Daily Practice · GCSE Business
November 1999 5-a-day
Every sheet in November 1999
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st November 1999List four stages of a typical sales process.
- 2nd November 1999State one type of external change that can affect how a business operates.
- 3rd November 1999Explain why most private sector businesses aim to make a profit.
- 4th November 1999Give one reason a well-established plc might prioritise profit maximisation over survival.
- 5th November 1999Identify the term for a business having too little start-up finance to survive its early months.
- 6th November 1999A business has revenue of 25,000 pounds, cost of sales of 15,000 pounds and expenses of 6,000 pounds. Calculate its gross profit margin and net profit margin.
- 7th November 1999What does the net profit margin measure?
- 8th November 1999State one disadvantage of centralisation.
- 9th November 1999Explain one reason high labour turnover can reduce productivity.
- 10th November 1999State the three main standards goods must meet under the Consumer Rights Act 2015.
- 11th November 1999Define globalisation.
- 12th November 1999State the effect of an appreciating pound on the cost of imports to a UK business.
- 13th November 1999A business cuts its price significantly. Give one other element of the mix it may also need to change, and why.
- 14th November 1999Name the three elements of the design mix.
- 15th November 1999Explain one benefit and one risk of just in time stock control.
- 16th November 1999Define single sourcing and give one advantage.
- 17th November 1999State one risk specific to growth through a merger or takeover, other than cost.
- 18th November 1999Define adding value in a business context.
- 19th November 1999Identify which location factor matters most to a business that relies heavily on passing trade.
- 20th November 1999State one reason an established business, not a start-up, might need finance.
- 21st November 1999A product sells for 40 pounds and has a variable cost of 15 pounds per unit. Fixed costs are 5,000 pounds. Calculate the break-even output.
- 22nd November 1999Why might a lender be unwilling to give a large, unsecured loan to a brand-new business with no trading history?
- 23rd November 1999Identify the type of contract that has no guaranteed minimum hours.
- 24th November 1999Identify one purpose of induction training.
- 25th November 1999Give one risk of competing mainly on price rather than differentiating.
- 26th November 1999State one way a business could respond to a new competitor entering the market.
- 27th November 1999A line graph shows a product's sales rising steadily for three years then falling in year four. What might this pattern suggest about the product's position in the product life cycle?
- 28th November 1999A business has sales of 150,000 pounds in a market with total sales of 1,200,000 pounds. Calculate its market share.
- 29th November 1999What is a 'star' in the Boston Matrix?
- 30th November 1999What is continuous improvement, and why does it depend on employees?