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Edexcel A Level Business Paper 3 2022

Total questions: 34

Worksheet time: 17mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the selling price of an item which costs £5 to make and has a 50% mark up (profit added)?

a)

£7.50

b)

£5.00

c)

£10.00

2.

What is an advantage of price skimming?

a)

Gains market share

b)

Covers costs and breaks even

c)

Allows an organisation to make the largest profit possible

3.

What is Loss Leader pricing?

a)

A product is sold at production cost price

b)

A product is sold at less than cost price

c)

A product is sold to make a small profit

4.

_________ refers to the process of identifying and attracting job seekers so as to build a pool of qualified job applicants.

a)

Selection

b)

Training

c)

Recruitment

d)

Induction

5.

The poor quality of selection will mean extra cost on _______ and supervision.

a)

Training

b)

Recruitment

c)

Work quality

d)

None of the above

6.
Which is an internal method of recruitment?
a)
Job centre
b)
Notice board
c)
Newspaper
d)
Testing
7.
Which should NOT be on a job description?
a)
Qualifications
b)
Hours
c)
Duties
d)
Location
8.

The process of hiring an external provider to do the work that was previously done internally

a)

Offshoring

b)

Reshoring

c)

Outsourcing

d)

Insourcing

9.

A business policy of permanently reducing production capacity is known as:

a)

Outsourcing

b)

Rationalisation

c)

Redundancies

d)

Depreciation

10.

A disadvantage of a business having significant spare capacity is that:

a)

Higher return on investment in fixed assets

b)

Employees may become de-motivated and bored

c)

Business can respond to sudden increases in demand

d)

Fixed costs are a low percentage of total costs

11.

Which of the following might result in increased spare capacity?

a)

A major competitor goes bust

b)

Successful response to a marketing campaign

c)

Closure of a surplus production facility

d)

A major product reaches end of product life cycle

12.

How do train companies improve capacity utilisation

a)

Serve food onboard

b)

Charge more during peak times and less during off peak

c)

Run more regular services

d)

Buy more trains

13.

Mothballing means that

a)

A business has too many resources

b)

Leaving machines and building unused and unmaintained.

c)

A business reduces its resources

d)

Leaving machines and building unused but maintained.

14.

The Business Cycle describes :

a)

a popular form of transport to the office

b)

up and downs of interest rates

c)

up and downs of economic growth

d)

up and downs of inflation rate

15.

If an economic boom leads to inflation then :

a)

taxes and interest rates will be lowered

b)

taxes and interest rates will be increased

c)

government will spend more on big projects

16.

Which of the following demonstrates the impact of a weak pound on a UK business that imports raw materials and exports finished goods?

a)

Imported raw materials dearer and exported finished goods cheaper

b)

Imported raw materials cheaper and exported finished goods cheaper

c)

Imported raw materials dearer and exported finished goods dearer

d)

Imported raw materials cheaper and exported finished goods dearer

17.

Gross Domestic Product (GDP) refers to

a)

the total monetary value of a country based on goods and services produced

b)

the total value of all goods and services that are required for the production process

c)

the total value of all goods and services produced in a business in a given period of time

d)

the total value of all goods and services produced in a country in a given period of time

18.

Which of the following is the most likely cause of cost - push inflation?

a)

An increase in consumer demand

b)

An increase in demand for a country's exports

c)

A rise in demand for essential commodities such as oil

d)

An increase in government subsidies to industry

19.

Which of the following statements relates to consumer law?

a)

Businesses are required to provide and maintain safety equipment

b)

Goods sold must be free from defects and be safe to use

c)

Businesses must provide employees with any necessary safety training

d)

The employer & employee have a duty to maintain a safe workplace

20.

Which of the following is most likely to be true if a business obeys consumer law?

a)

Sales are likely to decrease

b)

Bad publicity may be avoided

c)

Fines will be issued and will need to be paid

d)

Reputation in the marketplace decreases

21.
The Payback Period (PBP) will always select the investment that
a)
Gives the highest rate of return
b)
Returns the cost of investment first
c)
Has the highest total net cash flow
22.
The main advantage of ARR
a)
easy comparisons
b)
money
c)
profit
d)
ignores timing of cash inflow
23.

Porter’s five forces are:

a)

The extent of industry rivalry, Bargaining power of buyers, Bargaining power of suppliers, Threat of substitutes, Threat of new entry

b)

The extent of industries, Bargaining power of buyers, Bargaining power of suppliers, Threat of suspension, Threat of new entry

c)

The extent of industry rivalry, Bargaining power of buyers, Bargaining power of suppliers, Threat of substitutes, Threat of new bargins

24.

The NPV method discounts shrinks...

a)

the future inflows into present values by multiplying them by a set of cost factors

b)

the future inflows into present values by dividing them by a set of discounting factors

c)

the future outflows into present values by multiplying them by a set of discounting factors

d)

the future inflows into present values by multiplying them by a set of discounting factors

25.

A shareholder’s perspective differs from that of a stakeholder in that their interests are mostly related to

a)

environmental issues

b)

profitability

c)

the threat of new entrants

d)

product quality

26.

_____ usually include creditors and suppliers

a)

Internal shareholders

b)

Internal stakeholders

c)

External shareholders

d)

External stakeholders

27.

____ argues that businesses should take account of its responsibilities to stakeholders rather than just focus on shareholders.

a)

The profit concept

b)

The consumer concept

c)

The shareholder concept

d)

The stakeholder concept

28.

Which method of protection raises revenue for the government?

a)

domestic subsidies

b)

embargo

c)

quota

d)

tariff

29.

An argument against trade protectionism is that it will increase

a)

competition for domestic industries

b)

domestic price level

c)

the current account deficit

d)

opportunities for domestic infant industries

30.

Which of the following is NOT an argument in favor of protectionism?

a)

Protectionism shields infant industries from foreign competition

b)

Protectionism safeguards workers’ jobs

c)

Protectionism promotes industries that are essential to national security

d)

Protectionism makes domestic firms more competitive in the long run

31.
An import quota is a
a)
tax on import quantities above the legal limit.
b)
way to increase tariff revenues for the exporting country.
c)
legal limit on the amount of a good that can be imported into a country.
d)
legal incentive for members of WTO to increase their exports of a good or service.
32.

A total ban on imported products is a .....

a)

Tariff

b)

Quota

c)

Embargo

d)

Subsidy

33.

Over-production in developed countries may be released into the markets of developing nations, which undercuts domestic prices and domestic producers may be forced to leave the market. This is called....

a)

Dumping

b)

Quota

c)

Tariffs

d)

Embargo

34.

In 2015 the EU paid British Farmers 10p for every pint of milk produced. This is an example of a .....

a)

Tariff

b)

Quota

c)

Form of Financial Protectionism

d)

Subsidy