Year 11 Business Studies study notes and practice questions

For Year 11 and 12 students sitting the HSC, VCE, QCE, SACE, WACE and more. Each unit has short study notes, flashcards and practice questions, and the app builds timed practice exams from the whole course.

• Role and types of businessThe role of business; Classifying business by size and industry; Legal structures; Government enterprises and other forms
• Influences and the business life cycleInternal and external influences; General external influences; The business life cycle; Business failure and success
• Business managementNature and roles of management; Management approaches; Stakeholders; Management and change
• Business planningThe planning process; Establishing a business; Finance for a new business; The business plan

4 multiple choice and 2 written questions. Try each one before you open the answer. Written answers show the model answer and what a full-marks response needs.

1. Question 1. Role and types of businessMultiple choice

   Which is a role of business in the economy?

   1. APassing legislation
   2. BSetting interest rates
   3. CPrinting currency
   4. DProviding employment and income
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   D. Providing employment and income

   Business creates jobs and pays wages.

2. Question 2. Influences and the business life cycleMultiple choice

   Which is an internal influence on a business?

   1. ACompetitors’ prices
   2. BA new law on packaging
   3. CIts management style
   4. DInterest rates
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   C. Its management style

3. Question 3. Influences and the business life cycle: internal and external influences2 marks

   Distinguish between internal and external influences on a business, with an example of each.

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   Model answer. Internal influences are factors the business can control, such as the products it sells or where it is located. External influences come from outside and cannot be directly controlled, such as a rise in interest rates or a new law.

   A full-marks answer:

   • Internal influences are within the business’s control, e.g. products, location, culture
   • External influences are outside its control, e.g. interest rates, legislation, competitors
4. Question 4. Business managementMultiple choice

   Who is associated with the classical-scientific approach?

   1. AElton Mayo
   2. BHenri Fayol only
   3. CFrederick Taylor
   4. DMax Weber
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   C. Frederick Taylor

5. Question 5. Business management: nature and roles of management2 marks

   Distinguish between efficiency and effectiveness in management.

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   Model answer. Efficiency is about how well resources are used: achieving output with the least waste of time, money and materials. Effectiveness is about results: whether the business actually achieves its goals, such as a target for sales or customer satisfaction.

   A full-marks answer:

   • Efficiency: using resources well, minimising waste and cost
   • Effectiveness: achieving the stated goals/outcomes
6. Question 6. Business planningMultiple choice

   In SWOT, a new competitor entering the market is a…

   1. AOpportunity
   2. BWeakness
   3. CStrength
   4. DThreat
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   D. Threat

   It is external and negative.

A few of the 68 Year 11 Business Studies flashcards. In the app they use spaced repetition: rate each card Again, Hard, Good or Easy and it comes back just before you would forget it.

• BusinessAn organisation that produces goods or services to satisfy customer needs and wants, usually for profit.
• Internal influenceA factor within the business that management can control, e.g. products, location, culture.
• ManagementCoordinating resources to achieve goals efficiently and effectively.
• Strategic planningLong-term planning (3 to 5 years) by senior management about overall direction.

Business Studies answers need the right terms plus a business example. For each topic, know one or two businesses well enough to apply strategies to them, and build extended responses around the question’s verb: explain, analyse or evaluate.

Press Study for me and the app builds a 15 to 20 minute session from the cards that are due, the mistakes that are due and questions on your weakest topics. Practice questions come in three levels, and anything you get wrong comes back 1, 3 and 7 days later until you get it right. When an exam is close, sit a timed practice exam with AI marking.

Your state, your exam

Business Studies goes by different names around Australia. In the app the course shows under your state’s name: NSW, TAS, ACT: Business Studies; VIC: Business Management; QLD: Business; SA, NT: Business Innovation; WA: Business Management and Enterprise.

When you set up Year 11, you pick your state (NSW, VIC, QLD, SA, WA, TAS, ACT or NT) and your subjects. The AI then pitches explanations and marking at your certificate’s level. Courses differ between states, so compare the units above with your course outline, and turn your class notes into extra decks for anything that’s different.

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