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Junior Cycle Business Studies: Enterprise and entrepreneurship
How often Enterprise and entrepreneurship 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
Enterprise and entrepreneurship, Common Level(7 marks)
Quick ones on Enterprise and entrepreneurship.
(a)What is an entrepreneur?
- A person who works only for a fixed salary
- A person who takes a risk to set up a firm
- A person who lends money to new businesses
(b)A community group runs a café that trains young people with disabilities for work. What type of enterprise is it?
- Financial enterprise
- Cultural enterprise
- Social enterprise
(c)Which of these is an example of a cultural enterprise?
- A traditional music festival
- A charity shop for a hospice
- A factory making car parts
Show the answers
(a) A person who takes a risk to set up a firm
(b) Social enterprise
(c) A traditional music festival
Common Level
Asked on 6 of the last 6 Common Level papers, most recently in 2026. banker
Every paper, year by year
| Year | Where it came up |
|---|---|
| 2026 | Q7, Q17a |
| 2025 | Q15, Q17b |
| 2024 | Q10 |
| 2023 | Q4, Q8 |
| 2022 | Q5 |
| 2019 | Q7, Q10 |
Links open the State Examinations Commission’s paper for that year.
Other Business Studies topics
- Business and the community
- Business documents
- Cash book, ledger & trial balance
- Consumer rights and protection
- Demand and supply
- Economic indicators
- Final accounts
- Household budgeting
- Marketing mix
- National budget & economic policy
- Personal and household insurance
- Saving and borrowing
- Trade and globalisation
- Wages and payslips
- Workplace rights and relations
- Digital technology in business
- Employment, work & volunteering
- Income and expenditure
- Ireland and the EU
- Market research
- Taxation
- Business plans
- Consumer behaviour & technology
- Ethical & sustainable consumption
- Financial institutions & services
- Scarcity and factors of production
- Needs, wants & financial lifecycle
- Cash flow & business finance
- Growth & sustainable development