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October 1999 5-a-day

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October 1999

31 sheets · 155 questions · GCSE

Every sheet in October 1999

The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.

  1. 1st October 1999State one disadvantage of a direct distribution channel.
  2. 2nd October 1999Why must a business selling online take data protection seriously?
  3. 3rd October 1999Explain one benefit of computer aided design.
  4. 4th October 1999Identify which type of ownership structure allows a business to raise finance by selling shares privately to a small number of investors.
  5. 5th October 1999Explain why determination matters when starting a new business.
  6. 6th October 1999Define the term stakeholder.
  7. 7th October 1999Define risk in the context of enterprise.
  8. 8th October 1999Why might a sole trader be unable to raise finance through share capital?
  9. 9th October 1999What is revenue expenditure?
  10. 10th October 1999Explain one disadvantage of external recruitment.
  11. 11th October 1999Explain one benefit to a business of using a person specification when shortlisting applicants.
  12. 12th October 1999Name the UK law that makes it illegal to discriminate against employees based on protected characteristics such as age, sex or disability.
  13. 13th October 1999State the difference between legislation and ethics.
  14. 14th October 1999A business segments its market by income. Give one product example that suits income-based segmentation.
  15. 15th October 1999Name the four stages of the product life cycle in order.
  16. 16th October 1999What is a 'brand extension'?
  17. 17th October 1999Give one reason a business might pay more to source locally.
  18. 18th October 1999A 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.
  19. 19th October 1999Give one way rising consumer confidence in a boom might affect a business's decisions.
  20. 20th October 1999Give one disadvantage of relying only on secondary market research.
  21. 21st October 1999Identify one external stakeholder who might ask to see a business plan before providing finance.
  22. 22nd October 1999Give one solution a business could use for a short-term cash-flow shortfall, other than chasing customer payments.
  23. 23rd October 1999State the formula for a month's closing balance.
  24. 24th October 1999If a business successfully cuts its variable cost per unit while keeping its selling price the same, what happens to its break-even output?
  25. 25th October 1999Identify one direct cost of training.
  26. 26th October 1999Explain why, according to Herzberg, simply raising pay may not increase motivation.
  27. 27th October 1999Define business ethics.
  28. 28th October 1999Give one reason e-commerce might exclude some customers.
  29. 29th October 1999Give one way technology allows a business to target its promotion more precisely than traditional mass-media advertising.
  30. 30th October 1999Why must promotion be consistent with the rest of the marketing mix?
  31. 31st October 1999A bakery makes 200 white loaves, then 150 wholemeal, then 100 seeded. Name the process and explain how you can tell.