WorksheetsCottage and Linkage Industries
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 14mins
A small business or manufacturing activity is called a cottage industry?
True
False
Which is NOT a characteristic of cottage industry?
Based at home
Labour- intensive production
Use of local resources
Highly trained employees
A cottage industry can BEST be described as ____
A business with one person responsible for all aspects
A business that builds homes
A business carrying out production at home
A business catering to the needs of the local community
Linkage Industries are ______
closely connected to each other
part of the public sector
capital intensive
engaged in mass production
Which of the following is a forward linkage?
A farmer providing manure for other farmers
A farmer buying fertiliser from garden store
Oil manufacturer buying bottles from bottle manufacturer
Bottle manufacturer buying petroleum from crude oil industry
Forward linkage is where_______
one industry provides raw materials for another
one industry depends on another for their raw materials
one industry sells their product to the public
one industry buys their materials from a manufacturer
All are examples of backward linkages except _______
Ma Jo selling mangoes for the Tropical Juices factory
Tropical Juices buys boxes from Winey's Cardboard Factory
Fast food restaurant buying oil from oil Factory
An advantage of the linkage industry is _______
It provides a guaranteed market for your product
It provides a guaranteed source for your raw materials
It is cheap and easy to set up
It makes use of local resources
All of the following are benefits of cottage industries EXCEPT _________
passing down of traditions through the making of traditional items
encouraging foreign currency
providing employment
mass producing of goods
Which of the following is best suited as a forward linkage industry for Tamarind Balls?
Tamarind from a farmer
Tamarind tree from a garden store
Tamarind sauce from a chef
Local Produce Store at a hotel
Sugar Cane to Beverages is an example of a (a) linkage industry
Food processing such as Jams and Jellies are create from cottage industries in Jamaica.
True
False
Two importance of Cottage Industries are:
provide opportunity to use one’s skills
provide roads and transportation
provide employment
improve the health of the citizens
Which of the following is NOT a produce of cottage industries?
Pottery
Basket
Automobiles
Textiles
Linkage industry benefit the economy by all EXCEPT
providing employment
allowing money to remain in the country
passing down traditions from one generation to the next
