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9708 · May/June 2016 · examinable unit

9708/42 Question 2

Cambridge Economics · 25 marks · syllabus 7.3. This page is the question object — what is being tested — not the mark scheme.

Stem preview

'Government economic policy is based on the idea that people cannot be trusted to choose what is good for them but instead sometimes choose things that are…

Full stem stays in the official paper. We show a short excerpt so you can identify the item, then attempt your own answer.

What the examiner is asking

This 9708/42 item (25 marks, May/June 2016) is testing whether you can apply syllabus 7.3 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 syllabus 7.3
  • Command-word literacy (state / describe / explain / calculate / deduce)
  • Showing method lines examiners can credit even if the final answer slips
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Similar practice

After you attempt this question, mark it, then take another 9708 past-paper item on the same topic so the weakness becomes a habit fix — not a one-off score.

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