Topic and End of Theme Essential Knowledge Test for Edexcel GCSE (9-1) Business on Theme 1

This resource is 1 of 7 sets of 14 ‘Section A’ style exam questions to test students’ knowledge and understanding of the subject content required to be covered for Edexcel GCSE (9-1) Business - Theme 1: Investigating Small Business. The full set of 7 tests can be purchased from APT’s website: www.apt-initiatives.com, or individually from the TES website: www.tes.com/teaching-resources.

This resource allows you to start testing and developing students’ knowledge and exam skills, either as homework, or in more formal exam conditions, within just 4 weeks of starting the course, and at regular intervals thereafter. The questions have been written in the style of the sample assessment material produced by Edexcel for ‘Section A’ of the Paper 1 Examination.

The author, Claire Baker, is an experienced teacher, examiner, author and the owner and Managing Director of APT. She has taught Business from ages 11 to 19 and has been an Examiner, Principal Examiner and Reviser for Business and Business related courses for a leading awarding body.

The full set of 7 Topic and End of Theme Tests contains a set of 14 questions on each of the 5 topic areas listed in the Edexcel Theme 1 specification (Issue 1, published July 2016, for first teaching from September 2017). It, therefore, includes 14 ‘Section A’ style exam questions on each of the following topics:

1.1 Enterprise and entrepreneurship
1.2 Spotting a business opportunity
1.3 Putting a business idea into practice
1.4 Making the business effective
1.5 Understanding external influences on business.

This particular test contains questions that relate to Topic 1.1 on Enterprise and entrepreneurship.