Task 1(b)Core activity E: Stakeholders
How acquiring a foreign subsidiary affects the group's reported performance.
Groups, goodwill and joint ventures
V4 · Task 4(b)Core activity E: Stakeholders
Whether a subsidiary should price intra-group sales in the home or the foreign currency.
Transfer pricing
V5 · Task 4(b)Core activity E: Stakeholders
Three difficulties of using transfer pricing to move strong staff into the new salons.
Transfer pricing
V6 · Task 1(b)Core activity E: Stakeholders
Challenges in measuring and accounting for goodwill on an acquisition.
Groups, goodwill and joint ventures

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