AQA · 7136 / 7135

Supply-side policies

27questions
128marks
3series
2020–2023years

Supply-side policies comes up in 27 questions across the AQA A Level and AS past papers (7136 / 7135), worth 128 marks between them. They run from 2020 to 2023 and appear on AS Level Paper 2.

Tariffs run from 1 to 25 marks. The commonest instructions are Multiple choice (18), Calculate (2), Explain (2). Specification points covered: 3.2.4.1, 3.2.4.2, 3.2.4.3.

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Jun 2023 9 questions

1 markAS Level · Paper 2 · No choice

Identifying which listed levy is a direct rather than indirect charge.

3.2.4.2Types of taxationMultiple choiceMultiple choice
1 markAS Level · Paper 2 · No choice

Policy mix raising output and jobs without pushing the price level up.

3.2.4.3Supply-side policiesMultiple choiceMultiple choice
1 markAS Level · Paper 2 · No choice

Fiscal measure open to a government wanting slower price rises.

3.2.4.2Fiscal policyMultiple choiceMultiple choice
1 markAS Level · Paper 2 · No choice

Whose accumulated net borrowing makes up the national debt.

3.2.4.2Government borrowing and debtMultiple choiceMultiple choice
1 markAS Level · Paper 2 · No choice

Recognising a government tool used in industrial strategy.

3.2.4.3Supply-side policiesMultiple choiceMultiple choice
1 markAS Level · Paper 2 · No choice

Tightening option that curbs inflation while protecting future productive capacity.

3.2.4.2Fiscal policyMultiple choiceMultiple choice
4 marksAS Level · Paper 2 · Context 1

Work out a hotel room's revised price once the sales tax rate falls.

3.2.4.2Indirect taxesCalculateWritten
10 marksAS Level · Paper 2 · Context 1

Explain two influences on the central bank's decisions about interest rates.

3.2.4.1Monetary policyExplainWritten
25 marksAS Level · Paper 2 · Context 1

Assess whether keeping interest rates extremely low benefits Britain's economy.

3.2.4.1Monetary policyAssessWritten

Jun 2022 12 questions

1 markAS Level · Paper 2 · No choice

Effects of dearer borrowing on capital spending, the gap and household saving.

3.2.4.1Monetary policy and interest ratesMultiple choiceMultiple choice
1 markAS Level · Paper 2 · No choice

Identifying the base on which indirect taxation is charged.

3.2.4.2Types of taxationMultiple choiceMultiple choice
1 markAS Level · Paper 2 · No choice

When a rate rise aimed at the inflation target may prove ineffective.

3.2.4.1Monetary policy and inflationMultiple choiceMultiple choice
1 markAS Level · Paper 2 · No choice

Recognising which cut amounts to a loosening of the fiscal stance.

3.2.4.2Fiscal policyMultiple choiceMultiple choice
1 markAS Level · Paper 2 · No choice

Purpose behind halving the tax charged on company profits.

3.2.4.3Supply-side policiesMultiple choiceMultiple choice
1 markAS Level · Paper 2 · No choice

Short-term outcome of the state borrowing more than before.

3.2.4.2Government borrowing and debtMultiple choiceMultiple choice
1 markAS Level · Paper 2 · No choice

Which monetary measure a government could use against falling prices.

3.2.4.1Monetary policy and inflationMultiple choiceMultiple choice
25 marksAS Level · Paper 2 · Context 1

Evaluate measures available for raising Britain's trend rate of expansion.

3.2.4.3Policies for long-run growthEvaluateWritten
4 marksAS Level · Paper 2 · Context 2

Work out total public expenditure for the year using the welfare figure given.

3.2.4.2Government spendingCalculateWritten
4 marksAS Level · Paper 2 · Context 2

State two notable contrasts in how public expenditure was divided between the two years.

3.2.4.2Government spendingIdentifyWritten
10 marksAS Level · Paper 2 · Context 2

Explain how tax and spending choices can reshape where activity takes place.

3.2.4.2Fiscal policyExplainWritten
25 marksAS Level · Paper 2 · Context 2

Assess whether a lasting, large rise in public expenditure would help Britain.

3.2.4.2Government spendingAssessWritten

Nov 2020 6 questions

1 markAS Level · Paper 2 · No choice

Most effective policy for lifting long-term growth once the gap has closed.

3.2.4.3Supply-side policiesMultiple choiceMultiple choice
1 markAS Level · Paper 2 · No choice

Projecting the debt total after spending falls and revenue climbs from last year.

3.2.4.2Government borrowing and debtMultiple choiceMultiple choice
1 markAS Level · Paper 2 · No choice

Feature distinguishing progressive levies as earnings decline.

3.2.4.2Types of taxationMultiple choiceMultiple choice
1 markAS Level · Paper 2 · No choice

Why the central bank might curb lending to families at full capacity.

3.2.4.1Monetary policy and inflationMultiple choiceMultiple choice
1 markAS Level · Paper 2 · No choice

Which measure could push both demand and productive capacity outwards together.

3.2.4.3Supply-side policiesMultiple choiceMultiple choice
3 marksAS Level · Paper 2 · Context 2

Give the meaning of a widening gap where state spending exceeds revenue.

3.2.4.2Budget deficitDefineWritten

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