Mark Scheme (Results)
Summer 2023
Pearson Edexcel GCE A Level
in Business (9BS0)
Paper 02 Business activities, decisions and
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© Pearson Education Ltd 2023General Marking Guidance
• All candidates must receive the same treatment.
Examiners must mark the first candidate in exactly the
same way as they mark the last.
• Mark schemes should be applied positively. Candidates
must be rewarded for what they have shown they can do
rather than penalised for omissions.
• Examiners should mark according to the mark scheme not
according to their perception of where the grade boundaries
may lie.
• There is no ceiling on achievement. All marks on the mark
scheme should be used appropriately.
• All the marks on the mark scheme are designed to be
awarded. Examiners should always award full marks if
deserved, i.e. if the answer matches the mark scheme.
Examiners should also be prepared to award zero marks if
the candidate’s response is not worthy of credit according
to the mark scheme.
• Where some judgement is required, mark schemes will
provide the principles by which marks will be awarded and
exemplification may be limited.
• When examiners are in doubt regarding the application of
the mark scheme to a candidate’s response, the team
leader must be consulted.
• Crossed out work should be marked UNLESS the candidate
has replaced it with an alternative response.Question
Number Answer Mark
1 (a) Knowledge 1, Application 2, Analysis 1
Knowledge: 1 mark for understanding of job production.
• Where items are made individually.
Application: up to 2 marks for:
• Each worker has a ‘signature’, which they stamp on the
parts of the bike that they work on.
• Brompton bikes are unique due to the fact that they
are foldable.
Analysis: 1 mark for:
• This enables Brompton to add value to its bikes
because consumers may be prepared to pay higher
prices for a quality bike. (4)
Question
Number Answer Mark
1 (b) Knowledge 1, Application 3
Quantitative skill assessed:
QS 1 Calculate, use and understand ratios, averages and
fractions
Knowledge/understanding: 1 mark: for use of an
appropriate formula,
• Labour productivity = output/number of workers (this
may be implied) (1)
Application: up to 3 marks for:
• Labour productivity for 2019: 48956/150 = 326.37
(1)
• Labour productivity for 2020: 59052/184 = 320.93
(1)
• Difference: 326.37 – 320.93 = 5.44 (1)
N.B If the only answer given is 5.44 or -5.44 award 4 marks.
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