Leaving Cert Business 2024

The 2024 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 2024 Higher Level paper?
  • Q1 applied business question, entrepreneurship, contract law, management · 80 marks
  • Q2 breach of contract, small claims procedure, unfair dismissal, people in business · 60 marks
  • Q3 economic growth, interest rates, primary sector, business ethics · 60 marks
  • Q4 balance of payments, multinationals, marketing mix, european union · 60 marks
  • Q5 trade dispute, industrial action, trade unions, ccpc · 60 marks
  • Q6 entrepreneurship, organisation structure, span of control, technology in management · 60 marks
  • Q7 cash flow forecast, household and business taxation, insurance principles, managing · 60 marks
  • Q8 batch production, business ownership, financial terms, managing · 60 marks
  • Q9 premium pricing, advertising, asai, sales promotion · 60 marks

Paper 1

  • Q10 business ownership, european union, insurance, management · 80 marks

Ordinary Level

What's in the 2024 Ordinary Level paper?
  • Q1 banking, personal finance, abbreviations · 10 marks
  • Q2 european union, eu institutions · 10 marks
  • Q3 organisation structures, span of control · 10 marks
  • Q4 business expansion, mergers, franchise · 10 marks
  • Q5 environmental responsibility, sustainability · 10 marks
  • Q6 product life cycle, marketing · 10 marks
  • Q7 costs, break-even analysis · 10 marks
  • Q8 taxation, net pay, household finance · 10 marks
  • Q9 state agencies, enterprise support · 10 marks
  • Q10 swot analysis, business planning · 10 marks
  • Q11 intrapreneurship, enterprise · 10 marks
  • Q12 business law, breach of contract, remedies · 10 marks
  • Q13 teams, team formation · 10 marks
  • Q14 company ownership, plc, ltd · 10 marks
  • Q15 business planning, plans · 10 marks
  • Q16 consumer law, industrial relations, trade unions · 75 marks
  • Q17 economic sectors, co-operatives, taxation, unemployment · 75 marks
  • Q18 balance of payments, international trade, trade barriers, global business · 75 marks
  • Q19 unfair dismissal, industrial relations, consumer protection, contract law · 75 marks
  • Q20 entrepreneurship, motivation, leadership, gdpr · 75 marks
  • Q21 banking, insurance, mortgages, household finance · 75 marks
  • Q22 rewards, human resource management, recruitment, employee empowerment · 75 marks
  • Q23 production methods, channels of distribution, sales promotion, sponsorship · 75 marks
  • Q24 idea generation, market research, packaging, sources of finance · 75 marks
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