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October 2024 5-a-day

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October 2024

31 sheets · 155 questions · GCSE

Every sheet in October 2024

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 2024A business borrows 5,000 pounds at a simple interest rate of 4% per year, repaid after 2 years. Calculate the total interest paid.
  2. 2nd October 2024What is capital expenditure?
  3. 3rd October 2024Identify one document a candidate usually submits when applying for a job.
  4. 4th October 2024Identify the term for a qualification or skill that is useful but not required for a role.
  5. 5th October 2024Explain one benefit to a business of complying fully with employment and health and safety law.
  6. 6th October 2024Define legislation.
  7. 7th October 2024Name three variables a business could use to segment a market.
  8. 8th October 2024Give one reason a fashion product might have a shorter product life cycle than a household appliance.
  9. 9th October 2024What is meant by 'brand equity'?
  10. 10th October 2024Explain how trade credit affects a small business's cash flow.
  11. 11th October 2024Explain one risk of removing all buffer stock as part of lean production.
  12. 12th October 2024State one way a business might respond to falling consumer spending during a recession.
  13. 13th October 2024Explain why a business should carry out market research before launching a new product.
  14. 14th October 2024State one section usually included in a business plan.
  15. 15th October 2024State one drawback of using an overdraft to solve a cash-flow problem.
  16. 16th October 2024A business has an opening balance of 1,000 pounds, inflows of 6,000 pounds and outflows of 5,200 pounds for the month. Calculate its closing balance.
  17. 17th October 2024If fixed costs rise but the contribution per unit stays the same, what happens to the break-even output?
  18. 18th October 2024Give one indirect cost of training.
  19. 19th October 2024Give one example of a motivator under Herzberg's theory.
  20. 20th October 2024State one way a business can benefit from being seen as environmentally friendly.
  21. 21st October 2024State what pay-per-click (PPC) advertising means.
  22. 22nd October 2024What is search engine optimisation, and what is its purpose in marketing?
  23. 23rd October 2024What is public relations?
  24. 24th October 2024State two advantages of flow production.
  25. 25th October 2024Explain why product knowledge reduces returns as well as increasing sales.
  26. 26th October 2024State one reason a change in consumer tastes might force a food business to change its menu.
  27. 27th October 2024Give an example of a want, as opposed to a need.
  28. 28th October 2024Explain why a business's aims might change after it takes on outside investors.
  29. 29th October 2024State one internal cause of new business failure.
  30. 30th October 2024A business has revenue of 40,000 pounds and gross profit of 16,000 pounds. Calculate its gross profit margin.
  31. 31st October 2024Give one reason a business's net profit margin might fall even if its gross profit margin stays the same.