Introduction to Business Quiz ONE(BUS001)
1.A furniture manufacturer like Thomasville would be concerned with the producer price index because it
[removed] | A. | measures prices that manufacturers must pay for lumber and other raw materials used in the manufacturingprocess. |
[removed] | B. | is related to the real gross domestic product. |
[removed] | C. | tracks the cost of housing and transportation. |
[removed] | D. | is published daily. |
[removed] | E. | measures the effect of interest rates on the economy. |
2.A local retailer calls its customers when it receives merchandise that they may be interested in, provides individual service to each customer, providesforms and phone numbers for complaints and comments, and has a 100 percent satisfaction guarantee. Which objective is this business working hard toaccomplish?
[removed] | A. | Achieving low employee turnover |
[removed] | B. | Keeping up with the current technology |
[removed] | C. | Making a profit |
[removed] | D. | Satisfying the needs of its customers |
[removed] | E. | Increasing the owner's wealth |
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3.consumers exchange tax money to purchase goods and services.
[removed] True
[removed] False
4.For firms like Target and Walmart, competition
[removed] | A. | affects larger chain operations but not smaller businesses. |
[removed] | B. | is a problem that has been eliminated in the twenty-first century. |
[removed] | C. | is not a factor that must be considered in a free-market economy. |
[removed] | D. | is a rivalry among businesses for sales to potential customers. |
[removed] | E. | affects smaller businesses but not large chain operations. |
Satellite Communications
Jonathan worked for Satellite Communications for twenty years. In the time that he worked there, he learned a lotabout the company and how it operated. The company met its sales and revenue goals every year. However, most ofthe employees had similar educational and cultural backgrounds. He believed that the company could do much better ifit cultivated an environment that promoted many different ideas. Additionally, Satellite Communications was mostlyfocused on how much revenue it earned in a given year. Jonathan felt that the most important goal should be tosatisfy customers. He believed financial success would result from focusing on customers.
After a lot of consideration, Jonathan decided to open his own business called Universal Communications and hire employees that reflected a more diversecustomer base. He was happy to have this opportunity because it was a dream that he had always had. He had always wanted to make his own decisionsabout what his company would produce and how. The only aspect of the business he was unsure of was pricing, yet he knew this would be important forhis ultimate success.
5.Jonathan is operating in a [removed] because he has the opportunity to decide what and how to do things.
6.Now that Jonathan plans to open his own business, he needs to look at the factors of production. Which of the followingis not a factor of production?
[removed] | A. | Labor. |
[removed] | B. | Entrepreneurship. |
[removed] | C. | Machinery. |
[removed] | D. | Capital. |
[removed] | E. | Demand. |
7.Jonathan's success will contribute to society. This is referred to as the
[removed] | A. | invisible hand. |
[removed] | B. | standard of living. |
[removed] | C. | market economy. |
[removed] | D. | objective |
[removed] | E. | business cycle.
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8.When hiring people, Jonathan thinks it is important to consider
[removed] | A. | cultural diversity. |
[removed] | B. | health benefits. |
[removed] | C. | wage increases. |
[removed] | D. | profit. |
[removed] | E. | unilateral thinking. |
9.The equilibrium or market price exists when the supply of a product exceeds the amount that consumers are willing topurchase.
[removed] True
[removed] False
10.The organized effort of individuals to produce and sell, for a profit, the products and services that satisfy society's needs through the Internet is known as [removed].
11The U.S. business system is commonly referred to as a mixed economy.
[removed] True
[removed] False
12.Tim Garner owns and operates his own small automobile repair shop. However, the prices he can charge are fixed, and herents his land and building from the government. Most of his friends work for industries owned by the government.Tim's country is most likely a(n) [removed] economy.
13Which of the following is uncharacteristic of a socialist economy?
[removed] | A. | All capital and capital goods are privately owned. |
[removed] | B. | The government owns and controls key industries. |
[removed] | C. | Land and raw materials may be the property of the state. |
[removed] | D. | What to produce and how to produce it are based on national goals. |
[removed] | E. | Distribution of goods and services is controlled by the state. |
14.Which of the following scenarios would best exemplify Adam Smith's view of best serving the interests of society?
[removed] | A. | Individuals are selected to fill certain positions within the economy of their nation according to the needs of the nation as a whole. |
[removed] | B. | A country only has a limited amount of space for college students and uses a type of lottery system todetermine who gets these spaces. |
[removed] | C. | Government scarcely exists in this country, and transactions are based on a system of barter, ortrading goods, for other goods. |
[removed] | D. | Markets are carefully regulated to ensure that all individuals within a nation are treated fairly and chargedstandardized prices. |
[removed] | E. | Individuals in the country may pursue their own economic gain and self-interest by doing whatever is best for them. |
15-------------------------is a loose, subjective measure of how well off an individual or society is in terms of obtaining want-satisfying goods and services.
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