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Promotion: OCR A‑Level Business questions

Every OCR A-Level Business exam question on Promotion, 2021–2025, with its mark scheme and examiner’s report.

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385 questions

  1. Q11

    June 2025 · AS Paper 1

    1 markPromotion
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  2. Q2

    June 2023 · AS Paper 1

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  3. Q4

    June 2023 · Paper 3

    3 marksPromotion
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  4. Q21

    June 2022 · AS Paper 1

    4 marksPromotion
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  5. Q2

    June 2022 · Paper 3

    2 marksPromotion
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  6. Q10

    November 2021 · Paper 2

    9 marksPromotion
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  7. Q4(a)

    November 2021 · Paper 3

    3 marksPromotion
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  8. Q4(b)

    November 2021 · Paper 3

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All 8 questions on Promotion, as a list
  1. June 2025, AS Paper 1, Q11 (1 mark): Which marketing tool is part of an ‘above the line’ promotional strategy? (a) Direct mailing (b) Newspaper advertising (c) Personal selling (d) Trade fairs [1]
  2. June 2023, AS Paper 1, Q2 (1 mark): What is an example of ‘below the line’ promotion? (a) A marketing campaign on television (b) A poster on a billboard (c) An advertisement in a local newspaper (
  3. June 2023, Paper 3, Q4 (3 marks): Refer to Extract C. Amazon’s advertising expenditure increased by 59% from 2018 to 2020. Calculate Amazon’s advertising elasticity of demand between 2018 and 20
  4. June 2022, AS Paper 1, Q21 (4 marks): Explain one advantage and one disadvantage for Scrapstore of using social media as a method of promotion. Advantage Disadvantage [4]
  5. June 2022, Paper 3, Q2 (2 marks): Explain one way in which Subway could use drip marketing. [2]
  6. November 2021, Paper 2, Q10 (9 marks): Evaluate KKL’s use of trade fairs as a method of below the line promotion. [9]
  7. November 2021, Paper 3, Q4(a) (3 marks): With reference to Tables 1 & 2, calculate the advertising elasticity of demand from 2014 to 2018. Answer [3]
  8. November 2021, Paper 3, Q4(b) (2 marks): Explain what Tables 1 & 2 show about the success of Nike’s advertising expenditure. [2]

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