AQA A Level Business Exam Questions By Topic

Why Businesses Exist, Business Objectives, The Importance of Profit

Private Sector Businesses: Sole Traders, Private Sector Businesses: Companies, The Public Sector, Non-Profit Organisations and Social Enterprises, Shares and Shareholders

Competition and Market Conditions, Household Incomes, Interest Rates, Demographic Factors, Environmental Issues and Fair Trade

Managers Versus Leaders, Leadership Styles, Comparing Leadership Styles

Management and Decision-Making, Scientific Decision-Making, Decision Trees, Influences on Decision-Making

Stakeholder Needs, Stakeholder Mapping, Managing Stakeholder Relationships

Setting Marketing Objectives

The Importance of Marketing Research, Primary Market Research, Secondary Market Research, Interpreting Marketing Data, Elasticity of Demand

Segmentation, Targeting and Positioning

Elements of the Marketing Mix, Product Decisions, Pricing Decisions, Promotional Decisions, Distribution Decisions, People, Process and the Physical Environment, An Integrated Marketing Mix

The Value of Setting Operational Objectives, Setting Operational Objectives

Operations Data

The Importance of Capacity, Efficiency and Productivity, Lean Production, Technology and Efficiency

Improving Quality

Matching Supply and Demand, Inventory Control, The Supply Chain

Budgeting, Cash Flow Forecasts, Analysing Timings of Cash Flow, Break-Even Analysis, Calculating Break-Even, Analysing Profitability

The Need for Finance, Internal Sources of Finance, External Sources of Finance

Improving Cash Flow, Profits and Profitability

Setting Human Resource Objectives

Calculating and Interpreting Human Resource Data

Principles of Organisational Design, Models of Organisational Structure, The Value of Changing Organisational Design

The Human Resource Plan, Recruitment, Training, Redeployment, Dismissal and Redundancy

Motivation and Motivation Theories, Financial Methods of Motivation, Non-Financial Methods of Motivation, Building a Rewards Package

The Value of Good Working Relations, Trade Unions and Work Councils

Influences on Mission, Objectives and Strategies, Mission, Objectives, Strategy and Tactics, Strategic and Functional Objectives, SWOT Analysis

The Income Statement, The Balance Sheet, Financial Ratios, Efficiency Ratios, Using Operations Data, Using Human Resource Data, Using Marketing Data, Core Competencies, Assessing Short- and Long-Term Performance, Assessing Overall Business Performance

Political and Legal Change, Economic Changes: GDP and Taxation, Economic Changes: Inflation and Exchange Rates, Economic Changes: Fiscal and Monetary Policy, Economic Changes: Open Trade Versus Protectionism, Social and Technological Change, Corporate Social Responsibility

Competition: Porter's Five Forces

Investment Appraisal Methods, Factors Influencing Investment Decisions

Choosing an Appropriate Market

Strategic Positioning Strategies, Competitive Advantage

Why and How Businesses Grow, Types of External Growth, Managing Issues Caused by Growth, The Impact of Changes to Size on the Functional Areas

The Value of Innovation, The Impact of Innovation on the Functional Areas

The Value of Globalisation, Operating and Trading Internationally, The Attractiveness of International Markets, Multinational Businesses

The Value and Use of Digital Technology

The Value and Causes of Change, Flexible Organisations, Barriers to Change

The Importance of Organisational Culture, Changing the Organisational Culture

The Effective Implementation of Strategy, Network Analysis

Problems With Strategy and Why Strategies Fail, Contingency Planning and Crisis Management