Lesson 2.1.4b

2.1.4b Environmental considerations, sustainability and pressure group activity Quiz: Pearson Edexcel Business, Unit 6

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Lesson 2.1.4b, Environmental considerations, sustainability and pressure group activity: 20 multiple choice questions for the Pearson Edexcel GCSE Business (1BS0), Unit 6: Growing the business, written with Revision Ninja.

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The 20 questions

  1. What is the standard business definition of sustainability?

    • Halting business growth
    • Maximising short-term revenue
    • Protecting future generations
    • Eliminating all costs

  2. What is the main objective of a pressure group?

    • Influencing decisions
    • Selling products
    • Electing MPs
    • Maximising dividends

  3. Which environmental action typically reduces short-term profit?

    • Stopping online sales
    • Cancelling staff training
    • Using renewable energy
    • Reducing office lighting

  4. How can a pressure group boycott negatively affect sales?

    • Lowering production costs
    • Reducing product demand
    • Increasing share price
    • Raising profit margins

  5. What business action represents a trade-off between the environment and profit?

    • Plastic wrapping
    • Chemical dumping
    • Recyclable packaging
    • Landfill waste

  6. Which practice is a direct example of a sustainability policy?

    • Increasing output speed
    • Cutting employee wages
    • Improving factory insulation
    • Outsourcing production

  7. How might a firm respond to a pressure group palm oil campaign?

    • Firing all directors
    • Stopping all marketing
    • Relocating factories
    • Changing product ingredients

  8. A firm cuts its energy use from 500,000 kWh to 400,000 kWh per year. What is the percentage reduction?

    • 80%
    • 20%
    • 25%
    • 10%

  9. A firm's annual packaging cost rises from £80,000 to £100,000 after it switches to recyclable packaging. What is the percentage increase?

    • 25%
    • 20%
    • 125%
    • 80%

  10. A pressure group's campaign cuts sales by 10% for a product that sells 40,000 units at £5. What revenue is lost?

    • £4,000
    • £2,000
    • £200,000
    • £20,000

  11. A business switches to recycled materials that cost 4% more. Its materials cost £250,000 per year. What is the extra cost?

    • £25,000
    • £100,000
    • £1,000
    • £10,000

  12. Which choice demonstrates a sustainable approach to packaging?

    • Increasing single-use plastics
    • Maximising waste volume
    • Banning all packaging
    • Using recyclable materials

  13. Which marketing mix element is most damaged by a boycott?

    • Physical place
    • Distribution speed
    • Manufacturing cost
    • Promotion and image

  14. What financial trade-off does a business face when buying electric vans?

    • Increased tax liabilities
    • Lower quality vehicles
    • Reduced delivery speed
    • Higher short-term costs

  15. Why might a firm accept lower profit to reduce carbon emissions?

    • Lower sales
    • Brand reputation
    • Higher taxes
    • Increased costs

  16. How should a firm best address criticism over water pollution?

    • Ignore the campaigners
    • Relocate the factory
    • Install treatment facilities
    • Increase advertising budget

  17. What is an example of pressure group influence?

    • Setting corporation tax
    • Appointing chief executives
    • Auditing annual accounts
    • Persuading cage-free adoption

  18. Why do sustainable inputs often create short-term profit trade-offs?

    • Higher initial costs
    • Lower product quality
    • Slower delivery times
    • Reduced customer demand

  19. What makes a pressure group most effective against a firm?

    • Employee strikes
    • Government loans
    • Internal memos
    • Customer boycotts

  20. What is a major financial benefit of adopting a circular economy?

    • Increased loan interest
    • Lower material costs
    • More expensive labour
    • Higher tax rates

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