VCE Business Management exam 2026Exam: Wed 4 Nov · VCAA timetable
Your VCE Business Management exam:
When and how long
- Business Management3.00 pm to 5.15 pm2 h plus 15 min reading time
VCAA: the reading period is included in the times shown, and each examination starts with a 15-minute reading period unless otherwise specified. Arrive at least 30 minutes before the start time. A few language exams run earlier in October.
Source: 2026 VCE examination timetable (VCAA), checked Wednesday 23 September 2026. Where a start time, reading time or duration isn't shown, the timetable doesn't publish it: check your personal timetable and the front of your paper.
Paper format
Victorian Certificate of Education - Business Management Examination: 75 marks, 2 h writing time plus 15 minutes reading time.
- Section A - Short answer and extended answer50 marks
- Section B - Case study25 marks
VCAA examination specifications (Business Management, Version 3, March 2025): 15 minutes reading time and 2 hours writing time, 75 marks, no multiple choice. Section A: short-answer and extended-answer questions worth either 40 or 50 marks. Section B: questions based on a case study worth either 25 or 35 marks. One 10-mark extended answer appears in either section. This mock uses the 50 and 25 split.
From the official specification: source.
What the exam covers
We don't have past-paper frequency data for this exam, so here is the course, module by module. Make sure every module is covered.
Night-before and exam-morning checklists
The night before
- Check the start time of each exam; the 15-minute reading period is included in the timetable times.[2]
- Pack a transparent pencil case: pens, pencils, highlighters, erasers, sharpener and a ruler.[1]
- Pack your approved calculator and spare batteries (CAS only where allowed: General Maths, Methods Exam 2, Specialist Exam 2).[1]
- Still water in a clear plastic bottle, labels removed, no more than 1500 mL (it stays off your table).[1]
- Stop revising around 8 pm, set two alarms and sleep.[1]
Exam morning
- Eat a real breakfast.[1]
- Arrive at least 30 minutes before the start time.[2]
- If you are up to 30 minutes late you still get full writing time, but no reading time.[1]
- Leave phones, smart watches and fitness trackers outside the exam room.[1]
- In reading time: read and plan, but don't write or use your calculator.[1]
- You can't leave before 30 minutes of writing time or in the last 5 minutes.[1]
Exam-week survival kit: The last 7 days · The night before and exam morning · What to bring, and what's banned · How to use reading time · If you're sick or something goes wrong · Handling exam-week stress.
Last-week revision
- Timed mock examVictorian Certificate of Education - Business Management Examination
- 2025 past paperWalkthrough, with a link to the official VCAA paper
- 2024 past paperWalkthrough, with a link to the official VCAA paper
- 2023 past paperWalkthrough, with a link to the official VCAA paper
- FlashcardsSpaced-repetition cards from the syllabus pages
- QuizVCE Business Management Units 3 and 4: management theory, motivation, operations and change
- Study guides3 guides
VCE Business Management cram sheet
Key formulas, definitions and facts copied from our Business Management syllabus pages. One page when printed.
Unit 3: Managing a business
The test the Fair Work Commission applies before approving an enterprise agreement. Each covered employee must be better off overall under the agreement than under the relevant modern award. It allows trade-offs between conditions but prevents an agreement from leaving employees worse off in total.