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Junior Cycle Business Studies: Business documents

How often Business documents 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 documents, Common Level(8 marks)

Quick ones on Business documents.

(a)In a credit sale, which is the correct order of these documents?
  1. Invoice, order, statement
  2. Order, invoice, statement
  3. Statement, invoice, order
(b)Which document does a seller send to show the goods sold and the amount due?
  1. Delivery docket
  2. Quotation
  3. Invoice
(c)Goods cost €600 before a 10% trade discount. VAT is 23%. What is the invoice total?
  1. €664.20
  2. €738.00
  3. €678.00
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(a) Order, invoice, statement

(b) Invoice

(c) €664.20

Your turn: Common Level questions on Business documents.

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
2026Q2
2025Q5
2024Q11
2023Q3
2022Q3, Q12
2019Q5

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

More Business documents questions

Business documents, 2 marks

Why does a buyer sign a delivery docket?

  1. To agree to pay the full amount by cheque
  2. To request a trade discount
  3. As proof the goods were received
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As proof the goods were received

The docket travels with the goods. The buyer checks the items against it and signs, giving the seller proof that delivery was made.

Business documents, 2 marks

What does E&OE on an invoice mean?

  1. Errors and overpayments excused
  2. Errors and omissions excepted
  3. Exports and orders excluded
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Errors and omissions excepted

E&OE lets the seller correct mistakes or missing items on the document later, so a typing error does not bind them to a wrong price.

Other Business Studies topics

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