6
Page 43 BEC VANTAGE A B C D The mobile phone business is behaving like the internet industry in take-up and the pace of innovation, and it’s important not to be left behind. We must continue to innovate in delivering the product to the customer. In terms of service provision, you can draw comparisons between us and our closest rival, but clearly all the main mobile phone retailers have succeeded in taking the industry forward. Growth has accelerated rapidly and the mobile telephone has changed from simply being a business tool, to being a means of communication for everyone. Over a few years, prices have dropped sharply and technological advances have meant products have changed – and are changing. Successful retailers must try to keep on top of these developments and invest in the training of employees so they are able to offer impartial advice to customers. E-commerce is taking off but this won’t necessarily replace traditional retail outlets. In order to stand out, you need innovative ideas on customer service. We don’t believe in criticising other retailers, but there’s nothing particularly exciting out there at present. When I first started in the industry, mobile phones were retailing at a thousand pounds and were as large as box files. Now, prices are constantly being driven down and handsets are considerably more compact. There is intense competition between the network providers, and every time they lower their tariffs, more people come into the market. This will continue, and while retail dealers’ profits will be affected dramatically, network providers will have to generate more revenue by offering internet provision and data services to the mobile user. Market awareness of the mobile telephone has exploded and the retailer who specialises in mobile phones is seeing growth like never before. Admittedly, some customers buy their first mobile phone in the supermarket, but for advice, add-ons and particular services they turn to the specialist. There are a large number of mobile phone retailers and I can’t help but feel the market only has room for four players. Undoubtedly, customer service is the factor that differentiates operators and I think this year we will probably see rationalisation in the sector. 3 Turn Over 2 PART ONE Questions 1 – 7 Look at the statements below and the comments given on the opposite page by mobile phone retailers. Which section (A, B, C or D) does each statement 1 – 7 refer to? For each statement 1 – 7, mark one letter (A, B, C or D) on your Answer Sheet. You will need to use some of these letters more than once. Example: 0 the extent to which mobile phones have changed in size 0 1 the need for retail staff to stay informed about the mobile phones they are selling 2 the belief that the market will not sustain the present number of mobile phone retailers 3 the use of mobile phones no longer being restricted to a specific group of people 4 the relationship between charges and the number of mobile phone users 5 a negative view of competing mobile phone retailers 6 a comparison between change in the mobile phone industry and that in a different sector 7 those services available at mobile phone outlets that are not provided by other retailers A B C D READING SAMPLE PAPER

105982 Sample Paper R BEC V

Embed Size (px)

Citation preview

Page 1: 105982 Sample Paper R BEC V

Page 43

BE

C V

AN

TA

GE

A B C D

The

mob

ile p

hone

bus

ines

s is

beh

avin

g lik

e th

e

inte

rnet

ind

ustr

y in

tak

e-up

and

the

pac

e of

inno

vatio

n,an

d it’

s im

port

ant

not

to b

e le

ft

behi

nd.

We

mus

t co

ntin

ue

to

inno

vate

in

deliv

erin

g th

e pr

oduc

t to

th

e cu

stom

er.

In

term

s of

se

rvic

e pr

ovis

ion,

you

can

draw

com

pari

sons

bet

wee

n us

and

our

clo

sest

riv

al,

but

clea

rly

all t

he m

ain

mob

ile p

hone

ret

aile

rs

have

suc

ceed

ed in

tak

ing

the

indu

stry

forw

ard.

Gro

wth

has

acc

eler

ated

rap

idly

and

the

mob

ile

tele

phon

e ha

s ch

ange

d fr

om s

impl

y be

ing

a

busi

ness

to

ol,

to

bein

g a

mea

ns

of

com

mun

icat

ion

for

ever

yone

.

Ove

r a

few

yea

rs,

pric

es h

ave

drop

ped

shar

ply

and

tech

nolo

gica

l ad

vanc

es h

ave

mea

nt

prod

ucts

hav

e ch

ange

d –

and

are

chan

ging

. Su

cces

sful

ret

aile

rs m

ust

try

to k

eep

on t

op o

f

thes

e de

velo

pmen

ts a

nd in

vest

in th

e tr

aini

ng o

f em

ploy

ees

so th

ey a

re a

ble

to o

ffer i

mpa

rtia

l

advi

ce to

cus

tom

ers.

E-c

omm

erce

is ta

king

off

but t

his

won

’t ne

cess

arily

rep

lace

trad

ition

al

reta

il ou

tlets

. In

orde

r to

stan

d ou

t, yo

u ne

ed in

nova

tive

idea

s on

cus

tom

er s

ervi

ce. W

e do

n’t

belie

ve i

n cr

itici

sing

oth

er r

etai

lers

, bu

t th

ere’

s no

thin

g pa

rtic

ular

ly e

xciti

ng o

ut t

here

at

pres

ent.

Whe

n I

firs

t st

arte

d in

the

ind

ustr

y, m

obile

phon

es w

ere

reta

iling

at a

thou

sand

pou

nds

and

wer

e as

lar

ge a

s bo

x fi

les.

Now

, pr

ices

are

cons

tant

ly b

eing

dri

ven

dow

n an

d ha

ndse

ts a

re

cons

ider

ably

mor

e co

mpa

ct.

The

re i

s in

tens

e

com

petit

ion

betw

een

the

netw

ork

prov

ider

s,

and

ever

y tim

e th

ey l

ower

the

ir t

arif

fs,

mor

e

peop

le

com

e in

to

the

mar

ket.

T

his

wil

l

cont

inue

, an

d w

hile

ret

ail

deal

ers’

prof

its w

ill

be

affe

cted

dr

amat

ical

ly,

netw

ork

prov

ider

s

will

hav

e to

gen

erat

e m

ore

reve

nue

by o

ffer

ing

inte

rnet

pr

ovis

ion

and

data

se

rvic

es

to

the

mob

ile u

ser.

Mar

ket

awar

enes

s of

the

mob

ile t

elep

hone

has

exp

lod

ed a

nd t

he r

etai

ler

who

spe

cial

ises

in m

obile

pho

nes

is s

eein

g gr

owth

lik

e ne

ver

befo

re. A

dm

itte

dly

, so

me

cust

omer

s bu

y

thei

r fi

rst

mob

ile p

hone

in

the

supe

rmar

ket,

but

for

advi

ce,

add

-ons

and

par

ticu

lar

serv

ices

they

turn

to th

e sp

ecia

list.

The

re a

re a

larg

e nu

mbe

r of

mob

ile p

hone

reta

ilers

and

I ca

n’t

help

but

fee

l th

e m

arke

t on

ly h

as r

oom

for

fou

r pl

ayer

s. U

ndou

bted

ly, c

usto

mer

serv

ice

is th

e fa

ctor

that

dif

fere

ntia

tes

oper

ator

s an

d I

thin

k th

is y

ear

we

will

pro

babl

y se

e

rati

onal

isat

ion

in th

e se

ctor

.

3

Turn

Ove

r �

2PAR

T O

NE

Qu

esti

on

s 1

– 7

•Lo

ok a

t th

e st

atem

ents

bel

ow a

nd t

he c

omm

ents

giv

en o

n th

e op

posi

te p

age

by m

obile

pho

ne

reta

ilers

.

•W

hich

sec

tion

(A,

B,

Cor

D)

doe

s ea

ch s

tate

men

t 1

– 7

refe

r to

?

•F

or e

ach

stat

emen

t 1

– 7,

mar

k on

e le

tter

(A,

B,

Cor

D)

on y

our

Ans

wer

She

et.

•Yo

u w

ill n

eed

to u

se s

ome

of t

hese

lette

rs m

ore

than

onc

e.

Exa

mp

le:

0th

e ex

tent

to

whi

ch m

obile

pho

nes

have

cha

nged

in s

ize

0

1th

e ne

ed fo

r re

tail

staf

f to

sta

y in

form

ed a

bout

the

mob

ile p

hone

s th

ey a

re s

ellin

g

2th

e be

lief

that

the

mar

ket

will

not

sus

tain

the

pre

sent

num

ber

of m

obile

pho

ne r

etai

lers

3th

e us

e of

mob

ile p

hone

s no

long

er b

eing

res

tric

ted

to a

spe

cific

gro

up o

f pe

ople

4th

e re

latio

nshi

p be

twee

n ch

arge

s an

d th

e nu

mbe

r of

mob

ile p

hone

use

rs

5a

nega

tive

view

of

com

petin

g m

obile

pho

ne r

etai

lers

6a

com

paris

on b

etw

een

chan

ge in

the

mob

ile p

hone

indu

stry

and

tha

t in

a d

iffer

ent

sect

or

7th

ose

serv

ices

ava

ilabl

e at

mob

ile p

hone

out

lets

tha

t ar

e no

t pr

ovid

ed b

y ot

her

reta

ilers

AB

CD

READING SAMPLE PAPER

Page 2: 105982 Sample Paper R BEC V

Page 44

BE

C V

AN

TA

GE

AT

he h

otel

sta

ff as

sum

ed t

hey

shou

ld b

e

book

ed in

to t

he s

ame

room

.

BB

ut t

here

is c

lear

evi

denc

e th

at t

hing

s ar

e

slow

ly im

prov

ing.

CT

his

wou

ld e

nabl

e w

omen

to

mak

e an

info

rmed

cho

ice

abou

t a

hote

l, an

d th

ey

wou

ld n

ot b

e pl

aced

in t

he u

ncom

fort

able

posi

tion

of h

avin

g to

com

plai

n ab

out

poor

serv

ice.

DIt

is a

dvis

able

for

them

to

do t

his

durin

g

thei

r st

ay r

athe

r th

an w

aitin

g un

til t

hey

chec

k ou

t.

EM

akin

g su

re t

hat

faci

litie

s in

gue

st

bedr

oom

s ca

ter

equa

lly fo

r th

e ne

eds

of

mal

e an

d fe

mal

e gu

ests

is o

ne s

uch

idea

.

FM

ost

of t

he w

omen

, w

hen

ques

tione

d

furt

her,

thou

ght

that

the

rea

son

for

this

was

tha

t th

ey w

ere

fem

ale

and

trav

ellin

g

alon

e.

GT

his

is e

vide

nt f

rom

the

res

ults

of

a

ques

tionn

aire

dis

trib

uted

to

hote

l gue

sts

by

the

Bus

ines

s Tr

avel

Ass

ocia

tion.

5

Turn

Ove

r �

AB

CD

EF

G

Exa

mp

le:

0

PAR

T T

WO

Qu

esti

on

s 8

– 12

•R

ead

the

artic

le b

elow

abo

ut a

sur

vey

of b

usin

essw

omen

sta

ying

in h

otel

s.

•C

hoos

e th

e be

st s

ente

nce

from

the

opp

osite

pag

e to

fill

eac

h of

the

gap

s.

•F

or e

ach

gap

8–

12,

mar

k on

e le

tter

(A–

G)

on y

our

Ans

wer

She

et.

•D

o no

t us

e an

y le

tter

mor

e th

an o

nce.

•T

here

is a

n ex

ampl

e at

the

beg

inni

ng,

(0).

4

Ho

tels

Fai

ling

Bu

sin

essw

om

enH

ote

liers

sh

ou

ld t

ake

no

te b

ecau

se t

hey

are

fac

ing

seri

ou

s cr

itic

ism

! W

om

en a

cco

un

t fo

r m

ore

th

an

hal

f o

f al

l b

usi

nes

s tr

avel

lers

, b

ut

ho

tels

are

no

t

do

ing

en

ou

gh

fo

r th

em. (0

)..

..G

....

. T

hes

e sh

ow

that

the

nu

mb

er o

f co

mp

lain

ts m

ade

abo

ut t

he

way

wo

men

gu

ests

are

tre

ated

is in

crea

sin

g.

Th

e B

arto

nsf

ield

Ho

tel i

n L

on

do

n a

lso

co

nd

uct

ed a

rece

nt

surv

ey

of

UK

b

usi

nes

swo

men

, w

hic

h

reve

als

that

70

%

feel

th

ey

rece

ive

an

infe

rio

r

serv

ice.

(8)

....

...

Th

e at

titu

de

of

ho

tel

staf

f m

ade

them

fee

l ou

t o

f p

lace

in p

ub

lic a

reas

; fo

r ex

amp

le,

62%

ch

ose

to

eat

in t

hei

r ro

om

s b

ecau

se t

hey

wer

e

mad

e to

fee

l u

nco

mfo

rtab

le b

y st

aff

wh

en d

inin

g

alo

ne.

(9)

....

...

Fou

r ye

ars

ago

, fo

r ex

amp

le,

a

sim

ilar

surv

ey

had

re

veal

ed

that

a

sig

nif

ican

t

nu

mb

er o

f w

om

en t

rave

llin

g a

lon

e an

d w

ish

ing

to

use

the

ho

tel r

esta

ura

nt w

ere

actu

ally

turn

ed a

way

.

Man

y o

f th

e su

gg

esti

on

s fo

r im

pro

ved

ser

vice

s p

ut

forw

ard

by

the

Bu

sin

ess

Trav

el A

sso

ciat

ion

are

rela

tive

ly

sim

ple

. (1

0)..

....

. P

laci

ng

ta

ble

s in

rest

aura

nts

in a

way

th

at a

llow

s th

e h

ead

wai

ter

to

intr

od

uce

g

ues

ts

to

on

e an

oth

er,

so

they

ca

n

cho

ose

to

sit

to

get

her

ove

r a

mea

l, w

as a

fu

rth

er

sug

ges

tio

n. G

ues

ts in

th

e d

inin

g r

oo

m w

ou

ld t

hen

hav

e th

e o

pp

ort

un

ity

to m

eet

up

wit

h o

ther

s w

ho

mig

ht,

fo

r ex

amp

le,

be

atte

nd

ing

th

e sa

me

con

fere

nce

, or

hav

e th

e sa

me

bu

sin

ess

inte

rest

s.

Wen

dy

Man

nin

g,

exec

uti

ve

man

ager

o

f th

e

Bar

ton

sfie

ld H

ote

l, ag

reed

wit

h th

e B

usi

nes

s Tr

avel

Ass

oci

atio

n

that

h

ote

l st

ar

rati

ng

s sh

ou

ld

be

infl

uen

ced

by

the

leve

l o

f se

rvic

e th

ey o

ffer

to

fem

ale

bu

sin

ess

gu

ests

. (1

1)..

....

. ‘O

ur

surv

ey

hig

hlig

hte

d t

he

un

will

ing

nes

s o

f m

any

wo

men

to

air

thei

r vi

ews

if t

hey

are

tre

ated

bad

ly,’

Wen

dy

Man

nin

g p

oin

ted

ou

t.

A g

rou

p o

f in

flu

enti

al b

usi

nes

swo

men

rec

entl

y m

et

to

dis

cuss

th

e re

sult

s o

f th

e B

usi

nes

s Tr

avel

Ass

oci

atio

n

qu

esti

on

nai

re.

Th

ey

sug

ges

ted

th

at

bu

sin

essw

om

en

sho

uld

n

ot

hes

itat

e to

m

ake

it

clea

r if

th

ey h

ave

a p

rob

lem

. (1

2)..

....

. O

nce

clie

nts

hav

e g

on

e, i

t is

all

too

eas

y fo

r th

e is

sue

to

be

ign

ore

d b

y h

ote

l m

anag

ers,

an

d i

t w

ill a

lso

be

forg

ott

en b

y th

e o

verw

ork

ed b

usi

nes

s ex

ecu

tive

s

them

selv

es.

Page 3: 105982 Sample Paper R BEC V

Page 45

BE

C V

AN

TA

GE

Turn

Ove

r � 7

13A

ccor

ding

to

the

text

, th

e en

d of

a p

rodu

ct’s

life

cyc

le is

mar

ked

by

Aa

shar

p ris

e in

pro

duct

ion

cost

s.

Bth

e pr

oduc

t be

com

ing

outd

ated

.

Can

incr

ease

in c

usto

mer

com

plai

nts.

Dle

ss s

uppo

rt f

rom

sal

es m

anag

emen

t.

14W

hat

does

the

writ

er s

ay a

bout

sal

es m

anag

emen

t in

the

firs

t pa

ragr

aph?

AC

ompa

nies

sho

uld

spen

d m

ore

time

on t

heir

sale

s pl

anni

ng.

BT

here

are

man

y m

anag

ers

who

nee

d to

impr

ove

thei

r sa

les

perf

orm

ance

.

CM

ost

sale

s m

anag

ers

fail

to r

ecog

nise

whi

ch s

tage

a p

rodu

ct h

as r

each

ed.

DT

he s

ales

app

roac

h sh

ould

cha

nge

with

eac

h ph

ase

of t

he p

rodu

ct li

fe c

ycle

.

15A

ccor

ding

to

the

text

, a

grea

ter

sale

s ef

fort

is r

equi

red

for

a pr

oduc

t w

hen

Ait

is p

artic

ular

ly in

nova

tive.

Bth

e ad

vert

isin

g bu

dget

has

bee

n cu

t.

Criv

al c

ompa

nies

sta

rt t

o pr

oduc

e so

met

hing

sim

ilar.

Dco

nsum

er in

tere

st s

witc

hes

to a

new

pro

duct

cat

egor

y.

16A

ccor

ding

to

the

text

, a

good

mar

ketin

g st

rate

gy m

ust

prim

arily

be

conc

erne

d w

ith

Asa

les

stat

istic

s.

Bpr

oduc

t de

tails

.

Cco

nsum

er d

ata.

Dpr

ofit

info

rmat

ion.

17A

ccor

ding

to

the

text

, pr

ofit

leve

ls m

ay fa

il to

cor

resp

ond

to t

he v

olum

e of

sal

es b

ecau

se

Ath

e fu

ll se

lling

cos

ts h

ave

not

been

tak

en in

to a

ccou

nt.

Bth

e pr

oduc

tion

cost

s w

ere

not

estim

ated

cor

rect

ly.

Cth

ere

are

unfo

rese

en p

robl

ems

with

dis

trib

utio

n.

Dth

ere

has

been

a la

ck o

f ec

onom

ic s

tabi

lity.

18W

hat

does

the

writ

er s

ay a

bout

the

cha

rts

that

sho

w s

ales

pro

gres

s?

AIt

is a

mat

ter

of ju

dgem

ent

whe

re o

ne s

ales

pha

se f

inis

hes

and

anot

her

begi

ns.

BM

anag

ers

shou

ld r

evie

w p

olic

y w

hen

a sh

arp

fall

in s

ales

is in

dica

ted.

CIt

is d

iffic

ult

to s

ee h

ow s

ales

cha

rts

can

prov

ide

suffi

cien

t gu

idan

ce t

o m

anag

ers.

DM

anag

ers

shou

ld g

et c

onfir

mat

ion

of t

he d

ata

they

plo

t on

the

sal

es c

hart

s.

Prod

uct

Life

Cyc

les

and

Sal

es S

trat

egy

One

of

th

e m

ost

impo

rtan

t co

ncep

ts

in

sale

sm

anag

emen

t and

mar

ketin

g is

that

of

the

prod

uct l

ife

cycl

e. T

his

is a

his

tori

cal

reco

rd o

f th

e lif

e of

apr

oduc

t, sh

owin

g th

e st

age

in it

s lif

e th

e pr

oduc

t has

reac

hed

at a

par

ticul

ar ti

me.

By

iden

tifyi

ng th

e st

age

that

a p

rodu

ct i

s in

or

may

be

head

ing

tow

ards

,co

mpa

nies

can

for

mul

ate

bette

r m

arke

ting

plan

s. A

llpr

oduc

ts h

ave

‘liv

es’i

n as

muc

h as

the

y ar

e cr

eate

d,se

ll w

ith v

aryi

ng p

rofi

tabi

lity

over

a p

erio

d of

tim

e,an

d th

en b

ecom

e ob

sole

te a

nd a

re r

epla

ced

or s

impl

yno

lon

ger

prod

uced

. A

prod

uct’s

sal

es p

ositi

on a

ndpr

ofita

bilit

y ca

n be

exp

ecte

d to

flu

ctua

te o

ver

time

and

so,

at e

ach

succ

essi

ve s

tage

in

the

prod

uct’s

cycl

e, it

is n

eces

sary

to a

dopt

dif

fere

nt ta

ctic

s.T

he tw

o m

ain

feat

ures

of

the

prod

uct l

ife

cycl

e ar

eun

it sa

les

and

unit

prof

it. T

he u

nit

sale

s fi

gure

sus

ually

jum

p on

intr

oduc

tion,

as

a re

spon

se to

hea

vyad

vert

isin

g an

d pr

omot

ion,

as

cust

omer

s bu

y th

epr

oduc

t ex

peri

men

tally

. T

his

is g

ener

ally

fol

low

edby

a le

velli

ng o

ff w

hile

it is

eva

luat

ed –

the

leng

th o

fth

is p

erio

d de

pend

ing

on th

e us

e to

whi

ch th

e pr

oduc

tis

put

. T

hen,

uni

t sa

les

rise

ste

adily

thr

ough

the

grow

th

phas

e to

th

e m

atur

ity

phas

e,

whe

n th

epr

oduc

t is

wid

ely

acce

pted

, an

d so

on

to s

atur

atio

nle

vel.

By

this

tim

e, c

ompe

titor

s w

ill h

ave

ente

red

the

mar

ket

with

the

ir o

wn

vers

ion

and,

fro

m t

his

poin

t,th

e sa

les

team

will

hav

e to

wor

k ev

en h

arde

r to

win

all

addi

tiona

l sa

les.

Eve

ntua

lly,

the

prod

uct’s

sal

esde

clin

e as

be

tter

vers

ions

en

ter

the

mar

ket

and

com

petit

ion

beco

mes

too

stro

ng.

In r

etro

spec

t, m

ost

firm

s kn

ow w

hat

happ

ened

to

thei

r pr

oduc

ts f

rom

lau

nch

to w

ithdr

awal

. T

hey

can

com

pile

thi

s in

form

atio

n fr

om t

he r

ecor

ds o

f un

itsa

les.

Unf

ortu

nate

ly, u

nit s

ales

are

not

the

com

plet

e st

ory

as it

is u

nit p

rofi

t tha

t is

the

deci

sive

fac

tor,

alth

ough

this

is n

ot a

lway

s re

cord

ed a

ccur

atel

y. I

t is

this

fig

ure

that

sal

es m

anag

emen

t ha

s to

mon

itor,

thou

gh,

toen

sure

an

ef

fect

ive

mar

keti

ng

stra

tegy

an

d to

prod

uce

effe

ctiv

e pr

ofits

.A

t la

unch

, the

pro

duct

is

cost

ed a

ccur

atel

y on

the

basi

s of

pro

duct

ion

cost

s pl

us s

ellin

g co

sts.

Ini

tially

thes

e re

mai

n fa

irly

sta

ble,

but

, w

hen

the

prod

uct

ispr

ovin

g su

cces

sful

, co

mpe

titor

s w

ill b

ring

out

the

irow

n ‘c

opy-

cat’

prod

ucts

. W

ith a

com

petit

or i

n th

efi

eld,

the

ori

gina

l fi

rm h

as t

o re

spon

d in

ord

er t

om

aint

ain

its m

arke

t po

sitio

n. I

t ca

n ru

n sp

ecia

l sa

les

prom

otio

ns, i

mpr

ove

deliv

erie

s, m

ake

mor

e fr

eque

ntsa

les

calls

and

so

on.

Oft

en t

he e

xtra

exp

endi

ture

is

not a

ccur

atel

y ch

arge

d to

the

prod

uct a

nd th

e re

sult

isth

at, l

ong

befo

re u

nit s

ales

are

not

icea

bly

falli

ng, t

heun

it pr

ofit

has

alre

ady

falle

n.T

he p

rodu

ct l

ife

cycl

e, t

hen,

pre

sent

s a

pict

ure

ofw

hat

happ

ened

in

the

prod

uct’s

‘lif

etim

e’,

so h

owca

n th

is b

e us

ed a

s an

ong

oing

aid

to

man

agem

ent

deci

sion

-mak

ing?

Eve

ry s

ales

man

ager

has

a c

hart

on

whi

ch th

e pr

ogre

ss o

f sa

les

is p

lotte

d an

d th

is c

an b

eus

ed a

s a

guid

e to

the

sta

ge o

f de

velo

pmen

t ea

chpr

oduc

t is

cur

rent

ly i

n. A

n es

sent

ial

man

agem

ent

skill

is

bein

g ab

le t

o in

terp

ret

sale

s re

sults

and

dra

win

the

sta

ges

as t

hey

occu

r. D

ecid

ing

whe

re e

ach

stag

e be

gins

and

end

s ca

n be

a r

ando

m e

xerc

ise,

thou

gh u

sual

ly th

e st

ages

are

bas

ed o

n w

here

the

rate

of s

ales

gro

wth

or

decl

ine

beco

mes

pro

noun

ced.

PAR

T T

HR

EE

Qu

esti

on

s 13

– 1

8

•R

ead

the

artic

le b

elow

abo

ut p

rodu

ct li

fe c

ycle

s an

d th

e qu

estio

ns o

n th

e op

posi

te p

age.

•F

or e

ach

ques

tion

13 –

18,

mar

k on

e le

tter

(A,

B,

Cor

D)

on y

our

Ans

wer

She

et fo

r th

e an

swer

you

choo

se.

6

Page 4: 105982 Sample Paper R BEC V

Page 46

BE

C V

AN

TA

GE

Exa

mp

le: A

calc

ulat

eB

depe

ndC

dete

rmin

eD

lean

19A

prod

uce

Bm

ake

Cco

nstr

uct

Dbu

ild

20A

beha

viou

rB

habi

tC

prac

tice

Dro

utin

e

21A

met

hod

Bla

wC

rule

Dco

urse

22A

focu

sB

defin

eC

targ

etD

dire

ct

23A

gain

ing

Bac

quiri

ngC

colle

ctin

gD

taki

ng

24A

requ

ests

Bca

llsC

bids

Dco

mm

ands

25A

appo

int

Bpr

ogra

mm

eC

sche

dule

Dca

talo

gue

26A

parc

els

Bpa

cket

sC

bund

les

Dpa

ckag

es

27A

form

atio

nB

desi

gnC

stru

ctur

eD

syst

em

28A

cata

logu

eB

labe

lC

mar

kD

iden

tify

29A

poin

tB

tend

Cle

adD

mov

e

30A

diso

rder

Bm

ista

keC

conf

use

Dco

mpl

icat

e

31A

appo

intm

ents

Bpr

oced

ures

Car

rang

emen

tsD

orga

nisa

tions

32A

shar

eB

role

Cfu

nctio

nD

elem

ent

33A

prec

isel

yB

suita

bly

Cpr

oper

lyD

accu

rate

ly

AB

CD

0

9

Turn

Ove

r �

8PAR

T F

OU

R

Qu

esti

on

s 19

– 3

3

•R

ead

the

advi

ce b

elow

abo

ut t

he u

se o

f te

chno

logy

in p

rese

ntat

ions

.

•C

hoos

e th

e be

st w

ord

to f

ill e

ach

gap

from

A,

B,

Cor

Don

the

opp

osite

pag

e.

•F

or e

ach

ques

tion

19 –

33,

mar

k on

e le

tter

(A,

B,

Cor

D)

on y

our

Ans

wer

She

et.

•T

here

is a

n ex

ampl

e at

the

beg

inni

ng,

(0).

Gui

delin

es fo

r gi

ving

Pre

sent

atio

nsM

ost

pres

enta

tions

tod

ay (

0)..

.B..

.on

the

use

of

som

e so

rt o

f te

chno

logy

,su

ch a

s a

lapt

opco

mpu

ter

linke

d to

a p

roje

ctor

.Whi

le t

his

tech

nolo

gy c

an h

elp

to(1

9)...

...pr

esen

tatio

ns b

ette

r,it

also

has

a(2

0)...

...of

get

ting

in t

he w

ay.A

s a

gene

ral(

21)

......

,it

is b

ette

r to

(22)

......

on t

he c

onte

ntof

a

pres

enta

tion

as

a m

eans

of

(23)

......

your

au

dien

ce’s

atte

ntio

n,ra

ther

th

an

rely

ing

onso

phis

ticat

ed e

quip

men

t.

Bear

in m

ind

that

whe

n an

org

anis

atio

n in

vite

s(2

4)...

...fo

r a

cont

ract

,the

y m

ay(2

5)...

...fo

ur o

r fiv

epr

esen

tatio

ns f

rom

diff

eren

t co

mpa

nies

on

the

sam

e da

y.Ea

ch o

f th

ese

com

pani

es w

ill p

roba

bly

beus

ing

the

sam

e co

mpu

ter

grap

hics

(26)

......

and

the

sam

e eq

uipm

ent.

The

ch

ance

s ar

e th

epr

esen

tatio

ns w

ill b

e si

mila

r to

o.

Tha

t’s w

hy t

he c

onte

nt a

nd(2

7)...

...of

wha

t yo

u sa

y ar

e im

port

ant.

Thi

nk a

bout

wha

t yo

u w

ant

tosa

y an

d ho

w t

o sa

y it

as c

lear

ly a

s po

ssib

le.

As

a fir

st s

tep,

you

need

to

(28)

......

the

mai

n po

ints

you

wan

t to

get

acr

oss.

Aud

ienc

es a

re e

asily

bor

ed a

nd(2

9)...

...to

rem

embe

r on

ly t

he m

ost

ente

rtai

ning

,ex

citin

g or

unu

sual

idea

s.

Nex

t cr

eate

you

r m

ater

ials

,cho

osin

g th

e im

ages

for

your

pre

sent

atio

n ca

refu

lly.R

emem

ber

you

dono

t w

ant

to s

top

your

aud

ienc

e fr

om li

sten

ing

to y

ou,n

or d

o yo

u w

ant

to(3

0)...

...th

em.

Fina

lly,

mak

e al

l th

e ne

cess

ary

(31)

......

for

the

equi

pmen

t yo

u ne

ed.

If te

chno

logy

is

to b

e an

impo

rtan

t(3

2)...

...of

you

r pr

esen

tatio

n,m

ake

sure

you

kno

w h

ow t

o us

e it

(33)

......

and

test

it o

utbe

fore

hand

.

Page 5: 105982 Sample Paper R BEC V

Page 47

BE

C V

AN

TA

GE

PAR

T F

IVE

Qu

esti

on

s 34

– 4

5

•R

ead

the

artic

le b

elow

abo

ut a

tra

inin

g co

mpa

ny.

•In

mos

t of

the

line

s 34

– 4

5th

ere

is o

ne e

xtra

wor

d.It

is e

ither

gra

mm

atic

ally

inco

rrec

t or

does

not

fit

in w

ith t

he m

eani

ng o

f th

e te

xt. S

ome

lines

, ho

wev

er,

are

corr

ect.

•If

a lin

e is

cor

rect

, w

rite

CO

RR

EC

Ton

you

r A

nsw

er S

heet

.

•If

ther

e is

an

extr

a w

ord

in t

he li

ne,

writ

e th

e ex

tra

wo

rdin

CA

PIT

AL

LET

TE

RS

on y

our

Ans

wer

She

et.

•T

he e

xerc

ise

begi

ns w

ith t

wo

exam

ples

, (0

) an

d (0

0).

Exa

mp

les

0S

O

00C

OR

RE

CT

0T

her

e is

lit

tle

do

ub

t th

at t

rain

ing

has

bec

om

e so

an

acc

epte

d p

art

of

bu

sin

ess

bu

t it

is

00

equ

ally

tru

e th

at c

om

pan

ies

take

a m

uch

les

s sc

ien

tifi

c ap

pro

ach

th

an t

hey

sh

ou

ld.

A

34

rece

nt

stu

dy

sug

ges

ted

us

that

, w

hile

UK

org

anis

atio

ns

spen

d n

earl

y £1

0bn

a y

ear

on

35

trai

nin

g,

37%

of

them

hav

e n

ever

eva

luat

ed t

hat

exp

end

itu

re i

n s

tric

t te

rms

of

bu

sin

ess

36

imp

act.

Yet

if

trai

nin

g a

ctiv

itie

s th

at a

re r

un

alo

ng

th

e sa

me

lines

as

oth

er b

usi

nes

s

37

op

erat

ion

s, i

n w

ays

that

max

imis

e w

ith

op

po

rtu

nit

ies,

it

bec

om

es e

asie

r fo

r tr

ain

ing

38

org

anis

atio

ns

to h

elp

co

mp

anie

s m

eet

stra

teg

ic g

oal

s. O

ne

org

anis

atio

n s

ho

win

g a

n

39

awar

enes

s o

f w

hat

th

is p

rin

cip

le i

s C

T S

olu

tio

ns,

a t

rain

ing

bu

sin

ess

that

has

its

ow

n

40

pre

mis

es i

n S

ou

th L

on

do

n.

Th

e n

eed

fo

r m

ore

tra

inin

g h

as c

om

bin

ed i

t w

ith

cu

tbac

ks i

n

41

off

ice

acco

mm

od

atio

n t

o c

reat

e p

len

ty o

f b

usi

nes

s fo

r th

ose

hir

ing

ou

t sp

ace,

par

ticu

larl

y

42

up

per

-en

d h

ote

ls.

Bu

t w

hile

CT

So

luti

on

s d

etec

ted

th

at m

any

org

anis

atio

ns

wer

e n

ot

43

sati

sfie

d w

ith

ho

tels

bec

ause

th

ey d

o n

ot

alw

ays

pro

vid

e a

go

od

ser

vice

. C

T S

olu

tio

ns

is

44

tota

lly d

edic

ated

to

pro

vid

ing

of

spac

e fo

r b

usi

nes

s, m

ost

ly f

or

trai

nin

g,

bu

t al

so f

or

45

con

fere

nce

s an

d A

GM

s. C

lear

ly,

sin

ce t

he

bu

sin

ess

has

bee

n g

row

n i

n s

ize,

it

is a

n

app

roac

h t

hat

wo

rks.

10

Tra

inin

g P

rov

isio

n

READING ANSWER KEY

Part One Part Two Part Three Part Four Part Five

1 C 8 F 13 B 19 B 34 US2 A 9 B 14 D 20 B 35 STRICT3 D 10 E 15 C 21 C 36 THAT4 B 11 C 16 D 22 A 37 WITH5 C 12 D 17 A 23 A 38 CORRECT6 D 18 A 24 C 39 WHAT7 A 25 C 40 IT

26 D 41 CORRECT27 C 42 WHILE28 D 43 CORRECT29 B 44 OF30 C 45 BEEN31 C32 D33 C

Page 6: 105982 Sample Paper R BEC V

Page 48

BE

C V

AN

TA

GE

Part

3

Part

5

14

13

16

15

17

35

34

01

01

37

36

01

01

38

01

34

35

36

37

38

AB

CD

AB

CD

19

21

20

23

22P

art

4

25

24

27

26

28

29

30

18

AB

CD

AB

CD

AB

CD

AB

CD

31

32

33

AB

CD

AB

CD

AB

CD

AB

CD

AB

CD

AB

CD

AB

CD

AB

CD

AB

CD

AB

CD

AB

CD

AB

CD

AB

CD

AB

CD

AB

CD

39

01

40

01

39

40

41

01

42

01

41

42

43

01

44

01

43

44

45

01

45

Superv

isor:

VA

NT

AG

E

BE

C V

an

tag

e R

ead

ing

An

sw

er S

heet

00

00 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

Ca

nd

ida

te N

am

eIf

no

t alr

ead

y p

rin

ted

, w

rit

e n

am

e

in C

AP

ITA

LS

an

d c

om

ple

te t

he

Can

did

ate

No

. g

rid

(in

pen

cil).

Ca

nd

idate

’s S

ign

atu

re

Exam

inati

on

Tit

le

Ce

ntr

e

If t

he

ca

nd

ida

te is A

BS

EN

T o

r h

as

WIT

HD

RA

WN

sh

ad

e h

ere

Can

did

ate

No

.

Ce

ntr

e N

o.

Exam

inati

on

Deta

ils

21 43

8

5

109 12

11

Part

1

Ins

tru

cti

on

s

Use a

PE

NC

IL (B

or

HB

).

Rub o

ut any a

nsw

er

you w

ish to c

hange w

ith a

n e

raser.

Fo

r P

arts

1 t

o 4

:

Mark

one b

ox for

each a

nsw

er.

Fo

r e

xa

mp

le:

If y

ou thin

k C

is the r

ight answ

er

to the q

uestion, m

ark

your

answ

er

sheet like this

:

Part

2

Tu

rn

over f

or P

arts

3 -

5

Fo

r P

art

5:

Write

your

answ

er

cle

arly in C

AP

ITA

L L

ET

TE

RS

.

Write

one letter

in e

ach b

ox.

Fo

r e

xa

mp

le:

AB

C0

6 7

0 A

BE

C V

- R

DP

45

8/3

58

BC

AB

C

AB

C

AB

C

AB

C

AB

CD

EF

G

AB

CD

EF

G

AB

CD

EF

G

AB

CD

EF

G

AB

CD

EF

G

AB

C

AB

C

D D D D D D D