Edexcel GCSE Business Studies Paper 2: Building a business June 2024 question paper 1BS0/02

Which one of the following is an element of the design mix?

Select one answer.

Which one of the following is the best definition of a trade bloc?

Select one answer.

Explain one reason why a business may increase its product range.

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

Which two of the following documents would be sent to a business by a person when applying for a job?

Select two answers.

Which two of the following are stages in the sales process?

Select two answers.

Table 1 contains information about a machine that a business is considering purchasing.

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

Explain one method a business could use to improve the quality of its products.

Explain one disadvantage to a business of having a flat organisational structure.

Which one of the following elements of the marketing mix relates to the distribution of a product to the consumer?

Select one answer.

Figure 1 shows the bar gate stock graph for a business in June 2023. A and B represent deliveries of stock to the business.

Using the information in Figure 1, calculate how many days it took for the business to run out of stock after receiving its last delivery in June 2023.

Explain one reason why a business may use sponsorship to promote a product.

Explain one disadvantage to a business of using remote working.

Discuss the benefit to a business from reducing its environmental impact.

In the Source Booklet, look at Figure 2 and read Extract A, then answer Questions 4, 5 and 6.

Outline one method of internal growth that Popeyes could use.

Analyse the importance to Popeyes of differentiating its products.

Table 2 shows the price of items in an order placed by a customer at Popeyes.

Using the information in Table 2, calculate the average price of the items ordered by the customer.

Using the information in Table 2, calculate, to 2 decimal places, the percentage of the total order spent on Chicken wings.

Analyse the drawback to Popeyes from trying to improve productivity.

State one example of stock that Popeyes is likely to purchase from a supplier.

Outline one benefit to Popeyes from having a good relationship with its suppliers.

In order to help increase the profit made by the Stratford branch of Popeyes, the manager is considering the following two options:

Option 1: employ workers on flexible hours

Option 2: employ workers full-time.

Justify which one of these two options Popeyes should choose.

In the Source Booklet, look at Figure 3 and read Extract B, then answer Question 7.

Give one non-financial method to motivate employees in a business.

Figure 4 shows the UK market share of the four largest cinema chains in 2016 and 2019.

(Source: https://www.bfi.org.uk/industry-data-insights/statistical-yearbook 2017 and 2020)

Using the information in Figure 4, identify the only cinema chain that increased its market share in 2019 .

Outline one likely responsibility for a manager of a Cineworld cinema.

In order to cover its loan repayments, Cineworld plc is considering the following two options:

Option 1: selling assets

Option 2: issue new share capital.

Justify which one of these two options Cineworld plc should choose.

Evaluate the importance of charging lower prices to allow Cineworld to return to profit. You should use the information provided as well as your knowledge of business.