Business

Official curriculum and assessment

To start QCE Business revision, open the 2025 External examination paper. Use the official resources below to choose a task, attempt it independently and check your response against the available assessment guidance. The practice sequence below explains how to turn that review into a focused next attempt. Confirm the paper’s course and syllabus year before using it.

• 2025 External examination paper (PDF)
• 2025 External examination marking guidance (PDF)
• 2025 External examination examiner feedback (PDF)
• 2024 External examination paper (PDF)
• 2024 External examination marking guidance (PDF)
• 2024 External examination examiner feedback (PDF)

Editorial guidance prepared 3 November 2026.

How to practise this subject

These practice suggestions are editorial guidance from Australian Study Resources.

1. Choose a current course task with this focus: legal and business fundamentals (seed stage of the business life cycle). Identify a specific business objective or problem in the case. Quote or paraphrase the detail that makes your chosen concept relevant.
2. Choose a current course task with this focus: internal business environment in the growth stage (business/legal structure, operational processes and systems, facilities, inventory, scheduling, capacity, customer service). Explain how a proposed decision would change an operation, employee outcome or financial measure. Connect every effect to the case.
3. Choose a current course task with this focus: topic 1: Competitive markets — business situations in the maturity stage, employer of choice strategies, diverse workforce and HR strategic planning, risk management. Judge the decision using a stated business criterion. Weigh a benefit against a limitation and recommend an action supported by your analysis.
4. Record the specific point you missed, write a corrected response, and attempt another question that requires the same skill. Check older material against your current course before reusing it.