BTEC International Level 2 Business

Unit 17: Managing Personal Finances — assessment criteria

Learners will develop the skills and knowledge to manage their personal finances and be able to plan for a secure future.

Internal30 GLH10 criteria2 learning aims
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Assessment criteria

Reproduced verbatim from the Pearson specification — the same grid the assignment brief carries. A unit grade is the highest band where all criteria in that band (and every band below it) are met.

Pass

6 criteria
A.P1Explain the importance of managing personal finances.
A.P2Explain the purpose of different types of financial services providers and their products.
A.P3Explain the types of products and services offered by financial providers in a given situation.
B.P4Explain the purpose of creating a personal budget.
B.P5Prepare a basic personal budget from given data.
B.P6Explain the type of contingencies that need to be planned for and how to plan for them.

Merit

2 criteria
A.M1Analyse the importance of financial products and services in helping to manage personal finances. account of personal remuneration and expenditure
B.M2Analyse a detailed personal budget and the contingencies planned within it.

Distinction

2 criteria
A.D1Justify recommendations for appropriate financial products and services in managing personal finance.
B.D2Make justified recommendations on the planned contingencies made within a detailed personal budget.

Command verbs in this unit

The verb decides the depth expected — that is what separates Pass from Merit and Distinction work on the same learning aim.

JustifyExplainAnalyseMakePrepare
Pearson's ladder runs Identify → Describe → Explain → Compare / Analyse → Evaluate / Justify / Assess. A Merit or Distinction criterion on the same aim always implies the Pass beneath it: an “evaluate” answer that never first “explains” fails, however polished it reads. Hover a verb for what it demands.

Learning aims

  • A. Know about managing personal finances and financial products and services
  • B. Produce a personal budget that takes account of personal remuneration and expenditure

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