These seven questions use the four lessons in entrepreneurship and business preparation. Every business and figure is fictional.
Write your own answer before opening each block.
Questions
Question 1. Rina plans a weekend stall selling sambal in jars. She needs 50 jars at RM1.20 each, 10 kg of chillies at RM9 each kilogram, a signboard for RM20, and she will borrow a table. Find the total cost of the items she must buy.
Answer
Jars: 50 × 1.20 = RM60. Chillies: 10 × 9 = RM90. Signboard: RM20. The table is borrowed, so RM0.
Total = 60 + 90 + 20 = RM170.
Question 2. Name two resources in Question 1 and the activity each one supports.
Answer
Jars support packing and selling the sambal. Chillies are the main ingredient for making the product. The signboard supports promotion by showing the name and price. Any two with their activities are acceptable.
Question 3. On her first Saturday, Rina sells 12 of 50 jars. She asks buyers why, and they say the jars are too big for one person.
The next week she fills 100 ml jars and sells 30. Write a trait, action and effect sentence.
Answer
Trait: willingness to learn from feedback. Action: Rina asked buyers why they did not buy and changed to 100 ml jars. Effect: sales rose from 12 to 30 jars, because the smaller size suited single buyers.
Question 4. A jar of sambal costs Rina RM4.50 to make and she sells it for RM8. Find the profit on 30 jars.
Answer
Profit per jar = 8 − 4.50 = RM3.50.
Profit on 30 jars = 30 × 3.50 = RM105, before other costs such as the signboard and any stall fee.
Question 5. Give one product, one place and one promotion decision for Rina’s stall, and state one way the operations plan must support them.
Answer
Product: sambal in 100 ml jars. Place: a weekend market stall near the food court. Promotion: a signboard with the flavour names and a tasting spoon.
The operations plan must make the jars before Saturday, so a routine such as cooking on Thursday and filling on Friday supports the stall.
Question 6. Rina reads online that “sauces need no approval”. Which source should she check, and what should her plan say if she cannot confirm it?
Answer
She should check the official pages of the bodies that cover food products and market stalls in her area, such as the local council. An online post is only a pointer.
If she cannot confirm it, the plan should say that the requirement must be confirmed with the named body, with the date she checked, and not state a rule as fact.
Question 7. Rina’s marketing says “Free delivery on Sundays”, but her operations plan has no Sunday routine. Explain the mismatch and one fix.
Answer
The promise needs delivery, and the operations plan does not include anyone or any time for it. The plan and the promotion disagree.
One fix is to add a Sunday morning delivery round with a named person and a limit on the number of orders. Another is to remove the promise from the signboard.
If you got these wrong
- Questions 1 and 2: read identifying resources needed to start a fictional business.
- Question 3: read connecting entrepreneurial characteristics with actions.
- Questions 4, 5 and 7: read planning basic operations and marketing.
- Question 6: read using official sources for administrative requirements.
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