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100

This is the process of converting inputs into outputs.

What is transformation?

100

The process of attracting and selecting employees.

What is acquisition?

100

This financial statement shows the assets, liabilities, and equity of a business.

What is the balance sheet?

100

This is the strategic role of marketing.

What is to develop a marketing plan that satisfies customer needs while achieving business goals?

100

What is Miss Douglas’s favourite colour?

What is pink?

100

What is the acronym that represents the core values of Rooty Hill High School?

What is PERSIST?

100

What is the tallest mountain in the world above sea level?

What is Mount Everest?

100

Which team did the Penrith Panthers defeat 46‑26 in the semi‑finals to advance to the preliminary final in the 2025 NRL finals series?

What is the Canterbury‑Bankstown Bulldogs?

200

List TWO performance objectives used to measure operational efficiency.

What are quality, speed, dependability, flexibility, customisation, and cost?

200

Name ONE internal and ONE external stakeholder in the HR process.

What are employees/employers (internal) and unions/employer associations/government agencies (external)?

200

Name ONE short-term and ONE long-term source of debt finance.

What are overdraft/commercial bills/factoring (short-term) and mortgage/debenturws/unsecured notes/leasing (long-term)?

200

Name the four key elements of the marketing mix (4Ps).

What are product, price, place, and promotion?

200

How many sisters does Miss Douglas have?

What is two?

200

Who is the current Head Teacher Senior School at Rooty Hill High School?

Who is Miss Munzie?

200

How many players are on the field for each team in a standard game of soccer (football)?

What is 11?

200

Which major telecommunications provider is facing legal action following emergency call (Triple‑Zero) failures that are linked to multiple deaths?

What is Optus?

300

This operations strategy involves the use of external suppliers to carry out business activities.

What is outsourcing?

300

This type of separation occurs when the employee chooses to leave the business.

What is voluntary separation?

300

This ratio measures a business's ability to meet its short-term financial obligations.

What is the current ratio (current assets ÷ current liabilities)?

300

This marketing process tool is used to identify strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats.

What is a SWOT analysis?

300

In what month does Miss Douglas celebrate her birthday?

What is November?

300

What decade was Rooty Hill High School officially established?

What is the 1960s?

300

Which planet is closest to the sun?

What is Mercury?

300

Which university in New South Wales announced plans to cut more than 1,100 subjects, including teacher education and public health, as part of a financial turnaround?

What is the University of Technology Sydney (UTS)?

400

Describe how a business could use Gantt charts or Critical Path Analysis (CPA) as part of operations planning.

What is using them to schedule tasks and ensure efficiency in the transformation process?

400

Explain how performance management strategies help improve business effectiveness.

What is by evaluating employee contribution and aligning performance with business goals?

400

Explain the purpose of monitoring and controlling in the financial management process.

What is to ensure financial performance aligns with goals through tools such as budgets and variance reports?

400

Explain how ethical considerations influence marketing decisions.

What is by ensuring practices are fair, honest, and socially responsible, such as avoiding misleading advertising?

400

Who is Miss Douglas’s favourite singer or celebrity?

Who is Beyoncé?

400

What is the school motto of Rooty Hill High School?

What is 'Learning, Leadership and Achievement' 

400

Which artist painted the famous artwork The Starry Night?

Who is Vincent van Gogh?

400

What major sporting event is planned to take place on the South Lawn of the White House in 2026, to celebrate the United States’ 250th anniversary?

What is a UFC mixed martial arts event (UFC fight night)?

500

Explain how environmental sustainability can influence operations decisions.

What is by encouraging the use of eco-friendly inputs, waste minimisation, and compliance with regulations?

500

Explain how legal influences impact human resource management.

What is they ensure compliance with employment standards, anti-discrimination laws, and WHS regulations?

500

Define profitability management and outline TWO strategies to improve it.

What is the control of expenses and revenue to maximise profit, using strategies such as cost controls:fixed and variable, cost centres, expense minimisation /revenue controls:marketing objectives ?

500

Differentiate between mass marketing and niche marketing.

What is mass marketing targets a large market with one product, while niche marketing focuses on a specific segment with tailored offerings?

500

How many times has Miss Douglas taught the HSC Business Studies course?

What is 12 times?

500

In what year did Ms Cawsey become the Principal of Rooty Hill High School?

What is 1997?

500

What number comes next in this sequence: 2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, ___?

What is 17?

500

What sentence did Erin Patterson receive in 2025 for the fatal mushroom lunch that killed three people in Leongatha, Victoria?

What is life in prison with a non-parole period of 33 years?

600

Which type of inventory management ensures that stock arrives just as it is needed in the production process?

What is Just-in-Time (JIT)?

600

What is the term for the final stage in the human resource cycle, which includes retirement, resignation, and dismissal?

What is separation?

600

Which financial objective focuses on a business’s ability to meet short-term financial commitments?

What is liquidity?

600

What is the term for dividing a total market into smaller groups of consumers who share common characteristics?

What is market segmentation?

600
What is Miss Douglas' favourite sporting team?

Whart is the New Zealand All Blacks?

600

What symbol is displayed on the RHHS crest?

What is the golden lamp?

600

Which country has the most official languages?

What is South Africa (11 official languages)?

600

Which feature did Roblox temporarily disable in regions such as Saudi Arabia and UAE to protect underage players?

What is Voice and Text Chat?

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