This is one of the data response question and it attracted a lot of candidates who performed fairly above average. The question required the candidates to identify items on the revenue and expenditure sides of a hypothetical budget, state two examples of non-tax revenue and determine whether the budget was deficit or a surplus budget in the (d) and (e) parts of the question respectively. Few of the candidates could correctly classify the items under the appropriate headings in the (a) and (b) parts of the question. This prevented them from obtaining the maximum mark.
The candidates were expected to provide the following answers to score higher marks.