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Exams
You will need to complete a maximum of nine exams for the CAT Qualification, which are split into three levels. These are all designed to test the knowledge, skills and understanding you will need to work in accounting support roles. The exams cover the key areas of accounting, finance, IT and management. The Advanced Level exams are of equivalent standard to the first year of a university degree and offer a choice of options to suit your career needs.
| INTRODUCTORY LEVEL | |
| 1 | Recording Financial Transactions |
| 2 | Information for Management Control |
| INTERMEDIATE LEVEL | |
| 3 | Maintaining Financial Records |
| 4 | Accounting for Costs |
| ADVANCED LEVEL | |
| 5 | Managing People and Systems |
| 6 | Drafting Financial Statements |
| 7 | Planning, Control and Performance Management |
| plus two options from: | |
| 8 | Implementing Audit Procedures |
| 9 | Preparing Taxation Computations |
| 10 | Managing Finances |
There is no time limit to completing the exams and individual subject passes are allowed for all papers. Exams can be attempted twice a year in June and December.
You can sit the papers in any order to suit your own career or study needs, however we advise that they should be attempted in numerical order. And there is no restriction to the number of exams you may attempt, allowing you to choose to sit as many or as few papers as you like at each exam session. You are, however, recommended to attempt a maximum of four papers in each six-month period.
Computer based exams
At Introductory and Intermediate Levels of the CAT exams, you can choose to sit some or all of these papers as computer-based exams (CBEs). CBEs offer you the flexibility to sit papers outside the set June and December exam sessions, providing immediate access to your results upon completion - CBEs are held at ACCA CBE Licensed Centres.