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Edexcel business A level gce year 1 revision

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which type of leader would have employee welfare as a key business objective ?

a)

autocratic

b)

paternalistic

c)

laissez-faire

d)

democratic

2.

Which type of business has limited liability ?

a)

sole trader

b)

PLC

c)

partnership

3.

Offer workers a wider range of tasks (on same skill level) to motivate them

a)

job enlargement

b)

job enrichment

4.

A social enterprise business :

a)

aims to maximise profit

b)

aims to be friendly to staff

c)

wants to improve society and the environment

5.

Asking workers for their views or opinions on a decision :

a)

delegation

b)

job rotation

c)

consultation

d)

team-working

6.

Price, product, place, promotion (4 P's) =

a)

the marketing mess

b)

the marketing mix

c)

the marketing mass

d)

the marketing max

7.

Decisions are made at Head Office eg. in London (then communicated out to branch offices or regional shops)

a)

centralised

b)

decentralised

8.

Which is most suitable to motivate office workers (where it is difficult to measure output) :

a)

piecework

b)

performance-related pay

c)

commission

9.

Pay and working conditions are negotiated between the employer and a trade union :

a)

individual bargaining

b)

collective bargaining

10.

An organisational structure based on project teams :

a)

tall

b)

flat

c)

hierarchical

d)

matrix

11.

The diagram shows:

a)

an increase in demand

b)

an decrease in demand

c)

an increase in supply

d)

an decrease in supply

12.

For Cadbury's, the shift could be caused by :

a)

higher cost of production

b)

earthquake reducing cocoa crops

c)

reduced subsidies from government

d)

new technology improvements

13.

If demand is price elastic, an decrease in price would :

a)

decrease total revenue

b)

increase total revenue

14.

A cash cow (Boston Matrix) has :

a)

low market share, low market growth

b)

low market share, high market growth

c)

high market share, low market growth

d)

high market share, high market growth

15.

Formula for percentage change =

a)

original / difference

b)

original / difference x 100

c)

difference / original

d)

difference / original x 100

16.

Which type of good (product) should see sales rise in a recession ?

a)

luxury

b)

normal good

c)

inferior good

17.
a)

image relates to Maslow

b)

image relates to Taylor

c)

image relates to Mayo

d)

image relates to Herzberg

18.

Stock market flotation definition :

a)

The ups and downs of share prices

b)

selling shipping company shares

c)

financing a business by selling shares to the public

d)

selling shares to family member and friends (by invitation)

19.

A firm makes 300 units per month and has a maximum capacity of 500 units :

a)

capacity utilisation = 30%

b)

capacity utilisation = 50 %

c)

capacity utilisation = 60%

d)

capacity utilisation = 166.6%

20.

A firm can reduce the price elasticity of demand (of their product) by :

a)

increasing the price

b)

decreasing the price

c)

building a strong brand