GNS 205 Old Questions
GNS 205 Old Questions
2. The non-continuous process of combining resources of time, man, money and materials to create
products, services and ideas is ____________.
*a. entrepreneurship
b. management
c. Intrapreneurship
d. production
3. An individual that exhibits innovative abilities, perceives the market opportunities, and has the
motivation, drive and ability to mobilize resources to meet market opportunities, while working in
an existing organization is referred to as an __________.
a. entrepreneur
b. inventor
*c. intrepreneur
d. manager
6. The one who creates a new enterprise in a risky and uncertain environment is referred to as a
an_____.
a. risk taker
*b. entrepreneur
c. adventurist
d. leader
8. The scholar who first stressed the significance of entrepreneurship for economic growth is_____.
*a. Cantillon
b. Mill
c. Quesnay
d. Ricardo
9. When an entrepreneur directs and controls all organizational activities to ensure that things are
done properly on schedule, he is performing the _______ role.
*a. leader
b. resource allocator
c. directing and controlling
d. visionary
10. An Entrepreneur who starts a business with a fresh idea is simply performing a _______ role.
a. leadership
b. resource allocator
c. directing and controlling
*d. visionary
11. Which one of the following is an important source of idea generation due to their familiarity
with the needs of market?
a. Commitment to opportunity
*b. Existing products and services
c. Distribution channels
d. Federal government
13. The first step in creative process according to Holt 1992, is_______.
a. Incubation
b. Preparation
*c. Idea generation
d. Verification
14. The following are forms of innovation except:
a. Technological Innovation
b. Product-Marked Innovation
c. Administrative Innovation
*d. Idea generation
15. When innovation brings about a new dominant design and consequently, a new set of core
design concepts embodied in components that are linked together in a new architecture, it is known
as:
a. Architectural Innovation
*b. Radical Innovation
c. Modular Innovation
d. Incremental Innovatio
on
c. Radical Innovation
d. Incremental Innovation
18. When innovation consists of market research, product design, and innovations in advertising and
promotion, it can be said to be:
a. Technological Innovation
*b. Product-market Innovation
c. Consumer related Innovation
d. Administrative Innovation
19. According to Adams 2005, the following are critical to individual creativity except:
a. Knowledge
b. Thinking
*c. Personal Motivation
d. Verification
20. The entrepreneur can assess the internal environment of the business by critically looking at
a. 5ps
*b. 5s
c. 5w
d. 5t
21. ___________is a written document prepared by an entrepreneur which describes all the
relevant internal and external issues involved in starting a new business venture.
*a. Business plan
b. Feasibility study
c. Appraisal
d. Business structure
23. The chief motivational factor for ___________ entrepreneurs to leave jobs is the frustration of
not being allowed to perform at the level of which they are capable.
a. Male
b. Female
c. Young
*d. All of the above
24. The difference between management and entrepreneurship is that while management is
continuous _______ is non-continuous.
*a. entrepreneurships
b. entrepreneur
c. environmental
d. Management
26. _______ is that person who creates a business enterprise, establishes it, and nurses it to survival
and success.
*a. Entrepreneur
b. Sales Manager
c. Feasibility report
d. feasibility study
27. When the multiplicity of environments become too complex to handle, the international
entrepreneurs often______
*a. go for merger
b. Diversify
c. Decentralize operations
d. Sale out the foreign business
29. The difference in the entrepreneurial and managerial domains has contributed towards an
increase interest in____________
*a. Forming new firms
b. Partnership
c. Intrapreneurship
d. Private firms
31. Which of the following allows for criticism in the process generating a business idea?
a. matrix charting
b. brainstorming
*c. reverse brainstorming
d. collective notebook
33. ____________is an exclusionary right that conveys the right to prevent others from copying,
selling, performing, displaying or making derivative versions of a work of authorship.
a. patent right
b. intellectual right
*c. copyright
d. royalty
35. Which of the following four Ps of marketing according to McCarthy (1975. is odd?
a. product
b. place
c. promotion
*d. public relation
36. Which one of the following is the fourth step in the entrepreneurial process?
a. Developing successful business ideas
b. Deciding to become an entrepreneur
*c. Growing the entrepreneurial firm
d. Moving from an idea to an entrepreneurial firm
37. An individual who initiates, creates and manages a new business can be called_______
a. A leader.
b. A manager.
c. A professional.
*d. An entrepreneur
40. Where individual skills are collectively integrated into a group, this is known as __
a. Collective entrepreneurship
b. Intrapreneurship.
*c. Team entrepreneurship
d. Dual innovation.
41. The scanning of the business environment so as to identify the favourable and unfavorable
conditions therein is ………………..
*a. SWOT analysis
b. External evaluation
c. Internal Evaluation
d. Market analysis
43. The essence of scanning the external environment of business is in order to identify
_____________.
a. only strengths
b. weaknesses
c. strengths and weaknesses
*d. opportunities and threats
44. The entrepreneur can assess the internal environment of business by critically looking at the
opportunities and threats.
a. Opportunities .
b. threats and opportunities
c. strength and threats
*d. strengths and weaknesses
47. All of the followings are the disadvantages of sole proprietorship except
a. Limited growth
b. unlimited liability
c. lack of continuity after the death of promoter
*d. Easy to raise capital
48. Partnership formation requires minimum and maximum number of partners respectively
*a. 2 and 20
b. 2 and 50
c. 2 and 7
d. 7 and 20
49. The document that states all the terms of partnership is known as ________.
a. Partnership agreement
b. article of partnership
c. article of association
*d. article of partnership and article of association
50. The general partners have _________.
a. limited liability
b. Unlimited liability
c. participate in the day to day running of the business
*d. Unlimited liability and participate in the day to day running of the business
51. The management of resources in a small firm is largely __________ concerned with
a. Operations.
b. Finance.
c. Marketing.
*d. All the above.
52. Acquiring the use of equipment such as machinery without owning it is known as_________
*a. Leasing
b. Hire purchase.
c. Factoring.
d. Acquisition.
53. Which type of business should prepare a business plan for a new venture _________
a. Sole traders only.
b. Limited companies only.
c. All businesses.
d. Only those asked to by the bank.
54. A cash flow forecast will form part of which section of the business plan ______
a. Operations.
b. Marketing.
*c. Finance.
d. Executive summary.
55. A key aspect of the financial section of the business plan is _________.
a. A statement of management skills.
*b. A realistic sales forecast
c. Production capacity.
d. A description of competitors
59. 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
60. 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.
61. Idea of new product is tested in potential consumers to determine consumer acceptance at
_________ stage.
a. Concept.
b. Product development.
*c. Test marketing.
d. Commercialization.
63. Which of these statements best describes the context for entrepreneurship?
a. Entrepreneurship takes place in small businesses.
b. Entrepreneurship takes place in large businesses
*c. Entrepreneurship takes place in a wide variety of contexts.
d. Entrepreneurship does not take place in social enterprises
66. Which one of the following is not considered as one of the building blocks of the model
entrepreneur?
a. technical skills.
b. management competencies.
*c. business awareness.
d. personal attributes.
67. Which of the following is least likely to influence the timing of new business births?
a. Government policies.
b. Profitability.
c. Consumer expenditure.
*d. Weather conditions.
70. Which of the following is not an advantage that large firms hold over small firms in managing
innovation?
a. large firms are more likely to attract highly skilled specialists often for R&D.
b. large firms are more able to employ patent and legal specialists
c. large firms are more able to raise venture capital and spread risk.
*d. large firms are more likely to come up with better ideas than small businesses.
71. Which of the list below does not form Intellectual Property?
a. Trade marks.
b. Patents.
*c. Tangible assets
d. Copyright.
72. A business centre that offers working space and specialised support for new ventures is
called_______
a. isolator.
b. injector.
*c. incubator.
d. integrator.
73. An entrepreneur who owns more than one business at a time is called ________.
a. an intrapreneur.
b. a corporate entrepreneur.
*c. a portfolio entrepreneur.
d. None of the above
74. An entrepreneur who runs a business sells it and moves onto another venture in a relatively
short time is called _____________.
a. a failed entrepreneur.
*b. a serial entrepreneur.
c. a multiple entrepreneur
d. secondary entrepreneur
75. To provide financial assistance to entrepreneurs the government has set up a number of_____.
a. financial advisors.
b. financial intermediaries
c. Industrial estates.
*d. financial institutions.
77. Which of the following is the broad category of ratios used in analysis of Balance sheet
a. Liquidity ratios.
b. Net worth ratios.
c. Profitability ratios.
*d. All the above.
78. A commercial banker would prefer a ____________ debt-equity ratio over the years as it
indicates financial strength of a unit.
*a. Declining.
b. Increasing.
c. Stable.
d. Fluctuating.
79. Term financing is mainly availed by entrepreneurs for the establishment of _______.
a. new industrial units
b. acquisition of fixed assets.
c. expansion in plant capacity
*d. all the above.
81. ___is primarily concerned with the identification qualification and evaluation of the project
resources
a. Techno-economic analysis.
*b. Feasibility analysis.
c. Input analysis.
d. Financial analysis.
82. Large investment is made in fixed assets, the project will be termed as __________.
*a. Capital Intensive.
b. Labour Intensive.
c. Product Intensive.
d. Market Intensive.
84. ___________ is the process of identifying opportunities for new business ventures.
*a. Project identification
b. Project formulation
c. Project feasibility
d. Project evaluation
85. ____________ is the systematic development of a project idea for the eventual purpose of
arriving at an investment decision.
a. Project identification.
*b. Project formulation
c. Project feasibility.
d. Project evaluation.
86. _________ implies the availability or otherwise of plant and machinery and technical know-how
to produce the product.
a. Economic viability.
b. Financial feasibility.
*c. Technical feasibility.
d. Managerial competence
87. The process of preparing an inventory of skills needed for effective implementation of the
project is called as _______.
a. Economic viability
b. Financial feasibility
c. Technical feasibility
*d. Managerial competence
88. A project, which may not add to the existing profits, should be financed by _________
*a. debentures.
b. preference share capital.
c. equity capital.
d. public deposits.
89. Which one of the following is a business arrangement in which someone else is allowed to use
something of the company?
a. Patent
b. Copyright
c. Trade mark
*d. Licensing
90. __________ is by definition a company-wide consumer orientation with the aim of achieving
long-run profit objectives.
*a. Marketing Concept
b. political concept
c. technological concept
d. demographic concept
94. A _________ is an inherent constraint that creates strategic disadvantage for an organization.
a. threat
*b. weakness
c. strategy
d. risk
95. A _______ business environment is made up of a number of factors that interact and interrelate
with one another.
*a. complex and dynamic
b. Simple
c. Stable
d. potent
96. The body of regulations and laws can be classified under the ____________.
*a. Political/Legal environment
b. Socio-cultural environment
c. Technological environment
d. Demographic environment
97. The environment that recognizes the customs, traditions and value of the community is known
as____.
a. Demographic
*b. Socio-cultural
c. Technology
d. Historical
98. The environment in the borderline between the internal and external environment is______.
a. General
b. Remote
c. Close
*d. Intermediate
99. The support systems that facilitate entrepreneurship process listed here are ___________.
a. Seven
b. Six
c. Five
*d. Four
100. Entrepreneur can assess the external environment of the business by critically looking at the _.
a. opportunities and strengths
*b. opportunities and threats
c. opportunities and weaknesses
d. Weaknesses and threats
104. Which of the following shows the process of creating something new?
a. Business model
b. Modeling
*c. Innovation
d. Creative flexibility
105. Which one of the following gives suggestions for new product and also helps to market new
products?
a. Existing products and services
*b. Distribution channels
c. Federal government
d. Consumers
108. What is the process by which individuals pursue opportunities without regard to resources they
currently control?
a. Start-up management
*b. Entrepreneurship
c. Financial analysis
d. Feasibility planning
109. Which one of the following is the process of entrepreneurs developing new products that over
time make current products obsolete?
a. New business model
b. Anatomization
*c. Creative destruction
d. None of the given options
110. Individuals influencing an entrepreneur’s career choice and style are known as which of the
following?
*a. Role model
b. Moral-support network
c. Professional support network
d. Support system
111. The activity which occurs when the new venture is started is called________.
a. Motivation
b. Business skills
*c. Departure point
d. Goal orientation
112. Which one of the following is an important source of idea generation due to their familiarity
with the needs of market?
a. Existing products and services
*b. Distribution channels
c. Federal government
d. Consumers
113. Members of distribution channels are excellent sources for new ideas because__________
*a. They are familiar with the needs of the market
b. They earn a handsome profit from new business
c. They do not bother if entrepreneur bears a loss
d. They have well-developed sales force
114. Which one of the following is the most important characteristic of a successful business
website?
*a. Speed
b. Innovation
c. Graphics
d. Products
115. Why should an entrepreneur do a feasibility study for starting a new venture?
*a. To see if there are possible barriers to success
b. To identify possible sources of funds
c. To estimate the expected sales
d. To explore potential customers
117. In the administrative domain, the commitment of resources is for which of the following?
a. Periodic intervals
*b. Total amount needed
c. For certain tasks
d. For long time
118. Which of the following factor has allowed small companies to act like they are big ones?
*a. Technology
b. Customers
c. Economic development
d. Competition
119. Which one of the following actions by an entrepreneur is most likely to contribute to creative
destruction?
*a. Development of a new product
b. Take-over of a competitor
c. Issuing shares
d. Reducing prices
122. __________ data for entrepreneurship management decision is usually found in libraries,
magazines, government agencies and universities, among other sources.
a. Primary
b. Questionnaire
c. Issues
*d. Secondary
126. Innovative entrepreneurs may have to pay high insurance premiums due to the:
*a. The need to protect patents
b. Greater employee liability
c. Greater customer liability
d. Greater trading risks
128. The most likely problem encountered by innovative entrepreneurs in raising finance is:
a. Limited security since R&D is an intangible asset
b. The costs of the patenting system
*c. The exhaustion of personal equity in R&D
d. Inability of potential external funders to understand technology
129. The knowledge, experience and skills that have been obtained, preserved, catalogues and
made available for sharing is called____________.
a. intellectual rights
*b. intellectual property
c. intellectual copyright
d. intellectual debtor
130. Positive external trends or changes that provide unique and distinct possibilities for innovating
and creating value are called _____________.
a. Strengths
*b. Opportunities
c. Weaknesses
d. Threats
131. An individual who has no prior business ownership experience as a business founder, inheritor
of a business, or a purchaser of a business is called a(n. ____________ entrepreneur.
a. Habitual
*b. Novice
c. Serial
d. Portfolio
132. An individual who has prior business ownership experience is called a(n) ______ entrepreneur.
a. Novice
*b. habitual
c. Serial
d. Portfolio
133. All of the following are popular demographic factors about entrepreneurs that have been
studied EXCEPT.
*a. Self-confidence
b. Gender
c. Education
d. Family birth order
134. 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
137. ___________ is the major issue that unlocks the entrepreneurial process.
*a. Business opportunity
b. Business manager
c. Business stocks
d. Business Ethics
139. The assessment of the needed resources by the entrepreneur starts with____________.
*a. An appraisal of the entrepreneur’s present resources
b. An assessment of economic conditions of the country
c. A scanning of friends and family for funds
d. A survey of banks and other finance
141. The uniqueness of private limited company is that the investors have _____.
a. limited liability
b. minimum of two person to start the business
c. shares are publicly subscribed
*d. Restrictions on the transfer of shares
142. One of the differences between the public and private limited companies is __________.
*a. the minimum number of owners
b. the maximum number of owners
c. limited liability
d. unlimited liability of owners
144. An entrepreneur that buys and sells collectibles such as ____________ antique furniture or art
works, can be referred to as what type of entrepreneur.
a. An innovator.
b. A researcher
*c. A speculator.
d. An acquirer.
146. Which could provide an individual with the motivation to start a new business venture?
a. The financial rewards
b. A desire to be independent.
c. . Being made redundant from existing job
*d. All the above.
147. Which of the following government actions could contribute to a more entrepreneurial
society?
a. Deregulation
b. Financial start-up
c. Information and advice
*d. All the above
148. Which industrial sector tends to naturally promote small-scale businesses and
entrepreneurship, and generally has lower barriers to market entry.
*a. Service
b. Manufacturing
c. Distribution
d. Agriculture
149. Where there is no legal separation between the assets and liabilities of a business, and the
assets and liabilities of an individual, the business is _________
*a. A sole trader.
b. A limited company
c. A cooperative.
d. A partnership.
151. A business arrangement where one party allows another party to use a business name and sell
its products or services is known as__________
a. A cooperative.
*b. A franchise.
c. An owner-manager business.
d. A limited company.
153. Which of the following is the reason for business failure __________
a. Lack of market research.
b. Poor financial control.
c. Poor management.
*d. All the above.
155. ______________is the systematic collection and analysis of publicly available information
about competitors and developments in the marketing environment,
*a. Marketing Intelligence
b. Marketing Research
c. Marketing Mix
d. demographic concept
156. ________entrepreneurs are risk takers, self-confident, hardworking, goal setters accountable
and innovative.
*a. Well performing
b. Sales representative
c. Sales Force
d. All of the above
157. The__________ section of a business plan generally contains any back up material which is not
necessary in the text of the business plan document.
a. Business plan
b. Feasibility study
c. None
*d. Appendix
159. In terms of chronological age, most entrepreneurs initiate their entrepreneurial carrier
between ages of ________________.
a. 15 and 22
*b. 22 and 45
c. 45 and 57
d. 57 and 63