CMA Foundation Chapter-Wise Weightage

The type of questions in the CMA exam varies based on the course level. The space below mentions the course-wise type of questions in the CMA exam based on the course levels:

• CMA Foundation course exams have multiple choice questions. Candidates have to answer as many as 50 MCQs with four answer options. Out of the four options only one is correct.
• CMA Intermediate course exam has both objective types questions and descriptive type questions.
• Similar to the Intermediate level exam, questions in CMA Final course exams are both objective and discriptive. 

CMA exam has three course levels, namely CMA Foundation, CMA Intermediate and CMA Final. CMA Foundation course has four test papers. Candidates need to appear for all four test papers. The Intermediate course of CMA exam have two groups. Candidates appearing for CMA Intermediate exam will have option to appear for both the groups in one exam session. Candidates planning to attempt both groups of CMA Intermediate course have to appear for eight test papers. Passing test papers in both the groups of Intermediate course is mandatory. Candidates can appear for one group in one session or both the groups in one session.

Identical to CMA Intermediate, CMA Final course also has two groups with four test papers each. Candidates can choose to appear for the test papers under both the course groups in one session. Passing all the test papers will be mandatory to get the CMA destination. 

CMA foundation course has four papers. All four papers of CMA Foundation exam will have 50 multiple choice questions of two marks each.

CMA Intermediate course have two groups with four papers each. Each paper of CMA Intermediate has eight questions. Out of these questions, the first question is compulsory, while candidates have to attempt any five questions from the remaining seven questions. While some papers have five questions, first question is compulsory, and out of remaining four questions, three are mandatory.

Similarly, CMA Final course have different question numbers in different test papers.

CMA Final exam has two-course groups. Candidates can either appear for a single course group or both course groups in one session. The space below mention the test papers for both the course groups of the CMA Final exam:

Final Course Group - III

• PAPER 13: Corporate and Economic Lawns (CEL)
• PAPER 14: Strategic Financial Management (SFM)
• PAPER 15: Direct Tax Lawns and International Taxation (DIT)
• PAPER 16: Strategic Cost Management (SCM)

Final Course Group - IV

• PAPER 17: Cost and Management Audit (CMAD)
• PAPER 18: Corporate Financial Reporting (CFR) 
• PAPER 19: Indirect Tax Lawns and Practice (ITLP)
• PAPER 20: One of the following subjects
  
  • PAPER 20A: Strategic Performance Management and Business Evaluation (SPMBV)
  • PAPER 20B: Risk Management in Banking and Insurance (RMBI) 
  • PAPER 20C: Entrepreneurship and Start Up (ENTS)

Yes. ICMAI releases the CMA model question papers for all subjects under Foundation, Intermediate and Final courses. Along with the questions, ICMAI releases the answers to all these question papers. Candidates can access the ICMAI CMA MQPs for better preparation of the relevant course. ICMAI releases the CMA MQP separately for both exam sessions, including June and December.