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Sell obsolete, outdated products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