Leaving Cert Business 2017

The 2017 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 2017 Higher Level paper?
  • Q1 government and business, marketing mix, management · 80 marks
  • Q2 co-operative relationships, industrial relations, consumer law · 60 marks
  • Q3 tertiary sector, business ethics, privatisation · 60 marks
  • Q4 balance of trade, tariffs, channels of distribution, european union · 60 marks
  • Q5 entrepreneurship, communication, data protection · 60 marks
  • Q6 new product development, product design, business plan · 60 marks
  • Q7 motivation, ratio analysis, business finance · 60 marks
  • Q8 niche market, pricing strategies, sources of finance · 60 marks
  • Q9 contract law, business organisations, taxation, break-even analysis · 80 marks

Ordinary Level

Exam PaperMarking Scheme
What's in the 2017 Ordinary Level paper?
  • Q1 taxation, abbreviations, management · 10 marks
  • Q1 consumer law, trade unions, industrial relations · 75 marks
  • Q2 business law, contracts · 10 marks
  • Q2 economic sectors, taxation, community · 75 marks
  • Q3 european union, international trade, trade barriers, global business · 75 marks
  • Q3 communication, interpreting data · 10 marks
  • Q4 entrepreneurship, planning, delegation, meetings · 75 marks
  • Q4 marketing mix · 10 marks
  • Q5 cash flow, sources of finance, banking, insurance · 75 marks
  • Q5 ict, business software · 10 marks
  • Q6 product development, idea generation, recruitment, rewards · 75 marks
  • Q6 ratio analysis, profitability · 10 marks
  • Q7 branding, product life cycle, online selling, market research · 75 marks
  • Q7 intrapreneurship, enterprise · 10 marks
  • Q8 partnership, production methods, channels of distribution, sales promotion · 75 marks
  • Q8 employment law, discrimination · 10 marks
  • Q9 quality control, production · 10 marks
  • Q10 business expansion, mergers, franchise · 10 marks
  • Q11 industrial relations, trade unions · 10 marks
  • Q12 european union, eu institutions · 10 marks
  • Q13 international trade, imports and exports · 10 marks
  • Q14 insurance, taxation · 10 marks
  • Q15 stakeholders · 10 marks

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