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WorksheetsMock revision quiz
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Worksheet time: 1hrs 26mins
Which of these is NOT a monetary method of motivation?
Comission
Pay Rise
Recognition
Bonuses
what are TWO benefits of a motivated workforce?
This can result in better productivity
customer service will most likely improve
you can pay them less because they're enjoying work
they only work when they feel like working
Which of these is NOT a category in Maslow's hierarchy of needs?
Social
Travel
Esteem
Safety
Motivating staff by giving them additional responsibility is known as ...
Delegation
Delayering
Job Enrichment
Job Rotation
Whose theory was X & Y?
Taylor
Maslow
McGregor
Herzberg
According to Abraham Maslow, human needs can be divided into how many types?
Three types
Four types
Five types
Six types
Isaac feels like his hard work is never recognised. Which level of needs (Maslow) is not being satisfied?
Self-Esteem
Social
Self-Actualisation
Physiological
Which one is NOT a disadvantage of Herzberg theory?
Motivators work when hygiene factors are satisfied
Workers motivated to work harder by motivators
Some employees may become stressed due to job enrichment
Does not apply to many jobs
Which of the following is a motivator?
Relationship with subordinates
Salary
Personal growth
Working Conditions
" I will give Honda Civic to my workers who can hit 1 million sales by this year!" These statements is best refer to
self determination theory
equity theory
expectancy theory
reinforcement theory
Which motivation theory states people are influences most strongly by one of three specific needs?
Maslow's
Mcclelland's
Herzberg's
All of the above
The theory which asserts that motivation depends upon the strength of a tendency to act in a certain way, which in turn depends on the strength of an expectation that the act will be followed by a given outcome and on the attractiveness of that outcome to the individual, is called:
Expectancy Theory
Equity Theory
Behavior Modification Theory
Goal Theory
McClelland's Three Needs Theory states that:
We strive for achievement, power, and affiliation
We strive for pleasure, power, and affiliation
We strive for achievement, happiness, and affiliation
We strive for achievement, power, and security
Vroom's Expectancy Theory says people are motivated when:
they only pay attention to their observable behavior
they have faith in their ability to achieve it
when they are challenged by a belief that they may NOT achieve it
they believe OTHERS think they can achieve it
Laissez-Faire
This leader offers little or no guidance and leaves decision- making up to the group.
Autocratic
Democratic
Open/Laissez-Faire
Define Leadership:
Coercing individuals to perform as a team.
Inspiring fear among team members in order to accomplish goals.
Influencing individuals into doing things they don't want to do.
Projecting control over others in order to get the job done.
Identify the four qualities and skills that make great leaders.
Outgoing, humor, emotional, and egotistical.
Impulsive, trustworthy, selfish, and doubtful.
Knowledgeable, temperamental, judging, and pessimist.
Communication, confidence, integrity, and attitude.
This is the cash that is generated by the business when it operates successfully
Retained profits
Share capital
Angel investor
Owner savings
Which of the statements about retained profits is false?
You have unlimited amounts of money available
Shareholders and employees could be frustrated because there is less profit to be 'shared out'
You do not have to pay interest
You are free to use it for any purpose
Which of the following is NOT usually considered a personal source of finance.
Savings
Redundancy payments
Crowdfunding
Credit card
An amount of money that is paid back within an agreed amount of time, with interest
Bank loan
Angel investment
Overdraft
Retained profit
Which of the following statements about bank loans is not true?
Usually used for large amounts of money that need to be paid back over a longer time-frame
Interest rates make the loan more expensive
Easy to get
Usually cheaper than consistently using a bank overdraft
A short-term source of finance from a bank that usually is only used in an emergency/when needed
Overdraft
Loan
Share capital
Credit card
Which of the following statements about overdrafts is not true?
Short term source of finance
It's really a small, short term loan
It's flexible, in that it can be used whenever it is needed
Cheap - the interest rate is usually lower than that of a long-term bank loan
True or false - crowdfunding is usually only used for new business start-ups/concepts and is therefore inappropriate for existing large, profitable businesses
True
False
What is an advantage of a business using owner's capital as a source of finance?
Very low rate of interest
It will bring new skills to the business
It doesn't need repaying
Repayment is always spread over a period time
Which of these sources of finance is likely to charge the most interest?
Trade credit
Retained profit
Bank loan
Overdraft
What source of finance is not available to unlimited companies?
Taking on a new partner
Trade Credit
Share Issue
Retained Profit
Which of the these sources of finance is least useful for dealing with cash-flow issues?
Trade Credit
Crowdfunding
Overdraft
Owner's Capital
Those items on which all manufacturing operations, including final test, have been completed.
Finished goods
Safety Stock
Physical Inventory
Reorder Point
The branch of business management concerned with planning and controlling inventories.
Inventory Management
Inventory Planning
Inventory Order System
Physical Inventory
A span of time required to perform a process ( or series of operations.
The time between the recognition of the need for an order and the receipt of goods.
Lead Time
Inventory Planning
Usage
Work In Process
A set inventory level where, if the total stock on hand plus on order falls to, or below that point, action is taken to replenish the stock.
Safety Stock
Reorder Quantity
Reorder Point
Stock Keeping Unit
The amount ordered from time period to time period.
Inventory Order System
Reorder Quantity
Safety Stock
Inventory Management
Goods in various stages of completion throughout the plant.
Work In Process
Inventory
Physical Inventory
Finished Goods
production
demand e.g. Christmas sale
shortages or fluctuations in demand
A factor involved in the cost of inventory that is outdated is considered:
Obsolence
Back order
Seasonability
Finished Good
The total time it takes from placing an order to receiving the order is known as:
Lead time
Stock time
Re-order time
Order time
JIT could also means
Buy in bulk
Just enough stock
High inventory
Zero inventory
What are the conditions of JIT?
Supply is near
Many suppliers
Reliable supplier
Flexible workers and equipments
What are the costs of holding inventory?
Storing cost
Expired stock
Lead time will be short
Customer will have to wait
What are the disadvantages of holding low inventory?
Low cost
Opportunity cost
Lost of sales
Economies of scale
When should a business order more stocks?
Lead time
Maximum level
Minimum level
Reorder point
What are the cost of storing?
Stock
Security
Facilities
Packaging
What are the types of inventory?
Finished product
Work in progress product
Expired product
High quality product
Which is a key trait of an entrepreneur?
Flexibility
Risk Taking
Creative Thinking
All of the above
One of the first things someone needs to do before starting a business is to write which of the following?
A business plan
A loan application
A partnership statement
A franchise agreement
Small businesses...
are generally local.
always only have a small shop.
have multiple small shops.
have a small amount of staff in every shop across the country.
Which of the following answers are business objectives?
Survival
Profit
Specific
Market share
Which of the following is not a business objective?
Corporate social responsibility
Market share
Growth
Employment
An Individual or group which has interest in business because they are affected by its activities and decisions.
Shareholders
Travellers
Stakeholders
Students
What is the first and most important objective of any business organisation?
Profit Maximisation
Growth
Survival
Social Responsibility
The owner is rewarded for conducting business and bearing the risk. What is the form of reward the owner receives?
Remuneration
Commission
Bonus
Profit
Which of the following is not a business activity?
Production of goods
Work in a factory for wages
Exchange of goods
Transportation
Why should a business earn profit
To provide return to investors.
To provide funds for future growth .
To increase the reputation of business.
All the above
_____________ is part of the recruitment process that involves investigating the components of a job
outsourcing
head-hunting
job analysis
motivation
___________ measures the number of employees that leave a firm within a year
performance management
redundancies
labour turnover
redeployment
_____________ refers to training carried out off-site an organization which often requires specialist instructors
job training
off-the-job training
re-shoring training
behavioral training
______________ is a document that outlines the roles, tasks and responsibilities of an employee
job analysis
employment contract
job description
appraisal
______________ measures the number of employees that leave the firm with a year
labour assessment
labour redundancies
labour turnover
workforce planning
Human resource management is best defined as:
the recruitment, selection and disciplining of employees
the strategic management of a firm’s resources
the management of human resources.
Workforce planning is best defined as:
a review of the skills and qualifications of all workers
analysing and forecasting the numbers and skills of those workers that will be required by the organisation to achieve its objectives
the measurement of the rate of labour turnover
an audit of the firm’s workforce.
Which of the following is not generally considered to be an advantage of internal recruitment?
no need for induction training
gives a career structure for staff at the firm
usually quicker than external recruitment
gives a wider choice of potential applicants
......... is the factors that influence the behavior of workers towards achieving set business goals.
Absenteesim
Labour turnover
Motivation
Labour productivity
Which of the followings are the benefits of having a well-motivated workforce? (The answer can be more than one)
Better quality goods and services
Low rate of absenteeism
More competitive
Low rate of labour turnover
Diseconomies of Scale result in a lower per unit production cost over the long run
True
False
What is an example of economies of scale
Realising
Evaluating
Purchasing
In the economies of scale, which type of cost do we use to determine the efficiency of a business?
fixed cost
variable cost
average cost
total cost
Employing specialist cost accountant in a growing business is an example of which type of internal economies of scale?
technical economies of scale
risk bearing economies of scale
Managerial economies of scale
marketing economies of scale
Variable costs are...
the amount of money spent setting up a business
money spent on a regular basis to keep a business running
Fixed Costs + Variable Costs
costs which change with output
Of the four factors of production, which of these are not a factor of production?
Land
Capital
Development
Labour
Which of these best describes the law of demand?
if prices go up, quantity demanded will fall and if prices go down, quantity demanded will go up
if prices go up, quantity demanded will also go up and if prices go down, quantity demanded will also go down
there is no law of demand, each situation is unique and demand and prices cannot be predicted
prices will go up for certain goods when quantity demanded goes up and vice versa
A change in the price of a good causes people to buy more or less of an item. This best describes the concept of
the demand curve
change in quantity demanded
change in demand
elasticity
Elasticity refers to
how producers of goods and services react to price changes
how consumers of goods and services react to price changes
how far a supply of scarce goods can be stretched
how often the price of a good or service changes when quantity demanded changes
Water has seen an increase in demand 8% this summer, while the price has decreased 12%
1.5 inelastic
1.5 elastic
.67 inelastic
.67 elastic
Wheat has seen a decrease in demand of 5%, while the price has increased 7%
1.4 inelastic
1.4 elastic
.71 inelastic
.71 elastic
What legal structure will franchisees have?
only sole proprietorships
only partnerships
only limited liability companies
any of these
Franchisee does not have the right to use the brand
True
False
Which of the following is the disadvantage of the franchisor?
May loose local variety and choice
Regular payments to franchisor
looses Independence in running the business
if badly run, the brand will suffer
Private Limited Companies are owned by
Sole Traders
Partners
Shareholders
The Government
Sole Traders have
Unlimited Liability
Limited Liability
Private Limited Companies have
Limited Liability
Unlimited Liability
A sole trader gets to keep any profits made for themselves
True
False
Shareholders recieve a share of the profits a LTD makes called a
Dividend
Bonus
Commission
Cash Prize
The public sector is owned and controlled by the Government?
True
False
________ is the total funds provided by the shareholders of the company.
Equity
Dividend
Debenture
___________ means that the risk or liability that each shareholder bears is limited to the value of the shares they hold.
Limited liability
Unlimited liability
Equity
Limited company
A long-term loan which has a fixed rate of interest, payable irrespective of the profit of the company. It is also known as Loan Notes.
Equity
Debenture
Bank overdraft
