plumiCommercialisation and media: OCR A‑Level Physical Education questions
Every OCR A-Level Physical Education exam question on Commercialisation and media, 2021–2025, with its mark scheme and examiner’s report.
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All 20 questions on Commercialisation and media, as a list
- June 2025, Paper 3, Q7(b)(i) (2 marks): Comment on the changes in commercial and match day revenue between 2009 and 2019. Commercial revenue [2]
- June 2025, Paper 3, Q7(b)(ii) (2 marks): How might the changes in match day revenue have affected the supporters of this club? [2]
- June 2025, Paper 3, Q7(b)(iii) (2 marks): Suggest two sources of the club’s commercial revenue. 1 2 [2]
- June 2025, Paper 3, Q7(c) (4 marks): The urban sports of BMX riding and skateboarding were included in the Olympic Games for the first time in 2021. How might this inclusion affect these sports? Gi
- June 2024, Paper 3, Q7(a)(i) (3 marks): Discuss how this information might influence a company’s decision to sponsor a sporting event. [3]
- June 2024, Paper 3, Q7(a)(ii) (3 marks): In 2021 England Rugby’s autumn international matches were televised exclusively by Amazon Prime Video. Evaluate the effect of this on the sport of rugby. [3]
- June 2023, Paper 3, Q7(b) (5 marks): Fig. 7.1 is a diagram showing the ‘golden triangle’ of commercialisation as it applied to the London Marathon in 2019. London Marathon (Sport) BBC Television (M
- June 2023, Paper 3, Q7(c)(i) (3 marks): Compare the television coverage of sport in 1980 with that of today. [3]
- June 2023, Paper 3, Q7(c)(ii) (3 marks): Critically assess the impact of twenty-first century media coverage on elite sports performers. [3]
- June 2022, Paper 3, Q3 (2 marks): Using examples, explain how internet-based media might educate people about sport. [2]
- June 2022, Paper 3, Q7(a)(i) (1 mark): Explain the trend shown in Fig. 2. [1]
- June 2022, Paper 3, Q7(a)(ii) (5 marks): Evaluate the effect of this trend on football and society. [5]
- June 2022, Paper 3, Q7(b) (4 marks): Describe four factors that have led to the commercialisation of contemporary sport. [4]
- June 2022, Paper 3, Q8 (10 marks): 8* Discuss whether the sporting values developed in the 19th century public schools have been overtaken by the commercialisation of modern sport. Give examples
- November 2021, Paper 3, Q5 (2 marks): Give two examples of how the media uses sport as a commodity. 1 [2]
- November 2021, Paper 3, Q6(d) (4 marks): Before 2019 the last world netball championships held in England were in Birmingham in 1995. Since then the profile of elite women’s sport has risen considerabl
- November 2021, Paper 3, Q7(c)(i) (3 marks): Why is coverage on channels such as the BBC so important to cricket? [3]
- November 2021, Paper 3, Q7(c)(ii) (3 marks): Sports have often altered their rules and characteristics to attract media coverage. Describe examples where sports other than cricket have adapted their rules
- November 2021, Paper 3, Q7(d) (4 marks): The target group for The Hundred cricket tournament is young people and families; the competition is sponsored by a snack manufacturer. Fig. 7 shows the playing
- November 2021, Paper 3, Q8 (10 marks): 8* Using examples, describe how social class affected sports participation between pre-industrial times and the 20th century. Discuss whether commercialisation
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