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WorksheetsPrinciples of Business Fall Midterm Review 25-26
Total questions: 70
Worksheet time: 1hrs 10mins
A Business Plan might also be called a:
innovation and/or details
balance sheet and/or cash flow statement
human resource policy manual and/or bank loans
roadmap and/or pitch deck
The primary differences between small business and entrepreneurship are in the areas of growth, __________, vision, and ___________.
innovation and risk-taking
mission and manufacturing
vocation and marketing
hobbies and talent
The introduction of something new – a new idea, product, method, device, or service, is called:
vocation
vision
innovation
financial risk
A general change in the way business is developing is called:
the status quo
a business trend
circumstantial discovery
an analogy
The ability of a computer program or machine to think and learn, and to emulate or match what human beings do, like reasoning and making decisions, is called:
ambient intelligence
Internet of Things
artificial intelligence
HTML
A network of devices connected to the Internet that identify themselves, and communicate between other internet-enabled devices and systems, is called:
ambient intelligence
Internet of Things
HTML
artificial intelligence
What generation comes after Millennials?
Generation Z
Generation Y
Generation X
Baby Boomers
Selling your product directly to your end customers without third-party retailers, wholesalers, or other middlemen is called:
Wholesaler
Bricks-and-Clicks
Nickel-and-Dime
Direct to Consumer (D2C)
Uber, Airbnb, and Hotels.com are examples of:
SaaS
Freemium
an Aggregator
a Subscription
A business model that charges a regularly scheduled fee, usually monthly or annually, for their products or services, is called:
Freemium
Aggregator
Subscription
SaaS
Pizza Hut and Dominos are examples of:
monopolies
primary data
direct competition
indirect competition
One benefit of a competitive analysis is to better understand:
your strengths and weaknesses
your suppliers’ intellectual property (I.P.)
your competitors strengths and weaknesses
government regulations
When one company controls the supply of a good or service, where other options for consumers aren't readily available, and where the barriers to entry for other companies are highly restrictive, this is called a/an:
monopoly
oligopoly
monopolistic competition
non-price competition
Consumers have the most buying power with this type of market model.
pure competition
price competition
oligopoly
monopolistic competition
Complete the outline with the correct term.
The Six Functions of Business i. Human Resources ii. Strategy iii. Information Management iv. ______________ v. Marketing vi. Finance/Accounting
Customer Service
Operations
Mission
Vision
Business means a for-profit or non-profit organization involved in commercial, industrial, or professional commerce. What is the meaning of professional?
The pursuit of a profit margin.
Customized services provided for a fee.
Recording financial transactions and records
Items that are manufactured.
Which business function is a route or plan of action designed to achieve certain goals and objectives?
Strategy
Finance/Accounting
Human Resources
Marketing
Which business function helps to ensure quality control during manufacturing and distribution?
Strategy
Finance/Accounting
Human Resources
Operations
Inspiring, motivating, influencing and maximizing the efforts of people towards a common purpose is:
membership
repetitive
leadership
procedural
Which of the following areas of HR focuses on searching for appropriate candidates to fill a position?
onboarding
recruiting
performance management
professional development
Based on the Equal Employment Opportunity Act, an interviewer is prohibited from asking a potential employee which of the following questions?
What is your proudest achievement?
How long did you work at your last job?
What country are you originally from?
How many employees have you managed?
The explanations and expectations of duties and responsibilities are known as which of the following?
employee orientation
employee benefits
company culture
job descriptions
Which of the following combines employee feelings about their work with how it motivates them to serve the company’s mission?
job descriptions
compensation
company culture
terminations
A route or plan of action designed to achieve certain goals and objectives is known as which of the following?
strategy
function
department
department
Complete the following sentence with the best term.
Mission is a company’s purpose, and strategy is the _____.
who
what
why
how
Which of the following best demonstrates how a company successfully uses strategy to live out its mission and vision?
A company that believes everyone can be an athlete only sells to professional athletes.
A company that wants to make affordable home furniture knows to say no to expensive materials.
A company looking to free the world of Alzheimer’s invests in research for all types of diseases.
A company that’s dedicated to becoming the world’s most flown airline charges high prices for flights.
A specific procedure or action used to support strategy in order to achieve goals and objectives is known as which of the following?
tactic
KPI
goal
operation
A business function that involves people, processes, and systems that collect, organize, store and secure relevant data and information, and makes it accessible and useful for making informed decisions is called:
cyber security
information management
risk management
intellectual property
A practice or process not generally known outside of the company that owns it, and that has economic value is a/an:
cyber security
risk
trade secret
audit
Identifying, understanding and predicting circumstances or events that might have negative consequences, and taking proactive measures to avoid these issues and effectively combat them if/when they occur is:
cyber security
intellectual property
risk management
information management
An independent and unbiased inspection and review to evaluate the safety, integrity and accuracy of information, systems, processes, procedures and protocols is a/an:
risk
cyberattack
transaction
audit
The protection of networks, devices, and data from unauthorized access or criminal use, and the practice of ensuring the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of information is:
intellectual property
information management
risk management
cyber security
The daily functioning of an organization, managing the inputs and outputs, which also includes manufacturing, purchasing, and logistics is:
Strategy
Human Resources
Operations
Information Management
Which of the following is an example of an output?
concrete
wiring
wood
house
What is optimizing the flow of inputs and outputs until goods reach their final destination?
purchasing
logistics
margins
manufacturing
To categorize, sort, and transport goods to all their final destinations as efficiently, inexpensively, and carefully as possible is:
distribution
fleet management
information management
transportation
The study of how individuals and societies make decisions about resources, production, distribution, exchange, and consumption of goods and services, given unlimited and competing wants, and given the scarcity of resources is:
economic utility
inflation
economics
social science
Choosing between two things that cannot be had or done at the same time, which may require a compromise is a/an:
trade-off
noneconomic want
opportunity cost
resource
The reality that people’s wants always exceed the resources available to fulfill those wants is:
consumption
inflation
scarcity
economics
Something’s usefulness and the degree to which wants are satisfied is called:
economic want
distribution
consumption
economic utility
A momentary state or condition where the quantity of a product supplied equals the quantity demanded for the same product is known as which of the following?
demand
equilibrium
surplus
shortage
The economic theory that explains the interaction between the buyers and sellers of an item is known as which of the following?
law of supply and demand
equilibrium price
equilibrium quantity
price elasticity
In 2020, due to the pandemic, there was a large demand for Lysol cleaning products. This resulted in stores nationwide running out of the products for months. This is an example of which of the following?
surplus
equilibrium
price elasticity
shortage
The price of car gasoline fluctuates up and down frequently. However, people’s demand for gasoline doesn’t vary by much. This is an example of which of the following elements of supply and demand?
inelastic demand
elastic demand
equilibrium
competition
Desires for goods, services or other items that can only be acquired by spending money are:
economic services
economic goods
economic needs
economic wants
An item that is required, essential, or very important, well beyond just a desire is an:
economic service
economic need
economic want
economic good
A tangible item that has utility, is scarce, and is transferable is an:
economic want
economic need
economic good
economic service
Something that can be touched, and/or can be perceived by one or more of the other senses is:
service
scarce
transferable
tangible
Gross Domestic Product (GDP) measures:
economic decline
total economic growth
quality of life
overnight loan interest
The total market value of all final goods and services an economy produces in a period of time, within a country’s borders is:
Gross Domestic Product
Net Exports
Economic Service
Private Consumer Spending
Total consumer spending on goods and services, including durable goods and non-durable goods is:
Private Consumer Spending
Private Domestic Investment
Double Counting
Underground Economy
The total of a country’s private investment on capital equipment, inventories, and housing is:
Private Consumer Spending
Private Domestic Investment
Underground Economy
Government Spending and Investment
Complete the definition with the correct term.
Net exports are a country’s total exports minus its ________________.
total investment
total imports
consumer spending
government spending
To use the least amount of inputs to generate the highest amount of outputs is:
productivity
productivity
efficiency
analysis
Per Capita GDP measures the productivity of a:
country’s population
state’s population
warehouse’s employees
company’s employees
Complete the statement with the best term.
The more ________________ the role, the more likelihood the worker becomes an expert, and then can perform better in that role, and therefore will be more productive.
solitary
interactive
generalized
specialized
Complete the statement with the correct term.
Governments and societies use an economic _____________ to make decisions about resources, production, and distribution of goods and services.
system
formula
standard
theory
Which economic system relies on cultural customs, history, ancestral practices, and time-honored beliefs to make decisions about production and distribution?
mixed
centrally planned
market
traditional
Which economic system is run by a dominant centralized authority that allocates the resources, decides who makes the goods and services and how and where they are distributed, and sets the prices?
market
traditional
centrally planned
mixed
An economic system where production, wages, and prices are determined via the application of the law of supply and demand, with little or no government regulation is a:
centrally planned economic system
traditional economic system
market economic system
mixed economic system
Which of the following assumes that people will generally make choices based on their own personal preferences and desired outcomes?
rational choice theory
free market
pricing
economic incentives
The price of one product or service as compared to another, expressed as a ratio between two prices is known as which of the following?
relative price
market price
selling price
pricing
A customer sees a pair of jeans from a brand priced for $100 at one store. When they go to another store, they see a similar, but slightly lesser-quality pair of jeans for $40 less. The customer decides to buy the jeans that are $40 cheaper. This is best demonstrating which of the following?
rational choice
market price
substitution effect
relative price
An economic and totalitarian political system where there is no privately-owned property, where the government owns and controls the production and distribution of goods and services, where there are no classes, and people share equally from the benefits of labor is:
socialism
totalitarianism
communism
capitalism
An economic and political system that emphasis economic equality, and collective or public ownership of production is:
distributism
communism
socialism
capitalism
An economic system where companies are privately-owned, versus being owned by the government, and that assumes companies are built with a purpose of creating economic value through innovation, driven by a profit-motive, and where prices are set by the market via the ebb and flow of supply and demand is:
capitalism
socialism
communism
productivism
The incentive in a private enterprise system for people to risk capital to start a business in order to earn a profit in return is a/an:
economic freedom
entrepreneur
venture
profit motive
When three possibilities exist – gain, loss, or no change – it is called:
production risk
speculative risk
market risk
pure risk
Complete the statement with the best term.
Pure risk is difficult to predict and normally occurs ______________, like natural disasters and criminal activity.
daily
rarely
consistently
randomly
An estimate/projection of future revenues, expenses, net income, and capital needed to fund the company’s operations is a:
speculation
risk mitigation
proforma
sensitivity analysis
