A-level BUSINESS
ACTUAL 2025
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A-level BUSINESS
Paper 1 Business 1
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Materials For Examiner’s Use
For this paper you must have:
• a calculator. Question Mark
Section A
Instructions
• Use black ink or black ball-point pen. 16
• Fill in the boxes at the top of this page.
• Answer all questions in Section A and Section B. 17
• Answer one question from Section C and one question from Section D.
• You must answer the questions in the spaces provided. Do not write outside 18
the box around each page or on blank pages.
• If you need extra space for your answer(s), use the lined pages at the end of 19
this book. Write the question number against your answer(s).
20
• Do all rough work in this answer book. Cross through any work you do not
want to be marked. 21
Information 22
• The marks for questions are shown in brackets.
• The maximum mark for this paper is 100. 23
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Section A
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CORRECT METHOD WRONG METHODS
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as shown.
0 1 ‘The process of transforming raw information into useful information that can support
various activities of a business.’
Which term is described above?
[1 mark]
A Big data
B Data mining
C E-commerce
D Scientific decision-making
0 2 In Porter’s generic strategies, which one of the following would help a business to achieve
a differentiation strategy?
[1 mark]
A Achieving economies of scale
B Advertising leading to higher added value
C Finding cheaper suppliers
D New production methods leading to higher labour productivity
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ACTUAL 2025
PAPER MERGED
WITH MARK
SCHEME
Paper 1 Business 1
Please write clearly in block capitals.
Centre number Candidate number
Surname
Forename(s)
Candidate signature
I declare this is my own work.
A-level BUSINESS
Paper 1 Business 1
Wednesday 14 May 2025 Morning Time allowed: 2 hours
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, 2
Do not write
outside the
box
Materials For Examiner’s Use
For this paper you must have:
• a calculator. Question Mark
Section A
Instructions
• Use black ink or black ball-point pen. 16
• Fill in the boxes at the top of this page.
• Answer all questions in Section A and Section B. 17
• Answer one question from Section C and one question from Section D.
• You must answer the questions in the spaces provided. Do not write outside 18
the box around each page or on blank pages.
• If you need extra space for your answer(s), use the lined pages at the end of 19
this book. Write the question number against your answer(s).
20
• Do all rough work in this answer book. Cross through any work you do not
want to be marked. 21
Information 22
• The marks for questions are shown in brackets.
• The maximum mark for this paper is 100. 23
24
TOTAL
*JUN257132101* 7132/1
IB/G/Jun25/G4005/E4
Section A
Answer all questions in this section.
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Do not write
outside the
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Only one answer per question is allowed.
For each question completely fill in the circle alongside the appropriate answer.
CORRECT METHOD WRONG METHODS
If you want to change your answer you must cross out your original answer as shown.
If you wish to return to an answer previously crossed out, ring the answer you now wish to select
as shown.
0 1 ‘The process of transforming raw information into useful information that can support
various activities of a business.’
Which term is described above?
[1 mark]
A Big data
B Data mining
C E-commerce
D Scientific decision-making
0 2 In Porter’s generic strategies, which one of the following would help a business to achieve
a differentiation strategy?
[1 mark]
A Achieving economies of scale
B Advertising leading to higher added value
C Finding cheaper suppliers
D New production methods leading to higher labour productivity
Turn over ►
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IB/G/Jun25/7132/1
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