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Ges 300 - 2017-1
Ges 300 - 2017-1
Ges 300 - 2017-1
2. The word Entrepreneurship originates from the French word _______, which means "to
undertake"
*a. Entreprendre
b. Interprendre
c. Entripendre
d. Entreprendri
4. In order to build long-term competitive advantage, the 21st century entrepreneurs primarily
invest in _______
a. Plant and equipment
b. Natural resources
c. Shares and debentgymures
*d. Knowledge and social capital
6. A globally renowned known entrepreneur who made fortune through electric light bulb and
phonograph is ______
a. Richard Branson
b. Bill Gates
c. Henry Ford
*d. Thomas Edison
7. ______ is a high school drop-out entrepreneur who made fortune in a small record shop in
London.
a. Richard Branson
*b. Bill Gates
c. Henry Ford
d. Anita Roddick
10. The socio-economic values of entrepreneur include all but one ______
a. Employment creation
b. Innovation
c. Tax payment
*d. Encouraging illegal business
11. For business idea to be profitable, it considers what promises/values it offers to _______
a. Employee
b. Entrepreneurship
*c. Customer
d. Government
12. A good business idea must meet how many conditions _______
a. 2
*b. 3
c. 5
d. 4
17. _____ deals with the careful identification and examination of every factor of business
opportunity (positive and negative effects)
a. Evaluation
b. Idea general
*c. Scanning business opportunity
d. Market analysis
21. Marketing research process has how many key stops _______
a. 3
*b. 4
c. 7
d. 5
23. The function that links the organization to its market through the gathering of analysis of
information is ______
a. Product development
b. Data analysis
*c. Marketing research
d. Advertising
28. When one firm purchase of high strength purchase over the other, it is referred to as
________
a. Franchise
b. Leasor
*c. Acquisition
d. Merger
29. Reasons for unethical behaviours among Nigerian entrepreneurs are all EXCEPT____
a. Low income
b. Poor moral background
*c. Strong code of ethic
d. Weak sanctions
30. Ethical culture can be created by entrepreneur through all EXCEPT one ________
a. Be a visible role model
b. Communicate ethical expectations
c. Provide ethical training
*d. Reward mediocre
31. _____ is the ability of the business organization to act responsibly towards its internal and
external publics
a. Ethics
b. Consumers
*c. Corporate social responsibility
d. Citizenship
34. An example of family business that have grown top among the list of five best in the world is
______
*a. Wall Mart
b. Sony
c. Agofure
d. Ibru
35. The three circle model encompasses all EXCEPT one ________
a. Family
b. Ownership
*c. Production
d. Management
37. _______ was a University drop-out who eventually became a successful entrepreneur.
a. Chief Femi Otedola
b. Alhaji Aliko Dangote
*c. Bill Gates
d. Walt Disney
42. Entrepreneur is someone who demonstrates initiatives and creative thoughts and is able to
organize socio-economic mechanism to turn resources and situations practically and accepts
risks and failures ______
*a. True
b. False
c. None of the above
d. All of the above
45. All are the macro-environmental forces to be considered by an entrepreneur, EXCEPT _____
a. Technology
b. Economy
c. socio-politics
*d. Suppliers
47. The documents required of an entrepreneur to register his business in Nigeria are amongst
others_____
a. memorandum and articles of association
b. Address of registered office
c. list and particulars of directors
*d. All of the above
48. The entrepreneur does the following fundamental management functions _____
*a. Planning, organizing, directing, co-ordinating, and controlling
b. Planning, organizing, directing, fashioning and controlling
c. Informing, organizing, directing, co-ordinating and controlling
d. Planning, organizing, directing, co-ordinating and reporting
51. The factor spurring entrepreneurship in rapid growth market create _____
a. Opportunity
b. Necessity
*c. Innovation
d. Commitment
54. Major factors that influence the core process of opportunity recognition and development
include the following EXCEPT ________
a. Entrepreneurial alertness
b. Social networks
*c. Entrepreneurial posture
d. Prior knowledge
56. Innovation represents goods, services, ideas, practices and opinions that are_____
a. The first in the industry
b. One of the first in the industry
c. The last in the industry
*d. The first or one of the first in the industry that has the capability of building for a firm a
competitive advantage
58. Early studies on entrepreneurial career choice focused on one of the following_____
a. Unemployment
b. Wealth creation
c. Inflation
*d. None of the above
59. One of the following is a determining factor of why people choose to become entrepreneurs
_____
*a. Attractiveness of an enterpriuse
b. Availability of funds
c. Entrepreneurship education
d. Paying taxes to the government
60. _____ provides a cognitive framework that endows meaning, belief and value and explains
the differences in entrepreneurial intentions
a. Geography
b. Top echelon
*c. Culture
d. GDP
61. Schumpeter (1934) observes that change is a catalyst for entrepreneurial activities, thus,
stable environments offer entrepreneurial opportunity_____
a. True
*b. False
c. None of the above
d. All of the above
66. Who is associated with the Hawthorne experiment and human relations management? _____
a. Henri Fayol
b. Frank Gilbert
*c. Elton Mayo
d. F. W. Taylor
68. In terms of Derr’s success measures, entrepreneurship means the following EXCEPT_____
a. Getting ahead
b. Balance
*c. Making money
d. Autonomy
69. _____ involves extending the firm’s domain of competence and corresponding opportunity
set through internally generated new resource combinations
a. Firm entrepreneurship
b. Independent entrepreneurship
c. Organizational entrepreneurship
*d. Corporate entrepreneurship
72. The internet turns the world flat means that ____
*a. Size and location are no more barriers to entrepreneurs
b. Size is no more barriers to the entrepreneurs
c. Location is no more a barrier the entrepreneurs
d. Entrepreneurs are equal
75. The long-term sources of loan for entrepreneur include all EXCEPT one ____
a. Debenture
b. Equity
c. Preference Shares
*d. Bonds
76. The salesman test only builds goodwill but does not take order is____
*a. Missionary sales people
b. Order delivery
c. Order taker
d. Service people
81. The aspect of selling process that builds long lasting relationship and customer satisfaction
is____
a. Closing sales
*b. Follow-up
c. Approach
d. Handling objection
82. ____ is the number of stages for selling process, a sales process goes through
a. 6
*b. 7
c. 5
d. 4
88. The various type of places where personal selling occur are EXCEPT ___________
a. Over the counter selling
b. Field selling
c. Telemarketing
*d. Shopping
90. ____ is all economic activities whose output/outcome is not physical or construction
a. Commodity
b. Product
*c. Service
d. Item
91. Modern marketing tool are classified as ____ devices used for communication and drive
sales
*a. Electronic
b. Print
c. Broadcast
d. Transit
92. Facebook, Twitter, Blog, Website are ____ used for business activities
a. Machines
*b. Social media
c. Communication
d. Advertising
93. The employee who is entrusted with the responsibility to make innovation in the organization
is called ____
*a. Intraprenuer
b. Enterpreneur
c. Intrapersonal
d. None of the above
95. ______ is individuals with innovative solutions to society’s most pressing and daunting
social problems
*a. Social Entrepreneur
b. Socialist enterprise
c. Entrepreneur
d. Philanthropist
96. ______ is a good or favourable change available to run a specific business in a given
environment at a given point of time
*a. Business opportunity
b. Optimist
c. Savoury
d. Business placement
98. ____is the attempt to create value through recognition of business opportunity, the
management of risk taking appropriate to the opportunity and through the communicative and
management skills to mobilise human, financial and material resources necessary to bring a
project to fruition.
*a. Entrepreneurship
b. socialism
c. Entreprepism
d. Business model
100. The contents of a business plan include the following EXCEPT ______
a. Product
b. Manpower
c. Location
*d. Maturity
102. Statement of cash flow contains operating, financial and investing activities of a
company____
*a. True
b. False
c. Cash book
d. Income statement
103. The following factors are impediments to entrepreneurial practice in Nigeria except____
a. The entrepreneurs’ mindset
b. Fear
*c. Innovativeness
d. Worry
104. The various components of the external environment that directly and consistently interfere
with the daily activities of the firm is known as____
a. Interest groups
b. Suppliers
c. Deciders
*d. Task environment
105. The following are the common reasons why people purchase goods and services except____
a. Desirability
b. Convenience
*c. Profitability
d. Appearance
107. A promising business idea has the following characteristics EXCEPT ________
a. Clear focus
b. Profitability
c. Innovativeness
*d. Co- operative
108. _________ is the tool employed by SMEs to identify customer needs, monitor/handle
complaints and keep abreact of competitive actions.
*a. Marketing research
b. Market potential
c. Sale potentials
d. C & D
109. The following methods are simple ways of collecting data by SMEs EXCEPT ________
a. Primary data
b. Secondary data
*c. Infotech
d. Observation
110. A growth strategy in which a firm combines its operations at different levels of the
production and marketing process is ____
a. Market strategy
*b. Vertical integration
c. Penetration strategy
d. None of the above
111. _______ is defined as the art of recording business transactions in chronological and
systematic manner so as to show firms financial position at any given date
a. Accounting
*b. Book keeping
c. Recording
d. A & B
112. The act of selecting a sub-set of the whole market place that a company can organize its
sales efforts around or on is known as ____
a. Diversification
b. Acquisition
*c. Segmentation
d. Penetration
113. ________ involves the exchange of digital information between parties such as coordination
of flow of goods and services and/or transition of electronic orders/payments.j
*c. e-commerce
d. e-marketing
114. A new technology that creates a new/different approach toward performing a task in a more
efficient and advantageous way that it displaces existing technology is known as ____
a. Innovation
*b. Disruptive technology
c. Arid strategies
d. Run strategy.
115. The process of adjusting a sales presentation to fit a particular selling situation is known as
____
a. Prospecting
b. Consultative selling
*c. Adaptive selling
d. Objective selling
116. The general forms of business, ownership transfer and succession include ____
a. Liquidation
b. Gifting
c. Inheritance
*d. Integration
119. The relationship between psychological attributes and entrepreneurial performance are
generally few but____
a. Certain
b. Uncertain
*c. Suggestive
d. None of the above
120. The elementary classification between founders as entrepreneurs and successors as non-
entrepreneurs avoids dependence on subjective distinctions such as the following EXCEPT____
a. Strategic preference
b. Orientation towards innovation
*c. Creativity
d. None is a factor
121. One is not an element of enlarged marketing mix____
*a. Distribution
b. People
c. Propensity
d. Positioning
133. ______ may be used for distribution of low involvement entrepreneurial products
a. Wholesalers → Retailers → Agents → Consumers
*b. Producers → Wholesalers → Retailers → Consumers
c. Producers → Consumers
d. Producers → Agents → Consumers
134. The informal sector provides more employment opportunities than the formal sector in the
developed and emerging economies______
*a. True
b. False
c. None of the above
d. All of the above
135. Two methods are commonly used by entrepreneurs in the 21st century to work closely with
the consumers’ aspiration ____
a. Review of literature
b. Forecasting
*c. Research and user interface
d. Guessing
144. The credit entry for net profit is shown in the ____
*a. Capital account
b. Profit and loss account
c. Balance sheet
d. Trading account
148. The descending order in which current assets should be shown in the balance are____
a. Debtors, bank, stock, cash
*b. Stock, debtors, bank, cash
c. Stock, debtors, cash, bank
d. Cash, bank, debtors, stock
154. Any patents, trademarks, copyright or trade secrets held by the entrepreneur is known
as____
a. Disclosure document
b. Patent
*c. Intellectual property
d. None of the mentioned
155. The organization will never be able to make the necessary changes without_________
*a. Top management commitment
b. Employees
c. Workers
d. None of the mentioned
162. Which of the following is not a characteristic that is helpful for an entrepreneur to have?
a. Self-esteem
*b. Caution
c. Drive
d. Optimism
164. A set of reasons for engaging in a particular behavior, especially human behavior is known
as ______
a. Values
b. Vision
c. Entrepreneurship
*d. Motivation
165. Which of the following techniques is an excellent method for initially screening ideas and
concepts in addition to generating new ideas?
*a. Focus group
b. Brain storming
c. Problem inventory analysis
d. Reverse brainstorming
166. The creative process for problem solving that involves making the strange familiar in first
step and then making the familiar strange through personal, direct or symbolic analogy is called
_________
*a. Synectics
b. Gordon method
c. Checklist method
d. Scientific method
167. When the multiplicity of environments become too complex to handle, the international
entrepreneurs often _______
a. Go for mergers
b. Diversify
*c. Decentralize operations
d. Sale out the foreign business
168. An entrepreneur into the hosiery business found out the reason his hosiery was not selling
was due to its color. What could be the best source of this information? ____
a. Supplier
*b. Retailer
c. Competition
d. Government bureau
169. In some countries, point of purchase displays is not allowed in retail stores. Such
differences are studied by international entrepreneurs under __________ environment.
a. Economic
b. Political
*c. Cultural
d. Technological
170. Entrepreneurial success has been significant because of the culture and the political and
economic systems in _______
a. European countries
*b. Asian countries
c. Transition economies
d. Middle east
171. Having more than 50% ownership position that provides the entrepreneur with managerial
control is called _______
a. Joint venture
*b. Majority interest
c. Horizontal merger
d. Diversified activity merger
172. The under-developed or lesser developed countries need manufacturing technology and
infrastructure and yet do not want to turn over substantial portion of their economy to foreign
ownership. Which of the following is a solution to this dilemma? ____
a. Management contract
b. Indirect exporting
c. Licensing
*d. Turn-key project
173. The development of a new venture based on an inventor's work often requires _______
*a. Expertise of an entrepreneur
b. Heavy investment from financers
c. Skilled human resources
d. Highly educated staff
174. _________ is the process in marketing of dividing a market into distinct subsets (segments)
that behave in the same way or have similar needs.
a. Target Market
b. Market Analysis
*c. Market Segmentation
d. All of the Above
175. A business where an individual is both the owner and conductor of the business affairs is
called___________
*a. Sole Proprietorship
b. Partnership
c. Corporation
d. None of the above
176. In ________, the entrepreneur has the right to sell any assets.
*a. Proprietorship
b. Partnership
c. Limited Liability Company
d. None of the given options
177. __________are lists of the general tasks, or functions, and responsibilities of a position.
a. Job Specifications
*b. Job descriptions
c. Job Requirements
d. Jobholder
178. A__________ can be a budget, a plan for spending and saving future income.
a. Marketing Plan
*b. Financial Plan
c. Production Plan
d. Organizational Plan
179. __________ involves an interest-bearing instrument, usually a loan, the payment of which
is only indirectly related to sales and profits.
a. Equity Financing
b. Internal or External Funds
c. Banking Funds
*d. Debt Financing
180. The idea and actions that explain how a firm will make its profits refers to____
a. Mission
b. Goal
*c. Strategy
d. Objective
187. A successful entrepreneur relies on which of the following for critical management
advice______
a. Internal management team
*b. External management professionals
c. Financial sources
d. No one
189. Entrepreneurs______
a. Are the life of the party
b. Are bores at a cocktail party?
c. Will never go to parties
*d. Just fit into the crowd at a party
190. Entrepreneurs and ventures capitalists:
a. Get along well
b. Are the best friends
c. Are cordial friends
*d. Are in conflict
191. An entrepreneur's primary motivation for high ego and need for achievement is based upon
a relationship with______
a. Spouse
b. Mother
*c. Father
d. Children
192. An individual usually begins his or her first significant entrepreneurial business enterprise at
what age______
a. Teens
b. Twenties
*c. Forties
d. Fifties
194. The factor______ is probably the most prevalent reason for mergers.
a. Taxation
*b. Economies of scale
c. Inflation
d. Mergers
195. A ______ merger is a combination of two firms producing the same products but selling
them in different geographic markets.
a. Diversified Activity Merger
b. Product Extension Merger
c. Vertical Merger
*d. Market Extension Merger
196. One of the most frequent reasons an entrepreneur forms a joint venture is to share the
______
a. Resources
b. Cost
*c. Cost and risk of a project
d. Profit
197. _______ involves having a foreign purchaser in the local market or using an export
management firm.
a. Direct Exporting
*b. Indirect Exporting
c. Management Contracts
d. Turn-Key Projects
198. The _______measures the payments that flow between any individual country and all other
countries.
a. International Business
b. Economies of Scales
*c. Balance of Payment
d. None of the given options
200. One study found that the typical minority business owner was the____
*a. Oldest child in a blue-collar family and married.
b. Oldest child in a white-collar family and married.
c. Youngest child in a blue-collar family and married.
d. Youngest child in a white-collar family and married.
204. ____ is one method of stimulating, and then capitalizing on, individuals in an organization
who think that something can be done differently and better.
a. Strategic Orientation
b. Capitalization
*c. Intrapreneurship
d. Management
205. The typical ______ has a climate and reward system that favor conservative decision
making.
a. Entrepreneurship culture
*b. Corporate culture
c. Intrapreneurial culture
d. None of the given options
206. Female entrepreneurs normally start their venture at the age of ______ years.
*a. 35-45
b. 25-30
c. 20-25
d. 40-45
207. Male entrepreneurs normally start their venture at the age of_____ years.
a. 20-25
*b. 25-35
c. 40-50
d. After the age of retirement.
208. The _______ is the process through which innovation develops and commercializes through
entrepreneurial activity, which in turn stimulates economic growth.
*a. Product-evolution process
b. Technological innovations
c. Breakthrough innovations
d. None of the given options
209. A__________ is a type of company formed from research and development that usually
does not go public.
*a. Foundation
b. Life-Style Firm
c. High-Potential Venture
d. Both b and c
210. ______involve such things as writing, listening, oral presentations, coaching and technical
know-how.
a. Business Management skills
b. Personal entrepreneurial skills
*c. Technical skills
d. None of the given options
211. The _______ means to do things in his or her own way and time.
*a. Need per independence
b. Need for achievement
c. Personal values
d. Ethics
212. ______ is a reason or set of reasons for engaging in a particular behavior, especially human
behavior.
a. Moral value
b. Act
*c. Motivation
d. None of the options
213. The _______ plan shows whether the business is economically feasible or not.
a. Financial
*b. Business
c. Economic
d. Marketing
215. The period in which the money person entered into a contract with the go-between to sell
his goods is known as ______
a. middle area
b. 18th century
c. 17th century
*d. Earliest period
216. ______viewed the entrepreneur as a risk taker who "buy(s) at an uncertain price, therefore
operating at a risk"
a. Eli Whitney
b. Edward Harriman
*c. Richard cantilena
d. Thomas Edison
217. A ______ is a professional money manager who makes risk investment from a pool of
equity capital to obtain a high rate of return on investments
*a. venture capitalist
b. entrepreneur
c. businessman
d. Buyer
218. In the ______ century, the notion of an entrepreneur as an innovator was established.
a. 17th century
b. Late 19th century
*c. middle of the 20th century
d. 18th century
219. In almost all definitions of entrepreneurship there is agreement that we are talking about a
kind of behavior that includes______
a. initiative taking
b. the organizing and reorganizing or social/economic mechanisms to turn resources and
situations to practical account.
c. the acceptance of risk or failure
*d. all of the given option
224. Which of the following statement is true for marketing system? ______
a. It is all about the internal envoi mental factors
*b. It identifies the major interacting components, both internal and external
c. It's about the financial needs of the venture
d. None of the options given
227. Before developing the pro forma income statement, the entrepreneur should______
a. Prepare operating budgets
b. Capital budgets.
c. None of the options given
*d. Both of the options given (a,b)
237. The importance of intellectual property should be understood by entrepreneur even before
_______
a. Hiring a manager
*b. Engaging an attorney
c. Developing a product
d. Establishing new venture.
239. The former USSR received technology and syrup from Pepsi and provided it with Soviet
vodka and rights to distribute it in the US. This is an example of______
a. Economic development
*b. Barter system
c. Balance of payment
d. International trade
240. A patent is granted for a specified amount of time because of the assumption______
a. During this time firm will cover its development costs
b. Firm will earn a sufficient profit during this period
c. To limit the monopoly of the firm
*d. It will stimulate idea and development of a batter product
241. Developing a new idea through inquiry and testing is called _______
a. Heuristics
*b. Scientific method
c. Forced relationship
d. Value analysis
242. In an international perspective, which of the following decisions are not covered under
strategic planning of an entrepreneur? ______
*a. What are unique characteristics of each market?
b. Who should be involved in marketing decisions?
c. What customer benefits are provided by the product
d. What are the company's major strengths and weaknesses?
243. Which of the following grants the owner protection from anyone else making, using and
selling the identified innovation? ______
*a. Utility patent
b. Design patent
c. Plant patent
d. International patent
245. Selling goods to another country through a person in the entrepreneur's home country is
known as ______
a. Export
b. Direct export
*c. Indirect export
d. Domestic sales
246. Which of the following statements is not true about trademarks? ______
a. A trademark could be a slogan or a particular sound
b. Some trademarks have no relationship with the product
c. The filing date for the trademark becomes the first date use of the mark
*d. The entrepreneur cannot file after the mark already been in use
247. The product life cycle is included in which stage of product planning and development
process? ______
a. Test marketing stage
b. Product development stage
*c. Commercialization stage
d. Product planning and development process is a part of product life cycle
248. Which of the following cannot be covered under the copyright protection? ______
a. Computer software
*b. Computer hardware
c. Poems and songs
d. Models and sculpture
249. Idea of new product is tested in potential consumers to determine consumer acceptance at
the_________ stage.
*a. Concept
b. Product development
c. Test marketing
d. Commercialization
250. According to the governing bodies of common laws, the life of trade secret is______
a. 12 years
b. 17 years
c. 20 years
*d. As long as it remains confidential
252. The evaluation criteria for the new product should include all of the following
except______
a. Determination of market demand
*b. Determination of the suppliers
c. Pricing and marketing policies of other competing firms
d. Product should be profitable
254. Automated stock replenishment, electronic selling and processing of customers orders and
payments are examples of________
*a. E-business
b. E-commerce
c. E-trading
d. E-transaction
255. The longest lasting trade agreement with the objective of liberalizing trade by eliminating or
reducing tariffs, subsidies and quotas is ______
a. Free trade area (FTA)
b. European community (EC)
*c. General agreement on tariffs and trade (GATT)
d. The North American free trade agreement (NAFTA)
257. Many companies are attempting to create the same ______ of entrepreneurship in the
organization.
a. spirit
b. culture
c. reward
*d. all
258. The typical _____ has a climate and reward system that favors conservative decision
making.
a. Entrepreneurial process
b. Opportunity identification
c. Entrepreneurial culture
*d. Corporate culture
259. There is/are individual characteristic(s) needed for a person to be successful entrepreneurs,
_____
a. Understanding the environment
b. been visionary and flexible
c. Creating management options
*d. all
260. Without _____ commitment, the organization will never be able to make the necessary
changes.
*a. top management
b. upper management
c. middle management
d. all
261. With _____ cut backs, more control has been given to lower levels of the organization.
a. top management
b. upper management
*c. middle management
d. lower management
262. Women are now starting new ventures at _____ time(s) the rate of men.
a. one
b. two
*c. three
d. Four
263. A/an _____ an individual who creates something for the first time, is a highly driven
individual motivated by his or her own work and personal ideas.
a. Entrepreneur
*b. Inventor
c. Salesman
d. Investor
266. _____ is the process of an entrepreneur conducting business activities across national
boundaries.
a. National entrepreneurship
*b. International entrepreneurship
c. Both a and b
d. None of the given option
269. 4 laws governing business arrangements also vary realty in the _____ different legal
systems and sets of national laws.
*a. 150
b. 50
c. 100
d. 95
270. To understand what is required for effective planning, reporting and control the
entrepreneur should consider________
a. Environment analysis
b. Strategic planning
c. Operating planning
*d. All
271. 6 lesser-developed countries are able to obtain manufacturing technology without
surrendering economic control through _____
a. Licensing
*b. Turn key projects
c. Direct foreign investment
d. Direct exporting
272. A _____ Is the combination of two firms that produce closely related projects in the same
area?
a. Product extension merger
b. Vertical merger
*c. Horizontal merger
d. Diversified activity merger
273. _____ is a creative process that forces individuals to solve problems through one of four
analysis mechanisms, personal, direct, symbolic and fantasy.
a. Ordain method
b. Checklist method
c. Brainstorming
*d. Synaptic
274. _____ method is a method of developing new ideas when the individuals are unaware of the
problem.
a. Synaptic
*b. Ordain method
c. Reverse brainstorming
d. Matrix charting
275. Following is/are the factor(s) that facilitate the growth of e-commerce are________
a. The widespread use of personal computers
b. The adoption of intranets in companies
c. The acceptance of the internet as a business communications platform
*d. All
276. The product life cycle is generally divided into the following stage(s)________
a. Product introduction
b. Market growth and maturity
c. Sales decline
*d. All
277. The entrepreneur should first file a _____ to establish a date of conception
a. The patent application
*b. The disclosure document
c. Patent infringement
d. None
278. A _____must have become distinctive and aimed recognition before it can be registered.
a. Arbitrary mark
b. Selective mark
*c. Descriptive mark
d. Trade mark
282. Insurance companies calculate the premium for workers' compensation as a percentage
of________
a. Payrolls
b. Type of business
c. Prior claim
*d. All
284. The _____ provides a brief summary of the business plan's contents.
a. Executive summary
*b. Introductory page
c. Environmental and industry analysis
d. Description of the venture
285. Following is/are the factor(s) that facilitate the growth of e-commerce are________
a. The widespread use of personal computers
b. The adoption of intranets in companies
c. The acceptance of the internet as a business communications platform
*d. all
286. The product life cycle is generally divided into the following stage(s)________
a. Product introduction
b. Market growth and maturity
c. Sales decline
*d. All
287. The creative process for problem solving that involves making the strange familiar in first
step and then making the familiar strange through personal, direct or symbolic analogy is
called________
*a. Synectics
b. Ordain method
c. Checklist method
d. Scientific method Bottom of Form
288. Which of the following is included in the description of the business? _____
a. Location
b. Products offered
c. History
*d. All of the given options
289. Which of the following cannot be covered under the copyright protection? _____
a. Computer software
*b. Computer hardware
c. Poems and sons
d. Models and sculpture
291. In an international perspective, which of the following decisions are NOT covered under
strategic planning of an entrepreneur? _____
*a. What are unique characteristics of each market?
b. Who should be involved in marketing decisions?
c. What customer benefits are provided by the product?
d. What are the company's major strengths and weaknesses?
296. The aspect of brand that can be verbalized and vocalized is ____
a. Brand Symbol
*b. Brand Name
c. Brand Colour
d. Brand Design
297. The aspect of brand that require legal protection and registration is____
a. Trade Mark
*b. Trade Name
c. Brand Colour
d. Brand Name
298. Fulani herdsmen practice branding of putting marks/sign at the back of ____
a. Mans
b. Buildings
*c. Cows
d. Trees
300. The role of brand that allows entrepreneur to reap from the creatively investment is _____
a. Asset
*b. Intellectual property right
c. Inventory right
d. Goodwill right
301. _____ quality of brand allows for easy recognition and recall by consumer
*a. Memorable
b. Meaningful
c. Adaptable
d. Protectable
304. Using your own district, unique and innovative name for different version of product is
called_____
*a. Individual brand name
b. Family brand name
c. Generic branding
d. Corporate brand name
305. Using a organization name for all the product of that firm is ____
*a. Corporate name
b. Individual name
c. Generic name
d. Co-branding name
308. The first process of strategic brand equity starts with ____
*a. Consumer brand research
b. Brand element
c. Integrated marketing
d. Continuous innovation
309. The aspect of brand building that considers every internal unit/department is important is
_______
*a. Integrated marketing
b. Competitor research
c. Brand element
d. Secondary association
311. ______ is the process of exchanging idea, goods and services for an amount of money or for
anything of value
*a. Selling
b. Trade by barter
c. Personal
d. Transaction
313. _________ refers to one’s belief in one’s ability to succeed in specific situations and/or
accomplish task
*a. Self-efficacy
b. Determination
c. Ability
d. All of the above
315. The environment that makes it difficult to recognize raw opportunities is found in ___
a. Plan
b. Structure
*c. Task
d. Internal
316. ___ and ____ are the two major components of entrepreneur environment
a. The market
b. Non-market
*c. a and b
d. None of the above
317. Social, political and legal arrangements are under ____ environment
a. Market
b. Internal
*c. Non market
d. Economic
318. The Sum total of forces/factors outside the entrepreneur and the firm that hinder business
development is ____
a. Political
*b. Environment
c. Risk
d. Culture
320. Which one of these is not incentive used by government to encourage entrepreneur_____
a. Tax holiday
b. Exportation
*c. Inflation
d. Infrastructure development
321. ____ defines the existence of unmet and unsatisfied need which can be profitable tapped
a. Business
b. Business idea
*c. Business opportunity
d. Market
324. Customers are more concerned with what benefit they get than product _____
a. Time
b. Place
*c. Feature
d. Price
325. Entrepreneurship is driven by poverty, newer and better ways of accomplishing familiar
task is summed as ___
*a. Creativity/Innovation
b. Development
c. Technology
d. Best practices
328. The following are the characteristics of a good business idea EXCEPT_____
a. Innovative
b. Unique
*c. Imitation
d. Original
329. In which of the following, the ownership of venture is reflected by ownership of shares of
stock? _____
a. Partnership
b. Limited partnership
*c. Corporation
d. Proprietorship
330. Bankers say that most businesses fail because of the _____ inability to plan properly.
a. Investor's
b. Marketer's
*c. Entrepreneur's
d. Consultant's
331. The _______ of a venture could be that the company has experience in related business.
*a. Strength
b. Weakness
c. Opportunity
d. Threat
332. The marketing plan should focus on strategies and for the first year, goals and strategies
should be projected _______
a. Daily
b. Weekly
*c. Monthly
d. Quarterly
334. Secondary data can be obtained from all of the following sources, except________
a. Internet
b. Magazine
c. Bureau of statistics
*d. Focus group
335. Which of the following is one of the simplest form and lowest in entry costs_____
*a. Direct mail marketing
b. Online marketing
c. Sales promotion
d. Export marketing
337. In partnership, the ability to raise capital depends on the __________ of the business.
a. Expansion
*b. Success
c. Size
d. Nature
339. Which of the following components of organizational vision and mission statements tells
how the organizational unit is responsive to societal, community, and environmental issues?
_____
a. Customer
b. Market
c. Self-Concept
*d. Concern for public image
340. Which of the following dimensions of organizational culture describes the degree to which
employees are expected to do their jobs with precision, thorough analysis, and attention to detail?
_____
a. Innovation and risk-taking
b. Team orientation
c. Aggressiveness
*d. Attention to detail
341. Which of the following does NOT represent a method through which organizational culture
is learned? _____
a. Stories
*b. Conflict
c. Rituals
d. Material symbols
342. Which of the following is NOT recognized as an important purpose of a business plan?
_____
a. Development tool for organizational founders
b. Vision and mission clarification
c. Planning and evaluation guidelines
*d. All of the selections are recognized as important purposes of a business plan.
343. Which of the following is NOT recognized as a major area that should be included in a
business plan? _____
a. Executive summary
*b. Corporate culture differences
c. Analysis of the opportunity
d. Analysis of the context
344. All of the following are important elements of the financial data and projections section of a
business plan EXCEPT_____
*a. SWOT analysis
b. Projected income statements
c. Break-even analysis
d. Cost controls
345. A (n) ______ is a form of organization in which the owner maintains complete control over
the business and is personally liable for business debts.
*a. Sole proprietorship
b. General partnership
c. Corporation
d. Limited liability Company
346. A (n) _____ is a form of business organization in which two or more business owners share
the management and risk of the business
a. Limited liability Company
*b. General partnership
c. Corporation
d. Sole proprietorship
347. A (n) ______ is a form of business organization in which there are general partners and
limited liability partners.
a. Sole proprietorship
b. General partnership
*c. Limited liability partnership
d. Corporation
348. A (n) ______ is a legal business entity that is separate from its owners and managers.
a. Sole proprietorship
b. General partnership
*c. Corporation
d. Limited liability Company
349. A (n) ______ is a form of legal protection for a distinctive word, name, phrase, logo,
symbol, design, slogan, or any combination of these elements.
*a. Trademark
b. Patent
c. Contract
d. Procedure
350. Which of the following is NOT one of the three different types of patents? _____
a. Utility patent
b. Design patent
c. Plant patent
*d. All the selections are valid type of patent.
351. Which of the following is recognized as the most common type of patent? _____
*a. Utility patent
b. Design patent
c. Plant patent
d. Cultural patent
352. All of the following are signals of potential decline in organizational performance
Except________
a. Poor communication within the organization
*b. Intolerance of work incompetence
c. Fear of conflict and taking risks
d. Negative cash flow
353. All of the following are recognized as important people practices of successful
organizations EXCEPT________
a. Employment security
b. Selective hiring
*c. Increased status differences
d. Training
355. in brainstorming_____
a. No criticism is allowed
b. Quantity of ideas is desired
c. None of the mentioned options
*d. Both of the mentioned options
356. A technique that asks questions about objects or ideas in an effort to develop a new idea
is_____
a. Heuristics
b. Matrix charting
*c. Forced relationships
d. Attribute listing
361. Which of the following statement is true for tax advantage of proprietorship? _____
a. There is double tax on profits
*b. There is no capital stock tax or penalty for re trained earnings
c. Both of the options given
d. None of the options given
364. Marketing research involves the gathering of data in order to determine information
as________
a. Who will buy the product?
b. What price should be charged?
c. What is the most effective promotion strategy?
*d. All of the mentioned options
368. When an entrepreneur is unable to secure a regular commercial bank loan, an alternative is
a________
a. Small and medium enterprise loan
b. Character loan
*c. Small Business Administration (SBA) Guaranty Loan
d. Equipment loan
369. Installment loans can be obtained by a going venture with a track record of________
*a. Sales and profits
b. Customers
c. Supplier's chain
d. All of the mentioned options
373. _____ involves a manufacturer giving a foreign manufacturer the right to use a patent,
trademark or technology in return for a royalty
*a. Licensing
b. Turn-key projects
c. Management contracts
d. None of the mentioned options
374. In chronological age, most entrepreneurs start their careers between ages_____
*a. 22 and 55
b. 30 and 55
c. 40 and 65
d. None of the given options
375. _______ is the combination of at least two firms doing similar businesses at the same
market level.
a. Diversified activity Merger
*b. Horizontal Merger
c. Joint Venture
d. Vertical Merger
377. All of the following are recognized as potential sources of entrepreneurial ideas
EXCEPT________
a. Work experiences, skills, and abilities
b. Familiar and unfamiliar products and services
c. Personal interests or hobbies
*d. All of the selections are recognized as potential sources of entrepreneurial ideas.
378. An __________ is an individual who creates something for the first time, is a highly driven
individual motivated by his or her own work and personal ideas.
a. Entrepreneur
*b. Inventor
c. Both a and b
d. None of the given options