Chartered Institute of Management Accountants

Download the TOPCIMA pre-seen material for the May 2009 exams.

March and May 2009 pre-seen material (PDF 173KB)

It is your responsibility to download the published material and familiarise yourself with it before the exam.

In September 2008 we held a limited 'TOPCIMA on computer' exam in designated centres. The exam used the same pre-seen material as for the November 2008 exam. The pre-seen material, unseen material, assessment matrix and exam requirement for this exam are now available to download  (PDF 499KB). The post exam guide will be available later in January 2009.

Adrian Sims's article, Hitting The Right Numbers  (PDF 44KB) and Shuaib Masters's   article will assist you in your preparation for the May 2009 exams.

You will also find it useful to read the TOPCIMA May 2008 post exam guide (PDF 87KB) for guidance on how to prepare for the TOPCIMA exam - post exam guides from previous exam sittings are available in our Study Resources area.

Read study guides 11 and 12 for further information and advice on how to prepare for the TOPCIMA exam.

Practise, practise, practise

When preparing for the TOPCIMA exam we strongly recommend that you complete at least three past case studies under exam conditions and review your answers carefully using the assessment matrix.

Look at the post exam guides for more guidance. If you can, get your work marked by a tutor and ask for feedback.

Important TOPCIMA information

You can’t take any notes or your own copy of the pre-seen material into the exam - we will give you another clean copy.

In the exam we will give you some more information about the scenario. This will be approximately five pages.

To summarise, in the exam we will give you:

• a clean copy of the pre-seen material
• the additional ‘unseen’ material
• the assessment matrix
• the exam requirement – this will describe one or more tasks that you must complete during the exam
• relevant maths tables
• a standard answer book and a supplementary book to help you organise your answers.

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