BTEC business Finance Exam 38 Questions with Answers
Sales Revenue - CORRECT ANSWER All the money that a business receives (number of sales x price
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Gross Profit - CORRECT ANSWER The money left over once cost of sales has been taken away from revenue (revenue - cost of sales = gross profit)
Net Profit - CORRECT ANSWER The money left over once expenditure has been taken away from gross profit (gross profit - expenditure = net profit)
Break even point - CORRECT ANSWER When a business has made enough revenue to cover the costs (fixed costs / selling price - variable cost per unit = break-even)
Margin of safety - CORRECT ANSWER Is the difference between the target or actual sales and the break even point (target sales - break-even point = margin of safety)
Start up cost - CORRECT ANSWER Costs a business only has to pay for once when the business is being set up
Running/operating costs - CORRECT ANSWER Costs paid by a business on a regular basis
Variable costs - CORRECT ANSWER A cost that varies with the level of output (variable cost per unit x number made/sold = variable costs)
Fixed costs - CORRECT ANSWER Costs a business has to pay even if it produces nothing
Cashflow - CORRECT ANSWER the total amount of money being transferred into and out of a business, especially as affecting liquidity
Direct costs - CORRECT ANSWER Are expenses that directly relate to making a product
Indirect costs - CORRECT ANSWER Are costs that can't be directly related to making a product
Total costs - CORRECT ANSWER Are all of the business's costs added together (fixed costs + variable costs = total costs or indirect costs + direct costs = total costs)
Costs - CORRECT ANSWER Are the money going out of the business
Profit - CORRECT ANSWER When revenue is greater than expenditure (revenue - expenditure = profit)
Loss - CORRECT ANSWER When expenditure is greater than revenue (revenue - expenditure = loss)
Inflows - CORRECT ANSWER Is the money going into the business
Outflows - CORRECT ANSWER Is the money going out of the business
Cash flow forecast - CORRECT ANSWER A financial record that predicts when money should be coming in and going out of a business
Deficit - CORRECT ANSWER Cash flow forecasts tell you when a business might not have enough money to cover its costs
Surplus - CORRECT ANSWER Cash flow forecasts tell you when a business might have extra money in their account
Closing Bank balance - CORRECT ANSWER the money that a business has in it's account at the end of the month
Assets - CORRECT ANSWER What a business owns and what is owed to it. Assets can be fixed or current
Budgetary control - CORRECT ANSWER when a predicted budget is compared with actual figures
Budget - CORRECT ANSWER A prediction of the money going in and out of a business. This might include a limit of the money spent
Capital - CORRECT ANSWER The money that funds a business
Capital employed - CORRECT ANSWER All the money that has been invested into a business
Cost of sales - CORRECT ANSWER The cost of making or obtaining and selling a product
Creditor - CORRECT ANSWER Someone that a business owes money to
Debtor - CORRECT ANSWER Someone that owes a business money
Expenditure - CORRECT ANSWER All the money that a business spends
Income Statement - CORRECT ANSWER A financial record that shows how a business has performed over a period of time
Liabilities - CORRECT ANSWER What a business owes to other people or businesses
Overheads - CORRECT ANSWER A type of expenditure that needs to be paid even if the business produces nothing
Statement of financial position - CORRECT ANSWER A financial record that tells a business what it owns and what it owes to others
Variance - CORRECT ANSWER The difference between budgeted financial figures and actual figures
Working capital - CORRECT ANSWER The money available to pay for the day-to-day costs of running a business (current assets - current liabilities = working capital)
Net assets - CORRECT ANSWER Shows the money the business would make if it sold all its assets (fixed assets + working capital = net assets) [Show Less]