Welcome to the Intermediate 2 Administration Homepage

Administration aims

• to prepare candidates for work in the specific vocational area of Administration
• to provide opportunities for progression for candidates wishing to pursue the academic study of Courses in Administration

The Intermediate 2 external exam consists of 2 papers.

Paper 1 is a theory paper worth 40 marks and of 1 hour duration.  There are 2 sections to Paper 1:

• Section A is based on stimulus material.  All questions are compulsory. The emphasis in this section is on contextualised problem solving.
• Section B requires candidates to choose 2 from 3 structured questions.

Paper 2 is a practical paper worth 60 marks and of 1 hour 20 minutes duration.

Candidates will be presented with a business problem to be solved involving the use of spreadsheet, database and word processing applications with one task requiring integration.

The pages of this website focus on Paper 1 of the externally marked components of the Course as detailed in the Conditions and Arrangements.

SQA Documents

This link will open the Conditions and Arrangements for Intermediate 2 in a new window.

The Principal Assessor Report is published each year. It contains useful information about the exam, e.g. areas of the exam which candidates found difficult. This link will open the External Assessment Report 2009 through the main SQA website. 

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