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Every AQA GCSE Business exam question on 3.1.7 Expanding a business, 2020–2025, with its mark scheme and examiner’s report.
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Q03.7
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All 19 questions on Expanding a business, as a list
- June 2025, Paper 2, Q03.7 (6 marks): Whilst the business grows, Karl will communicate with staff through monthly, instead of weekly, meetings. Analyse one type of diseconomies of scale that may occ
- June 2025, Paper 2, Q03.8 (12 marks): Karl wants Solar Scene Ltd to expand into the business segment of the market. He is considering two options: 1. Apply for a government grant to build a factory
- June 2024, Paper 1, Q01.7 (2 marks): Explain one method of growth used by a business when expanding organically or externally. [2 marks]
- June 2024, Paper 1, Q01.11 (2 marks): Explain one disadvantage to a business of expanding through external growth. [2 marks]
- June 2024, Paper 1, Q02.4 (2 marks): Explain one benefit of growth to a business. [2 marks]
- June 2024, Paper 2, Q01.6 (1 mark): A business decides to expand sales by using e-commerce. This is an example of: [1 mark]
- June 2023, Paper 2, Q03.7 (12 marks): Emilios wants to increase sales revenue during the winter months. It is considering two options to achieve this. Both options will cost the same to set up. The
- June 2022, Paper 1, Q02.3 (9 marks): Since Premium Motors started 10 years ago it has expanded slowly using organic growth. Recommend whether Premium Motors should now take over LLC. Give reasons f
- June 2022, Paper 1, Q03.4 (1 mark): Identify one reason for diseconomies of scale occurring. [1 mark]
- June 2022, Paper 2, Q01.7 (2 marks): Identify two methods of organic growth. [2 marks]
- November 2021, Paper 1, Q01.8 (2 marks): Explain one method a business may use to expand. [2 marks]
- November 2021, Paper 1, Q03.5 (2 marks): Using data from Table 2, describe how the information indicates STC has experienced growth. [2 marks]
- November 2021, Paper 1, Q03.6 (2 marks): Using Table 2, explain one benefit to STC of its growth. [2 marks]
- November 2021, Paper 2, Q03.2 (4 marks): Using Item C, explain one type of economy of scale that might benefit Jake’s business as it grows. [4 marks]
- November 2021, Paper 2, Q03.6 (12 marks): Jake wants to target a new BEco Bottle at sports people and needs to increase production. He is considering two options to achieve this: • outsource production
- November 2020, Paper 2, Q01.5 (1 mark): Which method of growth involves employing another business to produce products or provide services? [1 mark]
- November 2020, Paper 2, Q01.7 (2 marks): Explain what is meant by the term ‘economies of scale’. [2 marks]
- November 2020, Paper 2, Q02.2 (2 marks): Calculate the average number of TradeUp stores opened each year from 2017 to 2019. Show all workings. [2 marks]
- November 2020, Paper 2, Q02.3 (6 marks): Analyse one benefit for TradeUp of expanding through franchising. [6 marks]
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