OCR Applied GCSE A241 Exam Paper Analysis

Question Number / Topic / Number of Marks Awarded
1a / 2. Business Activity / 1
1b / 2. Business Activity (reasons for starting business) / 2
1c / 1. Business Ownership (deed of partnership) / 2
1d / 1. Business Ownership (best option) / 10
1e / 2. Business Activity (change in environment) * / 4
2a / 5. Stakeholders (groups and interest) / 9
2bi / 5. Stakeholders (conflict) * / 2
2bii / 5. Stakeholder (impact of conflict on business) * / 2
3a / 7. ICT (use of ICT) / 5
3b / 7. ICT (health and safety) / 2
3c / 3. Functional Areas (HRM) / 1
3d / 3. Functional Areas (Operations) / 4
3e / 3. Functional Areas (Administration) / 4
3f / 7. ICT (new technology) / 10
4a / 6. Employers and Employees (employee enterprise) / 2
4b / 6. Employers and Employees (benefits of enterprise) / 4
4c / 9. Business Ethics (ethics) / 2
4d / 9. Business Ethics (ethics) * / 4
4e / 9. Business Ethics (consequences of no ethics) / 10

May 2012

January 2012

Question Number / Topic / Number of Marks Awarded
1a / 2. Business Activity (Sectors) / 1
1bi / 1. Business Ownership (Ltd) / 2
1bii / 1. Business Ownership (Ltd) / 2
1ci and cii / 4. Aims / 2
1di and dii / 4. Mission Statement * / 4
2ai / 3. Functional Areas (Finance) / 2
2aii / 3. Functional Areas (Finance) / 2
2b / 3. Functional Areas (Marketing) / 2
2c / 3. Functional Areas (Administration Function) / 2
2d / 3. Functional Areas (reasons to work together) / 4
2e / 6. Employers and Employees (task expectation) / 5
2f / 6. Employers and Employees (develop good working relationship) * / 6
3a / 1. Business Ownership (charity) * / 2
3b / 8. Change existing business practices / 3
3c / 8. Change practices and consequences of not changing * / 10
3d and 3e / 9. Business Ethics (sustainable) / 4
3f / 5. Stakeholders (different interests, consequences of not listening) / 10
4ai and 4aii / 7. ICT (booking holiday) / 4
4b / 10. Economic Terminology / 3
4c / 10. Economic Terminology (react to economic changes)

June 2011

Question Number / Topic / Number of Marks Awarded
1a / 2. Business Activity / 1
1b / 1. Business Ownership (partnership) / 4
1c / 1. Business Ownership (partnership vs sole and ltd) / 10
2a / 4. Aims / 4
2b / 5. Stakeholders (interests) / 6
2c / 5. Stakeholders (conflict) / 3
3a / 3. Functional Areas (finance, HR, Admin) / 6
3b / 3. Functional Areas (consequences of not cooperating) / 10
3c / 6. Employers and Employees (employment laws) / 2
3d / 6. Employers and Employees (good working relationship) / 4
3e / 7. ICT (types) / 2
3fi and fii / 7. ICT (benefit/ drawback) / 4
4a / 9. Business Ethics (ethical) / 4
4b / 9. Business Ethics (consequences of not behaving ethically) * / 10
5ai and 5aii / 1. Business Ownership (franchise) / 4
5b / 6/8. Risk (being enterprising) * / 4
5c / 6. Employers and Employees (employee enterprise) / 2

January 2011

Question Number / Topic / Number of Marks Awarded
1a / 2. Business Activity (reason to start business) / 1
1bi / 1. Business Ownership (sole trader advantages) / 4
1bii / 1. Business Ownership (sole trader disadvantages) / 4
1c / 2. Business Activity (changes in external environment) / 10
2a and 2b / 7. ICT (make functional areas efficient) / 4
2c / 3. Functional Areas (marketing function) * / 3
2d / 3/7 (ICT and marketing function) / 4
2e / 6 Employers and Employees (enterprise and risk) / 10
3ai / 5. Stakeholders (identify) / 3
3aii / 5. Stakeholders (conflict) / 2
3b / 5. Stakeholders (consequences of not listening) * / 4
3ci / 9. Business Ethics (sustainability) / 4
3cii / 9. Business Ethics (ethics) / 2
3ciii / 9 Business Ethics (Operating ethically) * / 3
4a / 8. Changing Practices (reasons) / 4
4b / 8. Changing Practices * / 4
4c / 10. Economic Terminology (defining terms) / 4
4d / 10. Economic Terminology (biggest impact) / 10

June 2010

Question Number / Topics / Number of Marks Awarded
1a / 1. Business Ownership (PLC) / 4
1b / 2. Business Activity / 1
1c / 3. Functional Areas (marketing) / 4
1d / 3. Functional Areas (human resources) / 4
1ei / 6. Employers and Employees (employees helping enterprise) / 2
1eii / 6. Employers and Employees (operating in enterprising way) / 4
2ai / 4. Aims and Objectives / 2
2aii / 4. Objectives / 4
2b / 9. Business Ethics (Sustainability) / 2
2c / 9. Business Ethics (Environmentally Friendly) / 2
2d / 9. Business Ethics (behaving ethically) * / 10
3a / 7. ICT (types) / 3
3b / 7. ICT (benefits/ drawbacks of upgrading) / 10
3c / 6. Employers and Employees (legal acts) / 4
4a / 5. Stakeholders (interest) / 6
4b / 5. Stakeholders (consequences of not listening to stakeholder groups) * / 10
4ci / 10. Economic Terminology (interest rates) / 4
4cii / 10. Economic Terminology (exchange rates) / 4

January 2010

Question Number / Topic / Number of Marks Awarded
1a / 2. Business Activity / 1
1bi and bii / 1. Business Ownership (Ltd) / 4
1c / 2. Business Activity (external environment) / 4
1d / 3. Functional Areas (Identify three) / 9
1e / 3. Functional Areas (inefficient operation) * / 10
2a / 4. Business Aims / 2
2b / 4. Business Aims * / 4
2c / 4. Missions Statement / 4
3a / 6. Employers and Employees (expectations of employees) / 3
3b / 6. Employers and Employees (expectations of employers) / 4
3c / 6. Employers and Employees (good working relationship) * / 10
4a / 2. Business Activity (external environment) / 3
4b / 8. Changing in response to environment / 4
4c / 8. Changing in response to environment (negatives with internet) / 4
4d / 7. ICT (purposes of ICT) / 4
4e / 8. Changing (consequences of not changing) * / 10