Cambridge & Pearson Edexcel Past Paper Questions

Adele started a dance school five years ago. Every year Adele pays herself a salary and makes $1000 profit. The school offers a range of dance and ...

JSF is a business in the private sector. It has 50 production workers who operate machines. JSF makes a range of household products including towel...

DPC operates 200 takeaway pizza shops. Over 75% of its pizzas are ordered through e-commerce. The Managing Director thinks 2017 was a successful ye...

JKL uses job production to make clocks. JKL buys all its raw materials locally and exports 60% of its products. The business has high fixed costs. ...

Identify and explain two ways a business plan could have helped Peter when setting up Value Gym.

Identify and explain four reasons why making a profit is important to Peter.

Identify and explain two legal controls that could affect Peter when recruiting and employing workers.

Identify and explain one advantage and one disadvantage of leasing all the equipment used in the business.

The business described in this question paper is entirely fictitious.

Y2M is a bus operating company in the public sector. One of its objectives is to break even on every bus route. Most of its competitors are in the ...

Kate is an entrepreneur. Two years ago she left her job as a fashion designer at a multinational company. She started up BBB, a women's sportswear ...

BVC makes a range of paints. It exports 60% of its products. The Managing Director has been looking at BVC's cash-flow forecast shown in Table 2. H...

FGH is a private limited company. FGH has a tall hierarchical organisational structure. It is a book retailer which plans to take over one of its c...

PLK is a social enterprise which offers training to young people who leave school with no qualifications. The young people are trained by PLK chefs...

JNK makes pottery including plates and bowls for the mass market, using batch production. Quality control is important. JNK has 30 unskilled employ...

REW has won many awards for the design and style of its carpets and rugs. All the wool it uses is from local suppliers. REW's objective for this ye...

George has worked in a small flower shop for 10 years. He does not like the autocratic leadership style of his manager and wants to leave. He will ...

Identify and explain one advantage and one disadvantage to SA of starting to sell new products in a niche market.

Identify and explain how the following two stakeholder groups might be affected by SA's plans to expand. Shareholders: Local community:

Identify and explain two ways SA could use lean production in its factory.

Identify and explain two opportunities and two threats for businesses in country Z from globalisation.

Identify and explain one advantage and one disadvantage to WA of developing new products.

Identify and explain two examples of tertiary sector businesses that help WA to be successful.

Identify and explain how two stakeholder groups of WA are likely to be affected by the reduction in profit in 2018.

Calculate: The total cost per month of producing 100 items of furniture.

Kara's business makes wax candles. She sells them to retailers at low prices. She gives retailers 60 days to pay. Kara has to pay her suppliers whe...

BCK is a multinational company which operates many gold mines. One of BCK's objectives is to contribute to sustainable development. The Managing Di...

NWA is a large and profitable airline business. It has grown quickly over the past 10 years and new aeroplanes have helped to improve its brand ima...

BMT is a business partnership owned by 2 brothers. The brothers received government support when they started BMT 6 years ago. BMT now has 30 emplo...

DWT makes solar panels in country Y. This is a low-cost country which is experiencing rapid economic growth. DWT's production method makes use of s...

MLC makes motorcycles. The Managing Director has been analysing MLC's costs. An extract of this information is shown in Table 2.1. To reduce averag...

Kala always wanted to be an entrepreneur. She used to work for a business which downsized its workforce 5 years ago. She then decided to start up C...

ALB is a large bank. It has 300 branches and 5000 employees. ALB provides a range of financial services to its business customers. As it operates i...

Explain four characteristics that make Simon a successful entrepreneur.

Explain one advantage and one disadvantage to Simon of using crowd-funding as a source of finance for FJ.

Explain four ways an increase in government spending may affect a business.

Explain two reasons why profit is important to FJ.

Explain one benefit and one problem for ES of taking over other businesses.

Explain four ways a business plan can be useful.

Explain two benefits to ES of higher productivity.

Explain how the following four legal controls may affect ES. * Control over misleading promotion * Control over faulty products * Control ov...

BKH is a large public limited company. It has 2000 employees across 18 locations. BKH sells a range of insurance products including house and car i...

PJA make fashion clothing for 16-25 year olds. Many of its competitors are multinational companies. PJA produce new products every 3 weeks. All PJA...

Alex started APB as a sole trader business 4 years ago. APB provide printing services for local businesses such as leaflets and brochures. Alex thi...

Economic growth in country X has created many opportunities for new businesses such as TGH. TGH manufacture a range of personalised mobile (cell) p...

Pamela is a sole trader. She started her successful photography business 30 years ago. She specialises in taking pictures of people and places for ...

NPX is an online retail business. All orders are sent directly to customers from its warehouse. NPX employs 60 full-time workers. The Operations Ma...

GHT is a public limited company. It produces steel products including gates and garage doors. GHT has a flat organisational structure and a short c...

Raul owns a small farm that grows oranges. His farm is based in country Z. Like all primary sector activities, farming creates external costs and e...

Explain four reasons for changes in the relative importance of the primary, secondary and tertiary sectors in a country.