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Cambridge AS & A Level Economics

SKExamination skills

Examination skills in Cambridge AS & A Level Economics: what the syllabus expects you to know, the learning objectives and how to practise.
Syllabus section44 practice questions2 lessons

Overview

Not a content section of the syllabus: our grouping of the assessment objectives (AO1 knowledge and understanding, AO2 analysis, AO3 evaluation), the command words and the structure of the data-response and essay papers.

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  • Using diagrams, data and calculations in economics answers

    45 min

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  • Essay writing and evaluation: command words, chains of reasoning and levels

    55 min

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In an index number series, the base year has a value of

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