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Evaluate the usefulness to QA of the approaches used to develop its business strategy between 2021 and 2024.
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9609 · May/June 2025 · examinable unit
9609/42 Question 1
Cambridge Business · 20 marks. This page is the question object — what is being tested — not the mark scheme.
What the examiner is asking
This 9609/42 item (20 marks, May/June 2025) is testing whether you can apply the linked topic under timed exam conditions — not whether you can recall a textbook paragraph. Read the command word, identify the quantity or argument required, and plan the mark-earning steps before you write.
Prerequisite concepts
- Core definitions and relationships for the linked topic
- Command-word literacy (state / describe / explain / calculate / deduce)
- Showing method lines examiners can credit even if the final answer slips
Similar practice
After you attempt this question, mark it, then take another 9609 past-paper item on the same topic so the weakness becomes a habit fix — not a one-off score.