Practice (Mock) Exam Paper (1) for OCR A Level Economics

This resource contains 1 of 4 Practice (Mock) Examination Papers for OCR’s A Level Economics Paper 1 examination, entitled ‘Microeconomics’. The full set of 4 papers can be purchased from APT’s website: www.apt-initiatives.com

The full set of 4 question papers have been written to include questions that test as many areas listed in the specification subject content (published in 2016, for first examination in 2017) - relating to Component 1 on Microeconomics - as possible. An overview of Economics topics / concepts tested in in this particular paper is provided immediately after this ‘Foreword’ and before the question paper (on page iii below).

Question papers, mark schemes and answers have been written taking into account the sample assessment material (SAM) for A Level Paper 1 published by OCR for the launch of the new A Level Economics specification (from 2015), as well as the first paper (sat in June 2017) for this exam. The structure, style and format of APT’s question papers and mark schemes are in line with these papers.

Each question paper contains three sections, with students being required to answer all questions in Section A, one question from a choice of two in Section B, and one question from a choice of two in Section C.

Section A comprises a range of short-answer data response questions. Both Section B and Section C comprise a choice of extended open-response questions (with students selecting one from two).