Daily Practice · GCSE Business
August 2011 5-a-day
Every sheet in August 2011
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st August 2011Give one way a business builds brand recognition through the marketing mix, other than the product itself.
- 2nd August 2011Explain why a supplier's poor quality is a problem even when the business itself checks the goods.
- 3rd August 2011Define lean production.
- 4th August 2011State one way a business might respond to falling consumer spending during a recession.
- 5th August 2011Explain why a business should carry out market research before launching a new product.
- 6th August 2011State one section usually included in a business plan.
- 7th August 2011Give one consequence a business could face if it runs out of cash to pay its suppliers.
- 8th August 2011What becomes the opening balance for April if a business's closing balance for March is 1,300 pounds?
- 9th August 2011Give one possible drawback of raising the selling price to lower the break-even output.
- 10th August 2011Explain one reason training can improve staff motivation.
- 11th August 2011State who developed the two-factor theory of motivation.
- 12th August 2011State one example of an unethical business practice.
- 13th August 2011Explain what click-through rate measures.
- 14th August 2011Why can online price comparison tools increase competition between businesses?
- 15th August 2011Give one example of a sales promotion technique.
- 16th August 2011Explain one drawback of batch production.
- 17th August 2011Explain why keeping an existing customer is usually cheaper than winning a new one.
- 18th August 2011State one reason a change in consumer tastes might force a food business to change its menu.
- 19th August 2011Identify whether a haircut is a good or a service.
- 20th August 2011What does the M stand for in a SMART objective?
- 21st August 2011State one internal cause of new business failure.
- 22nd August 2011Why is it useful to express profit as a percentage of revenue rather than just stating the pound amount of profit?
- 23rd August 2011A business's net profit margin rises from 8% to 11%. Calculate the change in percentage points.
- 24th August 2011State what delayering means.
- 25th August 2011State the formula for labour turnover rate.
- 26th August 2011State one cost to a business of dealing with a faulty product return.
- 27th August 2011Explain one effect of a tariff on the price UK consumers pay for an imported good.
- 28th August 2011State what it means when the pound appreciates.
- 29th August 2011Name the 4Ps of the marketing mix.
- 30th August 2011What does 'function' mean in the design mix?
- 31st August 2011A factory uses 300 components a day and its supplier's lead time is 4 days. It holds a buffer of 500 components. Calculate the reorder level.