Operational level · OCS

CIMA OCS past questions by sitting

Every sub-task from recent Operational 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 · SoPa

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

Restaurants · 2 sub-tasks shown

OCS past questions, May & Aug 2026 (SoPa): task, core activity, topic and our summary
Task	Core activity	Topic	What was asked (our summary)
V4 · Task 4(a)	Core activity A: Costing	Digital costing and app costs	Types of cost in building, launching and running an app in-house.
V4 · Task 4(b)	Core activity A: Costing	Digital costing and app costs	Problems costing the app in total and sharing its cost across restaurants.

V4 · Task 4(a)Core activity A: Costing
Types of cost in building, launching and running an app in-house.
Digital costing and app costs
V4 · Task 4(b)Core activity A: Costing
Problems costing the app in total and sharing its cost across restaurants.
Digital costing and app costs

Nov 2025 & Feb 2026 · SumTrix

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

Ski manufacturing · 3 sub-tasks shown

OCS past questions, Nov 2025 & Feb 2026 (SumTrix): task, core activity, topic and our summary
Task	Core activity	Topic	What was asked (our summary)
V1 · Task 3(a)	Core activity A: Costing	Digital costing and app costs	Working out a cost per app download, and the difficulties.
V2 · Task 2(b)	Core activity A: Costing	Digital costing and app costs	Features of a digital costing system and how it helps purchasing and costing.
V5 · Task 1(a)	Core activity A: Costing	Digital costing and app costs	Benefits of integrated systems and automated outside links in a digital costing system.

V1 · Task 3(a)Core activity A: Costing
Working out a cost per app download, and the difficulties.
Digital costing and app costs
V2 · Task 2(b)Core activity A: Costing
Features of a digital costing system and how it helps purchasing and costing.
Digital costing and app costs
V5 · Task 1(a)Core activity A: Costing
Benefits of integrated systems and automated outside links in a digital costing system.
Digital costing and app costs

May & Aug 2025 · Halfpenny

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

Bakery · 4 sub-tasks shown

OCS past questions, May & Aug 2025 (Halfpenny): task, core activity, topic and our summary
Task	Core activity	Topic	What was asked (our summary)
V2 · Task 3(a)	Core activity A: Costing	Digital costing and app costs	Nature and cost behaviour of an app's future costs.
V2 · Task 3(b)	Core activity A: Costing	Digital costing and app costs	Setting a cost per app subscriber, and the difficulties.
V6 · Task 1(b)	Core activity A: Costing	Digital costing and app costs	Types of cost in developing an ordering app.
V6 · Task 1(c)	Core activity A: Costing	Digital costing and app costs	Future issues and ongoing costs of the ordering app.

V2 · Task 3(a)Core activity A: Costing
Nature and cost behaviour of an app's future costs.
Digital costing and app costs
V2 · Task 3(b)Core activity A: Costing
Setting a cost per app subscriber, and the difficulties.
Digital costing and app costs
V6 · Task 1(b)Core activity A: Costing
Types of cost in developing an ordering app.
Digital costing and app costs
V6 · Task 1(c)Core activity A: Costing
Future issues and ongoing costs of the ordering app.
Digital costing and app costs

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