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Business Start-up Quiz

Total questions: 44

Worksheet time: 28mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

How many steps are there for starting a small business?

a)

6

b)

8

c)

12

d)

9

2.

___ and ___ are the categories in the startup of a business.

a)

Entrepreneurial and Administrative

b)

Personal & Business

c)

Entrepreneurial

d)

None of the above

3.

Differentiated means

(a)  

4.

What is a pro forma?

a)

one-page financial projection

b)

market plan

c)

cost of goods bought

d)

none of the above

5.

List the nine steps for starting your small business.

4 lines
6.

Marketing is how you intend to communicate to large numbers of customers, motivating them to learn more about your business.

a)

true

b)

false

7.

Selling refers to vendors and shipping.

a)

true

b)

false

8.

How will you get secure funding for your small business?

a)

Get money from my parents

b)

Use an elevator speech

c)

Develop a launch plan

9.

An elevator speech should be at least 60 seconds.

a)

true

b)

false

10.

What is the standard organization for a business memo?

4 lines
11.

Which of the following is not a rule for effective writing?

a)

Outline key points you intend to make

b)

Write a topic sentence

c)

Place topic sentences in logical order

d)

I'm not sure

12.

How does solving difficult-customer situations benefit your company?

a)

It will generate repeat business.

b)

The difficult customers won’t bother you again.

c)

You will get a promotion.

d)

All the employees will get promotions.

13.

Good Customer Service helps to:

a)

Build Your Brand

b)

Create Trust With Your Customers

c)

Reduce Customer Complaints & Minimise Problems

d)

All of the Options

14.

What makes your organisation different from similar ones?

a)

Products & Service are the difference

b)

We pay less so our costs are lower

c)

We work our teams harder

d)

Our social media & marketing is funnier

15.

A launch plan is a complete package that supports a "GO" decision by an entrepreneur to launch a new business.

a)

true

b)

false

16.

This should be used for individuals and companies that often promise to keep information they learn a secret

a)

confidentiality

b)

conflict of interest

c)

marketing

d)

none of the above

17.

(a)   means to treat stakeholders as the entrepreneur would hope others would treat him/her.

18.

Non-physical assets created by individuals or companies that hold the exclusive legal right to commercialize. (could be described as copyright or patent)

a)

transparency

b)

Intellectual property

c)

NDA

d)

none of the above

19.

Business ethics refers to when an entrepreneur's actions and decisions are guided by a set of beliefs about how he/she wants the business to succeed.

a)

True

b)

False

20.

You have opened a unisex salon that focuses on offering the latest styles. Rank the differentiating factor.

"Your salon promises to be the lowest cost salon anywhere in the city."

a)

Highly effective

b)

Effective

c)

Not effective

21.

Which of the following is not a rule for effective writing?

a)

Outline key points you intend to make

b)

Write a topic sentence

c)

Place topic sentences in logical order

d)

I'm not sure

22.

How does solving difficult-customer situations benefit your company?

a)

It will generate repeat business.

b)

The difficult customers won’t bother you again.

c)

You will get a promotion.

d)

All the employees will get promotions.

23.

This should be used for individuals and companies that often promise to keep information they learn a secret

a)

confidentiality

b)

conflict of interest

c)

marketing

d)

none of the above

24.

Business ethics refers to when an entrepreneur's actions and decisions are guided by a set of beliefs about how he/she wants the business to succeed.

a)

True

b)

False

25.

You have opened a unisex salon that focuses on offering the latest styles. Rank the differentiating factor.

"Your salon promises to be the lowest cost salon anywhere in the city."

a)

Highly effective

b)

Effective

c)

Not effective

26.

An employee serve on the board of a local charity that helps children with learning disabilities. he knows that he is going to be asked to solicit funds from Company employees for this charity. Is that a problem?

a)

No .

The company encourage employees to serve and support non-profit organizations in their personal time

b)

Yes .

Requests for funding or donations should be reviewed for potential conflicts of interest on a case-by case business

27.

The Company is recruiting and Karl is a member of the selection team. Karl's cousin James, applies for the job.

Karl realizes that James is one of the most deserving candidates for the position. Karl is unable to decide whether to suggest that the Company interview James .


What should Karl do ?

a)

Karl should select James as he believe he is the most deserving

b)

Karl should not select James at all

c)

Karl should not participate in the selection process and should disclose his relationship with James to his manager

28.

Corporate Social Responsibility is...

a)

managing a business in such a way that the broader community including owners, and the environment are taken into account when making business decisions.

b)

managing a business in such a way that the broader community including the employees, competitors, customers and suppliers are taken into account when making business decisions

c)

managing a business in such a way that the broader community including the owners and employees are taken into consideration when making business decisions

d)

managing a business in such a way that the broader community, including employees, customers, suppliers and the environment, is taken into consideration when making business decisions

29.

Donating to nonprofit organizations and recycling are examples of corporate social responsibility.

a)

True

b)

False

30.

Which of the following is an example of intellectual property?

a)

A work of art

b)

A computer program

c)

A trade secret of an organization

d)

All answers are correct

31.

Major forms of intellectual property

a)

Patents

b)

Trademarks

c)

Copyrights

d)

All answers are correct

32.

About how long should an elevator pitch last?

a)

30 seconds

b)

2 minutes

c)

30 minutes

d)

5 minutes

33.

A successful elevator pitch should explain to the recipient how __________ you are.

a)

Ordinary

b)

Unique

c)

Carbon Copy

d)

Dull

34.

How is an elevator pitch different to a normal sales pitch?

a)

It's longer

b)

It's shorter

c)

There is no difference

35.

Which of these are important?

a)

Posture

b)

Body Language

c)

Eye Contact

d)

All of them

36.

An employee serve on the board of a local charity that helps children with learning disabilities. he knows that he is going to be asked to solicit funds from Company employees for this charity. Is that a problem?

a)

No .

The company encourage employees to serve and support non-profit organizations in their personal time

b)

Yes .

Requests for funding or donations should be reviewed for potential conflicts of interest on a case-by case business

37.

Behaving ethically means doing

a)

what your friends do.

b)

only what’s legal.

c)

the right thing.

d)

what benefits you the most.

38.

When DeShawn’s teacher compliments his work on his group project, he’s sure to give credit to the other group members who helped. DeShawn is showing

a)

transparency.

b)

rule of law.

c)

viability.

d)

trust.

39.

Stakeholders include...

a)

employees

b)

customers

c)

lobby groups

d)

government

40.
Which of the following are characteristics of successful entrepreneurs?
a)
Creative, work hard, self-confident
b)
Goal-oriented, will to work while others play, highly motivated to succeed
c)
Strong desire to have control, high energy levels
d)
All of the Answers
41.
An advantage of entrepreneurship is that you determine your work schedule
a)
True
b)
 False
42.
Entrepreneurship sometimes experiences large financial losses
a)
True
b)
 False
43.

Small business owners can expect all of the following expect

a)

Long hours

b)

Financial responsibility

c)

Immediate success

d)

Risk

44.

Entrepreneurs are all of the following expect

a)

Hard working

b)

Take charge personality

c)

Lazy

d)

Risk takers