Economics (A Level)

Assessment

Paper One (35%) – Markets and Business behaviour Each question is set in a context, drawing on topics from across Themes 1 and 3. The paper comprises three sections. Students answer all questions from Section A and Section B, and one from Section C. • Section A comprises a range of multiple-choice and short answer questions. • Section B comprises one data response question broken down into several parts. • Section C comprises a choice of extended open-response questions; students select one from a choice of two. The assessment is 2 hours and comprises 100 marks. Paper Two (35%) – The National and Global Economy Each question is set in a context, drawing on topics from across Themes 2 and 4. The paper comprises three sections. Students answer all questions from Section A and Section B, and one from Section C. • Section A comprises a range of multiple-choice and short answer questions. • Section B comprises one data response question broken down into several parts. • Section C comprises a choice of extended open-response questions; students select one from a choice of two. The assessment is 2 hours and comprises 100 marks. Paper Three (30%) – Microeconomics and macroeconomics Each question is set in a context, drawing on topics from across Themes 1, 2, 3 and 4. The paper comprises two sections. • Each section comprises one data response question broken down into several parts, including a choice of extended open-response questions; students select one from a choice of two. The assessment is 2 hours and comprises 100 marks.