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Unit 5: Principles of Business and Finance
Unit 5: Principles of Business and Finance
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1
A country whose government provides citizens with free medical care, education, and other benefits.
Consumer
Capitalist
Welfare
Military
2
Which occurs when the supply of individuals who are able and willing to work diminishes?
Capital goods become limited.
Human resources become limited.
Human resources become unlimited.
Capital goods become unlimited.
3
A major characteristic of a market economy is which type of ownership of property?
Monopolistic
Private
Limited
Government
4
The usefulness of a product to consumers is referred to as product:
allocation
scarcity
utility
consumption
5
For a business, income remaining after payment of expenses is:
Loss
Capital
Profit
Debt
6
The basic role of the United States government is to...
increase production.
limit business startups.
protect U.S. citizens.
maintain control of prices.
7
A business that begins selling Christmas decorations in September is creating what type of utility?
Posession
Form
Time
Place
8
Why would a U.S. company decide to offer its products in other countries?
To provide jobs to people in other countries.
To subsidize developing countries.
To expand to new, untapped markets.
To sell obsolete, outdated products.
9
What can customers present at the time of purchase to get money taken off the purchase price of an item?
sales receipts
refund checks
discount coupons
rebate certificates
10
Which group of words best describes wants?
unlimited, unchanging, and compensating
limited, unchanging, and competing
limited, changing, and compensating
unlimited, changing, and competing
11
Which factor has aided the most in creating a global business environment?
Technology
Cultural Change
Government
Exchange Rate
12
Which represents a NATURAL risk for the owner of a delivery service?
Snowstorm
Rising Prices
Accident
Government Intervention
13
Which situation would cause prices to rise?
Insects destroy a large cotton crop.
Animal rights activists march in front of a fur store.
A newspaper article describes poor service provided by a hotel.
The corn crop is unusually large one summer.
14
Which is an external factor that affects market price?
number of items in stock
location of items in store
available credit terms
consumer buying power
15
Which is a natural resource that can be renewed through people's efforts?
Crude Oil
Trees
Water
Mineral Deposits
16
A small company decides to stock a new product. Which activity should be used to inform customers about the new product?
Production
Marketing
Management
Finance
17
Kim invests in a marketing campaign to stimulate sales for her company. What type of management process is this?
competitive aggression
proactive management
organizational learning
innovative management
18
A killing frost destroys 80% of Florida's citrus crop. This will most likely create:
pure competition.
a seller's market.
inelastic demand.
a buyer's market.
19
Which is a reason that natural resources are considered limited?
Some countries are unable to manufacture them.
Technology has advanced faster than training.
People lack training or skills needed to do a job.
The earth has certain boundaries.
20
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.
21
The desire for which item(s) would be considered a NONECONOMIC want?
Nutritious Food
New clothing
A walk
A car
22
Which is an example of ethical business behavior?
disclosing partial information about products
accepting a bribe from a prominent customer
testing products to ensure they are safe to use
using advertisements to confuse customers
23
The government can BORROW money from the private sector in order to pay the costs of regulation by:
selling licenses.
setting prices.
issuing bonds.
raising taxes.
24
In a private enterprise economic system, the interaction of supply and demand primarily determines:
economic choices.
the extent of pollution.
product prices.
government regulation.
25
The formula that is generally used to measure productivity is:
goods divided by time.
outputs divided by inputs.
labor divided by resources.
inputs divided by labor.