Course

Course Summary

Credit Type:

Exam

ACE ID:

CAIE-0015

Organization's ID:

Business 9609

Organization:

Cambridge Assessment International Education

Location:

International

Length:

AS: 2 hours, 45 minutes; A Level: 3 hours

Dates Offered:

Credit Recommendation & Competencies

Level	Credits (SH)	Subject
Lower-Division Baccalaureate	6	Introduction to Business

Credit is recommended for examinees scoring "E" or higher on either AS or A Level Exams. This exhibit is being recommended for a total of six semester hours for students who complete both the AS and A level exams. For examinees completing the AS level exam, three semester hours in Introduction to Business is recommended.

Description

Objective:

The AS Level Business exam consists of two components. Paper 1 assesses the student’s understanding of business concepts through short-answer and essay questions over 1 hour and 15 minutes. Paper 2 allows 1 hour and 30 minutes and requires students to respond to texts containing data in written, numerical and/or diagrammatic form. There are six parts to each question, and students must answer the question using relevant and appropriate information from the stimulus text to support their answers.

The A Level Business exam requires an additional two components. Paper 3 assesses Business Decision-Making over 1 hour and 45 minutes through case study analysis, and Paper 4 allows 1 hour and 15 minutes to analyze a case study on Business Strategy. Marks from Papers 1 and 2 from the AS Level are carried forward and combined with Papers 3 and 4 to comprise the complete assessment at the A Level.

Skills Measured:

The exam covers four assessment objectives: 1) Demonstrate knowledge and understanding. 2) Apply knowledge and understanding to problems and issues in a variety of familiar and unfamiliar business situations and contexts; 3) Analyse business problems, issues and situations by a) using appropriate methods and techniques to make sense of qualitative and quantitative business information, b) interpreting and unpacking complex issues and situations to their constituent parts and searching for causes, impact and consequences, c)distinguishing between factual evidence and opinion or value judgement, and d) drawing valid inferences and making valid generalisations; 4) Evaluate business evidence, explanation, argument, discussion and analysis in order to make reasoned judgements, present measured conclusions and, where appropriate, make recommendations for action and implementation.

Instruction & Assessment