Cambridge Past Paper Questions

'The success of any manufacturing business will depend on the productivity of its workforce.' Discuss the extent to which you agree with this view.

Ray's Taxis (RT) Ray is a sole trader providing a taxi service in city L. Recently, demand for Ray's taxi has fallen due to an increase in the numb...

Juliet's Theatre Group (JTG) Juliet and her friends would all like careers in acting. They have formed a co-operative called JTG which is based in ...

Karen is a sole trader who operates a service business called Hot Bubblez (HB) from her own home. It is a laundry service in town P. Each day Karen...

Lakeland Oysters (LO) is a private limited company in country G that was started by the Dar family in 2010. LO farms oysters in a lake that is owne...

Bilal's Homes (BH) Bilal is a sole trader, who buys and sells apartments for a profit. Bilal left university two years ago and moved back to his pa...

Belted Up (BU) Belted Up (BU) is a manufacturer of hand-made leather belts for clothing. The business makes a range of sizes and colours of belts u...

Analyse the advantages to PGC of using enterprise resource planning (ERP).

Recommend a coordinated marketing mix for the new barista courses.

Evaluate the importance of workforce planning to the success of PGC's proposed new cafés.

Evaluate the importance of PEST analysis to the directors as they consider whether PGC should supply tea.

Evaluate the usefulness of strategic choice techniques to the directors as they consider Peter's proposal for PGC to open cafés.

Analyse the impact on Inolla of two changes in the economic environment in country Q.

Evaluate whether Inolla will need to change its marketing strategy to increase sales to businesses that rent out scooters in the shared micromobili...

Evaluate whether Inolla should subcontract production of electric scooters to solve the problem of insufficient capacity.

Evaluate the usefulness of strategic analysis techniques in identifying future growth strategies for Inolla.

Evaluate the significance of corporate planning in reducing risk as Inolla continues to grow.

Analyse the opportunities to SBC of the current economic environment in country X.

(a) Refer to Table 1. Calculate for SBC the: (b) Assess whether SBC should change its legal structure to a public limited company.

Evaluate the importance to SBC of using social media to maintain and increase customer loyalty.

(a) Refer to Table 2. Calculate, for the proposed government contract, the forecast: (b) You may refer to your results from 4(a) and other informat...

Evaluate the importance of workforce planning to the success of SBC.

Evaluate the usefulness to SBC of force field analysis as a means of making the strategic choice between option A and option B.

Evaluate the importance to SBC of effective strategic implementation if option B is chosen.

Explain why a business manager needs to understand the difference between capital expenditure and revenue expenditure.

Discuss the importance of emotional intelligence to a manager of a luxury holiday resort.

Priya lives in town R which is situated in beautiful countryside with nice walks nearby. Many tourists visit town R. The town's council would like ...

MC is a large public limited company that produces a range of components used by motorcycle manufacturers. MC's mission statement is 'to be the wor...

Farm Produce (FP) FP is a primary sector co-operative made up of six farms in country G. Each farm grows a range of fruit and vegetables. FP employ...

Seaside Hotel (SH) SH is a large hotel located in a tourist area of country H. SH has 120 rooms and employs 42 workers during the peak (busiest) se...