CIMA Paper P10 TOPCIMA

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CIMA Paper P10 TOPCIMA
September and November 2009 Exams
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Examiner and format of the exam

• Different from other papers
• Uses a skills assessment matrix
• No syllabus of its own but involves knowledge
  from the strategic level subjects and possibly
  some of the managerial level
• Greater team involvement in setting and marking

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How TOPCIMA Works

• Preseen material available
• before exam day
• Study preseen and practice
• simulations on course with BPP
• Fresh preseen requirement unseen material on
  exam day
• 20 mins 3 hours to prove youre competent as a
  Management Accountant

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TOPCIMA Aims

• To assess your COMPETENCE against 9 criteria set
  by International Federation of Accountants (IFAC)
• To do so in a REALISTIC simulated business
  context
• To APPLY strategic management accounting
  techniques

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What To Do With Pre-seen

• Become familiar with the industry and the
  organisation
• Identify current position and relevant /
  potential problem areas
• Prepare analysis in order to understand not
  memorise
• Analysis cannot be taken into exam room

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The Exam Day

• You are provided with
• A clean copy of pre-seen material plus new
  material the requirement and unseen - in a
  single booklet
• PC based exams a PC with blank Word document and
  Excel spreadsheet open and saved
• Conventional exams a main answer booklet and a
  supplementary booklet or
• Maths tables
• Assessment matrix.

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The Unseen And Requirement

• Unseen material
• Progresses the story from pre-seen
• May provide additional figures or update info in
  pre-seen
• Requirement
• Usually one but could be more than one element
• Could request any format but so far has been a
  report

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PC based examination

• Sat on PC at assessment centre
• Preseen, requirement and unseen in single booklet
• Enter your answer into pre-formatted Word and
  Excel files (Office 2000 or XP)
• Invigilator uploads answer at end of exam
• Rough paper etc. not submitted
• No marks for Information and Communication
  Technology (ICT) skills

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How You Will Pass TOPCIMA

• Understand COMPETENCES it tests
• Develop the SKILLS youll need
• Understand V and the issues it faces
• PRACTICE exam room skills

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What You Need To Do to Pass

• Treat tutors are guides and facilitators not
  lecturers
• Actively engage and collaborate

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The Key To Passing TOPCIMA
PRACTICE
PRACTICE
PRACTICE
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Assessment key facts

• 9 criteria
• Each carries between 5 and 20 marks
• Mark allocation varies from case to case
• Total marks available 100
• Pass mark 50

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Assessment Criteria 1-3
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Assessment Criteria 4 - 6
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Assessment Criteria 7 - 9
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The Exam Day

• You are provided with
• A clean copy of pre-seen material plus new
  material the requirement and unseen - in a
  single booklet
• A main answer booklet and a supplementary
  booklet or
• A PC with blank Word document and Excel
  spreadsheet open and saved
• Maths tables
• Assessment matrix.

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CIMA Paper P10 TOPCIMA
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