Q.1
Which of the following words is associated with the increase in service industries in the UK?
  • Globalisation
  • Ratification
  • Dessication
  • Industrialisation
Q.2
Which of the following statements is TRUE?
  • Construction is a services sector industry
  • In the UK, most people work in manufacturing
  • Retail is a regarded as being a primary sector industry because everyone needs to buy food and other items
  • In the UK, most people work in the tertiary and quaternary sectors
Q.3
Which of the following is not a service industry?
  • A shop
  • A sales office
  • A company selling medical insurance
  • Farming
Q.4
Tertiary and quaternary sector businesses can be found:
  • in city centres
  • on business parks
  • at out-of-town retail centres
  • at all of the above
Q.5
Many businesses in the financial services industry have grouped themselves together with their headquarters in the City of London. This is referred to as:
  • regrouping
  • industrial bonding
  • agglomeration
  • egglomeration
Q.6
Tertiary and quaternary industries are often referred to as being . What does that mean?
  • They could be based anywhere in the UK
  • They have a high turnover of staff
  • They employ mainly migrant workers
  • They are manufacturers of shoes
Q.7
R&D stands for:
  • Rabbit and duck (seen on a menu)
  • Research and development
  • Receipts and development
  • Research and delivery
Q.8
In the UK, approximately what proportion of the working population is involved in service industries?
  • One fifth
  • One half
  • Three quarters
  • Nine tenths
Q.9
The biggest expansion in the tertiary sector of the UK since the 1990s has been:
  • Financial and business services
  • Retail
  • Transport
  • Oil refining
Q.10
A characteristic of an MEDC is:
  • almost all of the population is involved in growing cash crops
  • At least one third of the population are involved in manufacturing
  • It no longer has any primary sector industry
  • the tertiary sector accounts for a significantly large proportion of the economy of a nation
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