Edexcel GCSE Business Studies Paper 2: Building a business June 2022 question paper 1BS0/02

Which one of the following is the minimum level of stock held by the business in the bar gate stock graph shown in Figure 1?

Select one answer.

Which one of the following is a barrier to effective communication?

Select one answer.

Explain one benefit to a business of allowing its employees to work flexible hours.

Explain one disadvantage to a business of using a just in time (JIT) system of stock control.

Which two of the following are stages of the product life cycle?

Select two answers.

Which two of the following are elements of the design mix?

Select two answers.

Table 1 contains information about a new piece of machinery that a business wants to purchase.

Using the information in Table 1, calculate the average rate of return.

Explain one advantage to a business of having motivated employees.

Explain one impact on a business if tariffs are placed on its exports.

Which one of the following is a stage in the sales process?

Select one answer.

Figure 2 shows a business’ sales revenue from each of its four locations in South Yorkshire in 2020.

Using the information in Figure 2, calculate the average sales revenue for this business in 2020. You are advised to show your workings.

Explain one method that a business could use to reduce its environmental impact.

Explain one method that a business could use to extend the life cycle of one of its products.

Discuss the impact on a company of using retained profit as a source of finance for expansion.

Outline one drawback to Greggs of using batch production in its factories.

Analyse the impact on Greggs from increasing the use of technology in its factories.

Table 2 contains information about Greggs’ financial performance in 2018.

Using the information in Table 2, calculate Greggs ’ gross profit.

Using the information in Table 2, calculate to 2 decimal places, Greggs ’ net profit margin.

Analyse the impact on Greggs from improving its logistics.

State one good that Greggs produces in its factories.

Outline one benefit to Greggs of being a public limited company (plc).

In order to continue the growth in its sales, Greggs is considering two options:

Option 1: differentiate its product range

Option 2: lower its prices.

Justify which one of these two options Greggs should choose.

Define the term multinational.

Figure 5 shows the percentage of customers the website www.jdsports.co.uk has had from various social media websites in 2020.

(Source: adapted from https://www.similarweb.com/website/jdsports.co.uk#social)

Using the information in Figure 5, identify the social media site that generated the smallest percentage of customers for www.jdsports.co.uk.

Outline one benefit to JD Sports of having a website.

In order to improve its competitive advantage JD Sports is considering two options:

Option 1: targeted online advertising

Option 2: sponsorship.

Justify which one of these two options JD Sports should choose.

Evaluate whether the takeover of Footasylum will allow JD Sports to increase its profit. You should use the information provided as well as your knowledge of business.