Q1 · Difficulty 1/3
Developing employees' skills is:
- training
- recruitment
- dismissal
- delegation only
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✓ Answer: A — training
Training improves skills.
Pearson Edexcel International · IGCSE · Business Studies
Free Pearson Edexcel International IGCSE Business Studies
Practice Paper
8 mixed-difficulty practice questions in the style of real Pearson Edexcel International IGCSE papers — answers, mark-scheme-style explanations, and the official exam structure all on one page.
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Paper 1
Objective and short-answer questions covering the breadth of the specification.
Paper 2
Structured and extended-response questions testing depth of understanding.
Total exam time varies by board and tier — typically 2.5 to 3.5 hours.
Grading: See the official board specification for the current grading scale.
Grading: See the official board specification for the current grading scale.
Mini practice paper: 8 questions
Mixed-difficulty questions from across the Business Studies syllabus. Tap "Show answer" after each to check yourself.
Q2 · Difficulty 1/3
The process of finding and hiring staff is:
- retirement
- recruitment
- redundancy
- appraisal
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✓ Answer: B — recruitment
Recruitment hires new staff.
Q3 · Difficulty 1/3
A business owned by one person is a:
- plc
- partnership
- franchise
- sole trader
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✓ Answer: D — sole trader
A sole trader is owned by one person.
Q4 · Difficulty 2/3
Acting responsibly toward society and the environment is:
- unlimited liability
- delegation
- ethics / CSR
- penetration pricing
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✓ Answer: C — ethics / CSR
Ethics and CSR concern responsible behaviour.
Q5 · Difficulty 2/3
The way a business is organised into levels of authority is its:
- cash flow
- product mix
- organisational structure
- supply chain
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✓ Answer: C — organisational structure
Organisational structure shows authority.
Q6 · Difficulty 2/3
Taxes on business profits reduce a firm's:
- output only
- staff only
- retained profit
- revenue only
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✓ Answer: C — retained profit
Taxes reduce profit available to reinvest.
Q7 · Difficulty 1/3
A person who takes the risk of starting a business is an:
- entrepreneur
- employee
- auditor
- customer
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✓ Answer: A — entrepreneur
Entrepreneurs take risks to start businesses.
Q8 · Difficulty 2/3
New technology such as e-commerce allows a business to:
- stop marketing
- sell online to more customers
- avoid all costs
- ignore competitors
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✓ Answer: B — sell online to more customers
Technology widens market reach.
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Pearson Edexcel International IGCSE Business Studies FAQ
What does the Pearson Edexcel International IGCSE Business Studies exam look like?
The Pearson Edexcel International IGCSE Business Studies exam is structured across 2 components. Paper 1: Objective and short-answer questions covering the breadth of the specification. Paper 2: Structured and extended-response questions testing depth of understanding. Total exam time varies by board and tier — typically 2.5 to 3.5 hours.
Can I download a free Pearson Edexcel International IGCSE Business Studies past paper?
Real Pearson Edexcel International past papers are published directly by Pearson Edexcel International on their official website. Kramizo doesn't redistribute copyrighted past papers, but we do generate free AI-written practice papers in the exact same style — same command words, same difficulty tier, same mark conventions. Use this practice paper as warm-up, then time yourself on official past papers before exam day.
How is Pearson Edexcel International IGCSE Business Studies graded?
See the official board specification for the current grading scale. Kramizo's practice questions are tagged with difficulty 1-3 mapping roughly to the lower, middle, and top grade boundaries you'll encounter in the real exam.