Cambridge & Pearson Edexcel Past Paper Questions
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Refer to Tables 2 and 3. Calculate for 2019: inventory turnover
Evaluate the significance of workforce planning to FE's future success.
Evaluate the usefulness of decision tree analysis to FE's Directors when making the strategic choice between options A and B.
Discuss the importance of FE's Directors developing a detailed corporate plan before implementing strategies for future growth.
Define the term 'opportunity cost'.
Explain the effects on a business of having a high level of working capital.
Define the term 'transformation process'.
Analyse the benefits to a business of recruiting employees from outside the business.
A furniture manufacturer is planning to introduce CAD and CAM into the production process. Discuss the extent to which this could make the business...
Analyse why a business might invest in market research.
Flora is a self employed personal trainer and she trades as Flora's Fitness (FF). She invested $10000 as start-up capital. She has seen reports sho...
FB is a private limited company that produces premium meat-free burgers. FB has two shareholders, Bill and Sanjay. They each own 50% of the shares....
Analyse the benefits to BFB of continuing with a centralised structure as the business develops.
Refer to Appendix 1. Calculate the:
Refer to Table 2 and any other information. Evaluate the likely impact on BFB's future decisions of changes in external influences.
Refer to Appendix 1. Calculate the inventory turnover ratio.
Evaluate the importance of marketing planning to the success of BFB's new products.
Evaluate the importance to BFB of strategic analysis when making strategic decisions.
Evaluate the usefulness to BFB of focusing only on Force Field Analysis when choosing between strategic options.
Define the term 'marginal cost'.
Define the term 'commission'.
Explain the problems a sole trader might have if they change the legal structure to a partnership.
Define the term 'customer (market) orientation'.
Analyse the benefits of using internal sources of finance for business growth.
'The most effective way for a loss-making retail clothing business to survive is to change the price element of its marketing mix.' Discuss whethe...
Analyse factors that might determine the relocation of a business.
Rehana Recycles (RR) Rehana is very environmentally aware. One year ago, Rehana identified a business opportunity to reuse waste products and set u...
Benjamin's Beds (BB) Benjamin's Beds (BB) is a large manufacturer of beds and has a strong brand image for quality. Its main channel of distributio...
Analyse two benefits to UBH of its approach to human resource management (HRM).
Refer to Table 2 and Fig. 1. Complete node 5 on the network diagram [Figure 1] (reproduced from the Insert).
Evaluate the likely impact on UBH of the changes the government made to its economic policies in response to the recession.
Refer to Table 3. Calculate for 2021 the: gearing ratio
Evaluate two changes that UBH could make to its current marketing strategy to increase sales and reach its target capacity utilisation.
Evaluate the usefulness to UBH of Porter's Five Forces analysis as a framework for developing its business strategy.
Evaluate the strategic choice techniques that would be most useful to UBH when deciding between strategic option 1 and strategic option 2.
Section A Answer all questions.
Define the term product life cycle.
Define the term induction training.
Analyse one way a business might raise productivity levels.
Section B Answer one question only. EITHER
OR Analyse two reasons why changing a business' objectives might affect its shareholders.
FF is a private limited company that provides packaged fruit to the industrial market (B2B). The farm grows a variety of different fruits including...
WG is owned by Tomas who is a sole trader. He used to own part of a large wedding business which failed and went into administration. Tomas starte...
Analyse how two legal changes planned by the new government will impact FWB.
Analyse two benefits to FWB of delegating more decision-making to van managers.
Assume FWB increases spending on promotion by 20% and the promotional elasticity of demand is 0.8. Calculate the percentage change in FWB's revenue.
Refer to lines 47–49 and Table 1.1. Calculate the accounting rate of return (ARR).
Evaluate the usefulness of FWB's accounting ratio analysis to its directors when making business decisions.
Evaluate the success of S2U's marketing strategy between 2016 and 2022.
Advise Ruhi on whether Porter's five forces analysis is the most useful approach when developing S2U's new business strategy.