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Management Accountants
Chartered Institute of
Management Accountants
This article aims to provide guidance on how best to use your time in the Objective Test
(OT) examinations.
It will be useful to view any of the OT Practice Exams, when considering the content
of this article.
OT exam tools
This means roughly 90 seconds per question but some questions will
require more or less reading/consideration than others; this balances out
over the course of the test. The questions are presented uniquely to each
student as they are selected and ordered using some randomisation.
One candidates exam may start with a short multiple choice question
while another candidates exam for the same subject may start with a
sequence of three or four number entry questions from shared data.
Question Types
When you click the Next button, the test will move you on to the next
question whether or not you have completed the question currently on show.
Next button
Flag for Review button
If you have not completed your answer to the question, it will be recorded
as incomplete for later review. Incomplete status may reflect a question
with no response at all or one where the answer is only partially complete,
such as a multiple response question.
For effective use of time during the OT Exam, all OT questions can
be grouped into one of the four categories below, depending on your
personal preferences and strengths and weaknesses:
Flag for Review button in top right, underneath the countdown timer
If this button is clicked, the icon turns yellow and at the end of the exam,
you will be notified that you have flagged this question for review.
The flag will not alter your answer and if the exam ends with flags remaining
on questions, those answers will be submitted in their current state.
Flags should be used sparingly; for questions where youve worked out
an answer but would like a second chance to review it if time allows.
Recommended Approach
Review Screen
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There may be a few questions based on same data, and that case
all such questions will be one after the other. Do all such questions
in one go so that you may maintain the flow of thoughts and
save time from reading the question again and again.
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