Daily Practice · GCSE Business
October 2005 5-a-day
Every sheet in October 2005
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st October 2005Why does technology investment need to be judged against demand rather than cost alone?
- 2nd October 2005Identify which type of ownership structure allows a business to raise finance by selling shares privately to a small number of investors.
- 3rd October 2005Explain why determination matters when starting a new business.
- 4th October 2005Identify whether shareholders are internal or external stakeholders.
- 5th October 2005Define risk in the context of enterprise.
- 6th October 2005Is retained profit an internal or an external source of finance?
- 7th October 2005A business buys office furniture for 3,200 pounds and pays 1,800 pounds in staff wages in the same month. Calculate its total capital expenditure for the month.
- 8th October 2005Give one advantage of internal recruitment.
- 9th October 2005State one risk to a business of recruiting without a clear job description.
- 10th October 2005Give one example of a protected characteristic under the Equality Act 2010.
- 11th October 2005State one risk to a business of breaking the law.
- 12th October 2005What is meant by a 'representative sample'?
- 13th October 2005True or false: every product follows the product life cycle at the same speed.
- 14th October 2005Give one benefit to a business of strong brand recognition.
- 15th October 2005Why can poor conditions at a supplier damage a business that does not own that supplier?
- 16th October 2005Give one reason a business might prefer lean methods to buying automated machinery.
- 17th October 2005Give one way rising consumer confidence in a boom might affect a business's decisions.
- 18th October 2005Give one disadvantage of relying only on secondary market research.
- 19th October 2005Identify one external stakeholder who might ask to see a business plan before providing finance.
- 20th October 2005Give one solution a business could use if late-paying customers are causing its cash-flow problem.
- 21st October 2005Why might a business prepare a cash-flow forecast even if it expects to be profitable for the year?
- 22nd October 2005A business's selling price is 15 pounds and variable cost per unit is 9 pounds. Calculate the contribution per unit.
- 23rd October 2005State one benefit of training to a business.
- 24th October 2005Identify which category opportunities for promotion belongs to under Herzberg's theory.
- 25th October 2005Give one reason ethical sourcing can increase a business's costs.
- 26th October 2005Give one drawback of e-commerce for a business.
- 27th October 2005Give one cost or resource a business needs in order to run digital marketing effectively.
- 28th October 2005State one risk of using frequent sales promotions such as heavy discounting.
- 29th October 2005Define job production and give one example.
- 30th October 2005Why is a single poor service experience more damaging online than in a shop?
- 31st October 2005State one type of external change that can affect how a business operates.