WorksheetsChapter 3 Practice
Total questions: 41
Worksheet time: 19mins
A good or service that is essential for living is called
Want
Needs
Interest
Desire
A good or service that people would like to have, but is not required for living is called
Want
Needs
Interest
Desire
Scarcity is the main economic problem. What is scarcity?
It is a situation that exists when there are unlimited wants and limited resources to produce the goods and services to satisfy those wants
the next best alternative forgone by choosing another item
is the physical and mental efforts put in by the workers in the production process
is the finance, machinery and equipment needed for the production of goods and services
Which of these is the best definition of the “Economic Problem”?
People do not have enough money
There are not enough resources to satisfy people’s wants
There are too many items
There are too many factors of production
Which of the following is NOT a factor of production?
oil reserves
factory buildings
skilled labor
music CDs
What are the advantages being Entrepreneur?
Work on your own time
Implement your own ideas and decisions
Work for other people
Invest their own capital
What are disadvantages of being entrepreneur?
Work on your own time
Most new businesses tend to fail
Lack of expertise and knowledge
Implement your own ideas and decisions
What makes a successful entrepreneur
Hard working
Risk Taker
Demotivated
Effective Communicator
Why Governments support start-ups
Reduces unemployment by creating jobs
Start-ups may fail
Increased competition
Not beneficial for society
Government Aid to Start Ups
Provide advice through experienced staff
Provide low interest loans
Tax Amnesty
High Interest Loans
Why do we need Business Plan ?
Helps plan for future needs with regards to assets
Most banks require a convincing Business Plan
It is not helpful for entrepreneur
A document that contains business objectives
How to measure business size?
Numbers of people employed
Numbers of building
Value of output
Value of output
Being _____ is a key characteristic of a successful entrepreneur.
a risk taker
a team worker
unwilling to make decisions
always willing to follow the advice of others
A ______ is not usually one of the contents of a business plan
description of the market
description of the physical location
job description
cash flow forecast
Government support business start-ups to
reduce inflation
reduce wage rates
reduce unemployment
reduce tax revenue
The number of people employed and the value of ______ are two ways of measuring the size of a business
profits
expenses
shares
output
_____ and is a benefit of business growing.
Merging with a competitor increases market share
Merging with a supplier increases costs
Taking over a retail outlet is backwards vertical integration
Taking over a competitor always leads to higher profit margins
Entrepreneurs are always successful
True
False
A business plan ensures a business will not fail
True
False
Governments can help new start up businesses by offering advice and support sessions to entrepreneurs.
True
False
A large business can have high sales but employ few workers.
True
False
Some businesses remain small because the owner does not want it to expand.
True
False
The total value of capital used in the business
Internal growth
A business plan
Capital employed
A reason for business failure
Entrepreneur
Takeover: when a company buys more than ____ of the shares of another company and becomes the controlling owner of it
60%
30%
40%
50%
"integration with a business in the same industry but a customer of the existing business" is the definition of?
Horizontal integration
Vertical backward integration
Vertical forward integration
Conglomerate integration
"having control supplies of materials to competitors" is an important advantage of ?
Horizontal integration
Vertical forward integration
Conglomerate integration
Vertical backward integration
Which of the following is not an example of organic growth?
Developing new products
Merging with another company
Selling your products to a different market
Horizontal integration is...
When 2 companies in the same industry at the same stage of production join e.g. H&M and Zara
When 2 companies in the same industry at different stages of production join e.g. H&M and a textiles factory
When 2 companies in different industries join e.g. H&M and Costa
