Lesson 2.5.3

2.5.3 The competitive environment and market size Quiz: Pearson Edexcel Business, Unit 2

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The 20 questions

  1. How is market share expressed as a percentage?

    • Output volume
    • Sales proportion
    • Revenue total
    • Profit proportion
  2. What does a four-firm concentration ratio measure?

    • Market growth
    • Price elasticity
    • Total revenue
    • Market concentration
  3. What term describes factors that make it difficult for new firms to enter an industry?

    • Barriers to entry
    • Economies of scale
    • Trade restrictions
    • Exit costs
  4. Which market structure is dominated by a small number of large firms?

    • Oligopoly
    • Perfect competition
    • Monopolistic competition
    • Monopoly
  5. Which market structure has many firms selling identical products with no price control?

    • Perfect competition
    • Monopoly
    • Monopsony
    • Oligopoly
  6. What term describes a market served by a single dominant seller?

    • Monopoly
    • Oligopoly
    • Duopoly
    • Cartel
  7. Which of the following is a financial barrier to market entry?

    • High profit margins
    • Weak customer loyalty
    • High start-up capital
    • Low corporation tax
  8. A market is worth 5 million units a year and a firm sells 750,000 units. What is its market share?

    • 13.3%
    • 75%
    • 15%
    • 7.5%
  9. Four firms in a market have shares of 30%, 25%, 10% and 5%. What is the four-firm concentration ratio?

    • 70%
    • 60%
    • 85%
    • 40%
  10. A firm's sales stay at 400,000 units while total market sales rise from 2 million to 2.5 million. What happens to its market share?

    • Falls to 10%
    • Stays at 20%
    • Rises to 25%
    • Falls to 16%
  11. A firm holds a 40% share of a market worth 50 million pounds. What are its sales in pounds?

    • 40 million pounds
    • 20 million pounds
    • 5 million pounds
    • 10 million pounds
  12. Which condition strongly indicates a highly competitive market?

    • Single dominant supplier
    • Strong brand protection
    • Low customer loyalty
    • High profit margins
  13. A firm's market share falls as the market grows. What does this indicate?

    • Achieving monopoly power
    • Reducing variable costs
    • Entering a niche market
    • Losing share to rivals
  14. Which strategy is most likely used by established firms to deter new market entrants?

    • Cutting marketing spend
    • Reducing product quality
    • Aggressive pricing
    • Raising retail prices
  15. What type of monopoly exists when a single business supplies an isolated village?

    • Local monopoly
    • Natural monopoly
    • Global monopoly
    • Legal monopoly
  16. What is a potential disadvantage of holding a very large market share?

    • Higher production costs
    • Lower brand awareness
    • Regulatory scrutiny
    • Weaker bargaining power
  17. How do small firms typically survive when competing against large market leaders?

    • Horizontal integration
    • Price leadership
    • Mass market discounting
    • Niche differentiation
  18. A dominant firm operates in a market with very low barriers to entry. What constrains its pricing?

    • High fixed overheads
    • Threat of new entrants
    • Strict trade unions
    • Falling raw material costs
  19. What benefits small firms most in a rapidly growing market?

    • Zero rival reaction
    • Lower fixed costs
    • Easier price control
    • Rising total demand
  20. Why might a firm's market share calculation be misleading?

    • Total industry sales
    • Exchange rate fluctuations
    • High fixed costs
    • Value versus volume

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