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Total questions: 100
Worksheet time: 50mins
In business terms, what is profit?
A good investment
A holiday bonus
A monetary reward
A risky venture
If expenses are greater than income, there’s no
risk.
guarantee.
reward.
sales.
In business terms, income is the money
supplied.
spent.
received.
produced.
The amount of money paid for raw materials and products sold is called
cost of goods.
net profit.
operating expense.
gross profit.
The money spent to run a business is called
operating expense.
gross profit.
cost of goods.
net profit.
Gross profit shows business owners the difference between what they’ve
estimated and invoiced.
paid and risked.
received and billed.
spent and received.
Business owners are usually interested in net profit because they want to know what they can
risk.
produce.
keep.
supply.
Besides motivation, what does profit provide business owners in particular?
Influence
Determination
Satisfaction
Energy
Which of the following is a general benefit profit provides:
More products
Higher prices
Better supplies
Better wages
Each purchase strengthens the economy by encouraging
trade.
expansion.
competition.
investment.
Profitable businesses often help improve their local communities by
increasing salaries of executives.
building facilities in other cities.
investing in foreign companies.
contributing to charitable causes.
If no profit is generated for an extended period, a business must
reduce expenses.
lay off employees.
invest wisely.
shut down.
Which of the following is a situation in which people are out of work and can’t afford “extra” purchases:
Bad economy
Bad investment
Negative circumstance
Unexpected event
A popular product is said to be
late.
out of style.
available.
in demand.
Which of the factors that affect profit are usually able to be controlled?
Pricing and billing
Expenses and billing
Income and expenses
Expenses and pricing
Businesses must be careful about increasing the prices of their goods to increase profits because the result may be that they
lose sales to competitors.
have to find new suppliers.
lose their stockholders.
increase their operating expenses.
Which activities are likely to increase a firm’s profit?
Increasing sales and decreasing expenses
Decreasing sales and increasing expenses
Increasing supplies and decreasing production
Decreasing supplies and increasing production
When employees are working faster or better, they are increasing their
benefits.
value.
efficiency.
wages.
To use resources wisely, business owners must reduce
risk.
waste.
reward.
wages.
For each new product it offers, a business seeks
buyers.
lenders.
investors.
sellers.
People who go into business know that the business may not succeed. This possibility is referred to as business
Risk
Retention
Downsizing
Economizing
The general classifications of business risks are
Competitive, strategic, financial and operational
Production, hazard, operational, and strategic
Hazard, operational, strategic, and financial
Strategic, production, competitive, and hazard
A hurricane that destroys a business is an example of a(n) risk.
Operational
Financial
Strategic
Hazard
A garden store customer tripped over a plant, fell, and sued the store for damages. This is an example of a(n) risk.
Strategic
Operational
Hazard
Financial
A union strike that stops production at a manufacturing plant is a(n) risk.
Financial
Operational
Strategic
Hazard
What category of business risk includes production problems and incompetent employees?
Operational
Hazard
Strategic
Financial
When a rival's product on the market reduces sales of your company's product, your company is experiencing strategic risk cause by
Regulatory and political issues
Changing customer needs
Obsolescence
Competition
Financial loss from investing time and money to comply with accounting standards is an example of which strategic risk?
Reputation damage
Regulatory and political issues
Changing customer needs
Obsolescence
Which of the following is a pure business risk:
Robbery
Obsolescence
Competition
Inflation
Which of the following is an example of a business risk that cannot be covered by insurance:
Goods lost in transit
Destruction of building by fire
Increase in interest rates
Injury of employee on the job
The act of reducing or removing risk by shifting the risk factor to another person or business is referred to as risk.
Retaining
Transferring
Avoiding
Controlling
Having well-planned buildings and providing effective employee training are ways that businesses can ? risk.
Transfer
Insure against
Retain
Prevent or control
Management decides to hold its annual meeting in one U.S. city rather than another because of crime in that city. This is an example of ? the risk.
Retaining
Preventing or controlling
Avoiding
Transferring
Carefully selecting goods or services to sell is an example of handling business risks by ? the risk.
Avoiding
Transferring
Retaining
Preventing or controlling
If a risk is small in terms of money, a business may decide to ? the risk.
Tranfer
Avoid
Control
Retain
Contractual agreements such as guarantees, surety bonds, and leases are examples of business risk being handled through
Management
Transfer
Avoidance
Prevention or controll
Businesses can protect themselves from risk associated with lost shipments by
Inspecting shipment of goods
Purchasing transportation insurance
Training receiving personnel
Selecting resale items carefully
Careful screening of credit customers is an example of handling business risks through
Prevention
Management
Training
Retention
When a business keeps a risk because management is unaware of it, the business is ? the risk.
Avoiding
Preventing or contolling
Retaining
Transferring
Requiring a contractor to purchase a surety bond is an example of handling business risk by the risk.
Transferring
Retaining
Reducing
Preventing
Which of the following is one of the main principles of the private enterprise system:
Monopoloies
Competition
Price fixing
Exclusive agreements
Burger King and McDonald's are examples of
Regulated monopolies
Unregulated businesses
Dissimilar firms
Direct competitors
If a consumer chooses to go to the movies rather than to a pizza parlor, then the movie theater and the pizza parlor are
Direct competitors
Indirect competitors
Engaging in prospecting
Engaged in price competition
Most businesses put their greatest competitive efforts into competing
Locally
Nationally
With direct competitors
When with indirect competitors
An electronics store charges less for a new television than other electronics store. The store is engaging in competition.
Price
Nonprice
Unethical
Sales
When Maura purchased a new car, she was able to get part of the purchase price back from the car's manufacturer. The car's manufacturer engaged in
Price fixing
Non-price competition
Clearance sales
Offering rebates
Offering high quality, large assortments, and free shipping are examples of
Rebates
Nonprice competition
Price fixing
Price competition
A business that advertises a special sale as well as its delivery service is using a combination of competition.
Price and nonprice
Direct and indirect
Perfect and monopolistic
Local and national
Which of the following statements about perfect competition is correct:
There is a limited supply of goods and services
Businesses have a good deal of control over the market
Products vary from seller to seller
Is is used as a benchmark to compare real market structures against
What type of market structure is most commonly found in a private enterprise economy?
Perfect competition
Regulated monopolu
Oligopoly
Monopolistic competition
The automobile industry, the pharmaceutical industry, and the oil industry are all examples of
Market structures
Perfect competition
Oligopolies
Monopolistic competition
Which of the following are qualities of monopolies:
High prices and low production
Low production and much competition
High prices and much competition
Low prices and little competition
In many places, trash pickup is legally controlled by just one company. This is known as
A regulated monopoly
Price discrimination
Price competition
Nonprice competition
Which of the following pieces of legislation prevents monopolies from forming and hinders price fixing:
Clayton Act
Robinson-Patman Act
Sherman Antitrust Act
Celler-Kefauver Antimerger Act
One way that competition benefits business is by encouraging the creation of
New companies
More regulations
Unrelated firms
Limited resources
What motivates businesses to produce efficiently and sell effectively?
The desire to spend money
The hope of making a profit
The need for recognition
The chance to start a trend
One of the ways that competition benefits customers is by encouraging businesses to
Develop fewer new products to sell
Increase the price of their products
Improve their existing products
Reduce the number of their services
Which of the following is a direct benefit to consumers of the effects of competition:
Higher product prices
Wider product selection
Wise use of resources
Fewer new businesses in the market
Because of competition, people in our society enjoy
A narrower selection of goods and services
Fewer changes in existing goods and services
Government control of our economic system and businesses
A higher standard of living than that of people in many other countries
One way that competition helps build a prosperous society is by
Replacing small businesses with large ones
Creating government legislation
Creating new jobs
Increasing the money supply
In business terms, what is profit?
a good investment
A holiday bonus
a monetary reward
A risky venture
If expenses are greater then income, there's no
reward
risk
sales
guarantee
In business terms, income is the money
produced
supplied
spent
received
The amount of money paid for raw materials and products sold is called
operating expenses
cost of goods
net profit
gross profit
The money spent to run a business is called
operating expense
cost of goods
net profit
gross profit
Gross profit shows business owners the difference between what they’ve
spent and received
paid and risked
received and billed
estimated and invoiced
Business owners are usually interested in net profit because they want to know what they can
produce
supply
keep
risk
Besides motivation, what does profit provide business owners in particular?
determination
satisfaction
energy
influence
Which of the following is a general benefit profit provides:
more products
better wages
higher prices
better supplies
Each purchase strengthens the economy by encouraging
expansion
investment
trade
competition
Profitable businesses often help improve their local communities by
investing in foreign companies
building facilities in other cities.
contributing to charitable contributions
increasing salaries of executive
If no profit is generated for an extended period, a business must
lay off employees
reduce expenses
invest wisely
shut down
Which of the following is a situation in which people are out of work and can’t afford “extra” purchases:
unexpected event
bad investment
negative circumstances
bad economy
A popular product is said to be
in demand
late
out of style
available
Which of the factors that affect profit are usually able to be controlled?
income and expenses
expenses and pricing
pricing and billing
expenses and billing
Businesses must be careful about increasing the prices of their goods to increase profits because the result may be that they
have to find new suppliers
lose sales to competitors
increase their operating expenses
lose their stockholders
Which activities are likely to increase a firm’s profit?
Increasing sales and decreasing expenses
Increasing supplies and decreasing production
decreasing sales and increasing expenses
Decreasing supplies and increasing production
When employees are working faster or better, they are increasing their
wages
benefits
value
efficiency
To use resources wisely, business owners must reduce
risk
reward
waste
wages
For each new product it offers, a business seeks
sellers
lenders
investors
buyers
Which of the following is one of the main principles of the private enterprise system:
Monopoloies
Competition
Price fixing
Exclusive agreements
Burger King and McDonald's are examples of
Regulated monopolies
Unregulated businesses
Dissimilar firms
Direct competitors
If a consumer chooses to go to the movies rather than to a pizza parlor, then the movie theater and the pizza parlor are
Direct competitors
Indirect competitors
Engaging in prospecting
Engaged in price competition
Most businesses put their greatest competitive efforts into competing
Locally
Nationally
With direct competitors
When with indirect competitors
An electronics store charges less for a new television than other electronics store. The store is engaging in competition.
Price
Nonprice
Unethical
Sales
When Maura purchased a new car, she was able to get part of the purchase price back from the car's manufacturer. The car's manufacturer engaged in
Price fixing
Non-price competition
Clearance sales
Offering rebates
Offering high quality, large assortments, and free shipping are examples of
Rebates
Nonprice competition
Price fixing
Price competition
A business that advertises a special sale as well as its delivery service is using a combination of competition.
Price and nonprice
Direct and indirect
Perfect and monopolistic
Local and national
Which of the following statements about perfect competition is correct:
There is a limited supply of goods and services
Businesses have a good deal of control over the market
Products vary from seller to seller
Is is used as a benchmark to compare real market structures against
What type of market structure is most commonly found in a private enterprise economy?
Perfect competition
Regulated monopolu
Oligopoly
Monopolistic competition
The automobile industry, the pharmaceutical industry, and the oil industry are all examples of
Market structures
Perfect competition
Oligopolies
Monopolistic competition
Which of the following are qualities of monopolies:
High prices and low production
Low production and much competition
High prices and much competition
Low prices and little competition
In many places, trash pickup is legally controlled by just one company. This is known as
A regulated monopoly
Price discrimination
Price competition
Nonprice competition
Which of the following pieces of legislation prevents monopolies from forming and hinders price fixing:
Clayton Act
Robinson-Patman Act
Sherman Antitrust Act
Celler-Kefauver Antimerger Act
One way that competition benefits business is by encouraging the creation of
New companies
More regulations
Unrelated firms
Limited resources
What motivates businesses to produce efficiently and sell effectively?
The desire to spend money
The hope of making a profit
The need for recognition
The chance to start a trend
One of the ways that competition benefits customers is by encouraging businesses to
Develop fewer new products to sell
Increase the price of their products
Improve their existing products
Reduce the number of their services
Which of the following is a direct benefit to consumers of the effects of competition:
Higher product prices
Wider product selection
Wise use of resources
Fewer new businesses in the market
Because of competition, people in our society enjoy
A narrower selection of goods and services
Fewer changes in existing goods and services
Government control of our economic system and businesses
A higher standard of living than that of people in many other countries
One way that competition helps build a prosperous society is by
Replacing small businesses with large ones
Creating government legislation
Creating new jobs
Increasing the money supply
