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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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Nov 2025 & Feb 2026 · SumTrix: showing 14 of 14 sub-tasks that match your filters (200 in all OCS sittings). Clear filters

Nov 2025 & Feb 2026 · SumTrix

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

Ski manufacturing · 14 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 1(b)	Core activity E: Short-term decisions	Limiting factors and production plans	Explaining a limiting-factor production plan and two factors to consider before adopting it.
V1 · Task 1(c)	Core activity E: Short-term decisions	Limiting factors and production plans	How much it is worth paying for extra machine hours to meet full demand.
V1 · Task 2(b)	Core activity E: Short-term decisions	Decisions under risk	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	Decisions under risk	Three statistical measures and the discount level each attitude to risk would choose.
V2 · Task 1(c)	Core activity E: Short-term decisions	Decisions under risk	Limitations of the what-if figures and of using expected value for the decision.
V3 · Task 2(a)	Core activity E: Short-term decisions	Decisions under risk	Using a decision tree, on a risk-neutral basis, to choose a sales agent.
V3 · Task 2(b)	Core activity E: Short-term decisions	Decisions under risk	Limitations of the decision tree approach for choosing the agent.
V4 · Task 2(b)	Core activity E: Short-term decisions	Relevant costs and 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	Relevant costs and 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	Decisions under risk	Choosing a contract under risk-neutral, risk-seeking and risk-averse approaches.
V5 · Task 2(c)	Core activity E: Short-term decisions	Decisions under risk	Limitations of those approaches and of the data behind them.
V5 · Task 2(d)	Core activity E: Short-term decisions	Decisions under risk	Factors in deciding whether to pay for perfect information.
V6 · Task 2(c)	Core activity E: Short-term decisions	Relevant costs and short-term decisions	Applying relevant costing to the costs of a live event, and the extra information needed.
V6 · Task 4(a)	Core activity E: Short-term decisions	Decisions under risk	Maximax, maximin and minimax regret for choosing a promotional campaign.

V1 · Task 1(b)Core activity E: Short-term decisions
Explaining a limiting-factor production plan and two factors to consider before adopting it.
Limiting factors and production plans
V1 · Task 1(c)Core activity E: Short-term decisions
How much it is worth paying for extra machine hours to meet full demand.
Limiting factors and production plans
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.
Decisions under risk
V2 · Task 1(b)Core activity E: Short-term decisions
Three statistical measures and the discount level each attitude to risk would choose.
Decisions under risk
V2 · Task 1(c)Core activity E: Short-term decisions
Limitations of the what-if figures and of using expected value for the decision.
Decisions under risk
V3 · Task 2(a)Core activity E: Short-term decisions
Using a decision tree, on a risk-neutral basis, to choose a sales agent.
Decisions under risk
V3 · Task 2(b)Core activity E: Short-term decisions
Limitations of the decision tree approach for choosing the agent.
Decisions under risk
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.
Relevant costs and short-term decisions
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.
Relevant costs and short-term decisions
V5 · Task 2(b)Core activity E: Short-term decisions
Choosing a contract under risk-neutral, risk-seeking and risk-averse approaches.
Decisions under risk
V5 · Task 2(c)Core activity E: Short-term decisions
Limitations of those approaches and of the data behind them.
Decisions under risk
V5 · Task 2(d)Core activity E: Short-term decisions
Factors in deciding whether to pay for perfect information.
Decisions under risk
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.
Relevant costs and short-term decisions
V6 · Task 4(a)Core activity E: Short-term decisions
Maximax, maximin and minimax regret for choosing a promotional campaign.
Decisions under risk

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