Week 6 of 7: Exam skills week

This article provides insight on how to apply knowledge. Noting the topics you identified as relevant to the pre-seen material and thinking about how to apply your knowledge to the tasks set in the exam will increase your chance for success.

This resource allows you to achieve the following objective:

• I understand what is meant by ‘application’ and can see how relevant knowledge and competencies need to be considered and addressed at the appropriate level in a work-based scenario.

This week’s star resource is an exclusive video — insights directly from an examiner. You’ll learn ideas for managing expectations and more as you become exam ready.

This resource allows you to achieve the following objective:

• I know how to use the examiner’s reports and mark schemes to understand the examiner’s expectations, common exam mistakes and how to avoid them.

This short article explains how to consider each of the CGMA power skills while you are studying and then how to demonstrate them in your case study exam answer.

This resource allows you to achieve the following objective:

• I can apply CGMA power skills (critical thinking) to construct clear, well-reasoned responses in the case study exam.

This practical guide explains what each verb means and how to reflect this in your exam answers. Using examples from the pilot papers (applicable from May 2026 onwards) and key examiner insights, this resource offers key tips to improve your technique and boost confidence.

This resource allows you to achieve the following objective:

• I can interpret exam verbs, recognise the skill level they signal, and structure my answers to meet examiner expectations.

Mock exam created by the training provider, Kaplan. Tasks, model answers and expert debriefs are provided to illustrate how to approach questions and get ideas of what to write in your answer. You will need to allocate time to read the May 2023 pre-seen, attempt the tasks, watch the expert debrief relevant to your level (35 min) and review the model answers.

This resource allows you to achieve the following objective:

• I have started applying the skills developed to practice questions in preparation for attempting further mock exams next week.

Nasheen presents tips for managing revision and getting past barriers to reach your peak.