# Junior Cert Business Studies: Consumers & Work questions

> Every Junior Cert Business Studies exam question on Consumers & Work, grouped by level and year. Questions come from the official State Examinations Commission papers; every PDF link opens the original on examinations.ie.

Canonical: https://examai.ie/past-papers/junior-cert/business-studies/topic/consumers-work

Consumer rights and ethical consumption, employment, trade unions and volunteering.

17 past Business Studies questions on this topic, spanning 2019 to 2026, grouped by year. Each links to its exact page in the official paper and marking scheme.

## Common Level

### 2026

- Q13 (6 marks) - [Paper](https://www.examinations.ie/archive/exampapers/2026/JC042CLP000EV.pdf#page=9) · [Marking scheme](https://www.examinations.ie/archive/markingschemes/2026/JC042CLP000EV.pdf#page=9)
- Q18 (60 marks): household budgets, wages and deductions - [Paper](https://www.examinations.ie/archive/exampapers/2026/JC042CLP000EV.pdf#page=20) · [Marking scheme](https://www.examinations.ie/archive/markingschemes/2026/JC042CLP000EV.pdf#page=20)

### 2025

- Q7 (6 marks) - [Paper](https://www.examinations.ie/archive/exampapers/2025/JC042CLP000EV.pdf#page=5) · [Marking scheme](https://www.examinations.ie/archive/markingschemes/2025/JC042CLP000EV.pdf#page=5)
- Q18 (60 marks): international trade, sustainability, economic indicators - [Paper](https://www.examinations.ie/archive/exampapers/2025/JC042CLP000EV.pdf#page=18) · [Marking scheme](https://www.examinations.ie/archive/markingschemes/2025/JC042CLP000EV.pdf#page=18)

### 2024

- Q1 (6 marks): wages and deductions - [Paper](https://www.examinations.ie/archive/exampapers/2024/JC042CLP000EV.pdf#page=3) · [Marking scheme](https://www.examinations.ie/archive/markingschemes/2024/JC042CLP000EV.pdf#page=3)
- Q5 (6 marks): economic indicators - [Paper](https://www.examinations.ie/archive/exampapers/2024/JC042CLP000EV.pdf#page=5) · [Marking scheme](https://www.examinations.ie/archive/markingschemes/2024/JC042CLP000EV.pdf#page=5)
- Q8 (6 marks) - [Paper](https://www.examinations.ie/archive/exampapers/2024/JC042CLP000EV.pdf#page=6) · [Marking scheme](https://www.examinations.ie/archive/markingschemes/2024/JC042CLP000EV.pdf#page=7)
- Q15 (6 marks): marketing - [Paper](https://www.examinations.ie/archive/exampapers/2024/JC042CLP000EV.pdf#page=10) · [Marking scheme](https://www.examinations.ie/archive/markingschemes/2024/JC042CLP000EV.pdf#page=11)

### 2023

- Q5 (6 marks) - [Paper](https://www.examinations.ie/archive/exampapers/2023/JC042CLP000EV.pdf#page=5) · [Marking scheme](https://www.examinations.ie/archive/markingschemes/2023/JC042CLP000EV.pdf#page=6)
- Q6 (6 marks) - [Paper](https://www.examinations.ie/archive/exampapers/2023/JC042CLP000EV.pdf#page=5) · [Marking scheme](https://www.examinations.ie/archive/markingschemes/2023/JC042CLP000EV.pdf#page=6)
- Q16 (60 marks): business finance, wages and deductions - [Paper](https://www.examinations.ie/archive/exampapers/2023/JC042CLP000EV.pdf#page=10) · [Marking scheme](https://www.examinations.ie/archive/markingschemes/2023/JC042CLP000EV.pdf#page=11)

### 2022

- Q8 (6 marks): economic concepts - [Paper](https://www.examinations.ie/archive/exampapers/2022/JC042CLP000EV.pdf#page=6) · [Marking scheme](https://www.examinations.ie/archive/markingschemes/2022/JC042CLP000EV.pdf#page=6)
- Q10 (6 marks) - [Paper](https://www.examinations.ie/archive/exampapers/2022/JC042CLP000EV.pdf#page=7) · [Marking scheme](https://www.examinations.ie/archive/markingschemes/2022/JC042CLP000EV.pdf#page=7)
- Q16 (60 marks): economic concepts, marketing, technology in business - [Paper](https://www.examinations.ie/archive/exampapers/2022/JC042CLP000EV.pdf#page=11) · [Marking scheme](https://www.examinations.ie/archive/markingschemes/2022/JC042CLP000EV.pdf#page=11)
- Q18 (60 marks): insurance, saving and investing, banking - [Paper](https://www.examinations.ie/archive/exampapers/2022/JC042CLP000EV.pdf#page=20) · [Marking scheme](https://www.examinations.ie/archive/markingschemes/2022/JC042CLP000EV.pdf#page=20)

### 2019

- Q16 (60 marks): economic concepts, technology in business - [Paper](https://www.examinations.ie/archive/exampapers/2019/JC042CLP000EV.pdf#page=9) · [Marking scheme](https://www.examinations.ie/archive/markingschemes/2019/JC042CLP000EV.pdf#page=9)
- Q18 (60 marks): wages and deductions, economic indicators - [Paper](https://www.examinations.ie/archive/exampapers/2019/JC042CLP000EV.pdf#page=19) · [Marking scheme](https://www.examinations.ie/archive/markingschemes/2019/JC042CLP000EV.pdf#page=17)

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