Daily Practice · GCSE Business
December 1996 5-a-day
Every sheet in December 1996
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st December 1996Explain why external failure usually costs more per unit than internal failure.
- 2nd December 1996A business has fixed costs of 3,000 pounds and variable costs of 4,500 pounds. Calculate its total costs.
- 3rd December 1996State the number of owners a standard partnership usually has.
- 4th December 1996Identify one source of change that can create new business opportunities.
- 5th December 1996Give one way a business could improve its working capital.
- 6th December 1996A business has gross profit of 35,000 pounds and expenses of 22,000 pounds. Calculate its net profit.
- 7th December 1996Give one advantage of a wide span of control.
- 8th December 1996Give one non-financial method of motivation.
- 9th December 1996Explain why automation can reduce a business's unit costs.
- 10th December 1996Give an example of an indirect tax.
- 11th December 1996State what CPI stands for.
- 12th December 1996What should be the starting point when designing a marketing mix?
- 13th December 1996State one disadvantage of a direct distribution channel.
- 14th December 1996Why must a business selling online take data protection seriously?
- 15th December 1996Explain one benefit of computer aided design.
- 16th December 1996State what a franchisee pays a franchisor for.
- 17th December 1996State one quality commonly associated with successful entrepreneurs.
- 18th December 1996Define the term stakeholder.
- 19th December 1996Give one method an entrepreneur can use to reduce, not remove, the risk of a new venture.
- 20th December 1996A business leases a delivery van instead of buying it. Give one advantage of leasing over buying.
- 21st December 1996What is revenue expenditure?
- 22nd December 1996Explain one disadvantage of external recruitment.
- 23rd December 1996Explain one benefit to a business of using a person specification when shortlisting applicants.
- 24th December 1996Name the UK law that makes it illegal to discriminate against employees based on protected characteristics such as age, sex or disability.
- 25th December 1996State the difference between legislation and ethics.
- 26th December 1996State one reason a sample of 20 people, all surveyed outside the same shop, might produce unreliable data.
- 27th December 1996Name the four stages of the product life cycle in order.
- 28th December 1996What is a 'brand extension'?
- 29th December 1996Give one reason a business might pay more to source locally.
- 30th December 1996A business produces 3,600 units a week with 12 workers. After changes it produces 4,500 with the same 12. Calculate the percentage rise in productivity.
- 31st December 1996State the three stages of the economic, or business, cycle referred to in this topic.