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CIMA - CBA - Computer Based Assessment Centres in Ireland

  • 11-09-2012 11:17am
    #1
    Ciaranisco
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14 ✭


    Hi all,

    I'm sure there's plenty of folks out there who have experienced doing the pre-CIMA CBA exams and maybe had a similar experience. Aside from there being a limited number of locations in Dublin where you can sit the 2 hour Computer exams, most operate very restrictive time tables. I needed to pass 3 exams in the space of the last 2 weeks (before Sept 12th cutoff to register for November's Operational level exams). So just to give people an idea of how to approach this, here's what I found:

    CIMA HQ off Harcourt St; They have one computer and are open 5 days a week. They have a morning and afternoon slot and charge 80 euros a pop, which is the cheapest available, but the slots fill up very, very quickly, when I called a month ago they had 5 available slots before Sept 12th all bunched together.

    BPP: Had one day where they were hosting exams, a morning and afternoon session, but could host multiple people, but it was Sept 6th, I had 3 exams to sit. Also, it was 100 for BPP members and 125 for non members.

    Liffey College: This is where I sat my 3 exams and I would strongly recommend it to others. I got to sit the exams at the time of my choosing during the day and it was even possible to sit them after work (which I did twice). I think they do weekends too. The price was 99 euro which is well worth the money for the convenience of it. The college is just off Francis St, near Christchurch. (Don't wear a jacket though, it can be a bit warm in the comp room).

    I think Tallagh host the exams but like BPP, they're very infrequent.

    Anywho, in summary, I would suggest if you are doing or are looking to do CIMA CBA exams, go Liffey College, the flexibility saved me a massive amount of stress and I got through 3 exams in the last week and a half without missing work and before the cut-off date where I needed the exemptions. Also the guys in the office are extremely friendly and are genuinely rooting for you to pass. I think they're getting involved in lectures in 2013 for CIMA too, or at least they mentioned it when I was there.

    Now onwards to try and sit + pass 3 operational level exams in November... If something painful is worth doing, it's worth doing fast!


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