Daily Practice · GCSE Business
September 2009 5-a-day
Every sheet in September 2009
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st September 2009Define single sourcing and give one advantage.
- 2nd September 2009Identify which type of growth, organic or external, a merger is an example of.
- 3rd September 2009Explain how excellent customer service can add value to a service business.
- 4th September 2009Give one non-financial factor, other than transport, that might influence a service business's location choice.
- 5th September 2009State one reason an established business, not a start-up, might need finance.
- 6th September 2009A 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.
- 7th September 2009Why might a lender be unwilling to give a large, unsecured loan to a brand-new business with no trading history?
- 8th September 2009Identify the type of contract that has no guaranteed minimum hours.
- 9th September 2009Identify one purpose of induction training.
- 10th September 2009Give one risk of competing mainly on price rather than differentiating.
- 11th September 2009State one way a business could respond to a new competitor entering the market.
- 12th September 2009A 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?
- 13th September 2009A product costs 12 pounds to make and the business wants a 25% markup. Calculate the selling price.
- 14th September 2009What is a 'star' in the Boston Matrix?
- 15th September 2009What is continuous improvement, and why does it depend on employees?
- 16th September 2009Give one reason employees are a good source of information about quality problems.
- 17th September 2009A shop sells 150 candles at 8 pounds each. Calculate its total revenue.
- 18th September 2009Name a well-known UK public limited company.
- 19th September 2009Name a UK business that grew mainly by innovating an existing product, rather than inventing something entirely new.
- 20th September 2009State the formula for working capital.
- 21st September 2009A business has gross profit of 35,000 pounds and expenses of 22,000 pounds. Calculate its net profit.
- 22nd September 2009State what span of control measures.
- 23rd September 2009Identify one financial method of motivation.
- 24th September 2009State one cost to a business of introducing new technology.
- 25th September 2009Give an example of a direct tax.
- 26th September 2009Define interest rate.
- 27th September 2009Why is it useful to check a marketing mix against market segmentation data before evaluating it?
- 28th September 2009What does 'omnichannel distribution' mean?
- 29th September 2009State two ways a website improves customer service without any staff involvement.
- 30th September 2009Give one way e-commerce changes a small retailer's operations.