Enterprise, Employability and Personal Finance

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1 Centre Number Surname Candidate Number For Examiner s Use Other Names Candidate Signature Examiner s Initials Question Mark AQA Level 3 Certificate June 2015 Enterprise, Employability and Personal Finance Written Paper Friday 5 June pm to 3.00 pm EEPF A You will need no other materials. You may use a calculator. Time allowed 1 hour 30 minutes Instructions Use black ink or black ball-point pen. Fill in the es at the top of this page. You must answer the questions in the spaces provided. Answers written in margins will not be marked. If you need extra paper, use the Additional Answer Sheets. Do all rough work in this book. Cross through any work you do not want to be marked. Information The marks for questions are shown in brackets. The maximum mark for this paper is TOTAL (JUN15EEPF101) H/JW/109443/Jun15/E2 EEPF1

2 2 Answer all questions in the spaces provided. 1 Danielle works as a team leader in a large food supermarket. She is regularly asked questions by customers about its range of food products. Danielle offers customers free food samples to taste. This helps to promote supermarket sales. Suggest two different personal attributes which would be useful for Danielle in her work. For each personal attribute, briefly outline how it would help Danielle in her work. [4 marks] Personal attribute 1... Personal attribute (02)

3 3 2 Some students are using lateral thinking and mind mapping to develop ideas for an enterprise activity. Briefly explain what is meant by: 2 (a) lateral thinking to develop ideas; [2 marks] 2 (b) mind mapping to develop ideas. [2 marks] 4 Turn over for the next question Turn over U (03)

4 4 3 The Human Resources Department of a large mobile phone company is recruiting staff. This involves advertising the jobs on the internet and creating job descriptions. 3 (a) Briefly describe the advantages for the mobile phone company of using the internet to advertise the jobs. [3 marks] 3 (b) Apart from advertising jobs and creating job descriptions, suggest four other roles or responsibilities of Human Resources at the mobile phone company. [4 marks] (04)

5 5 4 Explain why an employer may ask a candidate at a job interview the following questions. 4 (a) What are your strengths and weaknesses? [3 marks] 4 (b) Can you tell me about a decision you made that was poor and what you did about it? [3 marks] 6 Turn over for the next question Turn over U (05)

6 6 5 Saeed has constructed a Curriculum Vitae (CV) for some job applications. Describe in detail how employers may use the information in Saeed s CV to help assess the effectiveness of his job application. [9 marks] 9 (06)

7 7 6 Celine wants to change her mobile phone. Describe how Celine can get best value for money when changing her mobile phone. [5 marks] 5 Turn over for the next question Turn over U (07)

8 8 7 Nadia is self-employed and works alone. She has bought a property to use as an office for her computer games enterprise. Nadia is thinking about starting a personal pension. 7 (a) Suggest two types of insurance that would be necessary for or beneficial to Nadia. Briefly explain why each type of insurance is needed or would be beneficial. Insurance 1... [1 mark] Explanation of need or benefit... [2 marks] Insurance 2... [1 mark] Explanation of need or benefit... [2 marks] (08)

9 9 7 (b) Give two reasons why Nadia should start a personal pension. [2 marks] Turn over for the next question Turn over U (09)

10 10 8 Brendon and Dawn are a young married couple who live in a one-bedroom flat in a city centre. Brendon and Dawn both work full-time. Their typical monthly spend includes: Rent for the flat Council Tax Food Restaurant meals Alcohol Internet connectivity Utility bills Car fuel and insurance Clothes Brendon and Dawn have no debts or savings. They want to start saving for a deposit to buy a house. Suggest changes that Brendon and Dawn could make to their monthly essential and non-essential spending to help them to save money. Explain how each of your suggested changes could be achieved and would help to save money. [9 marks] (10)

11 All employees have the responsibility for taking reasonable care of their own safety in the workplace. Give three other responsibilities of all employees. [3 marks] Turn over for the next question Turn over U (11)

12 12 10 Shane and two other university students are looking for a terraced house to rent. They have found four possible houses. House 1 three miles from the university with buses every 20 minutes one large bedroom and two small bedrooms 72 per person per week, including broadband high crime area large supermarket and lots of pubs, restaurants and fast food outlets nearby House 2 two and a half miles from the university with buses every 30 minutes three large bedrooms 67 per person per week medium to high crime area small supermarket and a pub nearby House 3 a mile from the university with buses every 15 minutes two large bedrooms and one medium-sized bedroom 75 per person per week medium crime area small supermarket and two pubs nearby House 4 two miles from the university with buses every 15 minutes three large bedrooms 70 per person per week, including broadband low to medium crime area large supermarket and lots of pubs, restaurants and fast food outlets nearby (12)

13 13 Use the information to decide which would be the best house for Shane and his friends to rent. Justify your decision by comparing the advantages and disadvantages of the selected house with those of the other three houses. [6 marks] House number... 6 Turn over for the next question Turn over U (13)

14 14 11 Ross has been made redundant. The company for which he has worked full-time for many years is closing. Describe the likely financial challenges that Ross will face due to redundancy. [4 marks] 4 (14)

15 15 12 Fara employed a builder for some kitchen repairs. She paid for the repairs, but later found some faults with the work. Fara phoned the builder, who would not accept responsibility for the faults. With reference to consumer rights, explain what Fara should do about the kitchen repair faults. [5 marks] 5 Turn over for the next question Turn over U (15)

16 16 13 Dev is changing jobs. His current employer fills in a four-part form. The form has Dev s name on it and the date he is leaving his job. Part 1 of the form goes to HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC). Dev gives two parts of the form to his new employer. Dev keeps the final part of the form for his own records. 13 (a) (i) What is the name of the four-part form? [1 mark] 13 (a) (ii) Apart from Dev s name and date of leaving, briefly outline the other information the employer will have included on the four-part form. [4 marks] (16)

17 17 Dev receives a letter from the Inland Revenue. It tells him that his tax code is changing from 944L in this tax year to 1105L for the next tax year. The letter L means that Dev is entitled to the basic personal allowance. 13 (b) Explain what the change in Dev s tax code numbers means. [5 marks] 10 END OF QUESTIONS (17)

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