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Farm business Management 1

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

By selecting multiple auction barns to sell livestock at, you are addressing

a)

production risk

b)

human risk

c)

market risk

d)

legal risk

e)

financial risk

2.

MO FFA farms purchased a a sprayer for $300,000 three years ago. The sprayer has been depreciated $110,000 on their machinery inventory. Their lender assigned a market value of $225,000 to the sprayer. The value to list on a Cost Basis Balance Sheet is:

a)

$300,000

b)

$110,000

c)

$225,000

d)

$190,000

3.

An example of a Current Liability is:

a)

Stored grain

b)

market cattle

c)

prepaid fertilizer

d)

Accrued Interest

4.

A farmer should issue an IRS Form 1099-NEC for which of the following

a)

$850 paid to a neighbor for baling the farmer's hay

b)

$850 paid to a neighbor for hay

c)

$425 paid to a neighbor for building a fence

d)

$500 paid to a neighbor for a bull calf

e)

$600 paid to a neighbor for firewood

5.

Which of the following is not a supply shifter for farm products?

a)

None of the options

b)

Government programs.

c)

New Technology.

d)

Weather.

e)

Consumer income.

6.

By purchasing yield protection insurance, you are addressing

a)

Market risk

b)

Financial risk

c)

legal risk

d)

human risk

e)

production risk

7.

If anhydrous ammonia (NH3) is 82.3% nitrogen by weight and is selling for $1,600 per ton, what is the cost per pound of actual N?

a)

$1.40

b)

$0.53

c)

$1.49

d)

$0.66

8.

If the price of a commodity is too low, the demand will be greater than the supply resulting in a:

a)

boycott

b)

monopoly

c)

surplus

d)

shortage

e)

None of the options

9.

For Tax year 2022, the social security wage base was

a)

$137,700

b)

$142,800

c)

$147,000

d)

$116,200

e)

$132,900

10.

An LLC (Limited Liability Company) is usually

a)

Not for profit and therefore not taxed

b)

Taxed like a corporation

c)

Illegal is Missouri

d)

Tax exempt if farm related

e)

Taxed like a partnership.

11.

What typically happens to the basis during the harvest of a larger than usual crop?

a)

Basis narrows

b)

Basis widens

c)

None of these answers

d)

Basis stays the same all year long

12.

International economic challenges due to government intervention is an example of:

a)

Production risk

b)

human risk

c)

legal risk

d)

financial risk

e)

market risk

13.

Which of the following causes a direct shift in the demand for beef

a)

Increase cost of producing beef.

b)

Increase income of consumers.

c)

A decrease in cattle numbers.

d)

increase number of cattle producers

e)

None of the options.

14.

The maximum amount that can be claimed as a section 179 expense deduction on your 2021 tax return is:

a)

$1,050,000

b)

$1,080,000

c)

$30,000

d)

$250,000

15.

The demand curve shows the relationship between:

a)

Money income and quantity demanded

b)

price and the quantity demanded.

c)

None of the options

d)

Consumer tastes and quantity demanded.

e)

Price and production costs.

16.

The change in total cost or total variable cost, due to one unit change in output

a)

Marginal input cost

b)

cost of production

c)

total product

d)

total returns

17.

A decrease in the value of the U.S dollar relative to the currency of other countries should result in:

a)

More costly imports.

b)

No effect on imports or export

c)

Less costly imports

d)

None of the options

e)

Decreased exports.

18.

How often a yield is achieved is an example of measuring ___in risk management

a)

probability

b)

skewness

c)

frequency

d)

modality

e)

variance

19.

A grain farmer who normally stores his soybeans at a local elevator has decided to use the options market to create a synthetic storage. To do so he will sell his beans at harvest and:

a)

Sell a put option

b)

buy a put option

c)

Buy a call option

d)

Sell a call option

20.

Which budget is useful for estimating profitability for a cow/calf operation?

a)

Cash flow budget

b)

Enterprise budget

c)

Whole farm budget

d)

Partial budget

21.

Which financial Ratio is used to evaluate the Solvency of a farm business?

a)

Debt to Asset Ratio

b)

Working Capital

c)

Net Cash Income

d)

Current Ratio

22.

Equity plus liabilities equals:

a)

Total Assets

b)

Net Farm Income

c)

Total Liabilities

d)

Net Cash Income

23.

The main reason for hedging is

a)

To make more profit

b)

to reduce the price risk associated with producing or storing a cash commodity

c)

To take an opposite position from the speculator

d)

to insure against a production loss

24.

The demand for an item with many possible substitutes is___than the demand for an item with few substitutes

a)

Less

b)

none of the options

c)

more

d)

more elastic

e)

less elastic

25.

When required, you must spend an IRS Form 1099-MISC to the individual you paid by

a)

January 31

b)

April 15

c)

July 15

d)

February 28

e)

90 days after payment

26.

Corn and grain sorghum are substitutes for each other in many livestock feed rations. Assuming they are substitutes, a decrease in the supply of corn would cause the demand for grain sorghum to:

a)

Shift to the left

b)

Remain unchnged

c)

shift to the right

d)

decrease

27.

Marginal outputs decreasing with each additional unit of input:

a)

Diminishing economic returns

b)

Cost of production

c)

Diminishing physical returns

d)

Point of maximum profit

28.

The standard mileage rate for the last six months of 2022 for the cost of operating your car, van, pickup, or panel truck for each business use trip is

a)

$0.575

b)

$0.66

c)

$0.665

d)

$0.545

e)

$0.625

29.

The maximum amount a wife can inherit from her husband without owing any federal estate tax is:

a)

$850,000 less excess gift tax

b)

50% of the excess over $11.58 million

c)

$15,000

d)

Unlimited

e)

$950,000

30.

Which of the following is an appropriate enterprise unit combination for an enterprise budget?

a)

Poultry-per 25 birds

b)

Cow/calf-per cow/calf pair

c)

All of the options

d)

Corn-per acre

e)

Sheep-per ewe

31.

The IRS form used to calculate self-employment tax is:

a)

Incorrect

b)

Schedule 1099-NEC

c)

Schedule 1099-MISC

d)

Form 1099-k

e)

Schedule SE

32.

The total tax deduction for conservation expenses in any tax year is limited to__of your gross income from farming for the year.

a)

50%

b)

None of the options

c)

100%

d)

25%

e)

75%

33.

The self-employment tax rate for Medicare is

a)

7.65%

b)

None of these options

c)

1.45%

d)

2.90%

e)

5.30%

34.

MO FFA Farms purchased seed corn in November 2022. It will be used for the 2023 crop. The seed corn should be listed on the ending 2022 Market Value Balance sheet as a:

a)

Current asset

b)

Current liability

c)

should not be listed

d)

Non-current Asset

35.

Which of the following is considered schedule F farm income

a)

Sale of hay and straw

b)

Sale of a capital asset such as a tractor

c)

Interest earned from the bank on a checking account

d)

Sale of John Deere Stock

36.

For tax purposes, a new machine shed built and completed in October 2022 has a depreciable life of___

a)

3 years

b)

10 years

c)

5 years

d)

20 years

e)

7 years

37.

If the U.S wheat industry has an inelastic demand curve, a decrease in the amount of wheat supplied to the market would:

a)

None of the options

b)

Decrease the total revenues for wheat producers

c)

Have no effect on total revenues for wheat producers

d)

Increase the total revenues for wheat producers.

e)

Cause a sharp increase in the demand for wheat.

38.

The financial returns after all costs have been paid:

a)

input

b)

profit

c)

total product

d)

output

39.

monetary outlay for the fixed and variable input factors needed to obtain output:

a)

Total product

b)

cost of production

c)

point of maximum profit

d)

marginal input cost

e)

net returns

40.

The short-run supply curve for a firm is identical to

a)

Average variable cost

b)

Average total cost

c)

None of the options

d)

marginal cost

e)

Average fixed cost