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About CIMA E1: Managing Finance in a Digital World

CIMA E1: Managing Finance in a Digital World · GB

Key exam facts

Provider
CIMA’s CGMA Professional Qualification examination; Pearson VUE provides test-centre and online delivery.
Format
On-demand computer-based objective test, at Pearson VUE centres or online; multiple choice, multiple response, number entry and drag-and-drop items may be used.
Exam questions
Total questions: 60.
Time limit
90 minutes of examination time; the separate 15-minute pre-exam tutorial is excluded.
Passing score
100 or above on a scaled score from 0 to 150; this is not a raw percentage.
Exam fee
UK Tier 1: GBP 158 per Operational Level Objective Test under the published prices effective 1 January 2027, the target blueprint's first applicable month. The evaluation-date 2026 price is GBP 152. Candidate registration, subscription and tuition are separate.

Topics covered

  • Role of the Finance Function (20%)

    • The roles of the finance function in organisations
    • Enables organisations to create and preserve value
    • Shapes how organisations create and preserve value
    • Narrates how organisations create and preserve value
    • The activities that finance professionals perform to fulfil the roles
    • Collates data to prepare information about organisations
    • Provides insight to users by analysing information
    • Communicates insight to influence users
    • Supports the implementation of decisions to achieve the desired impact
    • Connects the different activities to each other

  • Technology in a Digital World (20%)

    • Technologies that affect business and finance
    • The key features of the fourth industrial revolution
    • The key technologies that define and drive the digital world
    • How the finance function uses digital technologies to fulfil its roles
    • Digital technology
    • Digital mindsets
    • Automation and the future of work
    • Ethics of technology usage

  • Data and Information in a Digital World (20%)

    • Data and the finance function
    • General usage of data in finance
    • Specific usage of data in primary activities of finance
    • Data to create and preserve value for organisations
    • Data strategy and planning
    • Data engineering, extraction and mining
    • Data modelling, manipulation and analysis
    • Data and insight communication

  • Shape and Structure of the Finance Function (20%)

    • The structure and shape of the finance function
    • Evolution of the shape of the finance function
    • Shape of the finance function in the digital era
    • What each level of the finance function does
    • Finance operations
    • Specialist areas, including financial reporting and financial planning and analysis (FP&A)
    • Strategic partnering for value
    • Strategic leadership of the finance team

  • Finance Interacting with the Organisation (20%)

    • The finance function’s relationship to operations
    • Main role of operations
    • Areas of interface with finance
    • Key performance indicators
    • The finance function’s relationship to sales and marketing
    • Main role of sales and marketing
    • Areas of interface with finance
    • Key performance indicators
    • The finance function’s relationship to human resources
    • Main role of human resources
    • Areas of interface with finance and key performance indicators
    • The finance function’s relationship to IT
    • Main role of IT
    • Areas of interface with finance and key performance indicators

How to prepare

Work through the topics, read the explanation after each answer, and revisit the areas where you miss questions. Use the official outline and reference materials below to guide your study.

These independent practice questions are not actual exam items and do not guarantee a passing result.

Frequently asked questions

What is the exam format?

On-demand computer-based objective test, at Pearson VUE centres or online; multiple choice, multiple response, number entry and drag-and-drop items may be used.

How many questions are on the exam?

Total questions: 60.

How long is the exam?

90 minutes of examination time; the separate 15-minute pre-exam tutorial is excluded.

What is the passing score?

100 or above on a scaled score from 0 to 150; this is not a raw percentage.

How much does the exam cost?

UK Tier 1: GBP 158 per Operational Level Objective Test under the published prices effective 1 January 2027, the target blueprint's first applicable month. The evaluation-date 2026 price is GBP 152. Candidate registration, subscription and tuition are separate.

Official sources and references

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