Pearson Edexcel Level 3 GCE Business Advanced Subsidiary PAPER 2:
Managing Business Activities QP MAY 2024
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Centre Number Candidate Number
Pearson Edexcel Level 3 GCE
Friday 24 May 2024
reference 8BS0/02
Paper
Afternoon (Time: 1 hour 30 minutes)
Business
Advanced Subsidiary
PAPER 2: Managing Business Activities
You must have: Total Marks
Source Booklet (enclosed)
Instructions
• Use black ink or ball-point pen.
• Fill in the boxes at the top of this page with your name,
• centre number and candidate number.
• Answer all questions.
Answer the questions in the spaces provided
– there may be more space than you need.
Information
• The total mark for this paper is 80.
• The marks for each question are shown in brackets
• – use this as a guide as to how much time to spend on each question.
You may use a calculator.
Advice
• Read each question carefully before you start to answer it.
• Try to answer every question.
• Check your answers if you have time at the end.
Pearson Edexcel Level 3 GCE Business Advanced Subsidiary PAPER 2: Managing
Business Activities QP MAY 2024
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SECTION A
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Read Extracts A and B in the Source Booklet before answering Question 1.
Write your answers in the spaces provided.
1 (a) What is meant by flow production?
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(b) What is meant by buffer stock?
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, (c) Using the information in Extract B, calculate, to 2 decimal places, Beyond
Meat’s acid test ratio in 2022. You are advised to show your working.
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Managing Business Activities QP MAY 2024
[Author name] [Date] [Course title]
, Please check the examination details below before entering your candidate information
Candidate surname Other names
Centre Number Candidate Number
Pearson Edexcel Level 3 GCE
Friday 24 May 2024
reference 8BS0/02
Paper
Afternoon (Time: 1 hour 30 minutes)
Business
Advanced Subsidiary
PAPER 2: Managing Business Activities
You must have: Total Marks
Source Booklet (enclosed)
Instructions
• Use black ink or ball-point pen.
• Fill in the boxes at the top of this page with your name,
• centre number and candidate number.
• Answer all questions.
Answer the questions in the spaces provided
– there may be more space than you need.
Information
• The total mark for this paper is 80.
• The marks for each question are shown in brackets
• – use this as a guide as to how much time to spend on each question.
You may use a calculator.
Advice
• Read each question carefully before you start to answer it.
• Try to answer every question.
• Check your answers if you have time at the end.
Pearson Edexcel Level 3 GCE Business Advanced Subsidiary PAPER 2: Managing
Business Activities QP MAY 2024
Turn over
P75850A
©2024 Pearson Education Ltd.
*P75850A0120*
F:1/1/
, Answer ALL questions.
SECTION A
DO NOT WRITE IN THIS AREA
Read Extracts A and B in the Source Booklet before answering Question 1.
Write your answers in the spaces provided.
1 (a) What is meant by flow production?
(2)
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(b) What is meant by buffer stock?
(2)
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, (c) Using the information in Extract B, calculate, to 2 decimal places, Beyond
Meat’s acid test ratio in 2022. You are advised to show your working.
(4)
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