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