AQA A Level Business Exam Questions By Topic

Entrepreneurs, Business Planning, Business Decisions, Business Objectives

Sole Traders & Private Limited Companies, Public Limited Companies, Shares & Shareholding, Cooperatives & Social Enterprises, Stakeholders

Primary Market Research, Secondary Market Research, Market Mapping

Markets, Market Competition, Marketing Data, Quantitative Skills

Influences on Demand, Price Elasticity of Demand, Income Elasticity of Demand

Niche & Mass Markets, Market Segmentation, The Target Market

Marketing Objectives, The Marketing Budget, Marketing and Other Business Functions, Marketing and Competitiveness

Introduction to the Marketing Mix, Product, Price, Distribution (Place), Promotional Mix, Promotional Methods

Social Media Campaigns & Content Marketing, Search Engine Optimisation (SEO), Website Cookies & Pay Per Click, Measures of Success in Digital Marketing, Customer Relationship Management, Digital Technology in Marketing & Competitiveness

The Value & Challenges of International Marketing, Adapting the Marketing Mix for International Markets

Ethics and the Marketing Mix

Key Financial Objectives, Financial Decisions & Other Functions, Financial Decisions & Competitiveness

Internal Sources of Finance, External Sources of Finance

Break-even Calculations, Break-even Charts

Profit & Profitability, Types of Profit, Ways to Increase Profit

Purpose and Value of Budgeting, Analysing Budgets

What is Liquidity?, Measuring Liquidity

Cash Flow Forecasts, Improving Cash Flow

Income Statement, Statement of Financial Position, Analysis of the Statement of Financial Position, Trends, Benchmarking & Business Context, Limitations of Financial Reporting

Shareholder rewards, Profits & Profit Margins, Return on Capital Employed & Return on Investment, Cash Flow, Liquidity & Gearing, Break-even & Budgets

Ethical Issues in Finance

Key Human Resource Objectives

What is Human Resource Planning?, Human Resource Planning & Business Competitiveness

Forms of Employment, Human Resource Data

Principles of Organisational Design, Changing Organisational Design

What is Leadership?, Leadership Styles

Acquiring talent, Managing, Developing & Retaining Talent, Teamwork

Motivation Theory, Financial Motivation, Non-financial Motivation, Employee Wellbeing

Involving Employees in Decision-Making, Poor Employer & Employee Relations, Trade Unions & Employee Forums

Ethics in HR

Key Operations Objectives, Operations & Competitiveness

Choosing a Location

Operations Data: Objectives, Operations Data: Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)

What is Efficiency?, Improving Efficiency

The Importance of Quality, Methods of Improving Quality

Environmental Sustainability, Reducing Environmental Impact

Ways to Match Supply & Demand

Managing the Supply Chain, The Importance of Suppliers

Effective Management of Inventory, Inventory Turnover

The Purpose & Nature of Innovation, Protecting Innovation

Purpose & Value of Project Management, Network Analysis

Economies of Scale, Diseconomies of Scale

Technology in Inventory Management, Technology in Supply Chain Management, Automation

Supplier Codes of Conduct & Audits, Ethical Issues in Operations

The Importance of Business Values & Culture, Changing Business Culture

The Importance of Sustainability, Elements of Sustainability

What is Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)?, Models of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), Environmental, Social & Governance Reporting

Porter's Five Forces: Theory, Porter's Five Forces in Practice

What is the Political Environment?, The Political Environment: Contemporary Issues

What is the Legal Environment?, Legal Environment in Practice, Business Responses to Changes in the Legal Environment

What is the Economic Environment, Economic Environment in Practice: Economic Growth & Taxation, Economic Environment in Practice: Inflation & Interest Rates, Economic Environment in Practice: Exchange Rates & Unemployment

What is the Social Environment?, Social Environment in Practice

Technological Change, The Impact of Disruptive & Digital Technological Change

The Importance of Strategy & Planning, Assessing Business Performance: Marketing and Finance Data, Assessing Business Performance: Human Resources and Operations Data, Assessing Business Performance: Qualitative analysis

Mission, Values & Objectives, SWOT Analysis

Stakeholder Mapping, Stakeholder Impacts

Ansoff's Matrix, Porter's Generic Strategies

Successful Strategic Implementation, Gaining, Maintaining & Losing Competitiveness

Investment Appraisal

Small or Medium Sized Enterprises (SMEs), Why Businesses Grow, Integration, Retrenchment

Opportunities & Threats of Global Strategy, Selling & Operating Globally, Producing Abroad, Entering international markets

The Importance of Digital Strategy

The Nature & Impact of Change, Resistance to and Management of Change

Assessing Risk & Planning for Uncertainty, Managing Risk, Managing Uncertainty