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- 0455/02 · Specimen 2027 · Q1a[2]
Calculate the value of Algeria’s primary sector output in 2023. Show your working.
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Identify two capital goods employed in Algeria’s primary sector.
See it on the paper → - 0455/21 · May/June 2026 · Q5a[2]
Identify two causes of an increase in the quality of enterprise.
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Explain two reasons why a person may be prepared to work outside in high temperatures.
See it on the paper → - 0455/22 · February/March 2026 · Q1c[2]
Explain one cause of a decrease in the quality of land used in agriculture in Senegal.
See it on the paper → - 0455/21 · October/November 2025 · Q2a[2]
Identify two examples of primary sector industries.
See it on the paper → - 0455/23 · October/November 2025 · Q1b[2]
Identify two capital goods used in Malawi.
See it on the paper → - 0455/21 · May/June 2025 · Q3a[2]
Identify the rewards to capital and land.
See it on the paper → - 0455/22 · February/March 2025 · Q1h[6]
Discuss whether or not a higher proportion of women is likely to enter Romania’s labour force in the future. Section B Answer any three questions. Each question is introduced by stimulus material. In your answer you may refer to this material and/or to other examples that you have studied.
See it on the paper → - 0455/22 · February/March 2025 · Q3a[2]
Define factor of production.
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Explain two reasons why building workers may not become teachers.
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In which case is it possible to set the level of reward before production takes place for the first factor of production but not for the second factor?
See it on the paper → - 0455/21 · May/June 2024 · Q1b[2]
Identify two rewards to factors of production in Nicaragua.
See it on the paper → - 0455/12 · October/November 2023 · Q3[1]
What is capital?
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other than natural rubber, two primary-sector products.
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with an example, a capital good.
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Identify two examples of capital goods in Montenegro.
See it on the paper → - 0455/22 · May/June 2023 · Q1b[2]
Identify two causes of the decrease in the output of sugar in 2020.
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Explain two reasons why labour mobility may increase in Guyana in the future.
See it on the paper → - 0455/23 · May/June 2023 · Q5c[6]
Analyse the reasons why workers employed in education may earn more than workers employed in other industries.
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What examiners said
Comprehensive responses • Some candidates identified a clear cause such as drought or extreme heat, and explained how this reduces fertility, damages crops, or lowers yields. Limited responses • While many candidates identified a reason, they were unable to successfully explain its effect on land quality. • A few responses gave multiple undeveloped causes or unrelated environmental issues.
— Examiner report, February/March 2026, 0455/22 Q1(c) (Cambridge)
Most candidates provided the correct factor rewards, interest and rent, for capital and land. Some candidates incorrectly provided rewards for labour and land and a few, enterprise. Weaker responses mistakenly identified the reward for capital as the provision of goods and services or machinery, and the reward for land as buildings or farmland.
— Examiner report, May/June 2025, 0455/21 Q3(a) (Cambridge)
It was pleasing that candidates approached this question in an objective way based on economics. The quality of the answers varied. Some candidates just quoted the reference in the source material to ‘There is a range of influences as to whether women enter the labour force. These include social attitudes, female education and whether childcare facilities and part-time work are available’ without...
— Examiner report, February/March 2025, 0455/22 Q1(h) (Cambridge)
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