Leaving Cert Business 2019

The 2019 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 2019 Higher Level paper?
  • Q1 enterprise, management activities, consumer law · 80 marks
  • Q2 law of contract, industrial relations, conflict resolution · 60 marks
  • Q3 environmental responsibility, economic variables, government policy · 60 marks
  • Q4 eu institutions, international trade, global business · 60 marks
  • Q5 communication, motivation, leadership · 60 marks
  • Q6 sales revenue, ratio analysis, business finance · 60 marks
  • Q7 product development, business expansion, performance appraisal · 60 marks
  • Q8 pricing, public relations, packaging · 60 marks
  • Q9 business terms, taxation, international trade, break-even analysis · 80 marks

Ordinary Level

Exam PaperMarking Scheme
What's in the 2019 Ordinary Level paper?
  • Q1 business organisation, abbreviations, meetings · 10 marks
  • Q2 marketing mix, pricing strategies · 10 marks
  • Q3 insurance, principles of insurance · 10 marks
  • Q4 euro, european union, consumers · 10 marks
  • Q5 communication, memorandum, gdpr · 10 marks
  • Q6 contract law, elements of a contract · 10 marks
  • Q7 taxation, corporation tax, vat · 10 marks
  • Q8 leadership styles, management · 10 marks
  • Q9 channels of distribution, marketing · 10 marks
  • Q10 business plan, enterprise · 10 marks
  • Q11 ratio analysis, current ratio, liquidity · 10 marks
  • Q12 product life cycle, marketing · 10 marks
  • Q13 product development, idea generation · 10 marks
  • Q14 communication, methods of communication · 10 marks
  • Q15 economic sectors, business terms · 10 marks
  • Q16 consumer law, small claims court, discrimination, industrial relations · 75 marks
  • Q17 government expenditure, multinational companies, domestic environment · 75 marks
  • Q18 international trade, imports, exports, balance of payments · 75 marks
  • Q19 enterprise, business plans, stock control, organisation structures · 75 marks
  • Q20 human resources, training, benefit in kind, gross pay, net pay · 75 marks
  • Q21 idea generation, market research, pricing, swot analysis · 75 marks
  • Q22 sole trader, production methods, sources of finance, business expansion · 75 marks
  • Q23 public relations, sales promotion, advertising, franchise · 75 marks

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