Leaving Cert Business 2018

The 2018 Leaving Cert Business exam paper 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 2018 Higher Level paper?
  • Q1 market research, marketing mix, economic sectors · 80 marks
  • Q2 law of contract, industrial relations, unfair dismissals · 60 marks
  • Q3 co-operatives, employment, enterprise ireland · 60 marks
  • Q4 multinationals, economic and monetary union, international trade · 60 marks
  • Q5 planning, motivation, entrepreneurship · 60 marks
  • Q6 business expansion, business communication, production methods · 60 marks
  • Q7 recruitment and selection, leadership, taxation · 60 marks
  • Q8 product life cycle, market segmentation, channels of distribution · 60 marks
  • Q9 consumer law, business expansion, finance, international trade · 80 marks

Ordinary Level

Exam PaperMarking Scheme
What's in the 2018 Ordinary Level paper?
  • Q1 banking, personal finance, abbreviations · 10 marks
  • Q2 entrepreneurship, intrapreneurship · 10 marks
  • Q3 privatisation, state enterprise · 10 marks
  • Q4 business expansion, mergers, strategic alliance · 10 marks
  • Q5 swot analysis, business planning · 10 marks
  • Q6 taxation, net pay, household finance · 10 marks
  • Q7 taxation, organisation structures, trade unions · 10 marks
  • Q8 industrial relations, industrial action · 10 marks
  • Q9 business communication, memorandum · 10 marks
  • Q10 multinational companies, global business · 10 marks
  • Q11 meetings, agenda, minutes · 10 marks
  • Q12 factors of production · 10 marks
  • Q13 public relations, sponsorship, marketing · 10 marks
  • Q14 business planning, plans · 10 marks
  • Q15 international trade, trade barriers · 10 marks
  • Q16 stakeholders, consumer law, discrimination · 75 marks
  • Q17 economic sectors, multinational companies, ethics, limited liability · 75 marks
  • Q18 balance of payments, international trade, visible trade, global exports · 75 marks
  • Q19 entrepreneurship, communication, leadership, motivation · 75 marks
  • Q20 insurance, principles of insurance, recruitment, teamwork · 75 marks
  • Q21 advertising, market research, financial ratios, sales promotion · 75 marks
  • Q22 product life cycle, packaging, target market, channels of distribution · 75 marks
  • Q23 business ownership, business planning, sources of finance, production methods · 75 marks
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