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Fixed and Variable Costs

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

(a)   are all of the expenses that a business incurs (pays).

2.

The total costs are calculated as the sum of the (a)   costs and the variable costs.

3.

(a)   costs don't vary as the business changes its output

4.

(a)   costs change directly with output.

5.

Fixed or Variable?

Wages paid for factory labour?

a)

Fixed

b)

Variable

6.

Fixed or Variable?

Raw materials

a)

Fixed

b)

Variable

7.

Fixed or Variable?

Transport costs

a)

Fixed

b)

Variable

8.

Fixed or Variable?

Office rent

a)

Fixed

b)

Variable

9.

Fixed or Variable?

Insurance

a)

Fixed

b)

Variable

10.

Fixed or Variable?

Salaries

a)

Fixed

b)

Variable

11.

A loan payment is a fixed expense.

a)

True

b)

False

12.

Dara makes bracelets and sells them in her shop. Which is a fixed expense for Dara’s business?

a)

the cost of the beads

b)

the cost of the string

c)

the cost of advertising

d)

rent for her shop

13.

What is a cost?

a)

Something the company receives

b)

The price of a product

c)

Something the company must pay

d)

Something the company sells

14.

If Sam's Sandwiches use 25p of material for each sandwich, what will be their variable costs for 10 sandwiches

a)

10 x 0.25 = £2.50

b)

2.5 x 10 = £25

c)

25 x 10 = £250

d)

0.25/10 = 2.5p

15.
If you own a home, you must pay for electricity you use.  The amount you pay changes every month depending on how much you use. This is an example of a...
a)
FIXED cost.
b)
VARIABLE cost.
16.
Your business rents a building on Main Street in Dewsbury.  Every month you pay exactly £750 to rent the building.  This is an example of a...
a)
FIXED cost.
b)
VARIABLE cost.
17.
You own a restaurant and every month you must pay your water bill. However, you never know how much that bill will be because the amount changes based upon how much water your business uses.  This is a...
a)
FIXED cost.
b)
VARIABLE cost.
18.
Number of Products produced / sold is also referred to as...
a)
Output
b)
Revenue
c)
Costs
d)
items
19.
Management salaries are an example of
a)
Fixed costs
b)
Variable costs
20.

How confident are you in identifying Fixed and Variable costs now?

a)

Extremely confident

b)

Confident

c)

Not very Confident

d)

I still don't get it at all