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It is a guide, not a CIMA mark. The feedback is modelled on how case study scripts are assessed: answering the question set, applying it to your pre-seen, and showing the skills markers look for across the technical, business, people and leadership competencies. It can still be harsher or kinder than a human marker, so use it to spot patterns across many answers rather than to predict your result. Your real exam is marked by CIMA's markers. We are checking the AI marks against qualified human markers, and publish the figures once at least 30 answers have been checked, good or bad. Your first task is free, so you can judge the marking yourself.

CIMA reports case study results as a scaled score out of 150, and 80 is the pass mark. Markers look for the competencies set out in CIMA's exam blueprint for each level (technical, business, people and leadership), applied to the pre-seen company and the task set. Check the blueprints on the AICPA-CIMA website for the detail. Eighty Marks shows a practice estimate on the same 0–150 scale with the pass line at 80, so you can track your progress against it. It is a practice estimate, not a CIMA mark.

A general chatbot can comment on an answer, but you have to supply the company, write the instructions and judge the result yourself. Eighty Marks is built for one job: questions already set in your pre-seen, a consistent marking approach every time, your answer rewritten with the reasons for each change, a daily plan from your weak spots, and a record of your progress. It does not replace your own judgement or your tuition provider, and you can still use a chatbot alongside it.

Yes. Create a free account and you get one marked task, with no card needed. You see the same kind of feedback paying students see.

Yes. If CIMA gave you extra time in your exam (an access arrangement), choose the same in Settings: 25%, 50% or double time. Your timed tasks and mock sections get longer to match. It never changes how your answers are marked. It is included on every plan.

Get a copy of your account, answers, marks, feedback and mentor messages from Settings, whenever you like. Delete your account in Settings at any time. Your study data is erased and your account is anonymised. We keep purchase records only because tax law requires it. No ads and no third-party tracking cookies. We never sell your data, and your answers are never used to train AI models.

You buy a level (Operational, Management or Strategic) for the pre-seen that is current now. CIMA uses each pre-seen for two exam windows (sittings), and your plan covers both. The pricing page shows the access end date for each level before you pay. Check your own exam booking with CIMA.

No. Eighty Marks is an independent study tool. It isn't affiliated with or endorsed by CIMA or AICPA.

If you don't pass a sitting you take while your plan is active, after doing the practice, we'll cover the next pre-seen's windows free. To qualify, complete at least 40 marked answers at your level, and one full mock exam at that level, then report your result. One resit cover per purchase. Pass Plus only. The full conditions are in the Terms.

Access runs until 14 days after the last exam day of the current pre-seen's exam windows. The date is shown on each pricing card. If your exam is later than planned, a window extension (£29) carries your plan on to the next pre-seen's exam dates.

A slower, more detailed review of one of your finished mocks by our AI marker. A CIMA-qualified marker checks it before it's sent. The AI marker works through your answers in several steps: marks for each requirement, your answer annotated with what works and what to change, a second marking of the whole mock, notes on timing, structure and length, and a 7-day plan. Reviews are processed overnight and are ready by 7am the next morning. If one is late or fails, you get the credit back. Pass Plus includes 3; you can also buy 1 for £39 or 3 for £99.

Yes, if you change your mind early. Within 7 days of buying, if you have used 5 marked answers or fewer, ask us and we'll refund you in full. The legal detail: UK consumer law gives a 14-day right to cancel, but because your access starts straight away, that right ends once you start using your plan. We ask you to agree to this at checkout. None of this affects your legal rights.

Yes, daily limits on marked answers, rewrites and mentor messages, set high enough for a full day of practice. Pass Plus has higher limits. The numbers are shown on each plan.

Download the official pre-seen from your AICPA-CIMA account. We give you our own summary of the business, questions set in that company and practice built around it.

Yes. It works on any device, anywhere. Dates and your study week follow your local time zone.

A case study task or a full mock (up to 4 sections, 8 tasks) from any provider, or from CIMA's own practice material, with your answer. Paste the task text, or upload it as a PDF, PNG or JPG. Paste your answer as text.

We don't have the provider's marking guide or model answer. Our AI marker works out the requirements from the task, splits the marks between them, and marks your answer against those requirements and CIMA's four competencies. Anything it had to assume, such as the marks for each requirement, is listed in your review.

We use it only to mark your answer. It is never added to our question bank and never shown to anyone else. The question text and files are deleted 30 days after your review is ready. Your answer and our review stay in your account.