Question 1

1 / 1 pts
It is estimated that more than one million new businesses are started in the United States each year.

Correct!
  
True
 

  
False
 

 
Question 2
0 / 1 pts
Reasonable estimates place nonemployer (e.g., single person or small family) businesses started each year at less than
100,000.

You Answered
  
True
 
Correct Answer
  
False
 

 
Question 3
1 / 1 pts
The entrepreneurial process involves: developing opportunities, gathering resources, and managing and building
operations, all with the goal of creating value.

Correct!
  
True
 

  
False
 

 
Question 4
1 / 1 pts
A market-oriented economic system provides an environment that fosters the formation, development, and
transformation of ideas into useful products and services.

Correct!
  
True
 

  
False
 

 
Question 5
1 / 1 pts
Capitalism is a market-oriented system that prohibits private ownership of physical and financial assets.

  
True
 
Correct!
  
False
 

 
Question 6
1 / 1 pts
Democratic capitalism exists where a country or state organized as a democracy adopts a capitalistic economic system.

Correct!
  
True
 

  
False
 

 
Question 7
1 / 1 pts
Entrepreneurs provide the financing to individuals who think, reason, and act to convert ideas into commercial
opportunities and create opportunities.

  
True
 
Correct!
  
False
 

 
Question 8
1 / 1 pts
Entrepreneurship is the process of changing ideas into commercial opportunities and creating value.

Correct!
  
True
 

  
False
 

 
Question 9
1 / 1 pts
An entrepreneur is an individual who thinks, reasons, and acts to convert ideas into commercial opportunities and to
create value.

Correct!
   
True
 

  
False
 

 
Question 10
1 / 1 pts
Mark Twain once said, “I was always able to see an opportunity before it became one.”

  
True
 
Correct!
  
False
 

 
Question 11
1 / 1 pts
Around two-thirds of new employers survive at least two years, and only about one-half survive for at least five years.

Correct!
  
True
 

  
False
 

 
Question 12
0 / 1 pts
A study of the U.S. Census Bureau's Characteristics of Business Owners database suggests that about two-thirds of closed
businesses were successful at closure.

You Answered
  
True
 
Correct Answer
  
False
 

 
Question 13
1 / 1 pts
Nearly half of business failures are due to economic factors such as inadequate sales, insufficient profits, and industry
weakness.

Correct!
  
True
 

  
False
 

 
Question 14
1 / 1 pts
Financial causes, such as excessive debt and insufficient financial capital, are not major contributors to business failures.

  
True
 
Correct!
  
False
 

 
Question 15
1 / 1 pts
Although the risks associated with starting a new entrepreneurial venture are large, there is always room for one more
success.

Correct!
  
True
 

  
False
 

 
Question 16
1 / 1 pts
Fads are large societal, demographic, or technological trends or changes that are slow in forming but, once in place,
continue for many years.

  
True
 
Correct!
  
False
 

 
Question 17
1 / 1 pts
Fads are not predictable, have short lives, and do not involve macro changes.

Correct!
  
True
 

  
False
 

 
Question 18
1 / 1 pts
Three of the major megatrends discussed in Chapter 1 include: societal trends or changes, demographic trends or changes,
and technological trends or changes.

Correct!
  
True
 

  
False
 

 
Question 19
1 / 1 pts
In Chapter 1, five megatrend categories are identified as sources of entrepreneurial opportunities.

Correct!
  
True
 

  
False
 

 
Question 20
1 / 1 pts
Entrepreneurial opportunities can occur only when there are societal changes in the world.

  
True
 
Correct!
  
False
 

 
Question 21
1 / 1 pts
In the broadest context, societal change reflects the evolution of humanity over time.

Correct!
  
True
 

  
False
 

 
Question 22
1 / 1 pts
In the early 1970s, Harry Dent recognized that the U.S. economy centered on the creation and distribution of information.

  
True
 
Correct!
  
False
 

 
Question 23
1 / 1 pts
The gig economy involves individuals working as independent contractors and accepting short-term jobs or assignments,
rather than being full-time employees.

Correct!
  
True
 

  
False
 

 
Question 24
1 / 1 pts
The sharing economy refers to the cross-referencing of innovations for record-keeping purposes.

  
True
 
Correct!
  
False
 

 
Question 25
1 / 1 pts
The me-first economy reflects the willingness of individuals to share their assets with others to provide a new way of
distributing goods and services.

  
True
 
Correct!
  
False
 

 
Question 26
1 / 1 pts
The boomers generation applies to people born in the United States during the 1946–1964 time period.

Correct!
   
True
 

  
False
 

 
Question 27
0 / 1 pts
The millennials generation consists of people born in the United States after 1996.

You Answered
  
True
 
Correct Answer
  
False
 

 
Question 28
1 / 1 pts
Technological change may be the most important source of entrepreneurial opportunities.

Correct!
  
True
 

  
False
 

 
Question 29
1 / 1 pts
Perhaps the most important invention in shuttling us from an industrial society to an information society was the computer
chip.

Correct!
  
True
 

  
False
 

 
Question 30
0 / 1 pts
Environmental commerce, or e-commerce, involves the use of electronic means to conduct business online.

You Answered
  
True
 
Correct Answer
  
False
 

 
Question 31
1 / 1 pts
“Crises and "'bubbles'” and “emerging economies and global change” are considered to be sources of entrepreneurial
opportunities.

Correct!
  
True
 

  
False
 

 
Question 32
1 / 1 pts
The “dot.com” or Internet bubble burst in 2008.

  
True
 
Correct!
  
False
 

 
Question 33
1 / 1 pts
The housing asset bubble burst in 2006.

Correct!
  
True
 

  
False
 

 
Question 34
1 / 1 pts
Disruptive innovation is an innovation that creates a new market or network that disrupts and displaces an existing market
or network.

Correct!
  
True
 

  
False
 

 
Question 35
0 / 1 pts
Nine principles of entrepreneurial finance are identified and explored in this textbook.

You Answered
  
True
 
Correct Answer
  
False
 

 
Question 36
1 / 1 pts
The time value of money is an important component of the rent one pays for using someone else's financial capital.

Correct!
  
True
 

  
False
 

 
Question 37
1 / 1 pts
One principle of entrepreneurial finance is “risk and expected reward go hand in hand."

Correct!
  
True
 

  
False
 

 
Question 38
1 / 1 pts
While cash is the language of business, accounting is the currency.

  
True
 
Correct!
  
False
 

 
Question 39
0 / 1 pts
Private financial markets are a place where standardized contracts or securities are traded on organized securities
exchanges with restrictions on how they can be transferred.

You Answered
  
True
 
Correct Answer
  
False
 

 
Question 40
1 / 1 pts
A venture's financial objective is to survive.

  
True
 
Correct!
  
False
 

 
Question 41
0 / 1 pts
Free cash flow is the net income forecasted to be available to the venture's owners over time.

You Answered
  
True
 
Correct Answer
  
False
 

 
Question 42
0 / 1 pts
Free cash flows are adjusted for risk and the time value of money when used to calculate the value of a venture.

Correct Answer
  
True
 
You Answered
  
False
 

 
Question 43
1 / 1 pts
Free cash exists when cash exceeds that which is needed to operate, pay creditors, and invest in assets.
Correct!
  
True
 

  
False
 

 
Question 44
0 / 1 pts
Free cash is all of the cash available to cover operating expenses.

You Answered
  
True
 
Correct Answer
  
False
 

 
Question 45
1 / 1 pts
Owner–manager (agency) conflicts are differences between a manager's self-interest and that of the owners who hired the
manager.

Correct!
  
True
 

  
False
 

 
Question 46
1 / 1 pts
The owner–debtholder conflict is the divergence of the owners' and lenders' self-interests as the firm gets close to going
“public.”

  
True
 
Correct!
  
False
 

 
Question 47
1 / 1 pts
The financial objective of increasing value is inconsistent with developing positive character and reputation.

  
True
 
Correct!
  
False
 

 
Question 48
1 / 1 pts
Venture character and reputation can be assets or liabilities.

Correct!
  
True
 

  
False
 

 
Question 49
1 / 1 pts
Entrepreneurial finance is the application and adaptation of financial tools and techniques to the planning, funding,
operations, and valuation of an entrepreneurial venture.

Correct!
  
True
 

  
False
 

 
Question 50
0 / 1 pts
Financial distress occurs when cash flow is insufficient to meet current debt obligations.

You Answered
  
True
 
Correct Answer
  
False
 

 
Question 51
1 / 1 pts
The second stage in a successful venture's life cycle is the startup stage.

Correct!
  
True
 
   
False
 

 
Question 52
1 / 1 pts
The rapid-growth stage directly follows the startup stage.

  
True
 
Correct!
  
False
 

 
Question 53
1 / 1 pts
Early-stage ventures include firms in their development, startup, or survival life cycle stages.

Correct!
  
True
 

  
False
 

 
Question 54
1 / 1 pts
Business angels are wealthy individuals, operating as informal or private investors, who provide venture financing for small
businesses.

Correct!
  
True
 

  
False
 

 
Question 55
0 / 1 pts
Mezzanine financing is temporary financing needed to keep the venture afloat until the next offering.

You Answered
  
True
 
Correct Answer
  
False
 
 
Question 56
1 / 1 pts
A venture, if organized as a corporation, may desire to provide venture investor liquidity by establishing a public market for
its equity.

Correct!
  
True
 

  
False
 

 
Question 57
0 / 1 pts
An initial public offering provides a venture with a source of bridge financing.

You Answered
  
True
 
Correct Answer
  
False
 

 
Question 58
1 / 1 pts
The entrepreneurial process involves:

  
developing opportunities

  
gathering resources

  
managing and building operations
Correct!
  
developing opportunities, gathering resources, and managing and building operations

 
Question 59
1 / 1 pts
The goal of the entrepreneurial process is to:

  
develop opportunities

  
gather resources

  
manage and build operations
Correct!
  
create value

 
Question 60
1 / 1 pts
Which of the following countries engage in democratic capitalism?

  
United States
Correct!
  
United States, France, and Germany

  
France and Germany

  
United States and France

 
Question 61
1 / 1 pts
Successful entrepreneurs do not exhibit which of the following traits?

  
recognize and seize commercial opportunities

  
tend to be doggedly optimistic

  
express conditional optimism
Correct!
  
are pessimistic about the future

 
Question 62
1 / 1 pts
Which of the following individuals once said, “I was seldom able to see an opportunity, until it ceased to be one.”

Correct!
  
Mark Twain

  
Bill Gates

  
Steve Jobs

  
Jeff Bezos

 
Question 63
0 / 1 pts
About what percent of all new employers in the United States survive for at least two years?

  
one-fifth
You Answered
  
one-third

  
one-half
Correct Answer
  
two-thirds

 
Question 64
0 / 1 pts
About one-half of all new employers in the United States survive for at least how many years after being started?

  
two years
You Answered
  
three years
Correct Answer
  
five years

  
eight years

 
Question 65
1 / 1 pts
Which of the following is not considered to be a megatrend in this textbook?

  
societal, demographic, and technological changes

  
crises and "bubbles"
Correct!
  
fads

  
emerging economies and global changes

 
Question 66
1 / 1 pts
Fads:

  
are not predictable

  
have short lives

  
do not involve macro changes
Correct!
  
are not predictable, have short lives, and do not involve macro changes

 
Question 67
1 / 1 pts
Which of the following are sources of entrepreneurial opportunities?

  
societal, demographic, and technological trends

  
crises and "bubbles"

  
emerging economies and global changes
Correct!
  
societal, demographic, and technological trends; crises and "bubbles"; and emerging

  
economies and global changes

 
Question 68
1 / 1 pts
Which of the following is not a source of entrepreneurial opportunities referred to in this textbook?

  
societal changes
Correct!
  
political changes

  
demographic changes

  
technological changes

 
Question 69
0 / 1 pts
Where individuals accept short-term job assignments instead of having full-time employment is called the:

  
sharing economy
Correct Answer
   
gig economy
You Answered
  
make-work economy

  
declining economy

 
Question 70
0 / 1 pts
The sharing economy is a(n):

Correct Answer
  
developing societal megatrend

  
fad
You Answered
  
exchange of food at local restaurants

  
demographic bubble

 
Question 71
1 / 1 pts
The sharing economy involves:

  
the traditional distribution model

  
peer-to-peer arrangements

  
hierarchical arrangements involving a third intermediary party
Correct!
  
peer-to-peer and hierarchical arrangements

 
Question 72
1 / 1 pts
Which of the following generation classifications is associated with births in the 1965–1980 time period?

  
boomers
Correct!
  
Generation X

  
millennials

  
Generation Z

 
Question 73
1 / 1 pts
Harry Dent documented major generation waves in the United States during the twentieth century in:

  
1972

  
1982
Correct!
  
1993

  
2003

 
Question 74
1 / 1 pts
E-commerce refers to:

  
environmental commerce
Correct!
  
electronic commerce

  
economic commerce

  
exploratory commerce

 
Question 75
1 / 1 pts
The “dot.com” or Internet bubble burst in:

  
1990
Correct!
  
2000

  
2006

  
2008

 
Question 76
1 / 1 pts
An innovation that creates a new market or network that displaces an existing market or network is called a:

  
crisis or "bubble"
Correct!
  
disruptive innovation

  
fad

  
negative innovation

 
Question 77
1 / 1 pts
What is the number of principles of entrepreneurial finance that are emphasized in this textbook?

  
three

  
five
Correct!
  
seven

  
nine

 
Question 78
1 / 1 pts
The time value of money concept is associated with which of the following principles of entrepreneurial finance?

Correct!
  
real, human, and financial capital must be rented from owners

  
risk and expected reward go hand in hand

  
while accounting is the language of business, cash is the currency

  
it is dangerous to assume that people act against their own self-interests

 
Question 79
1 / 1 pts
Maximizing the value of the venture for its owners is the common financial goal of which of the following?

  
the entrepreneur
   
the debtholders

  
the venture equity investors
Correct!
  
the entrepreneur and the venture equity investors

 
Question 80
1 / 1 pts
Which of the following is considered to be an agency conflict?

Correct!
  
owner–manager conflict

  
stockholder–manager conflict

  
stockholder–debtholder conflict

  
owner–debtholder conflict

 
Question 81
0 / 1 pts
Which of the following possible conflicts of interest is usually minimized through the use of equity incentives?

Correct Answer
  
owner–manager conflict

  
owner–employee conflict

  
manager–employee conflict
You Answered
  
owner–debtholder conflict

 
Question 82
1 / 1 pts
Which of the following possible conflicts of interest increases in divergence at venture gets close to bankruptcy?

  
owner–manager conflict

  
owner–employee conflict

  
manager–employee conflict
Correct!
  
owner–debtholder conflict

 
Question 83
1 / 1 pts
Which of the following is not a life cycle stage of a successful venture?

  
development stage

  
startup stage

  
survival stage
Correct!
  
declining stage

 
Question 84
1 / 1 pts
Which of the following does not describe activity during the startup stage of a venture's life cycle?

  
the venture's organization

  
the venture's development
Correct!
  
operating cash flows are generated

  
initial revenue model is put in place

 
Question 85
1 / 1 pts
Which stage of a venture's life cycle is best characterized by the period when revenues start to grow and when cash flows
from operations begin covering cash outflows?

Correct!
  
survival stage

  
startup stage

  
rapid-growth stage

  
early-maturity stage

 
Question 86
1 / 1 pts
Which of the following is not a major source of startup financing for a venture's startup stage?

  
the entrepreneur's assets
Correct!
  
business operations

  
family and friends

  
venture capitalists

 
Question 87
1 / 1 pts
Obtaining bank loans, issuing bonds, and issuing stock is characteristic of which type of financing during a venture's life
cycle?

  
seed financing

  
second-round financing

  
mezzanine financing
Correct!
  
seasoned financing

 
Question 88
1 / 1 pts
During a venture's rapid-growth stage, funds for plant expansion, marketing expenditures, working capital, and product or
service improvements is obtained through:

  
seed financing

  
second-round financing
Correct!
  
mezzanine financing

  
liquidity-stage financing

 
Question 89
1 / 1 pts
Founder and venture investor shares that are sold to the public after the initial public offering to the public is called a:
   
secondary market transaction
Correct!
  
secondary stock offering

  
venture offering

  
bridge loan

 
Question 90
1 / 1 pts
Which of the following advise and assist corporations on the type, timing, and costs of issuing new debt and equity
securities?

  
brokerage firms

  
venture law firms

  
specialist firms
Correct!
  
investment banking firms

 
Question 91
0 / 1 pts
Which stage in the venture life cycle is characterized by creating and building value, obtaining additional financing, and
examining opportunities?

  
survival stage
You Answered
  
startup stage
Correct Answer
  
rapid-growth stage

  
early-maturity stage

 
Question 92
1 / 1 pts
Which of the following statements is correct?

  
the development stage occurs between the startup and survival stages of a venture's life cycle
Correct!
   
the early-maturity stage is the final stage of a new venture's life cycle

  
firms typically begin to cover all expenses with internally generated funds during the survival stage

  
during the startup stage, revenues grow much more rapidly than cash expenditures

 
Question 93
0 / 1 pts
The last three stages of a successful venture's life cycle occur in the following order:

  
startup, development, rapid-growth

  
startup, survival, rapid-growth
Correct Answer
  
survival, rapid-growth, early-maturity
You Answered
  
development, startup, survival

 
Question 94
1 / 1 pts
The stage that precedes the survival stage in a successful venture's life cycle is called the:

  
rapid-growth stage

  
early-maturity stage

  
development stage
Correct!
  
startup stage

 
Question 95
1 / 1 pts
During the early-maturity stage of a venture's life cycle, the primary source of funds is in the form of:

  
mezzanine financing
Correct!
  
seasoned financing

  
seed financing
   
first-round financing

 
Question 96
1 / 1 pts
The type of financing that occurs during the development stage of a venture's life cycle is typically referred to as:

Correct!
  
seed financing

  
startup financing

  
second-round financing

  
mezzanine financing

 
Question 97
1 / 1 pts
Mezzanine financing is associated with which of the following life cycle stages?

  
development stage

  
startup stage

  
survival stage
Correct!
  
rapid-growth stage

 
Question 98
1 / 1 pts
Entrepreneurial finance involves:

  
planning

  
planning and funding

  
planning, funding, and operations
Correct!
  
planning, funding, operations, and valuation

 
Question 99
1 / 1 pts
The first three stages of a successful venture's life cycle occur in the following order:

Correct!
  
development, startup, survival

  
development, rapid-growth, survival

  
startup, development, rapid-growth

  
survival, rapid-growth, early-maturity

 
Question 100
1 / 1 pts
The last stage in a successful venture's life cycle is called the:

  
rapid-growth stage
Correct!
  
early-maturity stage

  
development stage

  
survival stage

 
Question 101
1 / 1 pts
The type of financing that occurs during the survival stage of a venture's life cycle is typically referred to as:

  
seed financing

  
startup financing
Correct!
  
first-round financing

  
mezzanine financing

 
Question 102
1 / 1 pts
Which of the following would not be considered a type of venture financing?

  
seed financing

  
startup financing

  
mezzanine financing
Correct!
  
seasoned financing

 
Question 103
1 / 1 pts
One study of successful entrepreneurs indicated that a majority felt that the most important factor in the long-term
success of their ventures was:

  
being greedy
Correct!
  
having high ethical standards

  
working hard

  
taking frequent vacations

 
Question 104
0 / 1 pts
Financial markets where customized contracts or securities are negotiated, created, and held with restrictions on how they
can be transferred are called:

Correct Answer
  
private financial markets
You Answered
  
public financial markets

  
domestic financial markets

  
international financial markets

 
Question 105
1 / 1 pts
Supplementary Questions (may require basic knowledge of probability and/or prior introductory accounting and
business concepts)

You have the opportunity of making a $5,000 investment. The outcomes one year from now will be either $4,500 or
$6,000, with an equal chance of either outcome occurring. What is the expected outcome?

  
$4,500
   
$6,000
Correct!
  
$5,250

  
$5,750

 
Question 106
1 / 1 pts
Supplementary Questions (may require basic knowledge of probability and/or prior introductory accounting and
business concepts)

You have the opportunity of making a $5,000 investment. The outcomes one year from now will be either $5,000 or
$6,000, with an equal chance of either outcome occurring. What is the expected rate of return?

Correct!
  
10%

  
15%

  
20%

  
25%

 
Question 107
1 / 1 pts
Supplementary Questions (may require basic knowledge of probability and/or prior introductory accounting and
business concepts)

A project requires an initial investment of $1,000,000. In one year, there is a 40% chance of a $950,000 return; a 50%
chance of a $1,200,000 return; and a 10% chance of a $2,000,000 return. What is the project's expected return one year
from now?

  
12.8%

  
15.5%
Correct!
  
18.0%

  
38.3%

 
Question 108
1 / 1 pts
Supplementary Questions (may require basic knowledge of probability and/or prior introductory accounting and
business concepts)

Lindsey and Tobias have the opportunity to invest in a project that requires an investment of $3,000. In one year, there is a
35% chance of a $2,900 return; a 40% chance of a $3,400 return; and a 25% chance of a $4,500 return. Lindsey requires a
15% return on the project after the first year, but Tobias requires a return of only 12%. Using the expected rate of return:

Correct!
  
Lindsey and Tobias should both invest in the project

  
Only Tobias should invest in the project

  
Only Lindsey should invest in the project

  
Lindsey and Tobias should both reject the project

 
Question 109
1 / 1 pts
Supplementary Questions (may require basic knowledge of probability and/or prior introductory accounting and
business concepts)

You are considering investing in two independent projects: A and B. Project A requires an initial investment of $12,000. In
one year, there is a 30% chance of a $10,500 return; a 50% chance of a $12,500 return; and a 20% chance of a $14,500
return. Project B requires an initial investment of $1,000. In one year, there is a 25% chance of a $950 return; a 25% chance
of a $1,000 return; and a 50% chance of a $1,200 return. If you require a 7% return on your investment after one year, you
should:

  
accept Project A and reject Project B
Correct!
  
accept Project B and reject Project A

  
accept both projects

  
reject both projects

 
Question 110
1 / 1 pts
Supplementary Questions (may require basic knowledge of probability and/or prior introductory accounting and
business concepts)

Assume that you can sell a new product at $5.00 per unit. Variable costs are $3.00 per unit, and fixed costs are $20,000.
What is the breakeven point in sales units?

  
5,000

  
7,500
Correct!
  
10,000

  
12,500

 
Question 111
1 / 1 pts
Supplementary Questions (may require basic knowledge of probability and/or prior introductory accounting and
business concepts)

Assume that you can sell a new product at $5.00 per unit. Variable costs are $3.00 per unit, and fixed costs are $20,000.
What will be the profit before taxes if you sell 12,000 units next year?

  
$0

  
$2,000
Correct!
  
$4,000

  
$8,000