Operational level · OCS
Operational Case Study practice, set in Tendra Tents
Timed tasks in your pre-seen company, marked in about a minute on the four competencies, with your own answer rewritten to the next level up.
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Failed once? See resit cover with Pass PlusCurrent pre-seen · Nov 2026 – Feb 2027
Tendra Tents
Tent and camping equipment manufacturing
A privately owned tent maker founded by three friends who still run it, with an eco-friendly brand. It sells three tent ranges online across Europe and through retailers in its home market, from a single production site. The pre-seen includes recent financial results, a budget for the coming year and the local tax regime.
- You are
- Finance Officer in the finance department
- Pre-seen released
- 18 September 2026
- Exam windows
- From 4 November 2026 to 5 February 2027. Check your booking and dates with CIMA.
- First results
- 7 January 2027
Our own summary to help you plan. Download the official pre-seen from your AICPA-CIMA account. More on Tendra Tents
What to expect
- Your role
- You write as a finance officer or assistant in the company's finance team.
- Write like this
- Practical and clear. Explain figures, processes and controls to managers who aren't accountants.
- Expect tasks on
- Day-to-day finance: costing and variances, budgets, working capital, tax, financial statements, and how technology changes the finance function.
- The pre-seen is released about 7 weeks before the exam window. It describes the company, its industry, its people and its recent results.
- In the exam, new information (the unseen) arrives in sections. Each section gives you a trigger and one or more tasks, usually as an email or report you write in your role.
- Tasks draw on all three subjects at your level and on the pre-seen. Results are scaled to a score out of 150; 80 is a pass.
Always confirm the exam format and dates with CIMA.
What CIMA has asked before, by core activity: Past questions for OCS
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