External Exam: Video Explainers

Below are video explainers unpacking the external exam for economics for Queensland Certificate of Education.

Please ensure that you access all the past exam resources for economics at the Queensland Curriculum and Assessment Authority (QCAA) website prior to watching these videos.

Use the videos to learn the strategies and writing structures for multiple choice, short response, and extended response questions for the economics external exam in Queensland.

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Explainer Videos: QCE Economics External Assessment 2024

Q11 2024 Economics EA: Short Response

Q12 2024 Economics EA: Short Response

Q13 2024 Economics EA: Short Response

Q14 2024 Economics EA: Short Response

Q15 2024 Economics EA: Extended Response

Multiple Choice 2024 Economics EA

Multiple Choice Explainers

2021 Exam

2022 Exam

2023 Exam

Short Response Explainers

Unpacking "Explain" short response questions

Unpacking "Analyse" short response questions

2022 exam question 11

2022 exam question 12

2022 exam question 13

2023 exam question 11

2023 exam question 12

2023 exam question 13

2023 exam question 14

Extended Response Explainers

Writing structure and strategies for extended response

2022 exam extended response question 14

2023 exam extended response question 15

External Assessment

Exam Specifications

External assessment: Examination — combination response (25%)

External assessment is developed and marked by the QCAA. The external assessment in Economics is common to all schools and administered under the same conditions, at the same time, on the same day.

Assessment objectives

Comprehend economic concepts, principles and models of macroeconomic objectives, theory and economic management.
Analyse an economic issue that involves macroeconomic objectives and economic management.
Evaluate an economic outcome relevant to macroeconomic objectives and economic management.

Specifications

This examination:

Consists of a number of different questions relating to Unit 4 Topic 1 and Unit 4 Topic 3
may ask students to

- respond using multiple choice, sentences or paragraphs and an extended response - annotate, calculate or draw diagrams
- use unseen stimulus materials.

Mode: written
Time allowed

- Planning time: 15 minutes

- Working time: 120 minutes
Students may use a QCAA-approved non-programmable calculator.

Reproduced from Queensland Curriculum and Assessment Authority, Economics 2025 v1.2 General senior syllabus October 2024