Daily Practice · GCSE Business
April 2020 5-a-day
Every sheet in April 2020
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st April 2020State what it means when the pound depreciates.
- 2nd April 2020Which element of the marketing mix refers to how a business communicates with and persuades its customers?
- 3rd April 2020Give one example of an aesthetic feature of a product.
- 4th April 2020State two consequences of holding too little stock.
- 5th April 2020Give one reason a business might publicise its supplier standards.
- 6th April 2020State one risk specific to growth through a merger or takeover, other than cost.
- 7th April 2020Define adding value in a business context.
- 8th April 2020Identify which location factor matters most to a business that relies heavily on passing trade.
- 9th April 2020Is buying a delivery van a capital expenditure or a revenue expenditure? Explain your answer.
- 10th April 2020State the formula for break-even output.
- 11th April 2020Why can a sole trader not raise finance through share capital?
- 12th April 2020State one reason a business might prefer full-time contracts for its key staff.
- 13th April 2020Identify one example of off-the-job training.
- 14th April 2020State one reason a USP needs to be difficult for competitors to copy.
- 15th April 2020Give one way a business can find out about its competitors.
- 16th April 2020Why is a larger sample size generally more reliable than a smaller one?
- 17th April 2020Which pricing strategy involves setting a low price to enter a market and quickly build market share?
- 18th April 2020Why is having a balanced product portfolio, with products in different Boston Matrix categories, useful to a business?
- 19th April 2020Give one reason a business might advertise an external quality standard such as ISO certification.
- 20th April 2020Explain how consistent quality supports a higher price.
- 21st April 2020State the formula for profit.
- 22nd April 2020Explain the difference between limited and unlimited liability in one sentence.
- 23rd April 2020State the difference between invention and innovation.
- 24th April 2020A business has current assets of 25,000 pounds and current liabilities of 31,000 pounds. Calculate its working capital and state what this suggests.
- 25th April 2020What does the income statement show?
- 26th April 2020A shop owner supervises 4 shift leaders, and each shift leader supervises 8 sales assistants. State the shop owner's span of control.
- 27th April 2020State one non-financial reward that could improve staff motivation without extra pay.
- 28th April 2020Explain one reason a small business might be slower than a large business to adopt new technology.
- 29th April 2020Explain why a rise in corporation tax could reduce how much a business invests.
- 30th April 2020Explain one way high unemployment could benefit a business's recruitment.