Foundation Certificate in Commercial Awareness Practice Exam
Foundation Certificate in Commercial Awareness
Foundation Certificate in Commercial Awareness
The Foundation Certificate in Commercial Awareness certificate is involved with the commercial and organizational knowledge needed for business analysis work. The syllabus is structured around the two key fields of Business Finance and Organisational Behaviour and uses definitions, techniques, and principles.
Holders of the BCS BSD Certificate in Commercial Awareness should be able to:
- Understand three techniques used to evaluate a financial case.
- Understand costing and pricing.
- Describe the contents of financial accounting documents.
- Interpret financial accounts.
- Define the elements and usage of Porter’s Five Forces Framework and Value Chain.
- Define the elements of specified cultural analysis approaches.
- Explain the different management structures and their characteristics.
- Define the different architectures that may be adopted by organizations.
Who is this exam for?
- The Foundation Certificate is for people who want to obtain an understanding of the structure, operation, and behaviour of organizations.
- Fitting for business managers and members of their team, business analysts, program and project managers, solution architects, and service managers.
Requirements
There are no entry requirements for this certification.
Course Structure
The domains and their relevant topics of the Foundation Certificate in Commercial Awareness exam are as follows:
1. Evaluating a Financial Case 15%
● Purpose of Building a Financial Case
● Techniques used for evaluating a Financial Case
2. Budgeting, Costing and Pricing 15%
● Budgets and Departmentalised Businesses
● Cash Flow and Cash Management
● Costing and Pricing
3. Financial Reporting and Analysis 20%
● Statement of Financial Position (Balance Sheet)
● Income and Expenditure (Income Statement, Profit and Loss Account)
● Statement of Cash Flows (Cash Flow Statement)
● Ratios (formulae and interpretation)
4. Market analysis and competitive advantage 15%
● Analyzing the business domain - Porter’s Five Forces Analysis
● Analyzing the portfolio - Boston Box
● Delivering value - Porter’s Value Chain]
5. Organizational behaviour and culture 10%
● What is organizational behaviour?
● Organizational effectiveness and the Balanced Scorecard
● Understanding and analyzing culture
6. Group formation 5%
● Groups and group dynamics
● Formal and informal groups
7. Principles of organizational structure 10%
● Organization structuring
● Types of jobs
● Line, staff and functional relationships
● Formalization of rules and procedures
● Centralization v/s decentralization
8. Operating models 10%
● Organization structures and their characteristics
● Organizational boundaries
Exam Format
- Exam Name: Foundation Certificate in Commercial Awareness
- Exam Level: Foundation
- Number of Questions: 40
- Exam Format: Multiple-choice
- Passing score: 65% marks
- Exam Fee: £192 (£160 + VAT)
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