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How is a co-operative different from a corporation?


A) A co-operative has no shareholders.
B) A co-operate is smaller than a corporation.
C) In a co-operative, each person has only one vote no matter how many shares they own.
D) Double taxation affects co-operatives more negatively than corporations.
E) A co-operative is not incorporated.

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Private investors, also known as angels, provide most of the debt financing for new businesses.

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Why is there such a difference between the failure rates of small businesses in general and franchising operations in particular?

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Franchises fail less because t...

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An income trust structure allows a corporation to avoid paying tax if it distributes all or most of its earnings to investors.

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The features of a sole proprietorship include all the following except


A) a lot of government paperwork.
B) simple to form.
C) easy to dissolve.
D) limited resources.
E) unlimited liabilities.

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Survival rates for new ventures are greatly improved by getting involved with an incubator.

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What characteristics do entrepreneurs typically exhibit? How important are these characteristics?

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Research shows that entrepreneurial char...

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Sam and Nina want to start a dry-cleaning service and need to decide on the best form of business ownership, based on their respective abilities and the kind of business they want to run. They could either jointly own the business as a partnership, or one of them could own it as a sole proprietorship. Which of the following, if true, would strengthen the case for Sam and Nina owning the business in a partnership?


A) Sam and Nina have very different personalities.
B) Sam and Nina have the same skill sets.
C) Sam and Nina are both motivated and energetic.
D) Nina has good leadership qualities.
E) Sam has a strong marketing background.

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How are corporations managed?

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The governing body of a corporation is i...

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Describe the criteria used to screen an entrepreneur's idea.

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There are five criteria: (1) Does this i...

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List the major parts of a good business plan.

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- Company description
- Produc...

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Which of the following is correct with regard to small business?


A) Various measures might be used to define a small business, including the number of people the business employs, the company's sales revenue, the size of the investment required, or the type of ownership structure the business has.
B) Since the Business Register tracks businesses and the Labour Force Survey tracks individuals, these sources of information are not useful in defining the term "small business."
C) To be included in the Business Register, a business must have at least five paid employees.
D) In the Business Register, a goods-producing company is considered small if it has fewer than 500 employees, while a service-producing business is considered small if it has fewer than 100 employees.
E) All of these are correct.

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An example of a debt source of funds is ________ and an example of an equity source of funds is ________.


A) family and friends; venture capitalists
B) private lenders; family and friends
C) private lenders; trade credit
D) venture capitalists; private lenders
E) family and friends; private lenders

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The most important reason that women give for starting their own business is to gain control of their schedules.

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Roger has made a list of what he considers to be advantages of buying a franchise. You tell him that one item on his list is not an advantage. Which one is it?


A) Improved chances of success
B) Access to big business management skills
C) Don't have to build a business step by step
D) Incentive of owning your own business
E) Low start-up costs

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Co-operatives are allowed to deduct patronage refunds to members out of before-tax income.

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What is the most important advantage of general partnerships?


A) The unlimited liability of the partnership
B) The ability to grow with the addition of new talent and money
C) The ease of implementing an effective control system
D) The increased role of luck
E) The need for minority partners

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What are the most common sources of equity financing?

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The most common sources of equity financ...

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What is the fundamental difference between a sole proprietorship and a corporation?


A) A corporation is larger than a sole proprietorship.
B) A corporation is a legal entity that is separate from its owners, while in a sole proprietorship, there is no such distinction.
C) A sole proprietor has unlimited liability, while investors in a corporation have limited liability.
D) A corporation is more bureaucratic than a sole proprietorship.
E) There isn't really a fundamental difference between a sole proprietorship and a corporation.

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The Heritage Foundation's "index of economic freedom" measures


A) how well command economies are performing compared to market economies.
B) the extent to which entrepreneurs have freedom to pursue new business opportunities.
C) how well entrepreneurs are performing in advanced industrialized countries compared to developing economies.
D) how much profit entrepreneurs are making in command economies compared to market economies.
E) the economic freedom entrepreneurs have in various countries, using the United States as the comparison point.

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