AQA · 7136 / 7135

Fiscal policy

23questions
249marks
5series
2020–2023years

Fiscal policy comes up in 23 questions across the AQA A Level and AS past papers (7136 / 7135), worth 249 marks between them. They run from 2020 to 2023 and appear on A Level Paper 2, A Level Paper 3.

Tariffs run from 1 to 25 marks. The commonest instructions are Multiple choice (10), Using the data (4), Evaluate (3). Specification points covered: 4.2.5.1, 4.2.5.2.

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Jun 2023 6 questions

2 marksA Level · Paper 2 · Context 1

Work out how one country's business tax level differs from the average of five others.

4.2.5.1Fiscal policyUsing the dataWritten
9 marksA Level · Paper 2 · Context 1

Diagram question on why rapid expansion of output can push public finances into surplus.

4.2.5.1Fiscal policyWith the help of a diagramWritten
25 marksA Level · Paper 2 · Context 1

Assess whether raising business taxation will harm Ireland's overall economic performance.

4.2.5.1Fiscal policyUsing the dataWritten
1 markA Level · Paper 3 · No choice

Identify the job of the watchdog scrutinising public finances.

4.2.5.1Fiscal policyMultiple choiceMultiple choice
1 markA Level · Paper 3 · No choice

Sum yearly deficits to find the rise in accumulated borrowing.

4.2.5.1Fiscal policyMultiple choiceMultiple choice
25 marksA Level · Paper 3 · No choice

Should Sri Lanka reduce public spending to bring down its debt? Justify, using the extracts.

4.2.5.1Fiscal policy and debtAfterWritten

Jun 2022 3 questions

25 marksA Level · Paper 2 · Essay 2

Evaluate whether state intervention is the best route to strengthening Britain's productive capacity.

4.2.5.2Supply-side policiesEvaluateWritten
1 markA Level · Paper 3 · No choice

Choose the budgetary measure that would contract national output.

4.2.5.1Fiscal policyMultiple choiceMultiple choice
1 markA Level · Paper 3 · No choice

Select the supply-side measure that cuts natural unemployment.

4.2.5.2Supply-side policiesMultiple choiceMultiple choice

Nov 2021 5 questions

4 marksA Level · Paper 2 · Context 1

Use chart data to show one country facing greater borrowing difficulties than another in a given year.

4.2.5.1Fiscal policyExplain howWritten
9 marksA Level · Paper 2 · Context 1

Diagram question on how cuts in state spending can cost jobs in private firms.

4.2.5.1Fiscal policyWith the help of a diagramWritten
25 marksA Level · Paper 2 · Context 1

Evaluate whether a growing stock of accumulated government borrowing harms a country.

4.2.5.1Fiscal policyUsing the dataWritten
1 markA Level · Paper 3 · No choice

Identify the accurate claim about what these measures can affect.

4.2.5.2Supply-side policiesMultiple choiceMultiple choice
1 markA Level · Paper 3 · No choice

How a state could fund its spending plans while shrinking accumulated borrowing.

4.2.5.1Fiscal policyMultiple choiceMultiple choice

Nov 2020 5 questions

25 marksA Level · Paper 2 · Context 1

Evaluate whether deregulating labour markets along free-market lines helps Britain's economy.

4.2.5.2Supply-side policiesUsing the dataWritten
15 marksA Level · Paper 2 · Essay 1

Explain what might cause the government's annual borrowing to shrink.

4.2.5.1Fiscal policyExplainWritten
25 marksA Level · Paper 2 · Essay 1

Judge whether cutting state borrowing matters more than narrowing the external trade shortfall.

4.2.5.1Fiscal policyTo what extentWritten
1 markA Level · Paper 3 · No choice

Which fiscal situation would add most to government borrowing accumulated over time.

4.2.5.1Fiscal policyMultiple choiceMultiple choice
1 markA Level · Paper 3 · No choice

Which statement correctly describes how average and marginal rates behave under a flat income levy.

4.2.5.1Fiscal policyMultiple choiceMultiple choice

Specimen 4 questions

25 marksA Level · Paper 2 · Essay 1

Evaluate whether measures aimed at the productive side are the best way to cut joblessness.

4.2.5.2Supply-side policiesEvaluateWritten
25 marksA Level · Paper 2 · Essay 2

Evaluate whether trimming state spending to cut borrowing is both needless and harmful.

4.2.5.1Fiscal policyEvaluateWritten
1 markA Level · Paper 3 · No choice

Pick the measure that raises capacity rather than boosting spending.

4.2.5.2Supply-side policiesMultiple choiceMultiple choice
1 markA Level · Paper 3 · No choice

Which demand-side measure a Keynesian would back to revive an economy stuck in prolonged slump.

4.2.5.1Keynesian fiscal policyMultiple choiceMultiple choice

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