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Junior Cycle Business Studies: Business and the community

How often Business and the community comes up on the Business Studies papers, every year it was asked, and questions to try.

CL Asked on 6 of the last 6 Common Level papers, most recently in 2026. banker

Business and the community, Common Level(6 marks)

Quick ones on Business and the community.

(a)Which is a positive economic impact of a new factory on a town?
  1. Extra traffic on local roads
  2. Local jobs are created
  3. More noise at night
(b)Which is a negative environmental impact of a business on its community?
  1. Paying rates to the council
  2. Sponsoring the local GAA club
  3. Pollution of a local river
(c)What is corporate social responsibility (CSR)?
  1. Acting ethically for people and planet
  2. A State grant given to new companies
  3. Aiming only to maximise short-term profit
Show the answers

(a) Local jobs are created

(b) Pollution of a local river

(c) Acting ethically for people and planet

Your turn: Common Level questions on Business and the community.

Common Level

Asked on 6 of the last 6 Common Level papers, most recently in 2026. banker

Every paper, year by year

YearWhere it came up
2026Q16a
2025Q17b
2024Q16b
2023Q11, Q17c
2022Q8, Q17c
2019Q17b

Links open the State Examinations Commission’s paper for that year.

More Business and the community questions

Business and the community, 3 marks

A large shopping centre opens outside a town. What is a likely negative effect on the town centre?

  1. More shops open on the main street
  2. The town gets extra car parking
  3. Some local shops may close
Show the answer

Some local shops may close

Out-of-town centres draw shoppers away, so town-centre shops lose sales and may close, leaving empty units. This is why towns promote shopping locally.

Other Business Studies topics

All of Junior Cycle Business Studies