Mark Scheme (Results)
2024 PEARSON EDEXCEL A LEVEL
BUSINESS PAPER 2 (9BS0/02
,General Marking Guidance
All candidates must receive the same treatment. Examiners
must mark the first candidate in exactly the same way as they
mark the last.
Mark schemes should be applied positively. Candidates must be
rewarded for what they have shown they can do rather than
penalised for omissions.
Examiners should mark according to the mark scheme not
according to their perception of where the grade boundaries may
lie.
There is no ceiling on achievement. All marks on the mark
scheme should be used appropriately.
All the marks on the mark scheme are designed to be awarded.
Examiners should always award full marks if deserved, i.e. if the
answer matches the mark scheme. Examiners should also be
prepared to award zero marks if the candidate’s response is not
worthy of credit according to the mark scheme.
Where some judgement is required, mark schemes will provide
the principles by which marks will be awarded and
exemplification may be limited.
When examiners are in doubt regarding the application of the
mark scheme to a candidate’s response, the team leader must
be consulted.
Crossed out work should be marked UNLESS the candidate has
replaced it with an alternative response.
, Question
Answer Mark
Number
1 (a) Knowledge 1, Application 2, Analysis 1
Knowledge: 1 mark for understanding of job production.
Where items are made individually.
Application: up to 2 marks for:
Each worker has a ‘signature’, which they stamp on the parts
of the bike that they work on.
Brompton bikes are unique due to the fact that they are
foldable.
Analysis: 1 mark for:
This enables Brompton to add value to its bikes
because consumers may be prepared to pay higher
prices for a quality bike. (4)
Question
Number Answer Mark
1 (b) Knowledge 1, Application 3
Quantitative skill assessed:
QS 1 Calculate, use and understand ratios, averages and fractions
Knowledge/understanding: 1 mark: for use of an appropriate
formula,
Labour productivity = output/number of workers (this
may be implied) (1)
Application: up to 3 marks for:
Labour productivity for 2019: 48956/150 = 326.37
(1)
Labour productivity for 2020: 59052/184 = 320.93
(1)
Difference: 326.37 – 320.93 = 5.44 (1)
N.B If the only answer given is 5.44 or -5.44 award 4 marks. If the
only answer given is 5.4 award 3 marks
(4)
2024 PEARSON EDEXCEL A LEVEL
BUSINESS PAPER 2 (9BS0/02
,General Marking Guidance
All candidates must receive the same treatment. Examiners
must mark the first candidate in exactly the same way as they
mark the last.
Mark schemes should be applied positively. Candidates must be
rewarded for what they have shown they can do rather than
penalised for omissions.
Examiners should mark according to the mark scheme not
according to their perception of where the grade boundaries may
lie.
There is no ceiling on achievement. All marks on the mark
scheme should be used appropriately.
All the marks on the mark scheme are designed to be awarded.
Examiners should always award full marks if deserved, i.e. if the
answer matches the mark scheme. Examiners should also be
prepared to award zero marks if the candidate’s response is not
worthy of credit according to the mark scheme.
Where some judgement is required, mark schemes will provide
the principles by which marks will be awarded and
exemplification may be limited.
When examiners are in doubt regarding the application of the
mark scheme to a candidate’s response, the team leader must
be consulted.
Crossed out work should be marked UNLESS the candidate has
replaced it with an alternative response.
, Question
Answer Mark
Number
1 (a) Knowledge 1, Application 2, Analysis 1
Knowledge: 1 mark for understanding of job production.
Where items are made individually.
Application: up to 2 marks for:
Each worker has a ‘signature’, which they stamp on the parts
of the bike that they work on.
Brompton bikes are unique due to the fact that they are
foldable.
Analysis: 1 mark for:
This enables Brompton to add value to its bikes
because consumers may be prepared to pay higher
prices for a quality bike. (4)
Question
Number Answer Mark
1 (b) Knowledge 1, Application 3
Quantitative skill assessed:
QS 1 Calculate, use and understand ratios, averages and fractions
Knowledge/understanding: 1 mark: for use of an appropriate
formula,
Labour productivity = output/number of workers (this
may be implied) (1)
Application: up to 3 marks for:
Labour productivity for 2019: 48956/150 = 326.37
(1)
Labour productivity for 2020: 59052/184 = 320.93
(1)
Difference: 326.37 – 320.93 = 5.44 (1)
N.B If the only answer given is 5.44 or -5.44 award 4 marks. If the
only answer given is 5.4 award 3 marks
(4)
