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CIMA SCS past questions by sitting

Every sub-task from recent Strategic 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 · Cewmlator

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

Electric vehicles · 9 sub-tasks shown

SCS past questions, Nov 2025 & Feb 2026 (Cewmlator): task, core activity, topic and our summary
Task	Core activity	Topic	What was asked (our summary)
V1 · Task 1(a)	Core activity B: Ecosystem and environment	Ecosystem and environment analysis	Political, economic and legal implications of requiring dealers to offer battery repairs.
V2 · Task 1(a)	Core activity B: Ecosystem and environment	Ecosystem and environment analysis	What a competitor analysis should cover on how rivals are affected by the company's charging points.
V3 · Task 2(a)	Core activity B: Ecosystem and environment	Strategic choice, mission and SAF	Evaluating a new battery proposal for suitability, acceptability and feasibility.
V4 · Task 2(b)	Core activity B: Ecosystem and environment	Political risk	Political risks of adopting the process given links to another country, with responses.
V4 · Task 3(a)	Core activity B: Ecosystem and environment	Strategic choice, mission and SAF	Whether a partner's proposal meets suitability, acceptability and feasibility.
V5 · Task 1(b)	Core activity B: Ecosystem and environment	Currency risk	Effect of a strengthening foreign currency on the company's ability to trade.
V5 · Task 2(a)	Core activity B: Ecosystem and environment	Ecosystem and environment analysis	Whether the board should have foreseen a new sales tax from political and economic analysis.
V6 · Task 2(a)	Core activity B: Ecosystem and environment	Political risk	Political risks of where to build a new factory, with a response.
V6 · Task 3(b)	Core activity B: Ecosystem and environment	Strategic choice, mission and SAF	Whether further R&D spending is justified given past experience with a new battery type.

V1 · Task 1(a)Core activity B: Ecosystem and environment
Political, economic and legal implications of requiring dealers to offer battery repairs.
Ecosystem and environment analysis
V2 · Task 1(a)Core activity B: Ecosystem and environment
What a competitor analysis should cover on how rivals are affected by the company's charging points.
Ecosystem and environment analysis
V3 · Task 2(a)Core activity B: Ecosystem and environment
Evaluating a new battery proposal for suitability, acceptability and feasibility.
Strategic choice, mission and SAF
V4 · Task 2(b)Core activity B: Ecosystem and environment
Political risks of adopting the process given links to another country, with responses.
Political risk
V4 · Task 3(a)Core activity B: Ecosystem and environment
Whether a partner's proposal meets suitability, acceptability and feasibility.
Strategic choice, mission and SAF
V5 · Task 1(b)Core activity B: Ecosystem and environment
Effect of a strengthening foreign currency on the company's ability to trade.
Currency risk
V5 · Task 2(a)Core activity B: Ecosystem and environment
Whether the board should have foreseen a new sales tax from political and economic analysis.
Ecosystem and environment analysis
V6 · Task 2(a)Core activity B: Ecosystem and environment
Political risks of where to build a new factory, with a response.
Political risk
V6 · Task 3(b)Core activity B: Ecosystem and environment
Whether further R&D spending is justified given past experience with a new battery type.
Strategic choice, mission and SAF

May & Aug 2025 · Leothayre

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

Satellites · 9 sub-tasks shown

SCS past questions, May & Aug 2025 (Leothayre): task, core activity, topic and our summary
Task	Core activity	Topic	What was asked (our summary)
V1 · Task 1(b)	Core activity B: Ecosystem and environment	Political risk	Managing political risk from a protest campaign in the countries where launches take place.
V2 · Task 2(a)	Core activity B: Ecosystem and environment	Ecosystem and environment analysis	Difficulties analysing the technological, environmental and legal issues in a large bid.
V3 · Task 1(b)	Core activity B: Ecosystem and environment	Currency risk	Responses to currency transaction risks on launch costs, receipts and monthly fees.
V3 · Task 2(a)	Core activity B: Ecosystem and environment	Stakeholders	Power and interest of two customers in the choice between their contracts.
V4 · Task 1(b)	Core activity B: Ecosystem and environment	Political risk	Political risks of a partner's proposal and how to manage them.
V4 · Task 2(a)	Core activity B: Ecosystem and environment	Strategic choice, mission and SAF	Evaluating a counter-proposal for suitability, acceptability and feasibility.
V5 · Task 2(b)	Core activity B: Ecosystem and environment	Scenario planning	Scenario planning for possible events after an acquisition by share exchange.
V6 · Task 1(b)	Core activity B: Ecosystem and environment	Stakeholders	Customers' power and interest on the sustainability of a supplier's product.
V6 · Task 2(b)	Core activity B: Ecosystem and environment	Currency risk	Two ways to manage currency risk on a payment to an overseas supplier.

V1 · Task 1(b)Core activity B: Ecosystem and environment
Managing political risk from a protest campaign in the countries where launches take place.
Political risk
V2 · Task 2(a)Core activity B: Ecosystem and environment
Difficulties analysing the technological, environmental and legal issues in a large bid.
Ecosystem and environment analysis
V3 · Task 1(b)Core activity B: Ecosystem and environment
Responses to currency transaction risks on launch costs, receipts and monthly fees.
Currency risk
V3 · Task 2(a)Core activity B: Ecosystem and environment
Power and interest of two customers in the choice between their contracts.
Stakeholders
V4 · Task 1(b)Core activity B: Ecosystem and environment
Political risks of a partner's proposal and how to manage them.
Political risk
V4 · Task 2(a)Core activity B: Ecosystem and environment
Evaluating a counter-proposal for suitability, acceptability and feasibility.
Strategic choice, mission and SAF
V5 · Task 2(b)Core activity B: Ecosystem and environment
Scenario planning for possible events after an acquisition by share exchange.
Scenario planning
V6 · Task 1(b)Core activity B: Ecosystem and environment
Customers' power and interest on the sustainability of a supplier's product.
Stakeholders
V6 · Task 2(b)Core activity B: Ecosystem and environment
Two ways to manage currency risk on a payment to an overseas supplier.
Currency risk

Nov 2024 & Feb 2025 · Rotomyne

CIMA's post-exam materials for Nov 2024 & Feb 2025

Lithium mining · 9 sub-tasks shown

SCS past questions, Nov 2024 & Feb 2025 (Rotomyne): task, core activity, topic and our summary
Task	Core activity	Topic	What was asked (our summary)
V1 · Task 1(a)	Core activity B: Ecosystem and environment	Ecosystem and environment analysis	Difficulties in understanding and managing the company's business ecosystem.
V2 · Task 1(a)	Core activity B: Ecosystem and environment	Stakeholders	Using stakeholder analysis to help identify likely culprits of a cyber-attack.
V2 · Task 2(b)	Core activity B: Ecosystem and environment	Political risk	Managing political risk in a host country after the cyber-attack.
V2 · Task 3(a)	Core activity B: Ecosystem and environment	Cyber and digital security	Controls to stop the cyber-attack happening again.
V3 · Task 2(a)	Core activity B: Ecosystem and environment	Strategic choice, mission and SAF	How relevant suitability, acceptability and feasibility are to deciding on new climate disclosures.
V4 · Task 1(b)	Core activity B: Ecosystem and environment	Strategic choice, mission and SAF	Evaluating a proposal for suitability, acceptability and feasibility.
V5 · Task 1(b)	Core activity B: Ecosystem and environment	Political risk	Effect of the factory on political risks in the host country.
V5 · Task 2(a)	Core activity B: Ecosystem and environment	Stakeholders	Power and interest of three stakeholder groups affected by the factory's location and design.
V6 · Task 1(a)	Core activity B: Ecosystem and environment	Currency risk	Challenges in understanding economic currency risk.

V1 · Task 1(a)Core activity B: Ecosystem and environment
Difficulties in understanding and managing the company's business ecosystem.
Ecosystem and environment analysis
V2 · Task 1(a)Core activity B: Ecosystem and environment
Using stakeholder analysis to help identify likely culprits of a cyber-attack.
Stakeholders
V2 · Task 2(b)Core activity B: Ecosystem and environment
Managing political risk in a host country after the cyber-attack.
Political risk
V2 · Task 3(a)Core activity B: Ecosystem and environment
Controls to stop the cyber-attack happening again.
Cyber and digital security
V3 · Task 2(a)Core activity B: Ecosystem and environment
How relevant suitability, acceptability and feasibility are to deciding on new climate disclosures.
Strategic choice, mission and SAF
V4 · Task 1(b)Core activity B: Ecosystem and environment
Evaluating a proposal for suitability, acceptability and feasibility.
Strategic choice, mission and SAF
V5 · Task 1(b)Core activity B: Ecosystem and environment
Effect of the factory on political risks in the host country.
Political risk
V5 · Task 2(a)Core activity B: Ecosystem and environment
Power and interest of three stakeholder groups affected by the factory's location and design.
Stakeholders
V6 · Task 1(a)Core activity B: Ecosystem and environment
Challenges in understanding economic currency risk.
Currency risk

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