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1
The desire for which item(s) would be considered a noneconomic want?
A walk
Nutritious food
New clothing
A car
2
Which is a factor that affects the business environment?
Information management
Staff organization
Industry competition
Conflict negotiation
3
A business that begins selling winter decorations in late autumn creates what type of utility?
Form
Possession
Time
Place
4
The usefulness of a product to consumers is referred to as product:
Scarcity
Utility
Allocation
Consumption
5
What federal act is being violated?
Celler-Kefauver Act
Sherman Act
Robinson-Patman Act
Clayton Act
6
When prices increase, producers usually:
Decrease supply
Decrease profits
Increase supply
Increase demand
7
Businesses that successfully adapt to current market situations often realize that:
More financing is necessary
Diversification is the key
Cutting costs is important
Change is an opportunity
8
Which is an example of an economic factor that affects the business environment?
Business cycle
Management style
Long-term goals
Employee morale
9
What is an example of an economic service?
Concert Ticket
Car Stereo
Baseball Glove
Tennis Shoes
10
Which business activity should be used to inform?
Management
Finance
Marketing
Production
11
Which is a natural resource that can be renewed through people's efforts?
Mineral deposits
Water
Crude oil
Trees
12
The basic role of the United States government is to:
Protect U.S. citizens
Limit business startups
Maintain control of prices
Increase production
13
One reason that has caused the government's role in business to expand is that:
Products have become very technical
Competition in the marketplace has increased
People's attitudes have changed
Costs of production have continued to increase
14
A major characteristic of a market economy is which type of ownership of property?
Government
Private
Monopolistic
Limited
15
The 2 main divisions of the trade industry are:
Manufacturers and wholesalers
Wholesalers and retailers
Wholesalers and producers
Producers and retailers
16
Which provides government protection of business property?
Consumer protection laws
Patents
Revenues
Economic incentives
17
Which situation would cause prices to rise?
The corn crop is unusually large one summer
Insects destroy a large cotton crop
A newspaper article describes poor service in a hotel
Animal rights activists march in front of a fur store
18
Will the museum be a business?
No, the museum will be a charitable institution
Yes, the museum will be a not-for-profit business
Yes, the museum will be a for-profit business
No, the museum will not be considered a business
19
3 primary factors also include:
Injunction
Attrition
Initiative
Authority
20
One factor that might limit the human resources available for certain jobs is a/an:
Appealing company image
Good safety record
Inadequate pay level
Organized training program
21
Which is an external factor that affects market price?
Available credit terms
Consumer buying power
Location of items in store
Number of items in stock
22
What is the business' net profit?
$471,350
$232,420
$523,820
$368,730
23
Which is an example of a speculative business risk?
A special promotion fails to increase sales
A cashier gives unauthorized discounts to friends
A customer is injured at a business and sues the company
A supplier's shipment is lost in transit
24
What method is best?
Start to merge with a foreign business to sell your products
Start by building facilities in the countries of interest
Start by hiring an export management company
Rent facilities in countries of interest and hire foreigners
25
Who decides how goods and services will be marketed in a private enterprise economic system?
Business people
Competitors
Legislators
Consumers
26
Which type of market is created for blue pickup trucks?
Seller's
Discount
Automotive
Buyer's
27
Business ethics involve considering issues about what is:
Right and wrong
Legal and illegal
Safe and unsafe
Positive and negative
28
For a business, income remaining after payment of expenses is:
Loss
Profit
Debt
Capital
29
What is the total hourly production output?
262
168
42
1050
30
Which factor has aided the
most
in creating a global business environment?
Government
Technology
Cultural change
Exchange rate
31
The formula that is generally used to measure productivity is:
Labor divided by resources
Inputs divided by labor
Goods divided by time
Outputs divided by inputs
32
What does this demonstrate?
Scarcity
Exchange
Trade-off
Rationing
33
A local dry cleaner that also launders and presses shirts is selling:
Specialty goods
Tangible items
Consumer services
Industrial supplies
34
The government can borrow money from the private sector to pay the costs of regulation by:
Issuing bonds
Raising taxes
Selling licenses
Setting prices
35
Which occurs when the supply of individuals who are able and willing to work diminishes?
Human resources become unlimited
Capital goods become unlimited
Capital goods become limited
Human resources become limited
36
These kinds of countries are referred to as which type of state?
Military
Welfare
Consumer
Capitalist
37
Which affects the business environment because it provides the
most
options for consumers?
Global competition
International sanctions
Monopoly
Command economy
38
Which change provides the most time utility for a consumer?
Staying open for business on the weekend
Asking for early delivery of a product
Shopping for a product in the morning
Arriving at a product trade show early
39
Which represents a natural risk for the owner of a delivery service?
Government intervention
Snowstorm
Rising prices
Accident
40
In business terms, what is profit?
A risky venture
A monetary reward
A good investment
A holiday bonus
41
If a business is
not
concerned about social responsibility, it is likely to:
Become solvent
Grow
Be a failure
Prosper
42
What is their total hourly productivity level?
67
31
105
93
43
A killing frost destroys 80% of Florida's citrus crop. This will most likely create:
Inelastic demand
A seller's market
A buyer's market
Pure competition
44
Which is a reason that natural resources are considered limited?
People lack training or skills needed to do a job
Technology has advanced faster than training
The earth has certain boundaries
Some countries are unable to manufacture them
45
Equilibrium price of a good or service is determined by trial and error and exists when:
The amount supplied is equal to the amount demanded
Research shows what the market will tolerate
Businesses total their costs and markup
Businesses compute the average selling price in the area
46
One reason:
Evaluates the performance of the business' employees.
Provides experience increasing the business' credibility
Helps with the day-to-day operations of the business
Assumes all legal responsibility for the business' actions
47
A business selects goods or services to sell. Which type of risk is this business using?
Avoiding risk
Transferring risk
Bypassing risk
Controlling risk
48
Which is an example of ethical business behavior?
Using advertisements to confuse customers
Disclosing partial information about products
Accepting a bribe from a prominent customer
Testing products to ensure they are safe to use
49
Which needs to be presented?
Rebate certificates
Sales receipts
Discount coupons
Refund checks
50
Which group of words
best
describes wants?
Limited, changing, and compensating
Unlimited, changing, and competing
Limited, unchanging, and competing
Unlimited, unchanging, and compensating
51
Which is a problem associated with communist command economies?
Supply and demand control what will be produced
Individuals run the risk of losing their businesses
There is no competition
There are high taxes
52
This is an example of:
Utility
Opportunity cost
Distribution
Efficiency
53
In a private enterprise Econ. system, interaction of supply and demand primarily determines:
The extent of pollution
Product prices
Government regulation
Economic choices
54
Which situation
most likely
indicates the need to adapt to changes in the business environment?
The number of the business' competitors has decreased
Supply of materials used in product manufacturing decreased
The demand for the product is stable
Business had little employee turnover in the past year
55
Of what type of management process is this an example?
Organizational learning
Proactive management
Competitive aggression
Innovative management
56
A U.S. company would decide to offer its products in other countries as a reason to:
Provide jobs to people in other countries
Expand to new, untapped markets
Subsidize developing countries
Sell obsolete, outdated products
57
When manufacturers give back part of a purchase price of an item to a customer, they engage in:
Non-price competition
Clearance sales
Price-fixing
Offering rebates
58
The productivity of an individual worker can be measured by:
Divide # of customers served by # of hours employees worked
Divide dollar totals by # of salespeople who made the sales
Divide total number of products produced by the # of steps
Divide dollar totals of sales by costs of making all of them