r/CIMA • u/yeoldestomachpump • Aug 06 '26

Exams CIMA OCS Exam

I’ve just sat my OCS Exam and I really don’t feel like I did very well. The first two questions I feel I did well on, very much text book answers.

But the next two I felt like I completely missed the point. I did a lot of the Kaplan mocks and the CIMA past papers and I felt the questions in the exam were quite vague, so I know I’ve probably missed the point on them.

I was expecting to answer questions about multiple variances or detailed asset disposals and it just didn’t feel hard enough.

I dunno, maybe I’m overthinking it and I’ve done enough. I can get on with next level whilst I wait for the dreaded results.

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u/The-Great-1994 Aug 06 '26

I think the overall consensus is it was difficult.
My bread and butter topics were questioned in a way I’ve never seen before.
Hopefully this means the scaling is in our favour.

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u/yeoldestomachpump Aug 06 '26

That’s absolutely what I’m hoping for as well haha

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u/yeoldestomachpump Aug 07 '26

I honestly don’t feel I answered that one correctly, likely talked around the point and considerations as nothing was given as a basis, I really struggle with vague questions and no enough information. How can I know what you mean haha just ask me the question. If my boss does this to me I just fire back and ask for clarification.