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Pearson Edexcel International GCSE
Monday 13 May 2024
Afternoon (Time: 1 hour 30 minutes) Paper
reference 4BS1/01R
Business ■ ■
PAPER 1: Investigating small businesses
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Pearson Edexcel International GCSE 4BS1/01R Business PAPER 1: Investigating small businesses
QP MAY 2024
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•• The total mark for this paper is 80.
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Current ratio = current assets
current liabilities
Acid test ratio:
Acid test ratio = current assets inventory
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current liabilities
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answer, put a line through the box and then mark your new answer with a cross .
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1 Café Pinch is a small café based in Berlin, the capital city of Germany. It serves a range
of hot and cold meals. The owner, Kumaran, trained in good Berlin restaurants and
cafés before starting his own café business. It opened in December 2018. It has 10
seats in front of the café and 10 inside. It is located close to an underground station.
Despite being surrounded by many other cafés, Café Pinch received 5 out of 5 in
online reviews. The reviewers commented on the high-quality cooked food,
filled Ciabattas, range of drinks and excellent customer service. The café is open 8am–
5pm every day. It has a website which is used for information purposes only.
(a) (i) Which one of the following is an example of an internal source of finance?
Select one answer.
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A Overdraft
B Crowdfunding
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C Retained profit
D Share capital
(ii) Which one of the following is a result of average costs rising in a growing
large business?
Select one answer.
(1)
A Economies of scale
B Diseconomies of scale
C Purchasing economies
D Financial economies
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(iii) Which one of the following is the money left after all costs have been
subtracted from revenue?
Select one answer.
(1)
A Gross profit
B Inflows
C Loss
D Profit
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