Cambridge & Pearson Edexcel Past Paper Questions
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Define the term quaternary sector.
Define the term dismissal.
Define the term trade receivables.
Analyse one possible impact on a business of operating at below maximum capacity.
Analyse two limitations of sampling for a business.
Analyse two barriers to an entrepreneur when starting up a business.
Zoe's Bags (ZB) Zoe's Bags (ZB) is an online retailer that makes and sells a range of luxury hand-made bags. The business was set up three years ag...
MLC Computers (MLC) MLC is a successful private limited company that has been trading for 20 years in country K. The company makes a range of lapto...
Analyse two benefits to CD resulting from internal economies of scale.
Analyse two advantages to CD of changing to a geographical organisational structure.
Refer to Table 1.1. For 2024, calculate the price earnings ratio.
Refer to lines 36–40. Calculate the estimated change in quantity demanded if CD increases the price of its detergent from $4.00 to $4.60.
Evaluate the impact on CD of the appreciation of country K's exchange rate.
Clothing Company (CC) CC is a public limited company. It operates its own branded clothing retail stores only in the US. CC has been a popular choi...
Advise CC on an operations strategy to enable its future survival and growth. Refer to the case study 'Clothing Company (CC)' and its appendices.
Define the term intrapreneur.
Define the term psychographic market segmentation.
Define the term indirect costs.
Analyse one impact on employees of trade union involvement in the workplace.
Analyse two limitations to a business of capital intensive operations.
Analyse two benefits to a business of using online recruitment methods.
Frank grows fruit, including oranges, on his farm in country J. He sells his fruit at a market in a local city one day a week. Frank is a sole trad...
Reliable Car Repairs (RCR) is owned by Freya and her brother Kye as a partnership. The business was set up five years ago in city B and repairs a w...
Analyse one advantage and one disadvantage to IPA of changing employment contracts from full-time to zero hours for most production employees.
Analyse two methods to improve IPA's liquidity.
Refer to lines 9–11. Calculate, for 2024, IPA's market share.
Complete nodes 5 and 6 on the network diagram below (reproduced from the Insert). [Figure 1]
Refer to lines 70–75. Evaluate the most likely impact on IPA of the fiscal and monetary policy changes.
Daniel & Carl for Education (DCE) Daniel and Carl started a company for online teaching, Daniel & Carl for Education (DCE). DCE provides online tut...
Distinguish between random sampling and quota sampling.
Explain the costs and benefits to a business of a decision to hold low levels of inventory.
Distinguish between a 'job description' and a 'person specification'.
Analyse the importance for a business of distinguishing between revenue expenditure and capital expenditure.
'The 4Cs marketing model is more useful for a retail business than the 4Ps marketing model.' Do you agree with this statement? Justify your view.
Analyse the importance to a large business of setting corporate objectives.
Define the term 'price skimming'.
Define the term 'window dressing' with reference to published accounts.
Explain why corporate objectives are important to a business.
Define the term 'emotional intelligence'.
Analyse why a business needs to be accountable to its stakeholders.
Discuss how Maslow's 'hierarchy of needs' theory could be used by the managers of a retail business to motivate employees.
Analyse why effective inventory control is important to a manufacturing business.
Define the term 'leadership'.
Define the term 'debt factoring'.
Explain the possible benefits of mass customisation to a computer manufacturer.
Analyse problems a business could experience in its first year of trading.
'Money is the most important factor for motivating teachers in a school.' Discuss this view.
Analyse how any one stakeholder group could use both an income statement and a statement of financial position.
Define the term 'buffer inventory'.
Explain how viral marketing could be an important part of marketing for a business.