CIMAPRA17-BA1-1-ENG Exam Information and Outline
Fundamentals of Business Economics
Syllabus Update Checked on: November 6, 2026
CIMAPRA17-BA1-1-ENG Exam Syllabus & Study Guide
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- Exam Format
- 60 compulsory objective test questions; 2 hours; computer-based (Pearson VUE)
- Multiple-choice, multiple-response, number entry, hotspot and drag-and-drop
- A. Macroeconomic and Institutional Context of Business (25%)
- National income, economic growth and the business cycle
- Inflation, unemployment and price levels
- Fiscal, monetary and supply-side policy
- International trade, exchange rates and globalisation
- B. Microeconomic and Organisational Context of Business (30%)
- Goals and governance of organisations; stakeholders
- Demand, supply, elasticity and market equilibrium
- Costs, revenues and market structures (perfect competition to monopoly)
- Competition policy and market failure
- C. Informational Context of Business (20%)
- Data collection, summarising and presenting data
- Index numbers, correlation and regression
- Time series analysis and forecasting
- Probability and expected values
- D. Financial Context of Business (25%)
- Financial intermediaries and capital markets
- Interest rates, money markets and banking
- Time value of money, present value and IRR
- Foreign exchange markets