Year 13 Unit 4 Exam Question Table – Section A - Essays



Year 13 Unit 4 Exam Question Table – Section A - Essays

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|Date/ |Exam Question |Main Points – Part a – 3 points |Evaluation – Part A – 3 Eval Points |

|topic | |Part b – 4 points |Part B – 4 Eval Points |

|June 2010 |a) Examine the causes of income and wealth|Make sure you link to a country | |

| |inequality in the UK or any country of | | |

| |your choice. | | |

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| |b) In the 2009 budget the UK government | | |

| |announced that a new 50% rate of income | | |

| |tax would be introduced in 2010. This | | |

| |creates three marginal tax rates of 20%, | | |

| |40% and 50%, instead of two. Evaluate the | | |

| |likely economic effects of this change in | | |

| |the tax structure. (30) | | |

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| | |Try and use a country example | |

| |a) To what extent is primary product | | |

| |dependency a constraint on economic growth| | |

| |and development in developing countries? | | |

| |(20) | | |

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|June 2010 | | | |

| |b) Evaluate four ways in which economic | | |

| |growth and development might be promoted | | |

| |in developing countries. (30) | | |

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| |a) The UK fell from 9th to 12th place in | | |

| |The Global Competitiveness Index between | | |

| |2007 and 2008. Examine the factors which | | |

| |might have caused a decrease in the | | |

| |international competitiveness of the UK’s | | |

| |goods and services. (20) | | |

| | |Mention ideas for both business and government | |

| |b) Evaluate strategies which may be used | | |

| |by businesses and governments to improve | | |

| |the competitiveness of a country’s goods | | |

| |and services. (30) | | |

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|June 2011 |a) Many countries have experienced a |UK | |

| |substantial rise in their fiscal deficits | | |

| |since | | |

| |2008. Assess the factors which might | | |

| |explain this trend in the public finances | | |

| |of a | | |

| |country of your choice. (20) | | |

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|June 2011 |b) Evaluate the case for cutting public | | |

| |expenditure rather than raising taxes as a| | |

| |means of reducing fiscal deficits (30) | | |

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| |a) Assess the causes of absolute poverty |Make sure you link to a country | |

| |in a developing country of your choice | | |

| |(20) | | |

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| |(b) To what extent is reducing the number | | |

| |of people living in absolute poverty | | |

| |sufficient to achieve economic | | |

| |development? (30) | | |

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| |a) Assess the economic effects of the |The EU is a trading bloc. | |

| |growth of trading blocs on the global | | |

| |economy. (20) | | |

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| |b) The UK is a member of the European | | |

| |Union but has not adopted the euro as its | | |

| |currency. To what extent do the benefits | | |

| |of membership of a monetary union such | | |

| |as the Eurozone outweigh the costs? (30) | | |

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|June 2012 |a) Between January 2005 and January 2011, | | |

| |The Economist’s commodity price index | | |

| |increased from 100 Evaluate the likely | | |

| |economic effects of such a rise in | | |

| |commodity prices on the global economy. | | |

| |(20) | | |

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| |b) Assess macroeconomic policies which | | |

| |might be used to respond to rising | | |

| |commodity prices during a period of slow | | |

| |economic growth. (30) | | |

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|June 2012 | |Link to a country | |

| |a) Assess the significance of three | | |

| |factors which might limit economic | | |

| |development in developing countries. (20) | | |

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| |b) Discuss debt cancellation and trade |Make sure both mentioned | |

| |liberalization as alternative means of | | |

| |promoting economic development in | | |

| |developing countries (30) | | |

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| |a) Assess the view that the main cause of | | |

| |globalization s the increased significance| | |

| |of transnational companies. (20) | | |

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| |b) To what extent do the costs of | |Opposite view can be used for EVAL |

| |globalization outweigh the benefits? (30) | | |

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