CMA (USA) Part 2 Practice Test - Practice Kit 1

CMA Part 2 is all about Strategic Financial Management. In this 4-hour long exam, you will have to complete 100 multiple choice questions and two essay scenarios.To make it to the essay portion of the exam, you will have to earn at least 50% on the multiple-choice section.There are six topics covered in CMA Part 2:Financial Statement Analysis – 20%Corporate Finance – 20%Decision Analysis – 25%Risk Management – 10%Investment Decision – 10%Professional Ethics – 15%Financial Statement AnalysisBasic Financial Statement AnalysisFinancial RatiosProfitability AnalysisSpecial IssuesIt’s pretty clear that for this topic you will have to understand what financial statements are, and how to perform fundamental analysis on them.Corporate FinanceRisk and returnLong-term financial managementRaising CapitalWorking Capital ManagementCorporate restructuringCorporate Finance is an important topic, as it covers 20% of the exam material in Part 2.To nail this section of the CMA certification test, you will need to get familiar with risk and return, and long term financial management, such as term structures for interest rates, cost of capital and various types of financial instruments.Decision AnalysisCost/volume/profit analysisMarginal analysisPricingCost, Volume, Profit AnalysisHere you will want to know how to calculate the break-even analysis; the point where total costs and total revenue are equal.You will also need to know how to judge profit performance and be co