AQA BUSS 2 4th June Revision thread

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You'll probably loose 1 mark. I remember a past paper question where I didn't write the thousands & I lost 1 for it :rolleyes:

Ugh, well I think I wrote (000's) but I can't remember because the cow behind me was clicking her pen and I couldn't think. Its a miracle I got the correct answer.

Reply 321

Majeue

Original post by JG1027

is it ok if i said it was (-)153 but said in the previous bits that my answers were in £000

Uh you probably just missed out the end of a figure or something so you should probably get 4/6 if you said it was in thousands

Reply 322

LouisBoz

Would you get the marks if I put 154.4 adverse? Not £154400 adverse or whatever it was

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Reply 323

nevmov

Original post by LouisBoz

Would you get the marks if I put 154.4 adverse? Not £154400 adverse or whatever it was

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the same question was already asked like 5 times on previous pages, just go back and read

Reply 324

Majeue

Original post by JG1027

is it ok if i said it was (-)153 but said in the previous bits that my answers were in £000

Uh you probably just missed out the end of a figure or something so you should probably get 4/6 if you said it was in thousands

Reply 325

IHateRevisionOK?

I didn't put whether it was adverse of favourable. Just the figure. Will I lose a mark for that?

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Reply 326

Majeue

Original post by LouisBoz

Would you get the marks if I put 154.4 adverse? Not £154400 adverse or whatever it was

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Lose 1 mark

Reply 327

nursy96

Original post by IHateRevisionOK?

I didn't put whether it was adverse of favourable. Just the figure. Will I lose a mark for that?

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Most likely because the question asked you to put that

Reply 328

Majeue

Original post by IHateRevisionOK?

I didn't put whether it was adverse of favourable. Just the figure. Will I lose a mark for that?

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Yes it said you had to write it

Reply 329

nursy96

Did anyone find the last two questions on the paper difficult as there was hardly any help from the case study?

Reply 330

Majeue

Original post by nursy96

Did anyone find the last two questions on the paper difficult as there was hardly any help from the case study?

I thought they were alright, but yeah the case study was pretty much useless. I just wrote about general things, had to rush the last 2 questions anyways :tongue:

Reply 331

dan94adibi

Original post by nursy96

Did anyone find the last two questions on the paper difficult as there was hardly any help from the case study?

Especially the last one.
But I talked about how quality could give them the edge over rivals.
Then mentioned how price maybe an even greater factor when it comes to competiviveness.
Talked about external factors such as level of comptetion and the economic climate having an impact on how they perform relative to other competitiors.
Then concluded.

Hope I'm right!

Reply 332

nevmov

Original post by nursy96

Did anyone find the last two questions on the paper difficult as there was hardly any help from the case study?

The last question yes, i didnt see any of their USP's in either the wide range of products or the quality, but i told that they operate in the mass market, so wide range is more important, in order to satisfy more customers, and setting special discount like for families or BOGOF might be competitve as well. Then i told about PED which is inelastic, so i told in order to be competitve they can rise prices, and keep costs the same, which would increase their profitability and competitiveness.. the QUestion before the last one wasnt taht difficult though... U just say Advantages of changes in payment methods, like High motivation, because lots of workers told that the new system is "generous", and disadvantage like high increase of costs, and business is already in the bad financial position, which is proven by adverse variance , which u calculated in question 1a)... then u can say in order to increase productivity and keep costs low they could motivate their workforce by any other methods, and give examples... there are loads of them... empowerment, fringe benefits, enlargement, enrichment, in-the business traning(its cheaper than out- the - business) e.t.c... Would love to know what u wrote

Reply 333

J_W-x

Original post by nursy96

Did anyone find the last two questions on the paper difficult as there was hardly any help from the case study?

Was one of those the pay linked one?
I wrote that the pay didn't help much as they were operating at a much higher profit without it and when they had it they had an adverse of 154400, but this could be due to being a seasonal business.

BUT

if it's a seasonal business why would you want to increase motivation as it's only going to speed up productivity when it's out of season therefore there's more productivity but less demand ALSO if it's for quality why would you motivate for quality when sales aren't at their peak
I mentioned brand image obtained from the intense marketing around this question too

case study kinda helped

For the quality one I mentioned they differentiated themselves by obtaining press coverage for such a unique product which could be due to the elasticity OR the quality of the product could make it inelastic

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Reply 334

nevmov

Original post by J_W-x

Was one of those the pay linked one?
I wrote that the pay didn't help much as they were operating at a much higher profit without it and when they had it they had an adverse of 154400, but this could be due to being a seasonal business.

BUT

if it's a seasonal business why would you want to increase motivation as it's only going to speed up productivity when it's out of season therefore there's more productivity but less demand ALSO if it's for quality why would you motivate for quality when sales aren't at their peak

case study kinda helped

For the quality one I mentioned they differentiated themselves by obtaining press coverage for such a unique product which could be due to the elasticity OR the quality of the product could make it inelastic

good points about seasonality, didn't mention them myself, but all other points are written by me also :smile:

Reply 335

eszelon

Original post by nursy96

Did anyone find the last two questions on the paper difficult as there was hardly any help from the case study?

OMG yes! My mind literally went blank! I was alright with the knowledge, but I always struggle with long answers and structures and that...

Definitely resitting next summer.

Reply 336

naseema1333

This exam has made me depressed.

Reply 337

Adam_Pritchard

I tottally messed up my timing on this one. So depressed. The first case study i nailed, But the last 2 questions on the second case study i left myself about 8 minutes to do them. Basically just blabbered about **** i know. Not using anything from the case study. These where worth alot of marks i think. Does everyone think this will effect my overall mark. And did people finish. :smile:

cheeres

Reply 338

rumenaislam

I ran out of time on the last question only got 3/4 of the way through it. :/ Definitely feel like I'm going to be resitting. Also, what would you need on this paper to get an A if you got an A on unit 1?