AS & A Level : Economics (9708) – Specimen Papers 2016

Specimen Papers

2016 Paper 1 Specimen Paper (248Kb)
- 2016 Paper 1 Specimen Paper Markscheme (104Kb)
2016 Paper 2 Specimen Paper (126Kb)
- 2016 Paper 2 Specimen Paper Markscheme (111Kb)
2016 Paper 3 Specimen Paper (271Kb)
- 2016 Paper 3 Specimen Paper Markscheme (104Kb)
2016 Paper 4 Specimen Paper (132Kb)
- 2016 Paper 4 Specimen Paper Markscheme (133Kb)

Paper overview

Paper 1 – Multiple Choice

Duration: 1 hour Marks: 30

30 multiple choice questions based on the AS Level syllabus content.

Question 01 Disadvantages of the division of labour

Question 02 Transition to a market economy

Question 03 Production possibility curves, opportunity cost and technological progress

Question 04 The functions of money

Question 05 Public goods and government intervention

Question 06 Shifts in demand curves

Question 07 Changes in price and supply

Question 08 Price elasticity of demand

Question 09 Cross-elasticity of demand

Question 10 Price elasticity of supply

Question 11 Equilibrium price and quantity in a market

Question 12 Shifts in demand and supply and changes in equilibrium

Question 13 Substitutes, joint supply and changes in price

Question 14 Demand, price changes and consumer surplus

Question 15 Government intervention and maximum prices

Question 16 Indirect taxation, tax revenue and consumer expenditure

Question 17 Income and marginal tax rates

Question 18 Government intervention and agricultural products

Question 19 Aggregate supply, price levels and real GDP

Question 20 Demand-pull and cost-push inflation

Question 21 The rate of inflation over a period of time

Question 22 Changes in the current account of the balance of payments

Question 23 Balance of trade deficit

Question 24 The effect of changes in exchange rates

Question 25 Export and import prices and the terms of trade

Question 26 Comparative advantage and trading possibility curves

Question 27 Protectionism and trade

Question 28 Supply side policy and the power of trade unions

Question 29 Expenditure-switching policies

Question 30 Interest rates and inflation

Paper 2 – Structured Questions

Duration: 1 hour 30 minutesMarks: 40

Section A: one data response question (20 marks)

Section B: one structured essay from a choice of three (20 marks)

Based on the AS Level syllabus content

Question 1

Section A

Trade balance over time, The effect of an increase in demand, using diagrams, Cross-elasticity of demand, substitute products, The demand for exports, Falling prices and government intervention

Question 2

Section B

Production possibility curve, opportunity cost and economic growth, Free market and centrally planned economies

Question 3

Section B

Aggregate demand and inflation, The internal and external effects of inflation

Question 4

Section B

Methods of protectionism, The possible justification for protectionism

Paper 3 – Multiple Choice

Duration: 1 hour 15 minutesMarks: 30

30 multiple choice questions based on the Additional A Level syllabus content

Question 01 Allocative efficiency, price and marginal cost

Question 02 Private and social costs and property rights

Question 03 Cost-benefit analysis

Question 04 Total utility, marginal utility, consumption and price

Question 05 The income and substutution effects of a price change

Question 06 Long-run average cost, economies and diseconomies of scale

Question 07 Cost, revenue and contestable markets

Question 08 The survival of small firms

Question 09 Sales revenue maximisation and profit maximisation

Question 10 Demand, revenue and price elasticity of demand

Question 11 The principal agent problem and remuneration

Question 12 Limit pricing and barriers to entry into a market

Question 13 The profit-payoff matrix and preice

Question 14 Capital, labour and x-inefficiency

Question 15 Behavioural explanations of economic actions

Question 16 Interest rates and exchange rates

Question 17 Market supply and demand and minimum prices

Question 18 Marginal revenue product, employment and wages

Question 19 The distribution of wealth, the Lorenz curve and the Gini Coefficient

Question 20 Sectoral employment in a developing economy

Question 21 GDP per hour worked by labour

Question 22 Injections into the circular flow of income

Question 23 Commercial banks, withdrawals and the ability to lend

Question 24 Monetarist theory, money supply and the effects on output and price

Question 25 Money supply, liquidity preference and interest rates

Question 26 Economic development and economic growth

Question 27 The effects of an increase in the interest rate

Question 28 Recession, tax revenue and government expenditure

Question 29 Marginal propensity to consume and aggregate demand

Question 30 The Phillips Curve and the natural rate of unemployment

Paper 4 – Data Response and Essays

Duration: 2 hours 15 minutesMarks: 70

Section A: one data response question (20 marks)

Section B: two essays from a choice of six (50 marks)

Based on the additional A Level syllabus content

Question 1

Section A

Collusion in an industry, Price fixing, integration and the advantages of large scale production, the operation of a firm and the public interest

Question 2

Section B

Changes in income, consumer expenditure and satisfaction, government intervention and the equality of the distribution of income

Question 3

Section B

Wage determination, government intervention and trade unions

Question 4

Section B

Rapid economic growth and high inflation, The control of inflation

Question 5

Section B

Development, the age distribution and occupational structure of a population, The characteristics of developing and developed countries

Question 6

Section B

Causes of an increase in unemployment, Consequences of an increase in unemployment

Question 7

Section B

Efficient resource allocation and government intervention

AS & A Level : Economics (9708) – Specimen Papers 2016

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Sarah
April 27, 2015 at 7:18 pm

Unfortunately these are inaccessible because you have to be a CIE teacher to see them. Can you please post them here (and the spec papers for Business and Psychology A level too) over here so we can use them? Thank you!
- SAIF
  April 25, 2016 at 6:49 pm
  
  ONLY CIE TEACHERS WHY…………….
  - pastpaperPost author
    April 25, 2016 at 7:11 pm
    
    specimen papers are available now also for students

Specimen Papers

Paper overview

Paper 1 – Multiple Choice

Paper 2 – Structured Questions

Question 1

Question 2

Question 3

Question 4

Paper 3 – Multiple Choice

Paper 4 – Data Response and Essays

Question 1

Question 2

Question 3

Question 4

Question 5

Question 6

Question 7

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