Secondary Activity

Question 1

What are secondary activities

Answer 1

Secondary activities involve making something.They may be seen as a system this system consists of inputs, processes and outputs

Question 2

What is an example of a Raw material

Answer 2

A raw material could be a piece of tree

Question 3

What is a semi-finished product

Answer 3

A semi-finished product could be planks of wood

Question 4

What is a finished product

Answer 4

A finished product could be a table or door

Question 5

What is an input and name four examples

Answer 5

These are things that we need to put in when we start

• Wooden planks
• Electricity
• Machinery
• Workers `

Question 6

What is the process and name five examples

Answer 6

These are things we do to the inputs to turn them into semi-finished or finished products

• Measuring
• Cutting
• Moulding
• Chiselling
• Clamping

Question 7

What is an output and name two examples

Answer 7

These are the things we have at the end

• Window frames
• Doors

Question 8

What kind of factors might influence the location of a factory

Answer 8

• Raw materials
• Labour force
• Government/EU policy
• Markets
• Services
• Personal preferences
• Transport facilities
• Capital

Question 9

Why must a factory need raw materials near the factory

Answer 9

If the raw materials are big or heavy, the factory will need to be close to them.If he factory is located far from the raw material, it would be too difficult and expensive to get them to the factory

Question 10

Why must the market influence the location of a factory

Answer 10

Having access to markets means being close to the places where you are going to sell the product, and to the customer who are going to buy them.The closer you are the fewer transport costs you will have to pay to move your goods.It also means you can do it faster

Question 11

Why must transport facilities be close when building a factory

Answer 11

All factories need to transport their finished product to the market-place.If the products are being sold in the same country as they are made, then good roads or rail transport is required, If the company is transporting to another country they need to be close to an airport or port.This is once again, in order to reduce costs

Question 12

Why must the labour force have anything to do with the location of a factory

Answer 12

Labour force means the people needed to work in the factory. Therefore, factories must be build where there are enough worker, like towns and cities. Factories require different types of workers, for example un-skilled workers and highly-skilled university graduates

Question 13

What does services have anything to do in the location of a factory

Answer 13

Services refer to things like electricity, water, sewage treatment and waste disposal, telephone, broadband and WiFi access.Companies need good quality services, so they only set up where these things are readily availiable

Question 14

What does the Capital have to do with the location of a factory

Answer 14

Capital means the money the company needs to set up a factory. It may need to get investments from banks to help with these costs

Question 15

What does government/EU policy have to do with the location of a factory

Answer 15

Government do many things to encourage companies to set up in their country.The Irish Government gives grants and incentives to companies to set up in Ireland and also has a low corporation tax rate, which again, is favourable for manufacturing industries intending to locate here

Question 16

What does personal preferences have to do with the location of the factory

Answer 16

Some people may set up a factory in a area where they come from or like. Local people are often happy when companies set up in their area because it provides factories. However, other people may not want factories because it increases traffic, with all the trucks on the road. It may also cause noise,visual and air pollution.

Question 17

What is a footloose industry

Answer 17

Many manufacturing industries can set up in a variety of different locations.They are not tied to one place and so they are called footloose industries.They are usually light industries.

Question 18

What is heavy industry

Answer 18

In this type of industry, the resource materials and the product being used are big and heavy iron and steel making examples of heavy industry

Question 19

What is a light industry

Answer 19

In this type of industry the products being made are small and light.Electronic products and healthcare products are examples

Question 20

What is a Multinational corporation (MNCs)

Answer 20

These type of companies make their products in many different countries.Their headquarters are located in one country and they have branches in other countries throughout the world