Leaving Cert 2018 Business discussion / issues

JohnnyTriggs

Ok so I answered 3 long qs from section 1 of the long qs. Do I lose the full 60 marks or will I get any partial credit

paddybarry

JohnnyTriggs wrote: »

Ok so I answered 3 long qs from section 1 of the long qs. Do I lose the full 60 marks or will I get any partial credit

You will lose 60 marks unfortunately.

kanadams123

Your three questions from section 1 will all be corrected out of 60 and your best two answers will be counted along with whatever mark you get from the question you answered in part 2....so yes unfortunatley you will lose 60 marks.

Dont be disheartened though..it is only 15% so you could still possibly get a H2 if everything else was full marks(very hard though!!!!!)
..but most likely you will get around a H3/ H4 depending on how well the questions and ABQ were answered!

Curiouscircus

There was a 20 marker on how Irish businesses benefit from the EMU. I read it as the EU. Wrote a lovely answer on benefits of the EU when I clocked that it was supposed to be the economic & monetary union. So I wrote one actual relevant point but had to move on. So my answer says free trade, eu financial aid/grants, interest rates (my only relevant point hahaa) and access to skilled labour. Anyone think I’d get marks for that ?? Ahaha this was my guaranteed H1 if I messed up that question I’m getting a H2

codrulz

Not to be negative but to be honest I can’t see you getting marks for those answers. They’re just not related to the EMU.
I was always told that once a heading is wrong you’ll get no marks so unfortunately, you most likely won’t get any marks for expanding as once a heading is wrong, it is considered that what is written is also incorrect.

However there is the slim chance you may still get a H1 if all else was flawless, really doable considering how easy the paper was! Best of luck.

codrulz

Curiouscircus wrote: »

Ok thanks so much! At least I’ll get the 5 marks for the interest rates anyway so I lose 15 marks for that question instead of 20. Hopefully the rest of my paper was perfect haha

Yeah haha and do keep in mind that if there’s not enough H1s that the marking scheme may work to your benefit and they may give marks for something. You never know!

pmrc

Did anyone find the paper difficult?

codrulz

pmrc wrote: »

Did anyone find the paper difficult?

I thought it was the easiest paper in years tbh, Disappointed at how basic some questions were and the lack of challenge

EuropeanUnion

Curiouscircus wrote: »

There was a 20 marker on how Irish businesses benefit from the EMU. I read it as the EU. Wrote a lovely answer on benefits of the EU when I clocked that it was supposed to be the economic & monetary union. So I wrote one actual relevant point but had to move on. So my answer says free trade, eu financial aid/grants, interest rates (my only relevant point hahaa) and access to skilled labour. Anyone think I’d get marks for that ?? Ahaha this was my guaranteed H1 if I messed up that question I’m getting a H2

I think if you're lucky you might get the free trade point too! The EMU and membership of the Euro got rid of the trade barrier of currency conversion fees for Irish businesses selling to other countries in the Eurozone so I think you might get it! I wish you the best!

codrulz

EuropeanUnion wrote: »

I think if you're lucky you might get the free trade point too! The EMU and membership of the Euro got rid of the trade barrier of currency conversion fees for Irish businesses selling to other countries in the Eurozone so I think you might get it! I wish you the best!

Yeah but it didn’t enable free trade, that’s the function of the single market. If lower transaction fees were mentioned in the answer, they they will probably get marks.

Sophie555

For Q6 part C, I stupidly didn't read the entire Q in the box part and took away the benefit in kind so my gross salary was wrong, how many marks would you think I'd get out of 20?

kanadams123

Tbh probably not that much!

You wont get the marks for your gross salary figure and only partial marks for your final answer.

But, vonsidering all other calculations and what you did with those calculations were right, you will get full marks on them.

Thats the handh thinga about these questions, if you make a mistake, you are only marked down on it once.
For example if you calculated PAYE wrong, your figgure for Total Gross Tax will also be wrong bit you wont lose any more marks because of the same mistake.

I hope that makes some bit of sense