Daily Practice · GCSE Business
June 1995 5-a-day
Every sheet in June 1995
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st June 1995If fixed costs rise but the contribution per unit stays the same, what happens to the break-even output?
- 2nd June 1995Give one indirect cost of training.
- 3rd June 1995Give one example of a motivator under Herzberg's theory.
- 4th June 1995State one way a business can benefit from being seen as environmentally friendly.
- 5th June 1995State what pay-per-click (PPC) advertising means.
- 6th June 1995What is search engine optimisation, and what is its purpose in marketing?
- 7th June 1995What is public relations?
- 8th June 1995State two advantages of flow production.
- 9th June 1995Explain why product knowledge reduces returns as well as increasing sales.
- 10th June 1995Explain why a change in the law can force a business to change how it operates.
- 11th June 1995Give an example of a want, as opposed to a need.
- 12th June 1995Explain why a business's aims might change after it takes on outside investors.
- 13th June 1995Explain why a profitable business can still fail.
- 14th June 1995A business has revenue of 40,000 pounds and gross profit of 16,000 pounds. Calculate its gross profit margin.
- 15th June 1995Give one reason a business's net profit margin might fall even if its gross profit margin stays the same.
- 16th June 1995Give one advantage of centralisation.
- 17th June 1995Identify what a persistently high labour turnover rate might suggest about a business.
- 18th June 1995Explain why accurate product descriptions benefit a business, as well as being a legal requirement.
- 19th June 1995Give one reason globalisation has increased competition for UK businesses.
- 20th June 1995Define exchange rate.
- 21st June 1995True or false: each element of the marketing mix should be decided independently of the others.
- 22nd June 1995A product for a safety-critical use, such as a car brake pad, should prioritise which element of the design mix, and why?
- 23rd June 1995Explain how buffer stock protects a business, and state its cost.
- 24th June 1995Explain how credit terms can matter more than price to a small business.
- 25th June 1995State the difference between organic and external growth.
- 26th June 1995Identify why adding value can be more attractive to a business than competing purely on low price.
- 27th June 1995State one cost that is usually higher for premises in a town or city centre than on the edge of town.
- 28th June 1995Why might a profitable business still need extra finance?
- 29th June 1995A business has a break-even output of 300 units and currently sells 450 units. Calculate its margin of safety.
- 30th June 1995Why might a business choose an overdraft rather than a bank loan for a short-term cash-flow gap?