Saturday, August 12, 2017

CIMA exam pass rates August 2017 - Case studies & Objective tests

CIMA new pass rates have been released, and the OT and case study success rates are showing no sign of slipping.

While the current P1 first-time pass rate is 49%, the P2 pass rate continues to climb and now stands at 52%. The first time pass rates for the E papers all look good, and for E2 they are a whopping 86%.

CIMA exam chief Steve Flatman admitted that the E pillar is not where the most difficult subject matter is. He felt if PQs are working for SMEs they can bring a lot of practical experience to these papers.

The May 2017 case study pass rates are all up on February 2017, although at 47% the operational case study stands out a bit, for the wrong reason. Flatman revealed that the second time takers of the operational case had a good pass rate in May, but acknowledged that CIMA may have to reinforce the resources available in CIMAConnect. He said: “My advice is that when you are working through the OTs you must always have the case study in mind. You will need to integrate all three papers into the case.”

CIMA also released the pass rates for the new-look four paper Cert BA for the first time. Again Flatman was extremely pleased with the results (see below). “We are very pleased and the pass rates are all very comparable to the old results. Overall they are in fact a little higher,” he said.

CIMA OT first time pass rates: E1 77%; P1 49%; F1 72%; E2 86%; P2 52%; F2 54%; E3 68%; P3 58%; F3 58%

CIMA OT overall pass rates: E1 88%; P1 68%; F1 84%; E2 94%; P2 75%; F2 78%; E3 83%; P3 78%; F3 79%

CIMA OT total exams passed: E1 75%; P1 45%; F1 68%; E2 84%; P2 46%; F2 50%; E3 65%; P3 52%; F3 53%

The pass rates cover the objective test sittings

	E1	P1	F1	E2	P2	F2	E3	P3	F3
Overall exam pass rate: Percentage of students who have passed the exam after one or more attempts.	88%	68%	84%	94%	75%	78%	83%	78%	79%
First time pass rate: Percentage of students who have passed the exam on first attempt.	77%	49%	72%	86%	52%	54%	68%	58%	58%
Exam pass rate:Total exams passed / total exams taken.	75%	45%	68%	84%	46%	50%	65%	52%	53%