Cambridge & Pearson Edexcel Past Paper Questions

Delicious Cocoa (DC) DC is a co-operative owned by cocoa farmers in country X. It has 500 workers. In 2022, DC produced 2000 tonnes of raw cocoa be...

Markus is an entrepreneur and is planning to set up a private limited company called OFD in four weeks' time. OFD will be an online retailer sellin...

MXB is a successful public limited company with many stakeholders. It has been trading for 15 years. It makes a range of bicycles and is currently ...

Fretter's Music (FM) FM is a private limited company based in country Z. FM manufactures a range of musical instruments, such as guitars and keybo...

Great Desks (GD) GD is a co-operative owned by all of its employees. It manufactures desks for schools, offices and home use. The products are han...

Analyse two benefits to WP of using quality assurance.

Analyse two limitations to WP of its methods of internal communication.

Using the data in Table 1.1, calculate the seasonal variation for 2022 Q2 (X).

Refer to Table 1.2 and lines 41-66.

Evaluate the possible effects on WP if the new economic policy measures are implemented.

Analyse two elements of OV's marketing strategy that will need to change to sell successfully to retailers.

Analyse two benefits to OV of the methods it uses to communicate with employees.

Refer to Table 1.1. Calculate, for 2023, the current ratio.

Refer to Table 1.3. Calculate, for location X, the accounting rate of return (ARR).

Evaluate the impact on OV of the growing importance of sustainability.

Analyse how two barriers to communication resulting from LT's online operations may impact the business.

Analyse two ways LT can measure whether tours meet customers' expectations.

Refer to Table 1.1. Calculate the payback period for LT's proposed new Tour Hub.

Refer to Table 1.2. Calculate the price elasticity of demand for shopping tours.

Evaluate the impact on LT of giving some tour guides an employment contract with a guaranteed number of tours per month.

Luxury Hampers (LH) In 2015 Loretta bought LH, an established food hamper business. A hamper is a gift box or basket containing food and drink. Lor...

Evaluate the extent to which leadership contributed to BV's effective strategic management between 2009 and 2022.

Advise the Board of Directors on a marketing strategy to use when BV enters the market in country X.

Riches Hotels and Resorts (RHR) RHR was set up in 1965 by Gabriel Riches. It owns hotels around the world, which offer 'all-inclusive' holidays th...

Advise Carmen on whether the use of a core competence framework is sufficient to develop a successful new business strategy for RHR.

Define the term takeover.

Define the term job description.

Define the term job production.

Analyse one reason why product differentiation may be important to a business.

EITHER Analyse two limitations to a business of using contribution costing.

OR Analyse two benefits to a business of low labour turnover.

Samira left school at the age of 18 in country H. She had a small amount of savings and an idea to create a flexible, removable and reusable whiteb...

FD is a private sector business that manufactures an international brand of carbonated drinks. Its slogan was 'A premium drink for premium customer...

PS is a private limited company operating in country H. It sells perfume for men and women using its own website. PS purchases the perfume in large...

Yazeem is a highly skilled shoemaker. He opened CS in 1975, as a sole trader, to design and repair shoes. When Yazeem set up CS the main target mar...

Recruitment Process (RP) RP is a private limited company based in country Z. RP is an employment agency that operates in a dynamic business enviro...

Festival Wear (FW) FW is a partnership started by two friends, Maz and Jane. FW manufactures and sells high quality T-shirts at $40 each. The busi...

Analyse two advantages to GBS of using flexible part-time employment contracts.

Analyse two disadvantages to GBS of its proposed communication process innovation.

Refer to lines 24–25. Calculate the accounting rate of return (ARR) for the new grinding machine.

Calculate the price elasticity of demand (PED) for GBS's gravel product when the price decreased from $90 to $81 per tonne.

Evaluate the extent to which corporate social responsibility (CSR) should influence GBS's decision to expand into new land.

Analyse two advantages to SF of using flexible employment contracts.

Analyse two problems SF may experience when implementing total quality management (TQM).

Refer to Table 1.1. Calculate for quarter 1, 2023, the seasonal variation.

Refer to Table 1.2. Calculate the accounting rate of return (ARR) of automating production.

Evaluate the impact on SF of country B becoming a member of the NFTA international trading agreement.

Analyse two impacts on SCC of the changing external influences in country Z.

Analyse two benefits to SCC of developing new clothing products made from recycled materials.

Refer to Table 1.1. Calculate the payback period for SCC's new factory.