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A Levels | Accounting (9706)
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Charlie and Daphne are in partnership, sharing profits and losses in the ratio 2 :1. Their fixed
capital account balances at 31 December 2019 were $20 000 and $13 000 respectively.
They changed the terms of the partnership on 1 January 2020 to introduce interest on capital at
the rate of 10% per annum.
Which effect did this change have on Charlie’s total share of profit for the year ended
31 December 2020?

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X and Y are in partnership sharing profits and losses equally. They have combined capital
account balances of $200 000.
Z was admitted as a partner. Non-current assets were revalued upwards by $30 000. Goodwill
was valued at $20 000 but was not to be retained in the books of account.
Following Z’s admission the total of the partners’ capital accounts was $270 000.
How much capital did Z contribute?

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X and Y were in partnership sharing profits and losses equally.
Z was admitted as a partner and the profit and loss sharing ratio for X, Y and Z will be 2 :2 :1
respectively.
On the date of admission, the value of non-current assets was increased by $48 000.
Goodwill was valued at $30 000 but would not be retained in the books of account.
What was the effect on X’s capital account?

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A business receives rent from letting part of its premises.
On 1 January 2022, there was a balance brought forward of $1000 in the rent receivable account
in respect of one month’s rent received in advance.
During the year ended 31 December 2022, the business received further amounts totalling
$13 000 to cover the period from 1 February 2022 to 31 January 2023.
A rent increase of 10% was introduced from 1 April 2022.
The statement of profit or loss for the year ended 31 December 2022 incorrectly included an
amount of $13 000 for rent receivable.
What was the effect of this error on the profit for the year?

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Which costs are charged to individual jobs in a job costing system?

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X is a sole trader.
Which statement about X is correct?

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Goods, $1200, sent to a customer on a sale or return basis have not been recorded in the sales
journal.
Which accounting concept has been applied?

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How might an under-absorption of overheads arise?

  1. Overheads have been over-budgeted.
  2. Overheads have been under-budgeted.
  3. Production was less than budgeted.
  4. Production was more than budgeted.

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Which actions would, in general, improve the acid test ratio of a business in the short term?

  1. delaying trade payables
  2. selling inventory
  3. selling surplus non-current assets
  4. trade receivables paying their debts

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Which item is an example of capital expenditure?

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Which of these items require entries to be made in the general journal?

  1. purchase of a non-current asset on credit
  2. sale of inventory to a customer on credit
  3. the owner taking drawings from their business in cash
  4. writing off an irrecoverable debt

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Why does a business prepare budgets?

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A partnership maintains separate capital accounts and current accounts.
Which statements are correct?

  1. The capital accounts represent the retained earnings of the business.
  2. The capital accounts show the total amount owed to each partner.
  3. The capital accounts and current accounts equal the net assets.

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Which statements concerning the use of a budgetary control system are correct?

  1. Managers should receive a copy of the budget.
  2. Managers should agree with the aims and objectives of the budget.
  3. Managers should be consulted when the budget is prepared.
  4. Managers should be committed to attaining budget outcomes.

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At the end of the year, Barack’s draft accounts showed a capital account balance of $4300.
His drawings account included a debit entry of $150 for goods taken for his own use.
Barack realised that this entry had been recorded in error at selling price rather than cost price.
He sells goods with a mark-up of 50%.
What is the correct closing capital account balance?

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Which group would appear only on the credit side of a sales ledger control account?

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A business marks up all of its products by 20% on total cost to calculate a selling price.
Each unit of product uses 4 hours of direct labour and 2 kilos of direct material.
The correct overhead absorption rate to be used is $8 per direct labour hour.
In error the book-keeper used a rate of $13 per direct labour hour.
What was the effect of this error on the selling price of one unit of the product?

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A Levels | Biology (9700)
Question Count : 40

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Which statements about the formation of haemoglobinic acid are correct?

  1. It is linked to the action of carbonic anhydrase.
  2. It prevents blood from becoming too acidic by removing excess hydrogen ions.
  3. It can only occur when oxygen associates with haemoglobin.

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What is the maximum number of hydrogen bonds that can form between two single water
molecules?

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Which disease is caused by a eukaryote?

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Which set of steps is the best method for conducting the emulsion test for lipids?

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What is an effect of an increased concentration of carbon dioxide in the blood?

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Which statement is correct?

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The jellyfish, Turritopsis dohrnii, is described as being immortal. If T. dohrnii is not eaten by
predators or diseased, it seems to be able to live forever. There is no way to determine the
biological age of a T. dohrnii individual.
Which feature of the cells in T. dohrnii could explain these observations?

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The eyepiece of a microscope is fitted with an eyepiece graticule and a stage micrometer scale is
placed on the microscope.
Which statements about the stage micrometer scale are correct?

  1. The scale can be used to measure the actual length of cells directly.
  2. The scale allows you to calibrate the eyepiece graticule.
  3. Less of the scale is visible as the objective lens changes from 10 to 40.

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A cuboidal epithelium cell has a length of 2 µm.
The cell is an approximate cube shape.
What is the most accurate estimate of the surface area : volume ratio of this cuboidal epithelium
cell?

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An indicator mixed with agar forms a pink colour. The pink-coloured agar becomes colourless
when put in acid.
Blocks of pink-coloured agar are cut to different sizes and put in acid. All other variables are kept
constant.
Which block becomes colourless most quickly?

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During metaphase, a scientist stains the chromosomes of a diploid animal cell with fluorescent
dye to allow the telomeres to be observed.
This cell has 26 chromosomes.
How many telomeres will the scientist observe?

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Which feature is visible with a light microscope using a natural light source?

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A gene codes for the production of a protein, p53, that binds to damaged DNA during interphase
and prevents its replication. A carcinogen in cigarette smoke mutates the gene coding for the p53
protein, preventing production of the protein.
Which statement explains why this mutation may cause cancer?

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Insulin is a globular protein involved in cell signalling. It is transported in the blood plasma from
the cells that synthesise it to its target cells. A molecule of insulin contains six sulfur-containing
amino acids and has two polypeptide chains.
Which statements about insulin are correct?

  1. An insulin molecule has a quaternary structure.
  2. Insulin polypeptides are held together by six disulfide bonds.
  3. Amino acids with hydrophobic R groups would be found in the centre of an insulin
    molecule.

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Which transport mechanism does not require a concentration gradient to be present in order to
take place?

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How many of these processes produce genetically identical cells?
● growth of plant roots
● replacement of dead human skin cells
● repair of damaged muscle tissue
● asexual reproduction of coral

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A student wrote three statements about cell signalling.

  1. A signal chemical always has the same shape as a protein receptor on a target cell.
  2. An increase in temperature may decrease the effect of cell to cell signalling.
  3. A mutation may decrease production of active protein receptors for the cell surface
    membrane.
    Which statements are correct?

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Which statement correctly explains why blood plasma can be maintained at a stable
temperature?

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A Levels | Chemistry (9701)
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Compound X, C5H10O3, has one chiral carbon atom per molecule. Compound X produces bubbles
with Na but not with Na2CO3.
Which formula could represent compound X?

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Which statement about aluminium chloride is correct?

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The enthalpy change for neutralisation of HNO3(aq) with NaOH(aq) is –57.0 kJ mol–1.
In an experiment, 20.0 cm3 of 4.00 mol dm–3 HNO3 is mixed with 30.0 cm3 of 2.00 mol dm–3 NaOH
in an insulated container. The initial temperature of both solutions is 25.0 °C.
It can be assumed that the heat capacity of the product mixture is 4.2 J cm–3°C–1 and that there
are no heat losses.
What is the maximum final temperature of the mixture?

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Three statements about potassium and chlorine and their ions are listed.

  1. The atomic radius of a potassium atom is greater than the atomic radius of a chlorine
    atom.
  2. The first ionisation energy of potassium is greater than the first ionisation energy of
    chlorine.
  3. The ionic radius of a potassium ion is greater than the ionic radius of a chloride ion.

Which statements are correct?

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The ionic equation shows iodide ions reacting with manganate(VII) ions in acidic solution.

uMnO4– + vH+ + wI – → xMn2+ + yH2O + zI2

The letters u, v, w, x, y and z all represent whole numbers. Two or more of u, v, w, x, y and z are
the same as each other.
What is the lowest possible value of v ?

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What is the least number of carbon atoms in a non-cyclic alkane molecule that has a chiral
centre?

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Which type of reaction happens during the hydrolysis of 2-bromopropane?

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Which statement about ammonia or the ammonium ion is correct?

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In this question, alkenes and cyclic alkanes should be considered.
How many structural isomers of C4H8 are there?

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Which reagent will react with pentan-3-ol to give a mixture of stereoisomers?

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The equation shows a reaction that occurs between carbon monoxide and nitrogen monoxide in a
catalytic converter.

2CO(g)+2NO(g)→2CO2(g)+N2(g)

Which statement is correct?

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Which atom has the same number of electrons as the hydroxide ion, OH–?

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Element X has the second largest atomic radius in its period. An atom of X has three occupied
electron shells only.
The oxide of X is shaken with water.
What could be the pH of the resulting solution?

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Mixture R consists of one mole of C3H6 and one mole of C4H6.

What is the minimum number of moles of oxygen molecules needed for complete combustion of
mixture R?

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How many  bonds are present in one H–C≡C–C(CH3)=CH(CH3) molecule?

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Iodine and propanone react according to the following equation.

I2(aq) + CH3COCH3(aq) → CH3COCH2I(aq) + HI(aq)

If the concentration of propanone is increased, keeping the total reaction volume constant, the
initial rate of the reaction also increases.
What could be the reason for this?

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Structural isomerism and stereoisomerism should be considered when answering this question.
How many isomeric compounds with molecular formula C5H6O4 contain two –CO2H groups and
one C=C double bond?

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In the mass spectrum of a compound, Z, the relative abundances of the M and M+1 peaks are in
the ratio 13 :1.
What is compound Z?

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What is the electronic configuration of Mg2+?

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A student mixed 25.0 cm3 of 4.00 mol dm-3 hydrochloric acid with an equal volume of 4.00 mol dm-3
sodium hydroxide. The initial temperature of both solutions was 15.0°C. The maximum temperature
recorded was 30.0°C. The heat capacity of the final solution can be assumed to be 4.18 J K-1 g-1
and the density of this solution can be assumed to be 1.00 g cm-3.
Using these results, what is the enthalpy change of neutralisation of hydrochloric acid?

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Which compound produces butan-2-ol and ethanoic acid on hydrolysis?

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Which pair of alcohols are isomers of each other?

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Which reagents and conditions would result in the formation of butanenitrile, CH3CH2CH2CN?

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A Levels | Economics (9708)
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The prices of a country’s exports rise by 5% while the prices of its imports fall by 5%.
What will definitely improve in the country as a result of these changes?

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Economic growth leads to increased levels of income and consumption per capita for the adult
population.
Which circumstances are needed for this to happen in an economy?

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Which statement correctly describes how an import quota works?

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Which statement about the circular flow of income is correct?

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A government fixes a maximum price for a product in order to increase its consumption.
What would be the likely outcome of such a policy?

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What is a certain outcome on an aggregate demand and aggregate supply diagram of an
increase in factor productivity?

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In a planned economy, what will determine the allocation of scarce resources?

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Why do some local governments subsidise the provision of bicycles to encourage their use?

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Why will a contractionary monetary policy reduce inflation?

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Which measure is aimed directly at promoting international trade?

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What does consumer surplus measure?

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What would be likely to decrease inflation in an economy?

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A country operates a fixed exchange rate.
There is a major fall of international confidence in its government’s economic policies.
What is likely to be the result?

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What could be described as an expansionary fiscal policy?

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Which statement correctly describes the shape of the demand curve for a normal good?

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A country is suffering from severe deflation.
What is most likely to prevent the deflation from worsening?

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What, if decreased, will help to reduce the rate of inflation?

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What causes an inelastic market supply curve for an agricultural crop such as wheat?

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A Levels | Physics (9702)
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Waves are emitted from two coherent sources.
Which statement about the waves must be correct?

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Which statement about the alpha-particle scattering experiment provides evidence for the
existence of the nucleus?

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The sum of the currents entering a junction in an electrical circuit is always equal to the sum of
the currents leaving the junction.
Why is this?

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Which statement about a proton is correct?

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What is the difference between a scalar quantity and a vector quantity?

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A desk has a true width of 50.0 cm.
Two students, X and Y, measure the width of the desk.
Student X uses a tape measure and records a width of (49.5 ± 0.5) cm.
Student Y uses a metre rule and records a width of (51.4 ± 0.1) cm.
Which statement about the measurement of student X is correct?

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What is a statement of the principle of conservation of momentum?

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An object is stretched until it reaches the elastic limit.
Which statement must describe the stress on the object when it is at the elastic limit?

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A wire has a resistance of 30Ω. A second wire is made from the same material, has the same
mass and is three times as long as the first wire.
What is the resistance of the second wire?

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Which pair of quantities are physical quantities?

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Which list of unit prefixes decreases in magnitude from left to right?

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