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Unit 1 AOS 2 Business Management - External Environment

Total questions: 54

Worksheet time: 27mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The surrounding conditions in which the business operates are called....

a)

Environments

b)

Business contacts

c)

Business Environments

d)

Business Conditions

2.

A stakeholder is ....

a)

someone who has a stake in the business

b)

someone who has an interest in the business and has different demands on the business

c)

someone who holds a steak

d)

someone who owns the business

3.

Influences that come from within the business are in the

a)

macro environment

b)

external environment

c)

operating environment

d)

internal environment

4.

Macro and operating factors are part of the external environment

a)

false

b)

true

5.

Factors over which the business has little control over is called the

a)

internal environment

b)

operating environment

c)

macro environment

d)

external environment

6.

The environment that is made up of broad forces, trends and conditions in the economy and society that the business has not control over is called the

a)

Macro Environment

b)

External Environment

c)

Internal Environment

d)

Operating Environment

7.

Political and legal influences, societal influences, economic conditions, technological issues, CSR and global issues are all part of which environment?

a)

internal

b)

external

c)

macro

d)

operating

8.

Customers, competitiors, suppliers and special interest groups are all part of the which environment?

a)

Internal

b)

Macro

c)

External

d)

Operating

9.

Employees, managers, location and legal business structure are all part of which environment?

a)

External

b)

Internal

c)

Macro

d)

Operating

10.

Which of the following is NOT a factor of the Macro Environment

a)

Political and legal influences

b)

Economic conditions

c)

Societal attitudes

d)

Special interest groups

11.

Which factor does NOT make up the Operating Environment?

a)

Employees

b)

Suppliers

c)

Competitors

d)

Customers

12.

How many levels of Government are there in Australia?

a)

4

b)

2

c)

1

d)

3

13.

ABN in Australia stands for ....

a)

Australian Business Nation

b)

Australia Business Number

c)

Australian Business Number

d)

Australian Business Nation

14.

A business name in Australia must be registered with ...

a)

ACIS

b)

ASIC

c)

AISC

d)

ACSI

15.

Laws relating to Building permits are issues by

a)

Federal Government

b)

International Government

c)

State Government

d)

Local Government

16.

The official who inspects premises on a regular basis to ensure Health standards are being met is .....

a)

an auditor

b)

a bank inspector

c)

a OHS inspector

d)

a Health inspector

17.

Unfair dismissal is covered under

a)

Health regulations

b)

Employment regulations

c)

Location regulations

d)

Taxation regualtions

18.

BAS stands for

a)

Business actual statement

b)

Business activitiy statement

c)

Business agreement statement

d)

Business activities statement

19.

PAYG stands for

a)

Pay as you get

b)

Payable as you go

c)

Pending as you go

d)

Pay as you go

20.

Noise emissions by a business are covered under

a)

taxation laws

b)

location laws

c)

employment laws

d)

environmental protection laws

21.

Trade practices and consumer protection issues are covered under which Act

a)

Competition and Consumer Act 2010

b)

Consumer and Competition Act 2010

c)

Consumer Law and Protection Act 2010

d)

Competition and Consumer Law Act 2010

22.

Which of the following is TRUE:

a)

Societal values, beliefs and trends never change.

b)

Workplace diversity is an example of a societal trend.

c)

Societal attitude relates to the actions that express our ideas, values and beliefs.

d)

Societal ideas, values and beliefs do not affect behaviour.

23.

Influences that relate to the economic activity in a country, region or the world refer to

a)

Economic components

b)

Economic countries

c)

Economic conditions

d)

Economic counterpart

24.

The phases of the business cycle (in order) are:

a)

Peaks, Expansion, Contraction and Troughs

b)

Expansion, Contraction, Peaks and Troughs

c)

Contraction, Troughs, Expansion and Expansion

d)

Troughs, Expansion, Peaks and Contraction

25.

If wages and salaries are high and business is operating at full capacity then you are at what stage of the business cycle?

a)

Expansion

b)

Contraction

c)

Peak

d)

Trough

26.

The price charged or paid for the use of money is called...

a)

the exchange rate

b)

the lending rate

c)

the interest rate

d)

the tax rate

27.

The percentage of income or the value of a good or service is called

a)

GST

b)

the interest rate

c)

the tax rate

d)

mark up

28.

In a recessionary cycle there is

a)

evidence of an expanding economy

b)

businesses will increase production

c)

increased spending will create profits

d)

a degree of cost cutting

29.

When the Economy is in a recessionary cycle what is not true

a)

evidence of an expanding economy

b)

evidence of a contracting economy

c)

cost cutting

d)

consumers are more cautious

30.

What is happening in the Peak stage of the business cycle?

a)

wages and salaries high

b)

increased consumer spending

c)

unemployment falling

d)

decreasing business investment

31.

What is happening in the trough stage of the business cycle

a)

business operating at full cycle

b)

sales and profits rising

c)

sales and profits falling

d)

sales and profits at lowest levels

32.

What is not happening in the trough stage

a)

business operating at below capacity

b)

sales and profits at lowest level

c)

consumer spending at lowest levels

d)

low levels of unemployment

33.

Technological issues relate to....

a)

the use of hi-tech robotics.

b)

the growing use of tools, techniques or systems by businesses to solve problems or to serve a purpose in operations.

c)

the survival of businesses to survive and adapt

d)

the cost of global communication.

34.

Innovation in technology has increased at a remarkable pace and it has.....

a)

increased efficiency and productivity of a business.

b)

revolutionised the workplace and every aspect of daily life.

c)

resulted in products and services becoming rapidly obsolete

d)

reduced operating costs.

35.

The cost of global communication is...

a)

remaining constant

b)

rapidly increasing

c)

declining

36.

The speed of technological change has meant the product life cycle has become...

a)

shorter

b)

longer

c)

is still the same

37.

A consequence of the change in product life cycle means that...

a)

more people will be using autonomous vehicles

b)

large amounts of data will be generated annually

c)

many employees have been replaced by technology

d)

more time and money needs to be spent on research and development to remain competitive

38.

Failure to detect and adopt new technology could result in

a)

a business failing to grow

b)

a business failure

c)

products and businesses becoming obsolete

d)

a business becoming more competitive

39.

Cloud technology is when

a)

data is stored on the internet

b)

data is in the clouds

c)

cloudy data occurs

d)

cloudy days occur

40.

Businesses operating in a worldwide market means ....

a)

Overseas competition

b)

Globalisation

c)

Offshoring

d)

Travelling heaps

41.

Global competition exists because .....

a)

Your business is not good enough

b)

There is not enough competition in Australia

c)

Rival or competing businesses serve customers internationally

d)

Our Australian products are cheap

42.

An important issue to consider before planning to sell goods and services in an overseas market is to consider

a)

customs and culture

b)

if the Australian market will falter

c)

how much you will make

43.

Offshoring is defined as ....

a)

travelling out of Australia

b)

buying goods from overseas

c)

selling goods overseas

d)

moving some of the business's processes overseas

44.

The exchange rate is ....

a)

the amount of money you get if you buy goods from overseas

b)

the amount of money you get if your return a good or service

c)

the price of one country's currency expressed in another country's currency

d)

the amount of money you pay if you exchange a foreign good or service

45.

A fall in the value of a country's currency in relation to another currency will usually make exports cheaper and imports more expensive

a)

False

b)

True

46.

Importing businesses will benefit if the exchange rate in their country falls.

a)

true

b)

false

47.

Exporting businesses will not benefit if the exchange rate in their country falls.

a)

true

b)

false

48.

By taking out a patent in Australia I have exclusive rights to use that patent for commercial purposes world wide.

a)

True

b)

False

49.

A trade mark is

a)

an exclusive right granted for any device, substance, method or process that is new, inventive and useful

b)

a free and automatic protection of original works

c)

a right granted over a letter, word, phrase, number, sound, smell, shape or aspect of packaging

d)

International right

50.

The ability of a business to develop strategies that ensure it has an "edge" over competitors is called...

a)

Competitor's advantage

b)

Competitive advantage

c)

Competition's advantage

d)

Competing advantage

51.

Other businesses or individuals who offer rival, or competing, goods or services to the ones offered by the business are called:

a)

Customers

b)

Competitors

52.

The people who purchase goods and services from a business, expecting high quality at competitive prices are called:

a)

Customers

b)

Competitors

53.

TBL stands for

a)

triple back line

b)

triple base line

c)

triple bottom line

d)

triple bottom length

54.

Which is NOT an example of special interest groups (who attempt to directly influence a business to adopt particular policies or procedures):

a)

Business associations

b)

Consumer groups

c)

Unions and environmental lobby groups

d)

Government