Strategic level · SCS

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 2024 & Feb 2025 · Rotomyne: showing 15 of 36 sub-tasks.

Nov 2024 & Feb 2025 · Rotomyne

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

Lithium mining · 15 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.
V1 · Task 1(b)	Core activity A: Strategy	Scenario planning	Benefits of scenario planning for customers continuing to cut use of the main product.
V1 · Task 2(a)	Core activity D: Risk	Risk management and the risk register	Evaluating the risk register's mitigation of demand volatility.
V1 · Task 2(b)	Core activity E: Control environment	Boards, governance and pay	Whether the whole board should own the demand volatility risk.
V1 · Task 3(a)	Core activity C: Financing	Dividend policy	Whether to keep paying the dividend next year.
V1 · Task 3(b)	Core activity A: Strategy	Acquisitions and divestments	Challenges in designing an exit strategy for selling mines.
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 1(b)	Core activity C: Financing	Share price and market reaction	How the board can limit the attack's effect on the share price.
V2 · Task 2(a)	Core activity A: Strategy	Cyber and digital security	The board's approach to managing digital security.
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.
V2 · Task 3(b)	Core activity E: Control environment	Internal audit	Internal audit work to check compliance with new controls.
V3 · Task 1(a)	Core activity A: Strategy	Stakeholders	How a perceived lack of climate transparency could change stakeholders' behaviour.
V3 · Task 1(b)	Core activity C: Financing	Share price and market reaction	Possible share price effect of the perceived lack of transparency.
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.

V1 · Task 1(a)Core activity B: Ecosystem and environment
Difficulties in understanding and managing the company's business ecosystem.
Ecosystem and environment analysis
V1 · Task 1(b)Core activity A: Strategy
Benefits of scenario planning for customers continuing to cut use of the main product.
Scenario planning
V1 · Task 2(a)Core activity D: Risk
Evaluating the risk register's mitigation of demand volatility.
Risk management and the risk register
V1 · Task 2(b)Core activity E: Control environment
Whether the whole board should own the demand volatility risk.
Boards, governance and pay
V1 · Task 3(a)Core activity C: Financing
Whether to keep paying the dividend next year.
Dividend policy
V1 · Task 3(b)Core activity A: Strategy
Challenges in designing an exit strategy for selling mines.
Acquisitions and divestments
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 1(b)Core activity C: Financing
How the board can limit the attack's effect on the share price.
Share price and market reaction
V2 · Task 2(a)Core activity A: Strategy
The board's approach to managing digital security.
Cyber and digital security
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
V2 · Task 3(b)Core activity E: Control environment
Internal audit work to check compliance with new controls.
Internal audit
V3 · Task 1(a)Core activity A: Strategy
How a perceived lack of climate transparency could change stakeholders' behaviour.
Stakeholders
V3 · Task 1(b)Core activity C: Financing
Possible share price effect of the perceived lack of transparency.
Share price and market reaction
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

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