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October 2020 5-a-day

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October 2020

31 sheets · 155 questions · GCSE

Every sheet in October 2020

The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.

  1. 1st October 2020Explain the general relationship between risk and potential reward in business.
  2. 2nd October 2020Give one drawback of using retained profit to finance expansion.
  3. 3rd October 2020What is revenue expenditure?
  4. 4th October 2020Explain one disadvantage of external recruitment.
  5. 5th October 2020Explain one benefit to a business of using a person specification when shortlisting applicants.
  6. 6th October 2020Name the UK law that makes it illegal to discriminate against employees based on protected characteristics such as age, sex or disability.
  7. 7th October 2020State the difference between legislation and ethics.
  8. 8th October 2020What is the difference between primary and secondary market research?
  9. 9th October 2020Name the four stages of the product life cycle in order.
  10. 10th October 2020What is a 'brand extension'?
  11. 11th October 2020Give one reason a business might pay more to source locally.
  12. 12th October 2020A 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.
  13. 13th October 2020Give one reason an entrepreneur might delay launching a new business during an economic downturn.
  14. 14th October 2020Give one example of a primary market research method.
  15. 15th October 2020State the type of financial forecast that shows the money expected to flow in and out of a business month by month.
  16. 16th October 2020Give one solution a business could use for a short-term cash-flow shortfall, other than chasing customer payments.
  17. 17th October 2020State the formula for a month's closing balance.
  18. 18th October 2020If a business successfully cuts its variable cost per unit while keeping its selling price the same, what happens to its break-even output?
  19. 19th October 2020Identify one direct cost of training.
  20. 20th October 2020Explain why, according to Herzberg, simply raising pay may not increase motivation.
  21. 21st October 2020Define business ethics.
  22. 22nd October 2020Give one reason e-commerce might exclude some customers.
  23. 23rd October 2020Give one way technology allows a business to target its promotion more precisely than traditional mass-media advertising.
  24. 24th October 2020Why must promotion be consistent with the rest of the marketing mix?
  25. 25th October 2020A bakery makes 200 white loaves, then 150 wholemeal, then 100 seeded. Name the process and explain how you can tell.
  26. 26th October 2020List four stages of a typical sales process.
  27. 27th October 2020Give one example of a business adapting successfully to a change in its external environment.
  28. 28th October 2020Explain why most private sector businesses aim to make a profit.
  29. 29th October 2020Give one reason a well-established plc might prioritise profit maximisation over survival.
  30. 30th October 2020State one external cause of new business failure.
  31. 31st October 2020A business has revenue of 25,000 pounds, cost of sales of 15,000 pounds and expenses of 6,000 pounds. Calculate its gross profit margin and net profit margin.