Daily Practice · GCSE Business
August 1999 5-a-day
Every sheet in August 1999
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st August 1999Define legislation.
- 2nd August 1999Give one example of a primary research method.
- 3rd August 1999Give one reason a fashion product might have a shorter product life cycle than a household appliance.
- 4th August 1999What is meant by 'brand equity'?
- 5th August 1999Explain how trade credit affects a small business's cash flow.
- 6th August 1999Explain one risk of removing all buffer stock as part of lean production.
- 7th August 1999State one way a business might respond to falling consumer spending during a recession.
- 8th August 1999Explain why a business should carry out market research before launching a new product.
- 9th August 1999State one section usually included in a business plan.
- 10th August 1999State one drawback of using an overdraft to solve a cash-flow problem.
- 11th August 1999A business has an opening balance of 1,000 pounds, inflows of 6,000 pounds and outflows of 5,200 pounds for the month. Calculate its closing balance.
- 12th August 1999If fixed costs rise but the contribution per unit stays the same, what happens to the break-even output?
- 13th August 1999Give one indirect cost of training.
- 14th August 1999Give one example of a motivator under Herzberg's theory.
- 15th August 1999State one way a business can benefit from being seen as environmentally friendly.
- 16th August 1999State what pay-per-click (PPC) advertising means.
- 17th August 1999What is search engine optimisation, and what is its purpose in marketing?
- 18th August 1999What is public relations?
- 19th August 1999State two advantages of flow production.
- 20th August 1999Explain why product knowledge reduces returns as well as increasing sales.
- 21st August 1999State one reason a change in consumer tastes might force a food business to change its menu.
- 22nd August 1999Give an example of a want, as opposed to a need.
- 23rd August 1999Explain why a business's aims might change after it takes on outside investors.
- 24th August 1999State one internal cause of new business failure.
- 25th August 1999A business has revenue of 40,000 pounds and gross profit of 16,000 pounds. Calculate its gross profit margin.
- 26th August 1999Give one reason a business's net profit margin might fall even if its gross profit margin stays the same.
- 27th August 1999Give one advantage of centralisation.
- 28th August 1999Identify what a persistently high labour turnover rate might suggest about a business.
- 29th August 1999Explain why accurate product descriptions benefit a business, as well as being a legal requirement.
- 30th August 1999Give one reason globalisation has increased competition for UK businesses.
- 31st August 1999Define exchange rate.