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GCSE Business Factors that affect business location

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Another word for how close a business is......

a)

location

b)

accessibility

c)

proximity

2.

What are the five things that a business must think about when deciding to locate their business is a particular place?

a)

how close they are to the market(customers), materials, labour, competition, transportation, cost

b)

Shopping centre, schools, trampoline park for fun, supermarkets, cost

c)

Internet connection, competition, distant to schools, distance to supermarkets

3.

What is meant by labour when looking at business location?

a)

workers

b)

other competitors

c)

amount of work done in a day

d)

employers

4.

Which type of business may not need to be too physically close to its market?

a)

retailing (shops)

b)

manufacturing (factory)

c)

restaurants

5.

Which two o the following are the most important factors of location for a car manufacturer?

a)

Proximity to suppliers

b)

Proximity to labour market

c)

Proximity to city centre

d)

Proximity to supermarkets

6.

Which two of the following are the most important factors of location for primark

a)

Proximity to suppliers

b)

Proximity to labour market

c)

Proximity to city centre

d)

proximity to competitors

7.

What does the term 'market' mean?

a)

The Shareholder

b)

The competitors

c)

The manufacturer

d)

The consumers/customers of the business

8.

A business that needs labourers with high levels of skill would need to be located near...

a)

countryside

b)

small population

c)

the sea/airport

d)

big cities or/and universities

9.

The most important factor for most businesses when deciding their location is...

a)

the cost of renting/buying the building

b)

whether there are competitors nearby

c)

Whether there is a carpark nearby

d)

Whether there is roadlinks nearby

10.

Which of the following is likely to be the main factor influencing the location of a small barber shop? Proximity to:

a)

The market

b)

Labour

c)

Raw materials

d)

Competitors

11.

The rise of the internet has meant that many businesses costs are:

a)

Lower as there is more need for expensive retail premises

b)

Lower as there is less need for expensive retail premises

c)

Higher as there is more need for expensive retail premises

d)

Higher as there is less need for expensive retail premises

12.

A business has the choice to locate at Site A, which is close to the market, or Site B, which is close to materials and labour. The benefit of choosing Site A over Site B is that it is close to:

a)

Customers

b)

Suppliers

c)

Raw materials

d)

Employees

13.

Which of the following businesses is most likely to locate close to the market?

a)

A clothes retailer with a national chain of fixed premises stores

b)

An internet book store

c)

A manufacturer of high performance sports cars

d)

A small chocolate producer

14.

The location factor known as proximity to labour involves knowing where:

a)

Employees are located

b)

Suppliers are located

c)

Customers are located

d)

Materials are located

15.

Which of the following businesses is most likely to locate close to its raw materials?

a)

Yoghurt manufacturer

b)

National supermarket chain

c)

High street mobile phone store

d)

British online clothing retailer

16.

A new start-up café is most likely to locate close to its:

a)

Competitors

b)

Suppliers

c)

Employees

d)

Customers

17.

What could be a reason for a business to choose a location out of town?

a)

Because they require a town center location to attract customers

b)

To benefit from high foot traffic

c)

To take advantage of cheaper rents for planned purchase businesses

d)

To be closer to their suppliers

18.

Match the following

a)

Are these people near the location who would buy from the business?

1.

Customers

b)

Is there a lot of this in the local area to take our customers?

2.

Competition

c)

Are there people near the business which could work for us?

3.

Employees

d)

Are these close to us so we can re-stock our products to sell?

4.

Suppliers

e)

Customers and employees need this to access our business.

5.

Parking

19.

What is one benefit of a clothes shop being located in a busy, expensive town centre?

a)

it will be able to hire more highly skilled workers

b)

It will cost the shop more money

c)

The shop will be likely to get more customers

20.

Where would a law firm be best located?

a)

Close to highly skilled workers

b)

Closer to low skilled workers

c)

close to raw materials