Cambridge & Pearson Edexcel Past Paper Questions
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Isaiah had been to college to study business. His tutors told him that added value was important if a business was to be successful and profitable....
The government of country W is concerned about the level of imports. Local pressure groups have been asking for import restrictions to be introduce...
Leo owns a garage in the centre of a town located in country A. The garage has a lot of stock of cars for sale. It also sells petrol and has a shop...
Suki is the manager of a department in a large retail shop. Her job is varied and she is responsible for the recruitment and motivation of the staf...
Manfred is the Finance Director for a large public limited company called BTX. He sets the financial budgets for all the departments. Manfred is wo...
Sweet Scent is a company that manufactures toiletries such as soap, sun cream and toothpaste. Fig.1 and Fig. 2 show the product life cycles of two ...
ATC is a very large exporting company with many offices throughout the world. The top management know that effective communication is vital in such...
Carlos was made redundant from his job in a factory. He used his redundancy money and some of his savings to start a new business. He bought a boat...
Early Tots makes wooden toys for children. The business uses both primary and secondary market research data to decide what products to make. It ha...
Crompton Springs, a private limited company, bottles mineral water. The production method is automated but inefficient, because the machinery used ...
XYZ is a large retail business with over 50 shops. The business is going to open a new shop and wants to recruit a manager. A job description for t...
Country W has a mixed economy. The public sector has grown in recent years. The Government has also introduced many new laws regulating business be...
Durban Dragons is a big football club. Recently fewer people have been watching its matches and ticket revenue is falling. Some people say that tic...
Gresham Textiles manufactures high quality clothing. Production is labour intensive. Managers are paid more than production line workers in the fac...
Table 1 shows the Balance Sheet for company D at the end of 2010 and 2011. [Table 1: Company D Balance Sheet [$m] 2010 2011 Fixed Assets 500 600 Cu...
Jergen Cosmetics makes a range of beauty products for women in country A. 'We are a market orientated company' said Klaus, the Managing Director. '...
Greenfield manufactures furniture. The company imports wood and other raw materials from several countries. Marcos is the Managing Director of Gree...
Earnshaw is a company that buys raw materials and components in bulk. It uses them to manufacture furniture using flow production methods. Producti...
Muammar sells boxes of spices to markets. Workers in Muammar's business are paid on a piece rate basis. Table 1 gives financial details of the busi...
Yura is the Managing Director of a company that sells holidays. The company organises hotels, air flights and car hire for customers. For the first...
Table 2 gives data about the economy of country C. Table 2 Year National income per person ($) Inflation (%) Unemployment (%) 2010 650 5 10 2011 6...
Dmit is a partner in a small retail clothing business. The business has been successful, but it is finding it difficult to compete against larger r...
Lu is a sole trader. He manages a bakery shop making and selling bread and cakes. He employs 4 workers all of whom are paid on time rate. Lu wants ...
Rakesh manages a car repair business in country Y. He buys cars that are damaged or have parts missing. Rakesh adds value by repairing these cars u...
Natural Care is a company that makes soap. The business always acts in an ethical way. It follows fair trade principles by paying fair prices to it...
Genel manufactures clothes. The company uses an autocratic style of management. It employs a large number of workers and pays low wages. Many emplo...
Zalpha is a multinational company. It manufactures agricultural machinery and employs a large number of people. Figure 1 shows a simplified organis...
Abdula manages a business partnership that makes sports clothing. The business is working at full capacity. It employs 12 people who are paid on a ...
Sarah is the owner of a small business making children's toys. She sells her toys to retailers on 3 months' credit. She receives 1 month's credit f...
Rhiannon Enterprises manufactures ladies clothes. Its best selling products are fashion jeans and T-shirts. Figure 1 shows sales data for these pro...
Grenada makes meat products such as pies, burgers and ready-made meals. It employs 10000 workers. It operates in many countries, each with differen...
Ali has just been appointed as Managing Director of Anypart, a large manufacturing business. He told Anypart's Board of Directors: ‘Behaving ethica...
Identify and explain two disadvantages to PB Bank of being a public limited company.
Banking is a tertiary sector business. Identify four other types of tertiary sector businesses that PB Bank might use and explain what services the...
Identify and explain two appropriate ways in which the results from the question 'do you have a bank account?' in Appendix 3 could be presented.
Identify and explain four reasons why the information in Appendix 3 may not be an accurate record of the views of all bank customers.
Identify and explain two possible effects on DOTT Bank employees if DOTT Bank was taken over by PB Bank.
Identify and explain two advantages to ACE of being a public limited company.
Identify and explain one advantage and one disadvantage to ACE of all of its employees being members of a trade union.
Identify and explain two suitable pricing strategies ACE could use when selling its products in new markets in other countries.
Identify four stakeholder groups of ACE and explain why each group will be interested in the published accounts.
Refer to Appendix 2. Identify and explain one effect on businesses in country Z of changes in the agricultural sector.
TWH makes a range of toys using batch production. TWH's Managing Director, Dylan, plans to invest in new technology to reduce average costs. 'It's ...
Ramford is a private limited company. It has four factories which make a wide range of food products including breakfast cereal and ice cream. The ...
Grimshaw manufactures mobile (cell) phones for the mass market. Last year its market share increased by 3%. The Managing Director is planning to se...
Tebo has recently been made redundant from his job as a car mechanic. He is thinking of setting up his own business. Even though he has no manageme...
Walt owns a company which has developed a new computer game for adults. A focus group report shows customers like it. Walt has been considering the...
CLW makes wood furniture, including chairs and tables. Demand has risen quickly over the past 3 years and the business needs to increase the scale ...
NCE manufactures cars in 4 factories using flow production. NCE's Human Resources Director thinks good induction training helps achieve high produc...
Nellis is a public limited company. It specialises in building large luxury houses. Over the past 3 years its profits have increased as the country...