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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 2025 · Halfpenny

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

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OCS past questions, May & Aug 2025 (Halfpenny): task, core activity, topic and our summary
Task	Core activity	Topic	What was asked (our summary)
V1 · Task 2(a)	Core activity B: Budgeting	Budgets and budgetary control	What a what-if analysis shows about changes in volume, price and fixed cost on budgeted profit.
V1 · Task 2(b)	Core activity B: Budgeting	Budgets and budgetary control	Limitations of the what-if analysis.
V1 · Task 2(c)	Core activity B: Budgeting	Budgets and budgetary control	How rolling budgets would work for production, with benefits and drawbacks.
V2 · Task 1(a)	Core activity B: Budgeting	Forecasting and big data	What a sales chart shows and how to find a trend line and seasonal variations.
V2 · Task 1(b)	Core activity B: Budgeting	Forecasting and big data	How far a forecast for a new range can rely on that trend and seasonality.
V3 · Task 1(a)	Core activity B: Budgeting	Budgets and budgetary control	Sensitivity of budgeted contribution and profit to separate adverse changes in price, material cost and volume.
V3 · Task 2(a)	Core activity B: Budgeting	Forecasting and big data	Using big data and AI to plan and control a key material cost in the budget.
V4 · Task 2(c)	Core activity B: Budgeting	Forecasting and big data	Benefits of big data and AI when setting sales budgets.
V4 · Task 3(b)	Core activity B: Budgeting	Budgets and budgetary control	Feedback versus feedforward control, and how feedforward reports could help.
V5 · Task 3(a)	Core activity B: Budgeting	Budgets and budgetary control	Using ZBB and decision packages for a staff training budget.
V5 · Task 3(b)	Core activity B: Budgeting	Budgets and budgetary control	Benefits and challenges of ZBB for support activity costs.
V6 · Task 1(a)	Core activity B: Budgeting	Budgets and budgetary control	Benefits of beyond budgeting when demand varies and margins are thin.
V6 · Task 3(b)	Core activity B: Budgeting	Forecasting and big data	Using big data and analytics for planning and control in sales budgets.

V1 · Task 2(a)Core activity B: Budgeting
What a what-if analysis shows about changes in volume, price and fixed cost on budgeted profit.
Budgets and budgetary control
V1 · Task 2(b)Core activity B: Budgeting
Limitations of the what-if analysis.
Budgets and budgetary control
V1 · Task 2(c)Core activity B: Budgeting
How rolling budgets would work for production, with benefits and drawbacks.
Budgets and budgetary control
V2 · Task 1(a)Core activity B: Budgeting
What a sales chart shows and how to find a trend line and seasonal variations.
Forecasting and big data
V2 · Task 1(b)Core activity B: Budgeting
How far a forecast for a new range can rely on that trend and seasonality.
Forecasting and big data
V3 · Task 1(a)Core activity B: Budgeting
Sensitivity of budgeted contribution and profit to separate adverse changes in price, material cost and volume.
Budgets and budgetary control
V3 · Task 2(a)Core activity B: Budgeting
Using big data and AI to plan and control a key material cost in the budget.
Forecasting and big data
V4 · Task 2(c)Core activity B: Budgeting
Benefits of big data and AI when setting sales budgets.
Forecasting and big data
V4 · Task 3(b)Core activity B: Budgeting
Feedback versus feedforward control, and how feedforward reports could help.
Budgets and budgetary control
V5 · Task 3(a)Core activity B: Budgeting
Using ZBB and decision packages for a staff training budget.
Budgets and budgetary control
V5 · Task 3(b)Core activity B: Budgeting
Benefits and challenges of ZBB for support activity costs.
Budgets and budgetary control
V6 · Task 1(a)Core activity B: Budgeting
Benefits of beyond budgeting when demand varies and margins are thin.
Budgets and budgetary control
V6 · Task 3(b)Core activity B: Budgeting
Using big data and analytics for planning and control in sales budgets.
Forecasting and big data

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