Business Environments & PESTLE is one of 8 topics in the Grade 12 Business Studies CAPS syllabus, covered across 3 lessons on Study Vault. Below are real practice questions from this topic with full worked answers.
Sample practice questions
Easy
1. Which business environment does a business have the MOST control over?
The micro environment
The market environment
The macro environment
None of the environments
Answer: The micro environment — The micro environment consists of internal factors (mission, resources, internal stakeholders) that the business itself controls directly.
Easy
2. Which of the following is part of the market (task) environment?
Customers, suppliers and competitors
The business's mission statement
Interest rates set by the Reserve Bank
International trade agreements
Answer: Customers, suppliers and competitors — The market/task environment consists of stakeholders the business interacts with directly, such as customers, suppliers, competitors and intermediaries.
Medium
3. Which business environment does a business have NO control over at all, only the ability to monitor and adapt to it?
Answer: Macro environment — The macro environment (political, economic, social, technological, legal, ecological factors) cannot be controlled by any single business; the only response available is to monitor it and adapt.
