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Principles of Business: Production and Cottage Industry

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Production in the ‘developed world’ is characterised by a greater reliance on equipment than labour. This can BEST be defined as?

a)

Mechanisation

b)

Automation

c)

Capital-intensive production

d)

Labour-intensive production

2.

Which factor of production is fixed in supply?

a)

Land

b)

Labour

c)

Capital

d)

Entrepreneurship

3.

Which factor of production is created in the production process?

a)

Land

b)

Labour

c)

Capital

d)

Entrepreneurship

4.

Identify the level of production: Food crops, eggs and milk being sold to the national market.

a)

Subsistence production

b)

Domestic production

c)

Export production

d)

Lean production

5.

Identify the level of production: A family growing their own fruits and vegetables.

a)

Subsistence production

b)

Domestic production

c)

Export production

d)

Primary production

6.

Identify the level of production: Architectural or engineering services for major overseas projects

a)

Subsistence production

b)

Domestic production

c)

Export production

d)

Secondary production

7.

Identify the level of production: Providing goods for the international market

a)

Subsistence production

b)

Domestic production

c)

Export production

d)

Secondary production

8.

Identify the sector of production: Construction Industry

a)

Primary production

b)

Secondary production

c)

Tertiary production

d)

Quaternary production

9.

Identify the sector of production: Bauxite mining in Jamaica or Guyana

a)

Primary production

b)

Secondary production

c)

Tertiary production

d)

Quaternary production

10.

Identify the sector of production: Constructing garments and clothing

a)

Primary production

b)

Secondary production

c)

Tertiary production

d)

Quaternary production

11.

Identify the sector of production: Building roads, ports, airports

a)

Primary production

b)

Secondary production

c)

Tertiary production

d)

Quaternary production

12.

Identify the sector of production: Hotels, resorts, car rental, restaurants, visitor attractions, dive shops.

a)

Primary production

b)

Secondary production

c)

Tertiary production

d)

Quaternary production

13.

A business or manufacturing activity carried out in people's homes is called...

a)

A Small Business

b)

A Medium Enterprise Business

c)

A Cottage Industry

d)

A Limited Company

14.

A business that is owned by a private individual and has a relatively low number of employees and sales

a)

A Small Business

b)

A Medium Enterprise Business

c)

A Cottage Industry

d)

A Limited Company

15.

A cottage industry business, most likely has (a)  

16.

Which is NOT a characteristic of cottage industry?

a)

Based at home

b)

Labour- intensive production

c)

Use of readily available resources

d)

Highly trained employees

17.

Identify whether the following is a "small business" or "cottage industry": This business usually has its own location

a)

Cottage Industry

b)

Small Business

18.

Identify whether the following is a "small business" or "cottage industry": This business tend to have paid employees

a)

Cottage Industry

b)

Small Business

19.

Identify whether the following is a "small business" or "cottage industry": This business tend to have simple home utensil or equipment

a)

Cottage Industry

b)

Small Business

20.

Select ALL the advantages of having a small business rather than a large business.

a)

Faster responsiveness

b)

More difficult to manage

c)

Provides goods/services that some large firms are not willing to provide

d)

Better relationship with customers

21.

Benefits of growth to the firms that originate from the organisation itself

a)

Internal economies of scale

b)

External economies of scale

c)

Internal diseconomies of scale

d)

External diseconomies of scale

22.

Disadvantages of growth to the firms that originate from the organisation itself usually carry up the cost of production

a)

Internal economies of scale

b)

External economies of scale

c)

Internal diseconomies of scale

d)

External diseconomies of scale

23.

Select all the internal economies of scale

a)

Marketing

b)

Human Resource

c)

Technical

d)

Financial

24.

Larger firms can attract and afford more skilled and qualified leaders ________

a)

Marketing

b)

Managerial

c)

Technical

d)

Financial

25.

A business that is owned by a private individual and has a relatively low number of employees and sales

a)

Cottage industry

b)

Micro Industry

c)

Small Business

d)

Macro Business