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Business Essentials 2.05
Business Essentials 2.05
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Fall 2022 - EC913, EC003, EC912
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1
Trash pickup legally controlled by one company is
nonprice competition
a regulated monopoly
price competition
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One of the main principles of the private enterprise system is
Competition
Price fixing
Monopolies
3
People who go into business know that the business may not succeed. This possibility is called
retention
downsizing
risk
4
Holding an annual meeting in a less dangerous place is
transferring the risk
avoiding the risk.
retaining the risk.
5
What activities are likely to increase a firm's profit?
increasing sales and decreasing expenses
Decreasing sales and increasing expenses
Increasing supplies and decreasing production
6
The act of reducing or removing risks by shifting the risk factor to someone else is
retaining risk.
transferring risk
avoiding risk.
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In business terms, what is profit?
A holiday bonus
A monetary reward
A good investment
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Which of the following is a pure business risk?
Inflation
Competition
Robbery
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What category of business risk includes production problems and incompetent employees?
Operational
Strategic
Hazard
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Which of the following is a situation in which people are out of work and can't afford "extra" purchases
Bad investment
Unexpected event
Bad economy
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Burger King and Hardee's are examples of
regulated monopolies
unrelated businesses
direct competitors
12
The auto and pharmaceutical industries are examples of
oligopolies
monopolistic competition
market structure
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Which of the following is a general benefit that profit provides
Better wages
More products
Higher prices
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The amount of money paid for raw materials and products sold is called
operating expense
net profit
Cost of goods
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A popular product is said to be
out of style
in demand
available
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A business that has a special sale AND delivery service is using ____
direct and indirect competition
price and nonprice competition
local and national competition
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To use resources wisely, business owners must reduce
reward
waste
risk
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Movie theaters and pizza places are
direct competitors
indirect competitors
engaged in price competition
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Gross profit shows business owners the difference between what they've
paid and risked
spent and received
received and billed
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Type of market structure most commonly found in a private enterprise economy
Monopolistic competition
Oligopoly
Perfect competition
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Factors that affect profit and can usually able be controlled by the business
Income and expenses
Pricing and billing
Expenses and pricing
22
This law prevents monopolies from forming and hinders price fixing
Clayton Act
Robin-Patman Act
Sherman Antitrust Act
23
In business terms, income is the money
produced
supplied
received
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A tornado that destroys a business is a(n)
operational risk
strategic risk
hazards risk
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The money spent to run a business is called
net profit
cost of goods
operating expense