CGMA® Spotlight Topics
Examiner-led deep dives of complex topics
CGMA Spotlight Topics provide focused insights into the tricky topics that frequently appear in case study exams.
With guidance from the examining team and Kaplan, you'll gain a clearer understanding of how these topics connect to real exam scenarios so you can approach the topics with confidence.
The Study Support Team has created the spotlight topics to support you on your learning journey.
Highlighting the trickier case study exam topics
Every six months, we, as the Study Support Team, analyse examiners’ reports to identify the topics CGMA students found the most challenging, which become spotlight topics.Kaplan, the leading tuition provider, debriefs each task.Our examining team will then talk you through where candidates fell short of achieving marks in that sitting and give you further guidance on what they look for when they write the question and mark your answer.The guidance will go a long way toward improving your performance in the exam and gaining a higher score.
Each spotlight topic is taken from real exams at your level. We highly encourage you to explore lower-level topics to enhance your exam skills.
Select from high-impact topics that have challenged candidates. The library is updated twice a year, and all featured topics are part of the core activities.
Kaplan debriefs the task, guiding you on how to approach it, structure your response, construct an answer to the task, and verbs to meet examiner expectations.
The examining team talk through the candidate's performance on specific tasks from a particular exam sitting, where marks were lost, and where they can be gained.
Each spotlight topic is taken from real exams at your level. We highly encourage you to explore lower-level topics to enhance your exam skills.
Select from high-impact topics that have challenged candidates. The library is updated twice a year, and all featured topics are part of the core activities.
Kaplan debriefs the task, guiding you on how to approach it, structure your response, construct an answer to the task, and verbs to meet examiner expectations.
The examining team talk through the candidate's performance on specific tasks from a particular exam sitting, where marks were lost, and where they can be gained.


