Business

Emer

Higher Level

Presentation Secondary School, Clonmel

Today, I sat my final Leaving Cert exam, Business! What I can say about the business paper other than I loved it!

I found that section one, the short questions, were slightly harder than the long questions which is unusual. We had to answer four out of twelve giving us plenty of choice and room for mistakes! I was able to answer nine of them with confidence finishing the first section of the paper with a great start.

Section two was dreaded by students around the country, the compulsory Applied Business Question (ABQ)! The ABQ this year was on units three, four and five. Here, we essentially unload all of the information we have learned in these three units into one long question. 

I was really happy with the ABQ we were given, it was much easier than those from previous years. Unfortunately there was only a small mention of unit five - marketing, my favourite section of business, but, it was a great question anyway!

For the final section we had to answer three questions, one from part one, one from part two and a final question from either part. Much like the short questions, we had a really broad choice. In part one, I answered Question One on People in Business, In part two, I answered Question Five on Enterprise and Managing and for my final question I answered Question Eight from Part Two on Business in Action.

I was lucky enough to have time left and I was able to answer some extra questions. I answered Question Four from Part One on People in Business and Question Two from Part One on Domestic Environment. I was lucky to be able to do the extra questions, allowing me more flexibility with mistakes in my answers. Overall, I was delighted with the paper.

Your final exam essentially marks the end of your Second-Level Education and I’m glad I was able to leave on a positive note.