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WorksheetsUNHS Career Planning - Self Check 9
Total questions: 18
Worksheet time: 58mins
Part A: Multiple-Choice
Select the response that best completes the statement or answers the question.
1. Proprietorships make up about __________ percent of all small businesses.
a. 99.9
b. 18
c. 72
d. 19
Part A: Multiple-Choice
Select the response that best completes the statement or answers the question.
2. The majority of American small businesses
a. are self-employed.
b. have 2–10 employees.
c. have 10–99 employees.
d. have 100–499 employees.
Part A: Multiple-Choice
Select the response that best completes the statement or answers the question.
3. In most cases, the most effective leadership style is
a. authoritative.
b. participative.
c. delegative.
d. dictatorship.
Part A: Multiple-Choice
Select the response that best completes the statement or answers the question.
4. What proportion of new businesses fail in the first five years?
a. 10 percent
b. 30 percent
c. 50 percent
d. 65 percent
Part A: Multiple-Choice
Select the response that best completes the statement or answers the question.
5. The best definition of management is
a. the planning, organizing, and directing of an organization’s activities.
b. influencing others to accomplish the goals of the company.
c. being responsible for other employees.
d. leading people.
Part A: Multiple-Choice
Select the response that best completes the statement or answers the question.
6. The SBA
a. is a privately owned agency.
b. works exclusively with agricultural businesses.
c. is responsible for consumer protection.
d. assists small businesses.
Part A: Multiple-Choice
Select the response that best completes the statement or answers the question.
7. Ann Kirsten, the entrepreneur in the Self-Employment Case Study (pages 302–304 in your textbook), performs which activity?
a. direct employees
b. deal with suppliers
c. wait on customers
d. all of the functions listed
Part A: Multiple-Choice
Select the response that best completes the statement or answers the question.
8. Three things necessary for a successful business are
a. the right personality, know-how, and money.
b. know-how, money, and location.
c. franchise rights, the right personality, and location.
d. patrons, money, and know-how.
Part A: Multiple-Choice
Select the response that best completes the statement or answers the question.
9. A trait of a successful leader is being a good
a. planner.
b. delegator.
c. organizer.
d. communicator
Part A: Multiple-Choice
Select the response that best completes the statement or answers the question.
10. DECA, FBLA, PBL and FFA are all considered
a. federal agencies.
b. career and technical student organizations.
c. leadership skills.
d. common leadership styles.
Part B: True-False
Determine whether the statement is true or false.
1. Large corporations are responsible for the creation of most new jobs.
TRUE
FALSE
Part B: True-False
Determine whether the statement is true or false.
2. Leaders challenge people to stretch and grow.
TRUE
FALSE
Part B: True-False
Determine whether the statement is true or false.
3. A contract with a company to sell goods and services within a certain area is known as a franchise.
TRUE
FALSE
Part B: True-False
Determine whether the statement is true or false.
4. Most individuals have the personality needed to be an entrepreneur.
TRUE
FALSE
Part B: True-False
Determine whether the statement is true or false.
5. The purposes of career or technical student organizations are to develop managerial skills.
TRUE
FALSE
Part C: Short Answer
Answer the following questions using complete sentences where appropriate.
1. Explain the statement, “Even when you are self-employed, you will not be your own boss entirely.”
Part C: Short Answer
Answer the following questions using complete sentences where appropriate.
2. What are the six common traits or characteristics of effective leaders?
Part D: Mastering Objectives
Review the objectives for this lesson. Make sure you have a complete understanding of them, and that you can perform all of the tasks mentioned in each objective. Use this table to help with your review. Put a checkmark next to each objective when you are sure you have mastered it.
Distinguish the differences between being a manager and being a leader.
Describe the common leadership styles.
Identify the traits of effective leaders.
Identify the advantages and disadvantages of being self-employed.
