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 2025 · Halfpenny: showing 6 of 6 sub-tasks that match your filters (200 in all OCS sittings). Clear filters

May & Aug 2025 · Halfpenny

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

Bakery · 6 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)
V1 · Task 4(a)	Core activity C: Performance	Variance analysis	Meaning and likely causes of a set of variances.
V2 · Task 4(a)	Core activity C: Performance	Variance analysis	Sales variances: meaning, causes and what they say about a product's overall sales.
V3 · Task 3(a)	Core activity C: Performance	Variance analysis	Production variances: meaning, causes and what they say about a department's performance.
V4 · Task 3(a)	Core activity C: Performance	Variance analysis	Production variances: meaning, causes and what they say about a department's performance.
V5 · Task 1(a)	Core activity C: Performance	Variance analysis	Meaning and possible causes of a set of variances.
V6 · Task 4(a)	Core activity C: Performance	Variance analysis	Sales variances: meaning, causes and how well they suit reviewing one customer's sales.

V1 · Task 4(a)Core activity C: Performance
Meaning and likely causes of a set of variances.
Variance analysis
V2 · Task 4(a)Core activity C: Performance
Sales variances: meaning, causes and what they say about a product's overall sales.
Variance analysis
V3 · Task 3(a)Core activity C: Performance
Production variances: meaning, causes and what they say about a department's performance.
Variance analysis
V4 · Task 3(a)Core activity C: Performance
Production variances: meaning, causes and what they say about a department's performance.
Variance analysis
V5 · Task 1(a)Core activity C: Performance
Meaning and possible causes of a set of variances.
Variance analysis
V6 · Task 4(a)Core activity C: Performance
Sales variances: meaning, causes and how well they suit reviewing one customer's sales.
Variance analysis

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