Q2(f) Diagram question: show what currency speculators do to the sterling-dollar equilibrium exchange rate.
Edexcel · 4EC1
Exchange rates comes up in 38 questions across the Edexcel International GCSE past papers (4EC1), worth 88 marks between them. They run from 2019 to 2025 and appear on iGCSE Paper 2, iGCSE Paper 2R.
Tariffs run from 1 to 9 marks. The commonest instructions are Identify (MCQ) (12), Draw/Diagram (8), Calculate (6). Specification points covered: 2.2.3.
Q2(f) Diagram question: show what currency speculators do to the sterling-dollar equilibrium exchange rate.
Q1(e) Convert a GBP750 smartphone into euros at GBP1 = EUR1.18.
Q2(b) Multiple choice on what a depreciation does to exports and imports.
Q2(a) Multiple choice naming a rise in a floating exchange rate.
Q2(f) Diagram question: show what falling US imports do to the sterling-dollar equilibrium exchange rate.
Q3(b) Multiple choice converting GBP150 into US dollars at the rate given.
Q2(f) Diagram question: show what a UK interest rate rise does to the sterling-euro equilibrium exchange rate.
Q4(a) Convert a Costa Rican national park entry fee into pounds to 2 d.p.
Q2(a) Multiple choice on why a government would devalue its currency.
Q2(f) Diagram question: show what rising UK exports to the US do to the equilibrium exchange rate of sterling.
Q3(a) Multiple choice converting $50 into pounds at $1 = GBP0.75.
Q1(f) Diagram question: show what falling UK exports to the US do to the equilibrium exchange rate.
Q1(d) Set out what higher interest rates do to demand for a currency.
Q2(b) Multiple choice on what a move from GBP1=EUR1.20 to EUR1.10 means.
Q2(d) Give the meaning of devaluation.
Q2(g) Data response: what a weaker dollar does to demand for US exports to Australia.
Q1(e) Convert a GBP15 000 car into euros at GBP1 = EUR1.10.
Q3(b) Multiple choice on what a move from GBP1=$1.40 to $1.30 means.
Q2(f) Diagram question: show what rising UK exports to the US do to sterling.
Q1(b) Multiple choice naming a government-driven fall in the exchange rate.
Q1(g) Give the likely effect of a UK interest rate cut on sterling.
Q1(e) Convert a football transfer fee into euros at the rate given.
Q2(a) Multiple choice on the likely effect of a depreciation.
Q3(b) Multiple choice completing how a government resists an appreciation.
Q2(a) Multiple choice on the likely effect of an appreciation.
Q2(d) Give the meaning of an exchange rate.
Q2(a) Multiple choice completing the likely effect of a depreciation.
Q3(b) Multiple choice naming a rise in a floating exchange rate.
Q3(d) Data response: what higher interest rates do to South Africa's currency.
Q1(e) Convert $150 000 of machinery into rupees at $1 = 70.66 INR.
Q1(f) Diagram question: show what falling UK exports to the eurozone do to sterling.
Q2(d) Give the meaning of revaluation.
Q3(b) Multiple choice naming a fall in a floating exchange rate.
Q3(d) Data response: what speculators do to the supply of and demand for a currency.
Q1(e) Convert a t-shirt price into sterling to 2 d.p. at the rate given.
Q2(e) Give one benefit of a depreciating currency to an economy such as the Philippines.
Q1(f) Diagram question: show what rising UK exports to the eurozone do to sterling.
Q2(e) Name one downside for Thailand's economy when its currency appreciates.
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