Daily Practice · GCSE Business
August 2000 5-a-day
Every sheet in August 2000
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st August 2000Is '45% of customers said they would buy the product' quantitative or qualitative data?
- 2nd August 2000Why is cash flow often negative during the introduction stage?
- 3rd August 2000State one risk of a poorly judged brand extension.
- 4th August 2000Define supply chain.
- 5th August 2000Why does higher productivity usually reduce unit cost?
- 6th August 2000State the three stages of the economic, or business, cycle referred to in this topic.
- 7th August 2000State the difference between primary and secondary market research.
- 8th August 2000Give one piece of information a bank would want to see in a business plan before agreeing a loan.
- 9th August 2000What is overtrading?
- 10th August 2000What is the difference between a cash inflow and a cash outflow?
- 11th August 2000A business's contribution per unit is 10 pounds and its fixed costs are 5,000 pounds. Calculate its break-even output.
- 12th August 2000State the difference between training and development.
- 13th August 2000Identify one example of a hygiene factor.
- 14th August 2000Explain why there can be a trade-off between acting ethically and making a profit.
- 15th August 2000Define e-commerce.
- 16th August 2000What is e-commerce?
- 17th August 2000What is the difference between above the line and below the line promotion?
- 18th August 2000Explain why flow production is risky if demand is unpredictable.
- 19th August 2000Give three examples of after-sales service.
- 20th August 2000Identify one risk to a business that fails to adapt to a significant change in its external environment.
- 21st August 2000State one reason why entrepreneurs take on risk when starting a business.
- 22nd August 2000Identify one common aim of a brand new start-up business.
- 23rd August 2000State one action a new business owner could take to reduce the risk of cash-flow problems.
- 24th August 2000A business calculates a net profit margin of 45% and a gross profit margin of 30% for the same year. Explain why this result must be wrong.
- 25th August 2000What does the gross profit margin measure?
- 26th August 2000Explain one advantage of decentralisation.
- 27th August 2000State one method a business could use to improve staff retention.
- 28th August 2000Name the main UK law protecting consumers when buying goods.
- 29th August 2000State one way improved transport has supported globalisation.
- 30th August 2000State what it means when the pound depreciates.
- 31st August 2000Which element of the marketing mix refers to how a business communicates with and persuades its customers?