Sectors of Industry

Question 1

What are the three different types of sectors?

Answer 1

1. Primary
2. Secondary
3. Tertiary

Question 2

What does the primary sector do?

Answer 2

The primary sector is involved in extraction of natural material from nature.

Question 3

Give five examples of jobs in the primary sector.

Answer 3

1. Logging
2. Mining
3. Farming
4. Oil Extraction
5. Quarrying

Question 4

What does the secondary sector do?

Answer 4

The secondary sector manufactures products from materials provided by the primary sector.

Question 5

Give five examples of products manufactured by materials from the primary sector.

Answer 5

1. Cotton manufactured into clothing
2. Wood manufactured into furniture
3. Farmed animals manufactured into meat or fish
4. Oil manufactured into petrol
5. Animal products manufactured into food or drink

Question 6

What does the tertiary sector do?

Answer 6

The tertiary sector provides a service or finished products to clients or customers.

Question 7

Give three examples of jobs in the tertiary sector.

Answer 7

1. Clothing retail shop
2. Veterinary service
3. Designing a website

Question 8

What are the different organisations and individuals that ensure businesses are successful, safe and lawful?

Answer 8

Suppliers
Representative Organisations and Professional Bodies
Competitors
Customers
Regulatory Bodies

Question 9

What do suppliers do?

Answer 9

Suppliers provide materials or goods needed to make or sell a product or service.

Question 10

What is the supplier’s aim?

Answer 10

To receive a fair price for goods and service it provides in order to make a profit.

Question 11

What do representative organisations and professional bodies do?

Answer 11

Represent the interest of people who work in a particular industry.

Question 12

What are the representative organisations and professional bodies’ aims?

Answer 12

To increase the number of members so they have more power.
To persuade the government to make policy to improve the industry.
To seek to improve working conditions for employees.

Question 13

What do competitors do?

Answer 13

Work in competition with other businesses in the same industry.

Question 14

What is the competitors’ aim?

Answer 14

To increase the number of customers and products that they sell.

Question 15

Why are competitors good for customers?

Answer 15

Product quality improves
Sometimes prices fall.

Question 16

What do customers do?

Answer 16

Purchase the goods and service businesses provide
Generate revenue for businesses

Question 17

What is the customer’s aim?

Answer 17

To receive high quality goods and services at affordable prices.

Question 18

What are regulatory bodies?

Answer 18

Regulatory bodies are organisations that are created when laws are passed by the government.

Question 19

What is the regulatory bodies’ aim?

Answer 19

To ensure that anyone who operates within the area is covered by the laws that are passed by the government.

Question 20

What can regulatory bodies do to people who break the law?

Answer 20

Prosecute or bar people from running a business