0455.2.4.4 — conditions of supply The causes of shifts in a supply curve with appropriate terminology, for example increase and decrease in supply.: past paper questions
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- 0455/21 · May/June 2025 · Q3c[6]
Analyse how changes in conditions of supply can affect a firm’s prices.
See it on the paper → - 0455/11 · May/June 2024 · Q6[1]
What could cause the price of tea to increase?
See it on the paper → - 0455/22 · May/June 2024 · Q1f[5]
using a demand and supply diagram, how an increase in wage costs would affect the market for shoes.
See it on the paper → - 0455/12 · October/November 2023 · Q6[1]
The markets of four products are all in equilibrium. The table gives the value of the price elasticity of supply (PES) for each product. The demand for each product shifts to the right by 5000 units at all prices. Which product will have the largest price increase?
See it on the paper → - 0455/22 · October/November 2022 · Q4a[2]
inelastic supply.
See it on the paper → - 0455/22 · October/November 2022 · Q4c[6]
using a demand and supply diagram, the effect on the market for furniture of an increase in the price of wood.
See it on the paper → - 0455/22 · February/March 2022 · Q5c[6]
Analyse the causes of a shift to the right in the supply curve of chocolate.
See it on the paper → - 0455/12 · October/November 2021 · Q7[1]
An economy relies on potash to make fertiliser. A new deposit of potash is discovered. Which diagram shows this change in the market for potash?
See it on the paper → - 0455/21 · October/November 2021 · Q3c[6]
Analyse, using a demand and supply diagram, the effects on the world price of oil of the discovery of new reserves of oil.
See it on the paper → - 0455/22 · February/March 2021 · Q3c[6]
Analyse why households in one country may borrow more than households in another country.
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What examiners said
A large number of candidates found this question part challenging, resulting in generally weak responses. Candidates who correctly interpreted the question as relating to factors that may shift the supply curve and the effect on prices were able to score high marks. Such factors included increase in cost of production, a natural disaster, changes in weather and government subsidies, amongst others...
— Examiner report, May/June 2025, 0455/21 Q3(c) (Cambridge)
A number of answers to this question lacked precision. Such answers often wrote about how a change in price would cause a small change in supply. Inelastic supply is, of course where a percentage change in price cause a smaller percentage change in supply. A small number of candidates defined inelastic demand.
— Examiner report, October/November 2022, 0455/22 Q4(a) (Cambridge)
There were some strong answers to this question. These contained good diagrams which were clearly and accurately labelled and which showed the supply curve shifting to the left. They also had good written analysis, recognising that a higher price of wood would increase the cost of producing furniture and would result in a rise in the price of furniture. However, some of the answers concentrated on...
— Examiner report, October/November 2022, 0455/22 Q4(c) (Cambridge)
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