Week 4 of 7: Filling the knowledge gap

Welcome to week 4 - Filling the knowledge gap. This week gives you the opportunity to revisit your learning to refresh / commit to memory key topic areas for your case study exam.

Revision Objectives and Resources

Explore as few or as many resources until you feel you are comfortable with technical content and can make the statements under each resource:

Star Resource: A walk-through of real exam answers (30-minute read)

This resource presents real candidates’ exam answers to illustrate the difference between passing and failing answers. Review this article to get the most valuable insight as to how you need to approach your answer in the exam and see how technical knowledge builds your answer. There is one article for each level: Operational, Management, Strategic.

This resource allows you to achieve the following objective:

  • I understand the difference between a high-scoring and low-scoring case study answer.

How to produce an answer the examiner will love to see (20-minute read)

This article covers five key areas of the case study exam. You’ll learn important information that will be helpful to construct an answer that integrates technical knowledge, producing an answer that examiners love to see.

This resource allows you to achieve the following objectives:

  • I know what the examiner expects of me in the case study exam.

  • I can create a plan to refresh my knowledge through component outcomes and task statements in exam blueprints.

Filling the knowledge gaps — Key technical topics from each level (activity duration varies)

This list will help you ensure you are proficient with the key areas from each level and allows the opportunity to brush up on tricky areas.

Note: This list covers the key areas of the CGMA syllabus but not all the topics that will be tested in the upcoming case study exam. The pre-seen information will highlight other subject areas you’ll need to focus on as well for your case study exam.

This resource allows you to achieve the following objective:

  • I can assess if I need to refresh my knowledge of the core competencies.

Friday round-up with Nasheen (Runtime: 3 minutes)

This week’s round-up is about learning technical content.

Week 4 of 7: Filling the knowledge gap

Week 4 of 7: Filling the knowledge gap

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A walk-through of the real exam answers

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How to produce an answer the examiner will love to see

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Filling the knowledge gaps — Key technical topics from each level

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Friday round-up with Nasheen: How to approach learning technical content

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