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Cambridge IGCSE Business Studies 27: Exam technique

Up-to-date

Collected for the specific
Benefits
needs of the business

Not available to
competitors
Primary
Time-consuming
to collect

Limitations Expensive to collect

Risk of inaccurate
Market research data or bias

Cheap to collect
Benefits
Easier and quicker to
obtain than primary data

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Secondary
May be out-of-date

Not collected for the
Limitations specific needs of the
business

Available to other
businesses

Figure 27.3 Mind map

■ Test yourself regularly – checking what you have learnt is important. There are
revision questions in the textbook. There are also revision guides that you can use
to help work out what you need to know.
■ Ask for help – if you have not understood or cannot remember something you need
to know. If there are topics or concepts you do not understand, reread your notes or
ask your teacher for help.
■ Practise past or sample questions – this will help you get to know the style of
questions that you will come across. By practising questions in exam conditions, it
can help you to time your answers accordingly.