Daily Practice · GCSE Business
January 2000 5-a-day
Every sheet in January 2000
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st January 2000Define market segmentation.
- 2nd January 2000Give one reason a business plan helps the entrepreneur themselves, not just outside lenders.
- 3rd January 2000What is meant by a 'cash-flow problem'?
- 4th January 2000A business forecasts an opening balance of -500 pounds for June, inflows of 4,000 pounds and outflows of 3,200 pounds. Calculate the closing balance.
- 5th January 2000Using your answer above, if fixed costs are 3,600 pounds, calculate the break-even output.
- 6th January 2000Identify one legal reason a business must provide training.
- 7th January 2000State one way a business could apply Herzberg's theory to motivate staff beyond paying them more.
- 8th January 2000Explain one risk to a business of being exposed for unethical behaviour.
- 9th January 2000Define search engine optimisation (SEO).
- 10th January 2000State one risk to a business's reputation created by social media and online reviews.
- 11th January 2000Give one advantage of digital promotion over traditional above the line advertising.
- 12th January 2000Give one reason a job production business might charge a higher price.
- 13th January 2000How can good customer service justify a higher price?
- 14th January 2000Give an example of a change in technology that has affected how many UK retailers operate.
- 15th January 2000State the difference between a good and a service.
- 16th January 2000State one non-financial aim a business might have.
- 17th January 2000Give one reason poor market research increases the risk of a new business failing.
- 18th January 2000State the formula for gross profit margin.
- 19th January 2000A business's gross profit margin falls from 35% to 30%. State whether this is an improvement or a decline.
- 20th January 2000Identify one risk of decentralisation.
- 21st January 2000A shop had an average of 60 staff and 6 left in a year. Calculate the labour turnover rate.
- 22nd January 2000Explain what fit for purpose means under consumer law.
- 23rd January 2000Define an export.
- 24th January 2000State the effect of a depreciating pound on UK exporters' price competitiveness abroad.
- 25th January 2000Why should the 4Ps be based on the results of market segmentation?
- 26th January 2000True or false: the correct balance of the design mix is the same for every product.
- 27th January 2000State two costs of holding too much stock.
- 28th January 2000Explain one risk of sourcing from overseas.
- 29th January 2000Identify which type of growth, organic or external, a merger is an example of.
- 30th January 2000Explain how excellent customer service can add value to a service business.
- 31st January 2000Give one non-financial factor, other than transport, that might influence a service business's location choice.