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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: showing 5 of 5 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 · 5 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 1(b)	Core activity E: Short-term decisions	Decisions under risk	Explaining decision data and the option a risk-neutral approach would choose.
V1 · Task 1(c)	Core activity E: Short-term decisions	Decisions under risk	Limitations of the data and of a risk-neutral approach.
V3 · Task 4(c)	Core activity E: Short-term decisions	Decisions under risk	Choosing an extra production level with maximax, maximin and minimax regret, and where they conflict.
V5 · Task 3(c)	Core activity E: Short-term decisions	Decisions under risk	Whether paying for perfect information was worthwhile under each market outcome.
V6 · Task 4(b)	Core activity E: Short-term decisions	Decisions under risk	Why a director chose a medium output level, and the effect of that choice.

V1 · Task 1(b)Core activity E: Short-term decisions
Explaining decision data and the option a risk-neutral approach would choose.
Decisions under risk
V1 · Task 1(c)Core activity E: Short-term decisions
Limitations of the data and of a risk-neutral approach.
Decisions under risk
V3 · Task 4(c)Core activity E: Short-term decisions
Choosing an extra production level with maximax, maximin and minimax regret, and where they conflict.
Decisions under risk
V5 · Task 3(c)Core activity E: Short-term decisions
Whether paying for perfect information was worthwhile under each market outcome.
Decisions under risk
V6 · Task 4(b)Core activity E: Short-term decisions
Why a director chose a medium output level, and the effect of that choice.
Decisions under risk

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