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Every AQA A-Level Business exam question on 3.5.4 Making financial decisions: improving cash flow and profits, 2020–2025, with its mark scheme and examiner’s report.
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Q17.2
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Q02.2
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Q03.1
The whole paper ↗![June 2024 Paper 2, question 03.1: Analyse how WWH Ltd could improve its cashflow. [9 marks] 0 3 Read the information below and then answer the questions that follow. WWH Ltd WWH Ltd manufactures](https://pub-e8a9dbab8e2a4d089f52b2a45e0d0b50.r2.dev/bank/71322-jun24-03-1-qp.webp)
![June 2024 AS Paper 1, question 08: Which of the following actions is most likely to improve profits in the short-term? [1 mark] A Increasing capital expenditure B Increasing spending on marketing](https://pub-e8a9dbab8e2a4d089f52b2a45e0d0b50.r2.dev/bank/71311-jun24-08-qp.webp)
![June 2022 Paper 3, question 03: Using information from Appendix C and the case study, recommend whether the use of debt factoring is a good way for SSN Ltd to improve its cash flow. [16 marks]](https://pub-e8a9dbab8e2a4d089f52b2a45e0d0b50.r2.dev/bank/71323-jun22-03-qp.webp)
Q02.2
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![November 2020 AS Paper 1, question 10: Receivables are the value of [1 mark] A a business’s sales revenue. B inventory held by a business. C money owed to a business by its customers. D money owed to](https://pub-e8a9dbab8e2a4d089f52b2a45e0d0b50.r2.dev/bank/71311-nov20-10-qp.webp)
Q17.2
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All 10 questions on Making financial decisions: improving cash flow and profits, as a list
- June 2025, AS Paper 1, Q17.2 (16 marks): To what extent do you think Nita should adopt the new approach suggested by her accountant? [16 marks] 1 7 Diggin’ It garden care Nita set up a gardening busine
- June 2025, AS Paper 2, Q06 (16 marks): Hoods Ltd wants to improve its cash flow position. Do you think it should use an overdraft or reduce the time it gives customers to pay to achieve this? Justify
- June 2024, Paper 2, Q02.2 (9 marks): Soundcheck plc has set a corporate objective to achieve an annual profit in 2024. Analyse the difficulties Soundcheck plc may experience when attempting to turn
- June 2024, Paper 2, Q03.1 (9 marks): Analyse how WWH Ltd could improve its cashflow. [9 marks] 0 3 Read the information below and then answer the questions that follow. WWH Ltd WWH Ltd manufactures
- June 2024, AS Paper 1, Q08 (1 mark): Which of the following actions is most likely to improve profits in the short-term? [1 mark] A Increasing capital expenditure B Increasing spending on marketing
- June 2023, Paper 1, Q24 (25 marks): A business decides to make increasing profits its main objective. Is it inevitable that this business will need to improve its quality to achieve this objective
- June 2022, Paper 3, Q03 (16 marks): Using information from Appendix C and the case study, recommend whether the use of debt factoring is a good way for SSN Ltd to improve its cash flow. [16 marks]
- November 2021, Paper 2, Q02.2 (6 marks): Analyse how Bell Ltd’s cash flow is improved by the way it manages its payables and receivables. [6 marks] 0 2 Read the information below and then answer the qu
- November 2020, AS Paper 1, Q10 (1 mark): Receivables are the value of [1 mark] A a business’s sales revenue. B inventory held by a business. C money owed to a business by its customers. D money owed to
- November 2020, AS Paper 1, Q17.2 (16 marks): Mary is concerned about Glade Ltd’s cashflow problems. Do you think an overdraft is the best way to deal with the company’s long-term cashflow problems? [16 mar
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