Leaving Cert Business 2015

The 2015 Leaving Cert Business exam papers and official marking scheme, free below as direct PDF links from the State Examinations Commission archive.

Higher Level

Exam PaperMarking Scheme
What's in the 2015 Higher Level paper?
  • Q1 enterprise, management activities, swot analysis, change management · 80 marks
  • Q2 stakeholder relationships, law of contract, employment equality · 60 marks
  • Q3 business ownership, economic variables, environmental responsibility · 60 marks
  • Q4 multinational companies, global marketing, eu directives and regulations · 60 marks
  • Q5 communication, organisational structure, credit control · 60 marks
  • Q6 product life cycle, new product development, enterprise · 60 marks
  • Q7 insurance, performance appraisal, cash flow forecast · 60 marks
  • Q8 marketing mix, public relations, market segmentation · 60 marks
  • Q9 span of control, taxation, business terms, industrial relations · 80 marks

Ordinary Level

Exam PaperMarking Scheme
What's in the 2015 Ordinary Level paper?
  • Q1 banking, personal finance, abbreviations · 10 marks
  • Q2 entrepreneurship, enterprise · 10 marks
  • Q3 marketing, promotion · 10 marks
  • Q4 company ownership, limited liability · 10 marks
  • Q5 european union, eu institutions · 10 marks
  • Q6 ratio analysis, net profit margin · 10 marks
  • Q7 business law, contract law, capacity to contract · 10 marks
  • Q8 global business, marketing mix · 10 marks
  • Q9 motivation, maslow, mcgregor · 10 marks
  • Q10 insurance, household finance · 10 marks
  • Q11 costs, break-even analysis · 10 marks
  • Q12 marketing mix · 10 marks
  • Q13 stakeholders, business terms · 10 marks
  • Q14 business law, data protection · 10 marks
  • Q15 organisation structures · 10 marks
  • Q16 consumer law, employment equality, trade unions · 75 marks
  • Q17 economic sectors, factors of production, multinationals · 75 marks
  • Q18 government expenditure, taxation, employment · 75 marks
  • Q19 entrepreneurship, leadership, meetings, teamwork · 75 marks
  • Q20 insurance, recruitment, rewards · 75 marks
  • Q21 business expansion, sources of finance, visual communication, stock control · 75 marks
  • Q22 target market, e-business, pricing, market research, channels of distribution · 75 marks
  • Q23 mass production, branding, product life cycle, advertising · 75 marks

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