0455.1.4.1 — definition of PPC Definition, drawing and interpretation of appropriate diagrams.: past paper questions
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- 0455/22 · October/November 2025 · Q2b[4]
Explain two ways an economy could reach a point outside its current PPC.
See it on the paper → - 0455/21 · May/June 2024 · Q4b[4]
Explain the difference between a private benefit and an external benefit of healthcare.
See it on the paper → - 0455/22 · October/November 2023 · Q1d[4]
two ways a government could redistribute income.
See it on the paper → - 0455/23 · October/November 2023 · Q2c[6]
Analyse, using a production possibility curve (PPC) diagram, the effect of a serious storm on an economy.
See it on the paper → - 0455/12 · October/November 2022 · Q3[1]
The diagram shows a production possibility curve (PPC) and a number of output combinations for tea and coffee. Which combinations of tea and coffee could the economy currently produce?
See it on the paper → - 0455/21 · May/June 2022 · Q1g[6]
whether or not, after 2019, Cyprus’s production possibility curve (PPC) is likely to shift to the right.
See it on the paper → - 0455/22 · May/June 2022 · Q3a[2]
a production possibility curve.
See it on the paper → - 0455/23 · October/November 2021 · Q3c[6]
Analyse, using a production possibility curve (PPC), the opportunity cost to an economy of producing more consumer goods.
See it on the paper → - 0455/22 · October/November 2020 · Q2c[6]
using a production possibility curve (PPC) diagram, the effect of an increase in unemployment on an economy.
See it on the paper → - 0455/23 · October/November 2020 · Q3c[6]
Analyse, using a production possibility curve (PPC) diagram, the effects of a decrease in the quantity of capital goods in an economy.
See it on the paper → - 0455/12 · May/June 2020 · Q2[1]
The diagram shows a production possibility curve (PPC). Which of these points shows the largest possible output of product Y currently achievable?
See it on the paper → - 0455/23 · May/June 2020 · Q3c[6]
Analyse, using a production possibility curve (PPC) diagram, the impact of higher labour productivity on an economy.
See it on the paper → - 0455/22 · February/March 2020 · Q2c[6]
Analyse, using a production possibility curve (PPC) diagram, the effect of an increase in enterprise on an economy.
See it on the paper → - 0455/21 · October/November 2019 · Q3c[6]
Analyse, using a production possibility curve (PPC) diagram, the possible effects of faster internet speeds for economic growth.
See it on the paper → - 0455/23 · May/June 2019 · Q1f[2]
Explain, using information from the extract, whether the supply of Iceland’s fish is price-elastic or price-inelastic.
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What examiners said
Most candidates showed in their answer that they understood what caused a PPC to shift to the right or to the left. Candidates needed to identify, from the source material, factors that affected the level of resources in Cyprus, e.g., land, labour, capital, or enterprise. Generally speaking, candidates were better at explaining what would cause the PPC to shift to the left, e.g., the emigration of...
— Examiner report, May/June 2022, 0455/21 Q1(g) (Cambridge)
Most candidates were able to define a production possibility curve. Some just drew a diagram. A diagram was not asked for and does not provide a definition.
— Examiner report, May/June 2022, 0455/22 Q3(a) (Cambridge)
PPC diagrams were usually accurate although a few did not label the axes correctly and/or did not show a reduction in capital goods and increase in consumer goods. Some answers were not able to explain what opportunity cost was or that resources used for consumer goods meant that fewer resources were available for capital goods. Overall, PPC is well understood by most candidates.
— Examiner report, October/November 2021, 0455/23 Q3(c) (Cambridge)
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