Cambridge Past Paper Questions

What does a bill of lading show?

What is an advantage to a producer of warehousing?

What is the benefit of paying insurance premiums to insurance companies?

Which risk is non-insurable for a business?

A factory is valued at $3 million. Its owners insure it against fire with two companies for $3 million with each company. How much compensation wou...

The diagram [Figure 28.1] shows events involved with making an insurance claim. What is the best way to help the insurance company process the clai...

A business applies for a bank loan of $10000 to be repaid in 12 monthly instalments. The amount of interest the bank will charge is 20%. How much m...

The newspaper headline [Figure 30.1] is about the closure of bank branches. Why are many bank branches closing?

Which location factor should an online seller consider?

Which type of business organisation sells its shares to the general public?

What is provided by a franchisor to a franchisee?

What is a characteristic of a bank overdraft?

The financial data shown [Figure 35.1] is for a retailer. What is the retailer's working capital?

Which action will not improve the rate of inventory turnover of a business?

What is an easy way to identify external factors that affect commercial activities?

What is an example of a sustainable transport solution?

What is the most effective way of recycling household waste?

Fig. 1.1 shows freight forwarders unloading cargo at a seaport. [Figure 1.1] Use Fig. 1.1 to help you answer the following questions.

Tahir has been employed as a dentist for five years. He has recently been approached by Ayesha, a friend, who thought it would be a good idea for t...

Fig. 3.1 shows the percentage (%) of expenditure on different forms of advertising in a country in 2016 and 2020. [Figure 3.1] Use Fig. 3.1 to help...

Banks offer a number of electronic banking services to their customers, including ATMs and internet banking.

WW Wholesalers supplies clothing. The commercial document in Fig. 5.1 has been sent to a customer. [Figure 5.1]

The diagram shows branches of production. production X secondary tertiary exhaustive non-exhaustive manufacturing construction commercial Y service...

Which organisation provides an aid to trade?

'Commercial services and direct services are interrelated.' What is an example of this statement?

Which service is provided by a retailer to a manufacturer?

A city has the following numbers of retail outlets. 1 department store 2 variety chain stores 3 supermarkets 22 independent stores 10 multiple chai...

Which service to customers is not normally a feature of a large-scale retail organisation?

Which impact on customer shopping patterns has been caused by the growth in ecommerce?

A student wishes to buy a laptop. Which factor would be the least important when deciding which type of credit to use?

What is meant by the chain of distribution?

Kosey is an import agent. He agrees to help an importer sell 100 beds. A buyer has agreed to a sales price of $400 for each bed. The agreed commiss...

A wholesaler buys goods from a manufacturer at $10 per item and sells them to retailers at $12 per item. What is the wholesaler's mark-up?

Which activity is an example of visible trade?

Which transaction is a visible export?

Collective advertising is advertising

The picture shows an informative advertisement for children to eat fruit. Which method of appeal is being used?

Why do companies advertise using social media?

Which statement is correct? Effective global communication enables

Which trend is most likely to have increased the use of a parcel delivery service?

The chart shows the methods of transport by which goods are delivered to customers. air 8% sea 20% road 60% rail 12% Which percentage of the goods ...

What is a responsibility of a port authority?

Flowers are sent by cargo plane from Asia to the UK. Which document is completed as evidence of the contract of carriage?

What is the most likely reason for a supermarket chain to use warehousing?

Where would imported goods be stored until taxes and duty have been paid?

The diagram shows the pooling of risk. insurance company profit costs (e.g. wages, rates, lighting and heating) X What does X represent?

What is an example of a non-insurable risk?

Which insurance principle explains why a person has no right to insure a neighbour's house?

A government has published last year's figures for burglaries. regions number of burglaries per 1000 homes north 35 south 3 east 9 west 22 This inf...

What is an inflow of funds into a customer's bank account?