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Question 40

A workshop makes leather satchels. One team cuts the panels, a second team stitches the panels together and a third team fits the straps and buckles. Part-finished satchels are passed from one team to the next.

a.

Explain how the way work is organised in the workshop is an example of the division of labour.

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b.

Explain what is likely to happen to the workshop's output of finished satchels if the stitching team is absent for a shift.

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1.2 Resource allocation Questions

  1. GCSE
  2. /Economics
  3. /1.2 Resource allocation

84 exam-style questions on AQA GCSE Economics 1.2 Resource allocation, covering 1.2.1a Markets, 1.2.1b Allocation of resources, 1.2.1c Factor and product markets, 1.2.2a Primary, secondary and tertiary sectors, 1.2.2b Goods and services, 1.2.3a Specialisation and the division of labour, 1.2.3b How and why producers specialise, and 1.2.3c Costs and benefits of the division of labour. Each one has a worked solution and a mark scheme showing where the marks go.

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