Finance and accounting — AS & A Level Business (9609) questions by topic

Define the term capital intensive operations.

Analyse one way in which a lack of finance can cause a business to fail.

Define the term inventory re-order level.

Analyse two advantages to a business of sale and leaseback.

Define the term incremental budgets.

Define the term just-in-time (JIT).

Analyse two benefits to a business of using break-even analysis.

Identify one external source of finance.

Analyse two ways that enterprise resource planning (ERP) could improve the efficiency of WS.

Using the data in Table 1.1, calculate the average monthly labour productivity for January to May 2025.

Evaluate the most effective method WS could use to improve investor return.

Using the data in Table 1.1, calculate the labour productivity for 2024.

Using the data in Table 1.2, calculate the dividend cover for 2024.

Analyse two possible effects on WCP's efficiency of an increase in its scale of operations.

Using the data in Table 1.2, calculate the operating profit margin for WCP in 2025.

Evaluate how significant Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) was to CH's operations strategy between 2019 and 2024.

Define the term outsourcing.

Analyse two factors which may influence a business's choice of sources of finance.

Define the term job production.

Analyse two limitations to a business of using contribution costing.

Define the term direct cost.

Analyse one possible impact on a business of operating over maximum capacity.

Analyse two benefits to a business of improving the sustainability of its operations.

Identify one fixed cost.

Analyse two disadvantages to GBS of its proposed communication process innovation.

Refer to lines 24-25 of the insert. Calculate the accounting rate of return (ARR) for the new grinding machine.

Analyse two problems SF may experience when implementing total quality management (TQM).

Refer to Table 1.2. Calculate the accounting rate of return (ARR) of automating production.

Refer to Table 1.1. Calculate the payback period for SCC's new factory.

Evaluate LC's business performance between 2014 and 2023.

Evaluate the extent to which CA's operations strategy between 2019 and 2024 led to the failure of the city Z branch.

Define the term zero budgeting.

Analyse one benefit to a business of improving capacity utilisation.

Define the term full costing.

Analyse two reasons why a business should measure labour productivity. (Answer Question 5 OR Question 6.)

Define the term government grant.

Analyse one likely impact on a business of outsourcing its production process.

Refer to Table 1.1. Calculate the acid test ratio.

Refer to Fig. 1.1. Calculate the expected monetary value (EMV) for the new factory in country M (option B).

Evaluate the extent to which implementing total quality management (TQM) might reduce costs for TC.

Refer to Table 1.1. Calculate annual labour productivity for 2023.

Refer to Table 1.2. Calculate for 2023-24, the operating profit margin.

Evaluate the usefulness to HCC of critical path analysis (CPA) as a management tool for operations planning.

Refer to Table 1.1. Calculate the change in the dividend yield between 2022 and 2023.

Evaluate whether total quality management (TQM) is the best way to solve the problem of AFF's customer complaints.

Advise DF on the likely impact of ratio results on its choice of future growth strategy.

Advise Idir on what accounting data he should use to help him develop a new business strategy for PI to sell pet insurance.

Evaluate the impact of FB's finance and accounting strategy on its performance between 2016 and 2022.

Analyse one way a business might raise productivity levels.

Analyse two ways in which accurate cost information can be used to improve business performance.

Refer to lines 47-49 (of the case study) and Table 1.1. Calculate the accounting rate of return (ARR).

Evaluate the usefulness of FWB's accounting ratio analysis to its directors when making business decisions.

Define the term fixed cost.

Analyse two benefits to a business of holding high levels of inventory.

Analyse two benefits to a business of government grants as a source of finance.

Analyse one reason why labour productivity is important to a business.

Analyse two purposes of a cash flow forecast for a business.

Identify one advantage to a business of using job production.

Analyse two benefits to WP of using quality assurance.

Refer to Table 1.2 and lines 41-66. Calculate the forecast return on capital employed (ROCE) for the year ending 31 May 2024.

Refer to Table 1.1. Calculate, for 2023, the current ratio.

Refer to Table 1.3. Calculate, for location X, the accounting rate of return (ARR).

Analyse two ways LT can measure whether tours meet customers' expectations.

Refer to Table 1.1. Calculate the payback period for LT's proposed new Tour Hub.

Define the term capital intensive.

Define the term margin of safety.

Define the term bankruptcy.

Analyse one way a business might improve the efficiency of its operations.

Define the term venture capital.

Analyse two ways in which operations contributes to added value in a business. (This question is from the OR option of Section B; candidates answer either Question 5 or Question…

Refer to Table 1.1 and Fig. 1.1. Calculate the minimum project duration.

Using the data in Table 1.2, calculate the forecast dividend cover ratio for 2024.

Refer to line 35. Calculate CQ's capacity utilisation.

Refer to lines 48-49 and Table 1.1. Calculate the net present value (NPV).

Refer to Table 1.1 and lines 49 to 51. Calculate the forecast capacity utilisation in 2024.

Refer to Table 1.2. Calculate the gearing ratio for 2023.

Evaluate the extent to which RT's operations strategy has supported the success of the business from 2015 to 2023.