Business Enterprise – Test 1 (Part 1)

22 January 2024
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Profit
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The amount a business earns after deducting what is spends for salaries and other expenses
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A common characteristic of most entrepreneurs is that they:
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Accept the risks involved in starting and managing a business
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Two factors of production that seem to contribute the most to a nation's ability to create wealth:
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Entrepreneurship and knowledge
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Which of the following policies would tend to foster entrepreneurship?
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Minimize taxes and regulations
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Empowerment
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Giving employees the authority to make decisions
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Communism
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The economic and political system in which the government owns all the major factors of production
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Monopoly
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Exists when the entire supply of a good is controlled by a single seller
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Mixed
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The economic system of most nations
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GDP
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The total value of final goods and services produced within a nation's borders in a given year
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Fiscal Policy
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The federal government's efforts to keep companies stable by raising or lowering taxes or government spending
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Laws represent the standards of _______ behavior
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Legal
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Ethical dilemmas in business:
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Often force us to choose between equally unsatisfactory alternatives
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The majority of CEOs blame unethical employee conduct on:
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A failure of leadership in traditional institutions
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Corporate ______ covers issues such as setting minority hiring practices, manufacturing safe products, and minimizing pollution
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Responsibility
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Insider trading involves:
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Investors using private company information to further their own fortunes