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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 · 7 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(b)	Core activity D: Risk	Ethics	Ethics of asking dealer technicians to dismantle high-voltage batteries.
V1 · Task 2(b)	Core activity D: Risk	Risk management and the risk register	Risk register treatment for sharing confidential strategy with dealerships.
V2 · Task 3(a)	Core activity D: Risk	Internal controls	Extra internal controls to stop charging point customers being defrauded.
V3 · Task 1(a)	Core activity D: Risk	Internal controls	Controls to prevent tampering with vehicle control software.
V4 · Task 2(a)	Core activity D: Risk	Ethics	Ethics of buying sole rights to a process and shutting rivals out.
V5 · Task 3(a)	Core activity D: Risk	Internal controls	Internal controls to prevent bribery.
V6 · Task 2(b)	Core activity D: Risk	Ethics	Ethics of delaying R&D to gain leverage with governments over the factory site.

V1 · Task 1(b)Core activity D: Risk
Ethics of asking dealer technicians to dismantle high-voltage batteries.
Ethics
V1 · Task 2(b)Core activity D: Risk
Risk register treatment for sharing confidential strategy with dealerships.
Risk management and the risk register
V2 · Task 3(a)Core activity D: Risk
Extra internal controls to stop charging point customers being defrauded.
Internal controls
V3 · Task 1(a)Core activity D: Risk
Controls to prevent tampering with vehicle control software.
Internal controls
V4 · Task 2(a)Core activity D: Risk
Ethics of buying sole rights to a process and shutting rivals out.
Ethics
V5 · Task 3(a)Core activity D: Risk
Internal controls to prevent bribery.
Internal controls
V6 · Task 2(b)Core activity D: Risk
Ethics of delaying R&D to gain leverage with governments over the factory site.
Ethics

May & Aug 2025 · Leothayre

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

Satellites · 8 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 2(b)	Core activity D: Risk	Risk management and the risk register	Whether the campaign should have been in the risk register with a mitigation plan.
V1 · Task 3(a)	Core activity D: Risk	Ethics	Whether the company's environmental impact can be justified by its mission and vision.
V2 · Task 1(b)	Core activity D: Risk	Ethics	Ethical conflicts for a manager and a client negotiating a contract.
V2 · Task 3(a)	Core activity D: Risk	Boards, governance and pay	Arguments for introducing a whistleblowing policy.
V3 · Task 3(a)	Core activity D: Risk	Cyber and digital security	Risks of staff working remotely at a client's site and updating software over its network.
V4 · Task 3(a)	Core activity D: Risk	Ethics	Ethics of offering staff more pay to accept a dangerous assignment.
V5 · Task 3(a)	Core activity D: Risk	ESG and non-financial capitals	Whether to mention a prototype launch in intellectual, human and social capital disclosures.
V6 · Task 2(a)	Core activity D: Risk	Ethics	Ethics of a director choosing not to follow up a conversation with a client's finance director.

V1 · Task 2(b)Core activity D: Risk
Whether the campaign should have been in the risk register with a mitigation plan.
Risk management and the risk register
V1 · Task 3(a)Core activity D: Risk
Whether the company's environmental impact can be justified by its mission and vision.
Ethics
V2 · Task 1(b)Core activity D: Risk
Ethical conflicts for a manager and a client negotiating a contract.
Ethics
V2 · Task 3(a)Core activity D: Risk
Arguments for introducing a whistleblowing policy.
Boards, governance and pay
V3 · Task 3(a)Core activity D: Risk
Risks of staff working remotely at a client's site and updating software over its network.
Cyber and digital security
V4 · Task 3(a)Core activity D: Risk
Ethics of offering staff more pay to accept a dangerous assignment.
Ethics
V5 · Task 3(a)Core activity D: Risk
Whether to mention a prototype launch in intellectual, human and social capital disclosures.
ESG and non-financial capitals
V6 · Task 2(a)Core activity D: Risk
Ethics of a director choosing not to follow up a conversation with a client's finance director.
Ethics

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