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Q1. A business segments its market by dividing customers according to age, gender, income and family life-cycle stage. Which type of segmentation is this?
A. Demographic segmentation
B. Geographic segmentation
C. Psychographic segmentation
D. Behavioural segmentation
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✓ Answer: A. Demographic segmentation
Demographic segmentation groups customers by measurable population characteristics such as age, gender and income. Geographic segmentation instead splits customers by location, and psychographic segmentation is based on lifestyle and attitudes, not statistics like income.
Q2. A firm has fixed costs of £40,000, sells its product for £25, and variable cost per unit is £15. What is the break-even output?
A. 1,600 units
B. 4,000 units
C. 2,667 units
D. 400 units
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✓ Answer: B. 4,000 units
Contribution per unit = selling price − variable cost = £25 − £15 = £10. Break-even output = fixed costs ÷ contribution per unit = £40,000 ÷ £10 = 4,000 units. The 1,600 distractor uses a different fixed-cost figure (£16,000), and 2,667 mistakenly divides fixed costs by the selling price (£25) instead of by contribution.
Q3. In critical path analysis, what does 'total float' represent for a non-critical activity?
A. The total cost overrun allowed for that activity
B. The amount of time an activity can be delayed without affecting the overall project completion date
C. The number of workers required to complete an activity
D. The earliest possible start time for an activity
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✓ Answer: B. The amount of time an activity can be delayed without affecting the overall project completion date
Total float is the amount of spare time a non-critical activity has, meaning it can be delayed by that amount without pushing back the overall project completion date. Activities on the critical path, by contrast, have zero float.
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Who has to sit the A-Level Business (Edexcel)
Who needs a A-Level Business (Edexcel)?
Typically students aged 16-18; not required to have GCSE Business, but strong GCSE Maths and English (grade 5+) is recommended.
The real A-Level Business (Edexcel): format
How many questions are in the A-Level Business (Edexcel)?
The real A-Level Business (Edexcel) has 3 questions and lasts 120 minutes. Our mock uses 40 questions in 60 minutes.
What is the A-Level Business (Edexcel) pass mark?
Real exam pass mark: 113 out of 335 total marks (34%) for an E grade (June 2026). Our mock marks you at 24 out of 40, the threshold we mark against.
What it costs, and what a resit costs
How much does the A-Level Business (Edexcel) cost?
Real exam fee: £131.00 (2025/2026 exam series). Resit fee: £340-£450 (private candidate, June 2027, includes centre fees). Rebooking after a fail: Dependent on next exam series (usually June for main exams); late entry surcharges apply.
How hard is it
What is the A-Level Business (Edexcel) pass rate?
Real exam first-time pass rate: 97.9% (overall A*-E pass rate in 2026). Difficulty: Not considered one of the hardest A-Levels to pass, but securing top grades (A/A*) is surprisingly difficult due to analytical depth.
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