Edexcel · 9EC0 / 8EC0 / WEC11–14

Demand

21questions
108marks
15series
2016–2025years

Demand comes up in 21 questions across the Edexcel A Level, AS and International A Level past papers (9EC0 / 8EC0 / WEC11–14), worth 108 marks between them. They run from 2016 to 2025 and appear on A Level Paper 1, A Level Paper 3, AS Level Paper 1, International A Level Unit 1, International A Level Unit 3.

Tariffs run from 1 to 25 marks. The commonest instructions are Explain (5), Identify (MCQ) (4), Define (4). Specification points covered: 1.2.2, 1.3.2.2, 3.3.2.1.

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June 2025 2 questions

1 markAS Level · Paper 1 · Section A

Q5(a) Choose the factor capable of shifting demand for new cars (advertising / production costs / indirect taxes / producer subsidies).

1.2.2DemandIdentify (MCQ)Multiple choice
3 marksAS Level · Paper 1 · Section A

Q5(b) From the March new car registrations chart, 2007-2023, work out the 2023 index number taking 2010 as base.

1.2.2DemandCalculateShort answer

May 2025 1 question

2 marksInternational A Level · Unit 3 · Section B

Q7(a) Work out the percentage fall in UK bicycle sales from 2022 to 2023 using the sales figure chart.

3.3.2.1DemandCalculateData response essay

May 2024 1 question

4 marksInternational A Level · Unit 1 · Section B

Q8 Explain diminishing marginal utility from how many times hotel guests revisit an unlimited breakfast buffet.

1.3.2.2DemandExplainShort answer

June 2023 1 question

4 marksAS Level · Paper 1 · Section B

Q6(d) Define substitutes and complementary goods, illustrating each with examples taken from the source material.

1.2.2DemandExplainData response essay

May 2023 2 questions

8 marksInternational A Level · Unit 1 · Section C

Q12(d) Examine two ways a growing market in refurbished handsets is likely to affect phone manufacturers.

1.3.2.2DemandExamineData response essay
6 marksInternational A Level · Unit 3 · Section B

Q7(c) Analyse two influences on consumer demand for meals ordered and delivered online.

3.3.2.1DemandAnalyseData response essay

Oct 2021 1 question

2 marksInternational A Level · Unit 1 · Section C

Q12(a) State the meaning of complementary goods as that term appears in Extract A.

1.3.2.2DemandDefineData response essay

May 2021 1 question

2 marksInternational A Level · Unit 1 · Section C

Q12(a) Give the meaning of 'substitutes' as the word is used in Extract A (short definition).

1.3.2.2DemandDefineData response essay

Oct 2020 3 questions

1 markAS Level · Paper 1 · Section A

Q5(c) On a diagram of the market for passenger rail services, identify the most likely cause of the shift in demand from D1 to D2.

1.2.2DemandIdentify (MCQ)Multiple choice
8 marksA Level · Paper 1 · Section B

Q6(b) Drawing on Figure 2, examine two influences that could have shaped rail travel demand in the years after 2008.

1.2.2DemandExamineData response essay
25 marksA Level · Paper 1 · Section C

Q7 Evaluate the microeconomic fallout as drivers switch from petrol and diesel cars to electric ones, given a forecast peak in car oil use by 2025.

1.2.2DemandEvaluateEssay (choice)

Jan 2020 1 question

1 markInternational A Level · Unit 1 · Section A

Q1 Pick the change that moves along, rather than shifts, the rice demand curve: cheaper rice, cheaper noodles, higher real incomes, or population growth.

1.3.2.2DemandIdentify (MCQ)Multiple choice

Oct 2019 1 question

4 marksInternational A Level · Unit 1 · Section B

Q11 Use Luca's total utility figures for successive drinks, completing the marginal utility column, to show diminishing marginal utility.

1.3.2.2DemandExplainShort answer

June 2019 1 question

1 markAS Level · Paper 1 · Section A

Q2(c) Give a short definition of demand.

1.2.2DemandDefineShort answer

Jan 2019 1 question

2 marksInternational A Level · Unit 1 · Section C

Q12(a) Give the meaning of 'substitutes' as the word is used in Extract A (short definition question).

1.3.2.2DemandDefineData response essay

June 2018 3 questions

1 markA Level · Paper 1 · Section A

Q5(a) Using a graph of global PC sales 2011–2015, identify the percentage decrease in sales over the period.

1.2.2DemandCalculate (MCQ)Multiple choice
2 marksA Level · Paper 1 · Section A

Q5(b) Set out one plausible reason why sales of PCs have been falling.

1.2.2DemandExplainShort answer
25 marksA Level · Paper 3 · Section A

Q1(e) Evaluate the micro and macro consequences of UK consumers buying more coffee from branded coffee shops.

1.2.2DemandEvaluateEssay (choice)

June 2017 1 question

5 marksAS Level · Paper 1 · Section B

Q6(a) Using a supply and demand diagram, explain why the tobacco advertising ban in Extract A could cut tobacco firms' revenue.

1.2.2DemandExplainData response essay

June 2016 1 question

1 markAS Level · Paper 1 · Section A

Q4(b) What follows if the buffet is cut from £8.99 down to £6.99 (demand extends / demand curve shifts left / supply curve shifts left / demand contracts).

1.2.2DemandIdentify (MCQ)Multiple choice

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