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CXC CSEC exam guide: Principles of Business (POB)

Submitted by admin on 28 September 2010 - 2:41pm

CXC POB exam guide

CXC CSEC exam guide: Principles of Business (POB)

Based on the CXC CSEC Principles of Business (POB) syllabus

Organization of the CXC CSEC Principles of Business (POB) exam:

In-school exam candidates: The general proficiency exam consists of two (2) papers and a School Based Assessment (SBA) project.

Private exam candidates: The general proficiency exam consists of three (3) exam papers.

Paper	Exam time	Question type	Exam marks	Exam percent
paper 1	1hr 15 mins	Multiple choice (60 questions) Testing the three profile dimensions	60 marks	30%
Paper 2	2 hours	A structured essay paper consisting of seven (7) questions divided into two (2) sections. Section A: 3 compulsory questions from section 1, 2, 5, 6 and 7 of the syllabus Section B: 4 questions, 2 questions from section 1-8 and 2 questions from section 8-10. Candidates will be required to answer 2 questions from this section. Candidates must answer all 3 questions from section A and 2 out of the 4 questions from section B. Each question will be worth 20 marks. Questions on section A contribute 60 marks and questions on section B contribute 40 marks.	100 marks	50%
SBA		A School Based Assessment (SBA) component covering the profile dimensions of the syllabus.	40 marks	20%
Paper 3	1 hr	A case study for private candidates only.	40 marks	20%
		Total	200 marks	100%

The syllabus for the CXC Principles of Business exam is divided into three (3) profile dimensions. Each profile dimension is comprised of several sections.

The three profiles dimensions are profile 1, 2 and 3.

Profile dimension 1	Organizational Principles
Profile dimension 2	Production Marketing and Finance
Profile dimension 3	The Business Environment

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The sections in each profile dimension are listed below:

Profile dimension	Section
1. Organizational Principles	1. The Nature of Business
	2. Internal Organizational Environment
	3. Establishing A Business
	4. Legal Aspects of Business

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2. Production, Marketing and Finance	5. Production
	6. Marketing
	7. Business Finance

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3. The Business Environment	8. The role of Government in an Economy
	9. Social Accounting and Global Trade
	10. Regional and Global Business Environment
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30 April 2013 - 7:57pm

Riana (not verified)

principles of business

pob is relly difficult

24 April 2013 - 12:37pm

sasha-lee (not verified)

principles of business

Who wanna study?

4 April 2013 - 1:39pm

guest (not verified)

english

English is my favorite subject i really wanna do well at it.

24 May 2012 - 7:21pm

xhy (not verified)

Pob

cxc pob is tomr nd i want nothing less than a grade to prayin to God its easy its one of my most difficult exams

10 May 2012 - 5:04pm

ishmael (not verified)

anyone want to help me in pob

anyone want to help me in pob or be my study buddy email me @ stryder1994@gmail.com

10 May 2012 - 11:16am

disha (not verified)

pob

studyin for pob anyone wanna be my study partner

3 May 2012 - 12:05pm

Neisha keys songz dragonstyle (not verified)

Math

I want help with section Two but except Vectors and Matrices that's easy. Speed time graphs and the others I want immediate help with that.

20 April 2012 - 12:30pm

Ryan Hall (not verified)

Principles of Business

I'm doing P.O.B this year anyone wanna study with me?

16 May 2012 - 1:51pm

Gadiesha (not verified)

sure

sure i would love 2 im doing it 2.i want a grade1

2 May 2012 - 7:33pm

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Selena (not verified)

i want to study with u

Hi ,am selena i would want to study with u?plz email me

24 April 2012 - 7:46pm

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guest (not verified)

POB

OK
WHICH TOPIC U WANTB TO START ON

27 March 2012 - 12:34pm

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nastascia (not verified)

principles of business

who want to study with me i'm doing pob,ss

18 April 2012 - 5:49am

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Prince Blackman (not verified)

POB

hey im doing POB and i dont mint studying with you. Always remember two minds are better than one.
:)

28 March 2012 - 5:14am

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Reggieboo (not verified)

STUDYING

can we study 2gather

16 April 2012 - 10:09pm

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tenya harrison (not verified)

principles of buisness

I want to study to get a 1 in my cxc P.O.B exams

9 February 2012 - 1:23pm

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guest (not verified)

maths

need help with functions

26 December 2011 - 5:42pm

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tiffany castle (not verified)

pob n human and social biology

i want help n d above

13 December 2011 - 1:14pm

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dermoy watson (not verified)

my comment

why cant i take the exam

12 March 2012 - 5:16pm

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guestjojo (not verified)

principles of business

i am so disappointed in cxc for how they mark us people work had and they can't pass the subject

30 November 2011 - 5:13pm

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FBH (not verified)

I have never done POB and

I have never done POB and would love to pass it with nothing less than a grade 2.I work full time and I am a single parent.I realize that i have to do lots of reading {which i don't mind},but time is so consuming for me.How do i work that out for next year exams.

30 November 2011 - 6:32pm

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mary

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passing POB

You should set up a study timetable around your work and family schedule and try to keep to it.

Mary

26 November 2011 - 10:53pm

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Justine aka know it all (not verified)

POB

I'm a bright girl wen it cums unto pob and i dont have any problem wit this subject and i knw next year i will past it in cxc

18 April 2012 - 5:54am

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Prince Blackman (not verified)

pob

hiyaa im doing POB and i wont mind studying with you. E-mail me and let me know what you think

5 March 2012 - 1:43pm

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guest (not verified)

thats great gud luck to ya

7 November 2011 - 11:12am

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pinky (not verified)

pob

i have never done thid before so i need a lot of help

16 December 2011 - 4:35pm

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kimberley smith (not verified)

pob

how do this helps

8 October 2011 - 5:41pm

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Lasonya Reid (not verified)

POB and POA

Hi I'm doing POB and POA can u help me? I'm Lasonya Reid

13 October 2011 - 10:58am

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biscuit bourbon (not verified)

hi i'm doing POA and POB

want to study together

14 October 2011 - 1:02pm

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adailfelix (not verified)

P.O.B

i will be doing P.O.B for C.X.C next year and that is one of the subject i will really like to get

24 May 2011 - 7:13pm

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allalone (not verified)

I hope POB wont be as

I hope POB wont be as challenging as OA was. But thanks for the help you provided

27 September 2011 - 1:31pm

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guest (not verified)

oa is not heard i got 3 in it but pob is not hard

10 September 2011 - 1:59pm

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rolex (not verified)

i dont think so

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