Daily Practice · GCSE Business
December 2010 5-a-day
Every sheet in December 2010
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st December 2010Name a UK business that grew mainly by innovating an existing product, rather than inventing something entirely new.
- 2nd December 2010Give one way a business could improve its working capital.
- 3rd December 2010State the formula for net profit.
- 4th December 2010Give one advantage of a wide span of control.
- 5th December 2010Give one non-financial method of motivation.
- 6th December 2010Explain why automation can reduce a business's unit costs.
- 7th December 2010Give an example of an indirect tax.
- 8th December 2010State what CPI stands for.
- 9th December 2010What should be the starting point when designing a marketing mix?
- 10th December 2010State one disadvantage of a direct distribution channel.
- 11th December 2010Why must a business selling online take data protection seriously?
- 12th December 2010Explain one benefit of computer aided design.
- 13th December 2010Give one advantage of buying a franchise rather than starting an entirely independent business.
- 14th December 2010State one way an entrepreneur could generate a business idea without inventing something completely new.
- 15th December 2010Define the term stakeholder.
- 16th December 2010Define reward in the context of enterprise.
- 17th December 2010Why might a sole trader be unable to raise finance through share capital?
- 18th December 2010What is revenue expenditure?
- 19th December 2010Explain one disadvantage of external recruitment.
- 20th December 2010Explain one benefit to a business of using a person specification when shortlisting applicants.
- 21st December 2010Name the UK law that makes it illegal to discriminate against employees based on protected characteristics such as age, sex or disability.
- 22nd December 2010State the difference between legislation and ethics.
- 23rd December 2010A business segments its market by income. Give one product example that suits income-based segmentation.
- 24th December 2010Name the four stages of the product life cycle in order.
- 25th December 2010What is a 'brand extension'?
- 26th December 2010Give one reason a business might pay more to source locally.
- 27th December 2010A business produces 3,600 units a week with 12 workers. After changes it produces 4,500 with the same 12. Calculate the percentage rise in productivity.
- 28th December 2010Identify what typically happens to unemployment during a recession.
- 29th December 2010State one characteristic a business might use to segment its market.
- 30th December 2010Explain why a business plan is not a guarantee of success.
- 31st December 2010Give one solution a business could use for a short-term cash-flow shortfall, other than chasing customer payments.