The following topics are prescribed for documents-based assessment in the examination years of 2012 and 2013:

Early Modern Field of Study
Europe and the wider world, Topic 2:
Religion and power: politics in the later 16th century, 1567 - 1609

OR

Later Modern Field of Study
Europe and the wider world, Topic 5:
European retreat from empire and the aftermath, 1945 – 1990

The following topics are prescribed for documents-based assessment in the examination years of 2010 and 2011:

Later Modern Field of Study
Ireland, Topic 5:
Politics and society in Northern Ireland, 1949-1993

OR

Early Modern Field of Study
Ireland, Topic 1:
Reform and Reformation in Tudor Ireland, 1494-1558

Each year the Applied Business Question (ABQ) is based on certain Units from the Business syllabus. The question will be generally focused on the higher level learning outcomes as listed in the syllabus document. The table below outlines the Units of the course on which the ABQ will be based for each year.