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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 2026Restaurants · 17 sub-tasks shown
- V1 · Task 1(a)Core activity E: Short-term decisions
Making in-house or outsourcing: read a break-even chart for profit, fixed and variable cost, break-even point and margin of safety.
- V1 · Task 1(b)Core activity E: Short-term decisions
Benefits and limitations of the break-even analysis behind the make-or-outsource choice.
- V1 · Task 1(c)Core activity E: Short-term decisions
Using weighted benefit scoring to support the in-house or outsource production decision.
- V2 · Task 2(a)Core activity E: Short-term decisions
Choosing restaurant capacity under maximax, maximin and minimax regret.
- V2 · Task 2(b)Core activity E: Short-term decisions
How probability estimates and decision makers' attitudes to risk affect the capacity decision.
- V3 · Task 2(a)Core activity E: Short-term decisions
Reading a chart to compare two suppliers' cost structures.
- V3 · Task 2(b)Core activity E: Short-term decisions
Choosing a supplier on expected purchase volume, and two limits of doing so.
- V3 · Task 4(c)Core activity E: Short-term decisions
Which costs are relevant to deciding whether to back a community project.
- V4 · Task 2(a)Core activity E: Short-term decisions
Interpreting a payoff table and its statistics for a marketing campaign choice.
- V4 · Task 2(b)Core activity E: Short-term decisions
Which campaign risk-neutral, risk-seeking and risk-averse managers would choose.
- V4 · Task 4(c)Core activity E: Short-term decisions
Non-financial factors in buying a maintenance contract or training own IT staff.
- V5 · Task 2(a)Core activity E: Short-term decisions
Interpreting a payoff table and its statistics for a supplier choice.
- V5 · Task 2(b)Core activity E: Short-term decisions
Which supplier risk-neutral, risk-seeking and risk-averse decision makers would choose.
- V5 · Task 4(a)Core activity E: Short-term decisions
Relevant and irrelevant costs in evaluating a supermarket supply contract.
- V6 · Task 1(a)Core activity E: Short-term decisions
What a decision tree shows for a set of linked options.
- V6 · Task 1(b)Core activity E: Short-term decisions
Using the decision tree on a risk-neutral basis to pick the best combination.
- V6 · Task 1(c)Core activity E: Short-term decisions
Two limitations of the approach and two other factors to weigh before deciding.
Nov 2025 & Feb 2026 · SumTrix
CIMA's post-exam materials for Nov 2025 & Feb 2026Ski manufacturing · 13 sub-tasks shown
- V1 · Task 1(b)Core activity E: Short-term decisions
Explaining a limiting-factor production plan and two factors to consider before adopting it.
- V1 · Task 1(c)Core activity E: Short-term decisions
How much it is worth paying for extra machine hours to meet full demand.
- V1 · Task 2(b)Core activity E: Short-term decisions
Expected values, standard deviations and coefficients of variation for an order-size choice, risk-averse and risk-seeking.
- V2 · Task 1(b)Core activity E: Short-term decisions
Three statistical measures and the discount level each attitude to risk would choose.
- V2 · Task 1(c)Core activity E: Short-term decisions
Limitations of the what-if figures and of using expected value for the decision.
- V3 · Task 2(a)Core activity E: Short-term decisions
Using a decision tree, on a risk-neutral basis, to choose a sales agent.
- V3 · Task 2(b)Core activity E: Short-term decisions
Limitations of the decision tree approach for choosing the agent.
- V4 · Task 2(b)Core activity E: Short-term decisions
Choosing which bought-in part to buy on short-term decision principles, plus two implications.
- V4 · Task 4(a)Core activity E: Short-term decisions
Why a minimum price differs from total cost, and which costs belong in a bid.
- V5 · Task 2(b)Core activity E: Short-term decisions
Choosing a contract under risk-neutral, risk-seeking and risk-averse approaches.
- V5 · Task 2(c)Core activity E: Short-term decisions
Limitations of those approaches and of the data behind them.
- V5 · Task 2(d)Core activity E: Short-term decisions
Factors in deciding whether to pay for perfect information.
- V6 · Task 2(c)Core activity E: Short-term decisions
Applying relevant costing to the costs of a live event, and the extra information needed.