Leaving Cert Business 2016

The 2016 Leaving Cert Business exam paper and official marking scheme, free below as direct PDF links from the State Examinations Commission archive.

Higher Level

What's in the 2016 Higher Level paper?

Q1 management skills, business finance, business expansion · 80 marks
Q2 unfair dismissal, law of contract, consumer protection · 60 marks
Q3 government and labour force, franchising, corporate social responsibility · 60 marks
Q4 foreign direct investment, international trade, global marketing · 60 marks
Q5 enterprise skills, planning, organisation structure · 60 marks
Q6 recruitment, technology, quality assurance · 60 marks
Q7 prototype development, break-even analysis · 60 marks
Q8 market research, sales promotion, branding · 60 marks
Q9 business terms, industrial relations, insurance, international trade · 80 marks

What's in the 2016 Ordinary Level paper?

Q1 taxation, abbreviations, meetings · 10 marks
Q2 communication, written communication · 10 marks
Q3 taxation, net pay, household finance · 10 marks
Q4 factors of production, economics · 10 marks
Q5 visual communication, charts · 10 marks
Q6 management, management activities · 10 marks
Q7 employee empowerment, human resource management · 10 marks
Q8 unfair dismissal, employment law · 10 marks
Q9 environmental responsibility, sustainability · 10 marks
Q10 economic indicators, inflation, unemployment · 10 marks
Q11 state agencies, enterprise support · 10 marks
Q12 european union, eu policies · 10 marks
Q13 franchising, business expansion · 10 marks
Q14 product life cycle, marketing · 10 marks
Q15 contract law, business law · 10 marks
Q16 consumer law, industrial relations, trade unions · 75 marks
Q17 economic sectors, multinationals, plc, economic growth · 75 marks
Q18 balance of trade, international trade, ict, european union · 75 marks
Q19 entrepreneurship, leadership, motivation, meetings · 75 marks
Q20 insurance, taxation, bank overdraft, business finance · 75 marks
Q21 recruitment, training, rewards, human resource management · 75 marks
Q22 idea generation, market research, sources of finance, branding · 75 marks
Q23 sole trader, production methods, pricing, channels of distribution · 75 marks

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