Cost And Management Accountant (CMA) Foundation Course
Let's start with CMA Foundation, that is the very basic and fundamental level of the CMA Course. This is an offline exam per se, and is conducted by the Institute of Cost Accountants of India (ICMAI). CMA Foundation can be regarded as an entry point for all the aspirants who are desirous of becoming a CMA.
There is however an eligibility criteria that a candidate must fulfill so as to qualify for appearing in the CMA Foundation exam.
The eligibility criteria is as follows -
- A student must have passed Class 10 or its equivalent from any recognized national/state board or institution in India.
- A student must have passed 10+2 or its equivalent from any recognized national/state board in India. However any student who is appearing for 10+2 exam in a current session is also eligible to register himself for CMA Foundation.
- All the candidates who have cleared the National Diploma in Commerce Examination from the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) or by the State Board of Technical Education, that functions under the authority of the All India Council, or even the candidates who hold a Diploma in Rural Service Examination ie conducted by the National Council of Higher Education are eligible for CMA Foundation Exam.
- Attested copy of Class X ie Matriculation Marksheet that must be issued from a recognized National/ State Board of Secondary Education in India.
- Attested copy of Class XII Admit Card, only in case appearing, and awaiting result or else an attested Class XII Pass Certificate/ Marksheet that must be issued by a recognized National/ State Board of Secondary Education in India.
- A student would also require to annex three recent and coloured passport size photographs of himself, that a student should neatly affix on the hard copy of the CMA Foundation registration form, along with his identity card that would be issued from the CMA Institute.
Also the attestation of the aforenamed documents has to be done by any member from The Institute of Cost Accountants of India / The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India / The Institute of Company Secretaries of India/ State Legislative Assembly/ Parliament/ Gazetted Officer/ Any college principal.
Above we have discussed all the registration requirements for the CMA Foundation course and we shall now talk about the academic subjects that CMA Foundation encompasses of.
There are 4 Papers in the CMA Foundation course and these are -
1. Fundamental of Economics and Management
2. Fundamentals of Accounting
3. Fundamentals of Laws and Ethics
4. Fundamentals of Business Mathematics and Statistics
These aforementioned papers of CMA Foundation are divided into two parts ie Part A and Part B. Herein Part A comprises of objective type of questions, true false and fill in the blanks while Part B consists of subjective type of questions, that must be articulately and eloquently answered by a candidate.
The detailed chapter wise syllabus for each of these subjects is as follows -
This paper is divided into two sections ie Section A and Section B. A detailed description of each section is given below.
Section A: Fundamentals of Economics (50 marks)
1. Basic Concepts of Economics- Definition, Scope, Fundamental Concepts
2. Theory of Demand and Supply
- Demand, Supply and Equilibrium
3. Theory of Production
- Meaning, Factors, Production Function, Law Of Variable Proportion and Returns to Scale
4. Theory of Cost
- Meaning, Cost Function, Cost Curves and Economies of Scale
5. Market
- Significance, Perfect Competition and Imperfect Competition
6. Money
- Definition, Functions, Money Supply Components and Quantity Theory of Money.
7. Bank
- Significance, Commercial Bank, Central Bank, Financial Institutions.
8. Money Market
- Meaning, Structure and Function of Indian Money Market.
Section B: Fundamentals of Management (50 marks)
1. Management Process- Definition, Management as Science, Art and Profession, Management Principles and Process
2. Management – Concepts - Authority, Power, Delegation Of Authority, Responsibility, Accountability, Leadership and Motivation.
3. Leadership
- Motivation
4. Decision Making
-Concept, Definition, Types, Process and Techniques
This paper deals with both Financial Accounting and Cost Accounting, and the paper is hence divided into Section A and Section B respectively, with the detailed topics for each section mentioned below.
Section A: Fundamentals of Financial accounting (80 marks)
1. Accounting Basics- Principles, Concepts, Conventions, Capital & Revenue Transactions, Journal, Ledger, Depreciation Accounting, Rectification of Errors and Bank Reconciliation Statement.
2. Accounting for Special Transactions
- Bills Of Exchange, Consignment and Joint Venture.
3. Preparation of Final Accounts
- Profit making concern (sole proprietorship only), NPO's
Section B: Fundamentals of Cost Accounting (20 marks)
1. Meaning, Definition, Significance of Cost Accounting, its relation with Management and Financial Accounting, Costs Classification and Cost Sheet Formation.Section A: Fundamentals of Commercial Laws (70 marks)
1. Indian Contract Act, 1872- Essential elements of Contract, Offer and Acceptance, Void and Voidable Agreements, Consideration, Quasi and Contingent Contracts, Performance, Discharge and Breach of Contract, Remedies for such breach.
2. Sale of Goods Act, 1930
- Definition, Transfer of Ownership, Conditions and Warranties, Performance of Sale Contract, Rights of Unpaid Vendor, Auction Sales.
3. Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881
- Negotiable Instruments, Promissory Note, BOE, Cheque.
Section B: Fundamentals of Ethics (30 marks)
1. Ethics and Business- Significance and Importance, Ethics and Law, Ethics in Business.
Section A: Fundamentals of Business Mathematics (40 marks)
1. Arithmetic- Ratio and Proportion, Simple and Compound Interest, Arithmetic Progression and Geometric Progression
2. Algebra
- Set Theory, Permutation and Combination and Quadratic Equations
Section B: Fundamentals of Business Statistics (60 marks)
1.Statistical Representation of Data- Diagrammatic representation of data, Frequency distribution, Graphical representation of Frequency Distribution via Histogram, Frequency Polygon Curve, Ogive and Pie-chart.
2.Measures of Central Tendency and Dispersion
- Mean, Median, Mode, Mean Deviation Range, Quartiles and Quartile Deviation etc.
- Karl Pearson and Bowley’s Coefficient of Skewness
3.Correlation and Regression
-Scatter diagram, Karl Pearson’s Coefficient of Correlation Regression lines, Regression equations, Regression coefficients
4. Probability
Independent and dependent events, Mutually exclusive events, Total and Compound Probability, Baye’s theorem etc.
While there is no negative marking in the CMA Foundation Exam, that a candidate can attempt either in English or in Hindi, it is appurtenant to mention that the exam is comparatively much easy, if juxtaposed with CMA Intermediate and CMA Final but however the passing criteria for CMA Foundation is that a candidate who undertakes the CMA Foundation exam would be declared to have passed the exam only if he secures minimum of 40% marks in each of the four papers along with a cumulative aggregate of 50% for all the four papers.
Also studying practically and covering each concept thoroughly is the only key for clearing the CMA Foundation exam.
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