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  1. Publications that provide specific information about particular fields and new products and styles are known as
  2. Your answer:
    Trade Journals
    Consumer Panels
    Market Papers
    Consumer Surveys


  3. Which of the following is a general guideline for answering the telephone in a businesslike manner.
  4. Your answer:
    Address the caller by his/her first name
    Identify the firm or department and yourself
    Take immediate action on the caller's request
    Record the correct spelling of each caller's name


  5. In a private enterprise economic system, consumers have a variety of products from which to choose as a result of
  6. Your answer:
    The collection of taxes
    inflation
    limited government control
    competition


  7. One of the factors that directly limits the economic fredom fo individuals in a private enterprise system is government
  8. Your answer:
    Taxation
    Indecision
    Production
    Services


  9. In economic systems other than private enterprise, the people's standard of living often is controlled by
  10. Your answer:
    The marketplace
    supply and demand
    The government
    Private property


  11. Encouraging employees to make the best use of scarce resources is an attempt to increase profits by increasing
  12. Your answer:
    sales
    demand
    efficiency
    expansion


  13. A major factor which affects a business's profit but over which the business has little control is the
  14. Your answer:
    output from workers in the business
    price charged for goods/services
    expenses of the business
    economy of the nation


  15. Which of the following is classified as an operating expense:
  16. Your answer:
    costs of preparing items for sale
    cost of goods sold
    cost of raw materials
    cost of utilities


  17. Which of the following is a true statement:
  18. Your answer:
    small businesses usually have their own new-product departments.
    product-planning committees take up very little of company executive's time
    the smaller a business, the less time that can be devoted to product planning
    Venture teams are permanent departments that deal with product/service planning


  19. Any business that transports goods across state lines must comply with standards set by...
  20. Your answer:
    individual usinesses.
    trade associations.
    professional organizations.
    government agencies.


  21. Which of the following is a way that businesses can protect consumers from financial loss when comsumers buy products.
  22. Your answer:
    By providing protective packaging
    By offering warranties or guarantees
    By providing complete instruction
    By labeling products accurately


  23. Which of the following is an example of excess demand:
  24. Your answer:
    Price=$700, demand=$300, supply=$700
    Price=$400, demand=$600, supply=$400
    Price=$600, demand=$400, supply=$600
    Price=$500, demand=$500, supply=$500


  25. Gas and electric companies are businesses that are regulated at the local level by the
  26. Your answer:
    Consumer Product Saftey Commission.
    Environmental Protection Agengcy.
    Federal Trade Commission.
    Public Utilities Commission.


  27. The owners of a business are entitled to any profits earned by the business because they have
  28. Your answer:
    created jobs.
    invested other people's money.
    raised the standard of living.
    taken a risk.


  29. An example of a natural economic resource is
  30. Your answer:
    wood.
    tools.
    buildings.
    equipment.


  31. When producers use the best combination of resources, consumers are more likely to get goods and services that
  32. Your answer:
    they do not need.
    are best known.
    they want.
    cost more.


  33. In order for consumption to occur, goods and services must be
  34. Your answer:
    specialized.
    produced.
    exchanged.
    improved.


  35. Which of the following is an economic activity:
  36. Your answer:
    Sitting beside a friend.
    Charging a new pair of shoes.
    Walking through a park.
    Watching television.


  37. Justin is trying to decide whether he wants to spend a $50 birthday check on a new radio or tickets to a concert. If he chooses the radio, what is the opportunity cost of this decision?
  38. Your answer:
    Birthday check
    Radio
    Concert tickets
    $50


  39. What type of product utility is being described in the following situation: Crude oil is refined into gasoline.
  40. Your answer:
    Form
    Place
    Time
    Possession


  41. If last year's sales records show that average markdowns in July were 5%, discounts 2%, and shortages 1%, which of the following is most likely to be the percentage of planned reductions for July of this year:
  42. Your answer:
    5%
    3%
    8%
    2%


  43. The stock-in-hand for the month is $225,000, planned sales are $175,000, stock-on-order is $28,000, planned ending stock is $250,000, and planned reductions are $13,000. What is the open-to-buy?
  44. Your answer:
    $185,000
    226,000
    $213,000
    $200,000


  45. With the following information, calculate open-to-buy: planned sales, $1,300; planned reductions, $200; on order, $800; EOM stock, $1,200; and stock on hand, $1,400.
  46. Your answer:
    $1,300
    $700
    $500
    $1,000


  47. Which of the following terms would describe the kinds of relationships which have no specific rules, such as those you have with friends:
  48. Your answer:
    Casual
    Impersonal
    Formal
    Logical


  49. To determine whether a customer's complaint is justified, you should
  50. Your answer:
    take immediate action.
    investigate the problem.
    ask a supervisor.
    restate the complaint.


  51. A store sells T-shirts for $10. Which of the following would be the most likely to occur if all other factors remain the same and there is a demand for the T-shirt at $10:
  52. Your answer:
    If the price is raised, business profits will go up.
    If the price is raised, the volume of sales will go up.
    If the price is lowered, the volume of sales will go up.
    If the price of lowered, business profits will go down.


  53. What federal government agency is responsible for preventing false advertising?
  54. Your answer:
    Federal Trade Commission
    Food and Drug Administration
    Interstate Commerce Commission
    Environmental Protection Agency


  55. Natural Monopolies are allowed to exist in the united States because they
  56. Your answer:
    improve competition.
    control production.
    stabilize the economy.
    benefit society.


  57. Which of the following is a positive effect of government regulation:
  58. Your answer:
    Increased inflation
    Price controls
    Legal protection
    Unfair competition


  59. Which of the following is an example of a government regulation that affects a business's working conditions:
  60. Your answer:
    Minimum wage
    Food inspection
    Zoning laws
    Price supports


  61. Economists consider the profit motive in a market economy as
  62. Your answer:
    having little or no relationship to our lives.
    a major incentive for work/production.
    the primary goal of all economic systems.
    having little value to individuals.


  63. A type of insurance that rotects the owner of a business from loss when employees or customers are injured on the premises is called__________insurance.
  64. Your answer:
    major medical
    transportation
    Liability
    disability


  65. Which of the following is a way to reduce or eliminate business risk by transferring the risk factor to some other person or business:
  66. Your answer:
    Forming a corporation
    Training employees
    Inspecting office equipment
    Conducting marketing research


  67. Most businesses put their greatest competitive efforts into competing
  68. Your answer:
    with direct competitors.
    locally.
    with indirect competitors.
    nationally.


  69. The basis for the Sherman Act, Clayton Act, and the Federal Trade Commission Act is an effort to
  70. Your answer:
    promote regulated monopolies.
    protect fair competion
    decrease business profits.
    protect big business.


  71. When businesses try to attract customers by offering high-quality products, extra customer services, and convenient locations, they are engaged in_________competition.
  72. Your answer:
    illegal
    price
    nonprice
    unfair


  73. The managers of several companies have gotten together to set prices for their businesses in order to eliminate competition. What illegal activity is taking place?
  74. Your answer:
    Price control
    Price indexing
    Price fixing
    Price discrimination


  75. A business changed its commission structure for salespeople in order to increase sales of high-priced merchandise. This change is an example of a
  76. Your answer:
    quota.
    tactic.
    strategy.
    goal.


  77. What is the most common channel of distibution for large industrial goods?
  78. Your answer:
    Producer to agent to industrial distributor to user
    Producer to industial distributor to user
    Producer to industrial user
    Producer to agent to user


  79. Gross sales for the women's department were $7,325. If the department had five returns of $26 each, what were net sales?
  80. Your answer:
    $7,095
    $7,195
    $7,299
    $7,455


  81. During a three-month period, a business had gross sales of $479,000. During that same period, customers returned goods valued at $1,764 the first month, $1,348 the second month, and $973 the third month. What were net sales for the three-month period?
  82. Your answer:
    $438,150
    $477,236
    $474,915
    $483,085


  83. A business's net sales for the year were $990,000; cost of goods sold was $650,000; and total operating expenses were $320,000. Determine the amount of the business's net profit or loss.
  84. Your answer:
    $20,000(profit)
    $660,000(loss)
    $1,320,000(profit)
    $20,000(loss)


  85. What is the total of a sales check showing four items at $1.29 each (excluding tax)?
  86. Your answer:
    $.33
    $5.00
    $5.16
    $.32


  87. The price of a dozen items is $1.00. How much would nine items cost?
  88. Your answer:
    $1.25
    $.85
    $.90
    $.75


  89. Which of the following is an example of an economic good:
  90. Your answer:
    Automobile
    Medical exam
    Guitar lessons
    Photo developing


  91. Industrial equipment is an example of a
  92. Your answer:
    human resource.
    natural resource.
    capital good.
    consignment good.


  93. By deciding to boy or not to buy, consumers control what goods and services will be produced and at what price through their
  94. Your answer:
    gross income.
    economic votes.
    capital investment.
    limited wants.


  95. A characteristic of human wants is that they are
  96. Your answer:
    consistent.
    limited.
    unlimited.
    unchanging.


  97. Why do marketers classify goods and services?
  98. Your answer:
    To determine promotional budgets
    To decide whether to increase production
    To help in calculating prices
    To aid in marketing planning


  99. A combination of communication techniques which include advertising, publicity, sales promotion, and personal selling is known as the
  100. Your answer:
    sales presentation.
    media mix.
    promotional mix.
    public relations policy.


  101. Comparing the target market of newspapers with that of the typical radio audience shows that the newspaper readers are
  102. Your answer:
    older and better educated.
    more socially mobile and older.
    younger and better educated.
    less socially mobile and younger.


  103. When a country's imports are greater than its exports, a(n)________ occurs.
  104. Your answer:
    comparative advantage
    trade deficit
    international interdependence
    trade surplus


  105. A decrease in the value of the U.S. dollar will
  106. Your answer:
    lower the gross domestic product.
    increase our imports.
    lower the stock market.
    improve our foreign trade.


  107. Which of the following factors would account for Japan's comparative advantage in electronic products:
  108. Your answer:
    Correct climate and soil
    Available technology
    Access to raw materials
    Access to markets


  109. Which of the following economic laws is a business following when it stops hiring after its current employees achieve a certain level of productivity:
  110. Your answer:
    Diminishing returns
    Variable products
    Marginal revenues
    Negative returns


  111. Which of the following is a factor that often enables certain countries to trade successfully with each other:
  112. Your answer:
    Same religious institutions
    Equal government systems
    Similar business subcultures
    Identical language traits


  113. Which of the following is a major category of spending that the Bureau of Labor Statistics includes in the Consumer Price Index:
  114. Your answer:
    Housing
    Exports
    Farming
    Imports


  115. Calculate a firm's break-even point in dollars from the following information: selling price per unit, $200; variable cost per unit, $100; total fixed cost, $40,000.
  116. Your answer:
    $12,000
    $40,000
    $80,000
    $6,000


  117. Which of the following is a way that employees who handle sales transactions can help to save the business money:
  118. Your answer:
    Watching for counterfeit money
    Accepting third-party checks
    Counting out too much change
    Neglecting to validate credit cards


  119. A valuablesource of information that explains the proper way of handling a specific piece of company equipment is a(n)
  120. Your answer:
    job description.
    management report.
    operating manual.
    maintenance schedule.


  121. A bicycle shop files and pays state sales tax before the due date each month in order to take the .075% discount on the amount of tax due. The shop collected 5% sales of $25,000 in June. How much did the shop save by paying the sales tax on time?
  122. Your answer:
    $90.00
    $93.75
    $95.00
    $75.00


  123. How much sales tax would a business report to the state government that it had collected if it's taxable sales were $54,962 and the state sales tax rate is 6%?
  124. Your answer:
    $3,297.72
    $1,640.76
    $1,648.86
    $3,281.15


  125. Which of the following is a way that the productivity of an individual worker can be measured:
  126. Your answer:
    By diving the total munber of products produced by the number orf production steps
    By dividing the dollar totals of sales by the costs of making all of those sales
    By dividing the dollar totals of sales by the number of salespeople who made the sales
    By dividing the number of customers served by the number of hours an employee worked


  127. All workers should be interested in preventing inflation since it reduces their
  128. Your answer:
    gross wages.
    wants and needs.
    productivity.
    disposable income.


  129. An atmosphere of cooperation between labor and management fosters productivity by providing the basis for a good
  130. Your answer:
    referral method.
    standard of living.
    quality of work life.
    lavor union.


  131. What effect does a decrease in oeverall productivity usually have on the economy?
  132. Your answer:
    Lower prices
    Increased lavor costs
    Increased sales
    Decreased unemployment


  133. An example of an uninsurable business risk is losses caused by
  134. Your answer:
    personal injury.
    drops in sales volume.
    employee theft.
    damage to shipments.


  135. Ski instructors in Colorado are examples of workers whose jobs involve specialization by
  136. Your answer:
    natural resources.
    obsolescence.
    capital goods.
    stages of production.


  137. A business has extened its inexpensive product line to include larger, more expensive models. This is an example of the product-mix strategy known as
  138. Your answer:
    trading-up.
    positioning.
    trading-down.
    alteration.


  139. An important role of promotion is to
  140. Your answer:
    set prices.
    presell products.
    bypass salespeople.
    guide management.


  141. A customer makes the following layaway pruchases: 4 dinner plates @ $24.95 each, 4 salad bowls @ $13.50 each, 1 platter @ $32.00. Store policy requires a 15% down payment on layway purchases. The sales tax rate is 7%. What is the amount of the balance due?
  142. Your answer:
    $188.81
    $175.11
    $168.99
    $185.80


  143. What forms of utiltity are being created by a business that extends its hours of operation and offers credit to customers?
  144. Your answer:
    Place and time
    Time and possession
    Possession and place
    Price and possession


  145. Which of the following factors affects consumers' decisions to buy goods or services.
  146. Your answer:
    Buying power
    Competition
    Production costs
    Labor costs


  147. A car wash would be considered a(n)________want.
  148. Your answer:
    unlimited
    noneconomic
    tangible
    economic


  149. If production costs decrease, thereby increasing profits, producers will usually produce__________of a product.
  150. Your answer:
    less
    more
    the same amount
    twice as much


  151. If there is a large demand for a product and a small supply, the price will usually
  152. Your answer:
    go down.
    stay the same.
    go down, then up.
    go up.


  153. A DECA chapter purchased seven-dozen donuts to sell at school on Tuesday. Six-dozen donuts were sold. What do the six-dozen donuts represent?
  154. Your answer:
    Demand
    Surplus
    Capital
    Supply


  155. When a decimal problem is done on a calculator, how would and answer of 858.7729 be rounded up to the nearest thousand.
  156. Your answer:
    859
    858.773
    858.772
    858.7729


  157. Which of the following is a benefit to a business of performing preventive maintencance:
  158. Your answer:
    Saves money
    Occupies staff
    Increases sales
    Reduces overtime


  159. A characteristic of effective prices is that they must be
  160. Your answer:
    high.
    competitive.
    low.
    inflexible.


  161. Which of the following terms would allow the greatest length of time to receive a cash discount if the invoice date were June 15, and the goods were received July 1:
  162. Your answer:
    2/10, 30 extra
    2/10, n/30 EOM
    2/10, n/30
    2/10, n/30 ROG


  163. What is the amount of the trade discount when the discount rate is 5% and the list price is $26.00?
  164. Your answer:
    $24.70
    $1.70
    $24.30
    $1.30


  165. Employees at a small resort hotel are dissatisfied with their working conditions and low wages. What could the employees do that might improve their situation?
  166. Your answer:
    Slow down on the job
    Join a trade union
    Obtain an injunction
    Join an industrial union


  167. Colleen will vote next week on the new contract that her union has negotiated with management. Union and management are in the________stage of the collective-bargaining process.
  168. Your answer:
    preparation and research
    tentative agreement
    contract settlement
    ratification of contract


  169. Which of the following would be included in calculationg gross domestic product:
  170. Your answer:
    The selling price of a car
    The cost of transporting food products
    The cost of lumber to build a house
    The value of a car's motor


  171. An example of a nondurable good is a
  172. Your answer:
    can of soda.
    pillow.
    television.
    dental checkup.


  173. Which of the following causes problems in measuring GDP:
  174. Your answer:
    Transfer payments add to the value of GDP.
    All economic goods and services produced are sold.
    The underground economy has a large volume of records.
    Some figures used in calculating GDP are estimates.


  175. A manager whose workers perform specialized job tasks decides to offer employees cash bonuses for suggesting ways to improve the work environment. This is an example of trying to
  176. Your answer:
    set up job rotation.
    create division of labor.
    offer job enlargement.
    increase job satisfaction.


  177. Which of the following prices products are low levels and advertises them heavily:
  178. Your answer:
    Promotional pricing
    Multiple pricing
    Variable-price policy
    Price lining


  179. A business purchases a line of items for resale which cost $12.32 each. Expenses total $1.65 per item. What is the break-even price per item?
  180. Your answer:
    $13.97
    $14.92
    $14.26
    $14.71


  181. When caluclating the gross domestic product for the nation, what category would items such as a business's new delivery truck, office furniture, and computer equipment come under?
  182. Your answer:
    Gross private domestic investment
    Government purchases of goods and services
    Net exports of goods and services
    Personal consumption and expenitures


  183. When the demand for goods and services starts to fall and unemployme4nt rises, the business cycle is in its _________ phase.
  184. Your answer:
    peak
    contraction
    trough
    expansion


  185. Which of the following is considered an external cause of business cycles:
  186. Your answer:
    Climatic changes
    Money supply
    Aggregate demand
    Inventory levels


  187. The low point of economic activity occurs during which phase of the business cycle?
  188. Your answer:
    Peak
    Recession
    Trough
    Valley


  189. During the 1920's, the citizens of the United States were experiencing a peak in the business cycle. However, the peak ended in the 1930's, and a long period of bad economic times began that lasted for nearly 10 years. What phase of the business cycle did the United States experience in the 1930's?
  190. Your answer:
    Inflation
    Depression
    Contraction
    Recession


  191. A country imports goods and services from other countries in order to
  192. Your answer:
    create a trade deficit
    satisfy domestic wants and needs
    create a trade surplus
    participate in domestic trade


  193. Which of the following would be the most approptiate products to advertise:
  194. Your answer:
    products on order
    leftover products
    slow sellers
    best sellers


  195. Businesses can use information about previous promotions n their promotional planning if they keep the information on hand in a(n)
  196. Your answer:
    production schedule
    advertising record
    marketing report
    publicity plan


  197. In order for a business to coordinate its displays and its advertisements, the business should set up its displays of advertised goods
  198. Your answer:
    after the ad has appeared
    by the time the ad appears
    when customes request the goods
    during the time the ad is appearing


  199. Simplified worker training, increased employee interest and satisfaction, increased production rates, and ease of transferring to similar positions are all ______________ of labor specialization.
  200. Your answer:
    risks
    advantages
    types
    categories


  201. Jennifer found her job to be more satisfying after her manager gave her more freedom to make decisions and to set her own work schedule every week. This is a good example of job
  202. Your answer:
    enrichment
    enlargement
    specialization
    rotations


  203. A characteristic of trade industies is that the services they offer
  204. Your answer:
    may be limited or full line
    are always full line
    vary from day to day
    are always limited


  205. Unlimited life is a characteristic of which of the following forms of business organization:
  206. Your answer:
    sole proprietorship
    cooperative
    corporation
    partnership


  207. What is an advantage of a sole proprietorship?
  208. Your answer:
    limited capabilities
    disagreements
    difficult to end
    pride of ownership


  209. The form of business ownership in which two or more owners are liable for all debts or losses of the business is a
  210. Your answer:
    general partnership
    corporation
    limited partnership
    sole proprietorship


  211. The Premium Ice-Cream Parlor has operated successfully for more than 15 years, and the owners would like to open other Premium Ice-Cream Parlors all over the state. What type of expansion should they consider?
  212. Your answer:
    Product trade-name franchise
    Business-format franchise
    Subchapter "S" corportaion
    Limited liability company


  213. Which of the following is a benefit to consumers of the exchanges which occur as a result of marketing:
  214. Your answer:
    Making maximum profits
    Obtaining items when needed
    Determining how to meet wants
    Gaining repeat business


  215. A business had beginning of the month (BOM) stock of $4,000 and end of the month (EOM) stock of $3,000. If sales for the month totaled $7,000, what is the stock turnover rate for the month?
  216. Your answer:
    2
    3
    4
    1


  217. A business is estimating that its reductions for the month of March will be 5% of planned sales. If planned sales are $10,000, how much are reductions?
  218. Your answer:
    $500
    $5000
    $5
    $50


  219. What percentage of planned sales are planned reductions if planned sales are $150,000 and planned reductions are $15,000
  220. Your answer:
    1%
    10%
    15%
    5%


  221. In copyreading an advertising proof, the advertiser should use horizontal parentheses between words to indicate
  222. Your answer:
    close up the space
    move to the left
    tranpose words
    move to the right


  223. Many businesses try to get information about their activites presented to the public by the media without paying a fee. These businesses are trying to obtain
  224. Your answer:
    advertising
    public relations
    marketing research
    publicity


  225. A company preparing a news release should always provide the media with
  226. Your answer:
    a contact name and phone number
    a glossy photograph suitable for print
    the operating hours of the business
    the billing address of the business


  227. A customer hands a salesperson $10.00 for a $7.57 purchase. The correct change to give the customer is
  228. Your answer:
    2.47
    3.43
    2.43
    1.43


  229. How many coins are in a roll of quarters
  230. Your answer:
    50
    40
    70
    60


  231. What has occurred when an item is recorded on the cash register for more than it is priced?
  232. Your answer:
    Ring on the wrong department key
    Overring
    Underring
    Void


  233. A cash register has an opening change fund of $50.00. The total sales indicated on the detail audit tape registered $676.00. Cash recieved for the day was $676.00. The register was
  234. Your answer:
    $50.00 over
    out of order
    Balanced
    $50.00 short


  235. Calculate the amount a customer would pay before taxes for thee pairs of Slacks @ $18.95 per pair and alteration charges of $1.50 each
  236. Your answer:
    $56.85
    $60.35
    $56.35
    $61.35


  237. A salesperson sells and item for $17.76 in a state where the sales tax rate is 5%. The correct taxt to the nearest cent is
  238. Your answer:
    $.98
    $.89
    $.90
    $.88


  239. Jeannie purchased a sweater for $15.00, jeans for $22.00 and shoes for $40.00. If the sales tax rate is 5.5%, what would the amount of sales tax be?
  240. Your answer:
    $4.24
    $.42
    $2.03
    $3.41


  241. The customer's purchases totaled $5.17 before tax of 3% was added. What was the final amount of the sale?
  242. Your answer:
    $5.23
    $5.22
    $5.32
    $5.33


  243. If cards are priced for "3 for $3.95" what is the price of one card?
  244. Your answer:
    $1.31
    $1.33
    $1.32
    $1.34


  245. A sales slip shows sales tax of $.75 and a subtotal of $21.30. The total on the sales slip should be
  246. Your answer:
    $20.55
    $22.05
    $.75
    $21.30


  247. With a sales tax of 5%, determine the total sales check for the following purchases: 2 items at $12.50 each 1 item at $21.99
  248. Your answer:
    $50.19
    $49.34
    $51.05
    $47.63


  249. Susan Samuelson purchased two quarts of wood stain @$3.50 each and five sheets of sandpaper @$.17 each. Including sales tax of 4% what was the total amount charged to Susan's credit account?
  250. Your answer:
    $8.16
    $7.12
    $3.82
    $8.07


  251. Chad Brown paid for two lunches with his credit card. If the lunches were $5.95 each, and Chad included a 20% tip, how much was charged to Chad's account?
  252. Your answer:
    $13.09
    $7.14
    $14.28
    $6.55


  253. On May 2, Jan returns a blow dryer with a reciept which shows it was a cash purchase of $29.99 on April 29. Jan wants to exchange the dryer for one that is $34.95. Store policy states that cash refunds will not be given, returns must be made within 10 days, and sales receipts must be presented. Will a cash refund be issued for this transaction?
  254. Your answer:
    no, the customer owes additional money
    yes; if was a cash purchase
    no; the time limit has expired
    yes; the customer will get a due bill


  255. How much refund is due a customer who returns a cash purchase that cost $39.95 plus sales tax of 5.5%?
  256. Your answer:
    $41.94
    $42.15
    $44.41
    $39.95


  257. A customer has placed a set of golf clubs priced at $300 on layaway. State sales tax is 5% and there is a $2 service charge for layaway. The customer's initial deposit is $60, with a second payment of $20. What is the balance due from the customer?
  258. Your answer:
    $220
    $237
    $297
    $237.10


  259. Doug is returning a stereo purchased on credit for $199.95 plus 5.5% sales tax. How much should be credited to Doug's credit account?
  260. Your answer:
    $206.77
    $199.95
    $209.95
    $210.95


  261. How much if the total bank deposit for a business depostiting $2,594 in cash and checks totaling $4,973.68?
  262. Your answer:
    $7,387.68
    $7,972.68
    $7,567.68
    $7,747.68


  263. A customer's bank balance on June 10 is $315.17. A deposit of $11 is made on June 11. Three outstanding checks of $5, $3.02,and $3.15 clear the account of June 14. The customer's bank balance on June 15 is
  264. Your answer:
    $315
    $316
    $318
    $314


  265. Which of the following is a true statement about sales taxes:
  266. Your answer:
    Businesses pay sales taxes along with their income taxes.
    Businesses forward a percentage of sales taxes to the government.
    Sales taxes are deferred if a business shows a loss.
    Businesses collect sales taxes for government.


  267. What is the best source of information that the owner of a new business could use to find out how to collect sales tax?
  268. Your answer:
    the local chamber of commerce
    the Internal Revenue Service
    The state board of equalization
    a financial institution


  269. Which of the following usually has an additional tax placed on it, beyond the regular sales tax:
  270. Your answer:
    candy
    gasoline
    clothing
    small appliances


  271. A business's gross sales for the month were $5,250. For the same time period, customer returns were $300. The net sales for this month were
  272. Your answer:
    $4950
    $5525
    $5575
    $4925


  273. If a business had $17,890 in gross sales, $1,320 in returns, and no allowances, what are its net sales?
  274. Your answer:
    $16,880
    $17,120
    $16,570
    $17,890


  275. The General Business Company had gross sales of $25,750 one month, and total adjustments of $2,475 for a net sales figure of
  276. Your answer:
    $24,025
    $23,275
    $23,250
    $24,225


  277. A business discounted the $625 price of an item by $62.50 for a net sales figure of
  278. Your answer:
    $565.25
    $550.50
    $560.00
    $562.50


  279. If sales amount to $50,000, expenses are $10,000 and cost of goods sold is $30,000, what is the amount of gross profit?
  280. Your answer:
    $30,000
    $20,000
    $40,000
    $10,000


  281. Calculate a firm's net profit or loss, given the following information: Expenses, $5,000; Cost of Goods Sold, $22,000; Sales, $40,000.
  282. Your answer:
    $23,000
    $13,000
    $17,000
    $18,000


  283. If a store operates on a 30% gross margin and has sales of $25,000, with operating expenses of $6,500, what is the amount of it's profit?
  284. Your answer:
    $10,000
    $14,000
    $11,000
    $1,000


  285. A DECA chapter plans to sell school store shirts which cost $36 per dozen. There is a one-time $20.00 fee for the art imprint and $9.00 per dozen is the shipping and handling charge. The club will sell the shirts for $7.00 each. If twelve dozen are ordered, how many shirts must the club sell to break even?
  286. Your answer:
    96
    100
    60
    80


  287. Compute the variable cost margin per unit for a product using the following information: selling price per unit = $30.00; variable costs per unit = $20.00.
  288. Your answer:
    $50
    $20
    $10
    $30


  289. Once a year, the ABC Card Shop has a half-price sale. What would be the sale price of cards that regularly sell for $2.50?
  290. Your answer:
    $1.75
    $2.00
    $2.25
    $1.25


  291. The cost of an item is $64 and the desired markup is 40% of cost. If the item is priced at $81, how much did the company lose because of improper pricing?
  292. Your answer:
    $8.60
    $42.60
    $81.50
    $8.00


  293. The cost of an item is $8.75. If the operating expenses per item were $.45 and the store desired to recover its costs and expenses and make a profit of $.35 from each item, what would be the item's selling price?
  294. Your answer:
    $8.85
    $7.95
    $9.10
    $9.55


  295. In order to plan stock, a business needs to know the turnover rate of its stock. If the number of units sold is 160 and the average inventory is 40, the stock turnover rate is
  296. Your answer:
    120
    6,400
    200
    4


  297. If the value of beginnning of the month (BOM) stock was $30,000 and sales for the month were $20,000. Caluclate the stock to sales ratio.
  298. Your answer:
    1.5
    .15
    15.5
    15


  299. What percentage of planned sales are planned reductions if planned sales are $450,000 and planned reductions are $27,000?
  300. Your answer:
    4.5%
    10%
    8%
    6%



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