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Exam timetable

Exam timetable – May 2009

Day 1 (19 May)
Time	Managerial	Strategic
9.10am	Paper P1 Management Accounting Performance Evaluation	Paper P6 Management Accounting Business Strategy
1.40pm	Paper P8 Financial Analysis

Day 2 (20 May)
Time	Managerial	Strategic
9.10am	Paper P2 Management Accounting Decision Management	Paper P9 Management Accounting Financial Strategy
1.40pm	Paper P4 Organisational Management and Information Systems	Paper G1 CIMA Professional Gateway Assessment

Day 3 (21 May)
Time	Managerial	Strategic
9.10am	Paper P5 Integrated Management	Paper P3 Management Accounting Risk and Control Strategy
1.40pm	Paper P7 Financial Accounting and Tax Principles	Paper P10 Test of Professional Competence

Times of exams are subject to change.

 

Additional reading time for Professional qualification exams

To help your chances of success in the exams, 20 minutes of reading time are added to the normal exam time for all 10 professional exam papers (all of the Managerial level papers, the Strategic level papers and the TOPCIMA exam).

During the 20 minutes you can:

• read the question paper
• annotate or highlight the question paper.

However you will not be allowed to:

• open the answer book
• write in the answer book
• add any loose sheets/supplements to your answer book; or 
• use calculators.

Failure to comply with these rules will be considered as a serious breach of the exam regulations.

The written component for each exam remains at three hours.

How will it work on exam day?

For the morning exams you will be seated at 9am, start reading at 9.10am and start writing the exam at 9.30am. The exam finishes at 12.30pm.

For the afternoon exams you will be seated at 1.30pm, start reading at 1.40pm and start writing the exam at 2pm. The exam will finish at 5pm.

There may be some local variations in the times for non-UK centres.

For further guidance on how to use your additional 20 minutes' reading time, read this article (PDF 85KB) by Martin Taylor from our Financial Management magazine.

Time management – applicable to all 10 Professional papers

There is strong evidence that poor time management in the exams is detrimental to success.

To help you manage your time effectively in the exams, we will include indicative time allocations at the beginning of each section of the exam paper.

Question layout – applicable to all 10 Professional papers

The requirements for questions in all 10 professional exam papers will be contained within a ‘box’. We strongly advise you to read the requirements before reading the details of each question.

Computer based assessment

All Certificate level exams worldwide are now assessed by computer based assessment. Contact your local CBA centre to arrange a suitable date and time for your assessment.

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