Cima past papers

Craig9

slackda wrote: »

Spot on Rinske,

for the first 3 Exams you get a Rough Split of
Section A -20 Marks - Generally 10 Multiple choice each worth 2marks (no Marks for Calcs), but can feature 4 mark short for calc's/written answers (marks for Calcs)
Section B -30 Marks - 6 Short Form Questions- 5 Marks Each with Marks for Calcs and Written aspects
Section C- 50 Marks Two 25 Mark Questions, F1 generally consolidated BS/IS, and a Cash flow question, E1 was a budget based question on expected future values i think and a question of performance management , ratios etc.

Depending on how you found AAT i think that you will find F1 a breeze i found even after a two year gap that the knowledge base was very similar.

when you get to the managerial level (f2,e2,p2) they drop the multiple choice.

This makes me feel a bit less aprehensive about starting CIMA after I finish the AAT in June. I've been using Kaplan books and have had no problems with the course so far as the books are really easy to follow. Does it generally take people 3 sittings (1 and a half years as the way I read it) to do the 6 exams before reaching the final level? Or are you best to stick to one paper a sitting once at level 2 exams?

Rinske

Craig9 wrote: »

This makes me feel a bit less aprehensive about starting CIMA after I finish the AAT in June. I've been using Kaplan books and have had no problems with the course so far as the books are really easy to follow. Does it generally take people 3 sittings (1 and a half years as the way I read it) to do the 6 exams before reaching the final level? Or are you best to stick to one paper a sitting once at level 2 exams?

For what I know is that taking 3 exams per sitting it gets really intense, hence most people go for two.

For study, I think the general guidelines are that with two papers it takes about 16-20 hours per week of study time for 3-4 months per sitting and with one paper it is about 12 hours per week of study time (doesn't add up, I know). I can't remember where I've read it though, so not sure how reliable that is.

You can easily do one paper per sitting if you prefer for operational and management level, it just takes longer overall, but then again, there is no rush, as you got ten years to complete it.

Which is better, that depends on personal circumstances etc. I've also heard people starting with one exam on their first sitting, so they can see how it goes and then move to two later on (or stick to one of course).

Once you get to strategic level, you will need to sit all three papers in the first sitting, but then if you don't pass all, you can then just redo the ones you didn't pass the first time.

With operational and management level, I think it really depends on the time you got spare and how much you want to give up your social life for it, but I think one important thing is to keep in mind that sometimes taking it slower and passing all at first try is better than rushing it and having to do resits, because you rushed too much.

I am finding it very hard to get to the 16 or 20 hours a week at the moment, and find it also very hard to get into the swing of things like answering questions as mentioned above, but as Slackda said, F1's knowledge base is very similar.

I've given F1 a rest for now and started on E1 and so far (just chapter one, so not that far) it feels like the stuff I learned in economics in my high school, which makes me feel a little bit better about taking two exams.

If you feel apprehensive about it, why not just order one set of books for one unit once you finished AAT and have a look through before deciding to go for one or two exams?

Esme

16-20 hours per week!!! Is this per paper??

I've only been doing an hour per night and a couple at the weekend... no wonder why I'm not feeling very confident. I obviously need to start getting stuck in much more... definately good bye social life for the next few months

Also, when you get to the final level you have to do all three exams at once? I didn't know this.

Rinske

No, the 16-20 is for two units and the 12 is for one unit. But that's under the assumption you only study for 3-4 months and then have a break until the results are out.

About the strategic level, that's what I keep reading at the forums, at their site and at the BPP site etc. So I assume that's still valid for the new stuff and not just for the old sylabus.

slackda

From my experience t can be a little intense i see it i as 2 .5 years with 3 months (learning and Revision) on 3 months off , my plan was to do the following:

May - 10 2 Exams ( i failed one so ended up doing 3 in nov )
Nov - 10 2 Exams (ended up sitting 3)
May -11 2 Exams
Nov -11 3 Exams ( Have to sit all strats at the same time.) if you fail all 3 god forbid, you can sit 1 at a time after first sitting.
Then May 2012 for final exam ..

The Key for me was question practice Cima expect a certain way of answering which i found was very different to the way AAT want questions asked, IMO there is alot of roll over knowledge on the p1 paper and the f1 paper from the AAT course.

Doing 3 at a time is possible but you have to be sure that you can devote the time to the studying and revision

Rinske

I had to smile about my BPP book on E1 today. This was not available for such a long time, because it needed to be updated with the 2010 - 2011 changes, but they must have forgotten a bit, as they say that China is expected to overtake Japan in economy size in 2010 or 2011.

Did this bit miss the update?

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