Description
2,949 Contemporary Business practice questions, each labeled with the textbook section it comes from
This test bank follows Contemporary Business, 20th Edition, by Boone, Kurtz and Pfaltzgraf chapter by chapter, from The Changing Face of Business to Financial Management. Every question names its section, such as 2.1 Microeconomics: The Forces of Demand and Supply or 5.10 When Businesses Join Forces, along with its learning objective and a difficulty rating. When your exam covers Chapters 1 to 6, or one section keeps tripping you up, you can pull exactly those questions and check each answer as you go.
Check it against your copy of Contemporary Business
Using the Fourth Canadian Edition? This listing covers it too. Write your edition in the order notes at checkout so we send the test bank files for your book. The counts on this page describe the files for the 20th Edition.
How many questions each of the 18 chapters has
Most chapters have between 144 and 185 questions. Chapter 15 is the short one, with 71.
| Ch. | Chapter title | Questions |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Changing Face of Business | 167 |
| 2 | Economic Challenges Facing Business Today | 184 |
| 3 | International Business and Competing in World Markets | 180 |
| 4 | Business Ethics and Social Responsibility | 185 |
| 5 | Small Business and Legal Forms of Business Ownership | 168 |
| 6 | Entrepreneurship and Starting a Business | 147 |
| Total | 2,949 |
Three question types, and the labels printed under every question
| Question type | Questions | Answers |
|---|---|---|
| Multiple choice | 1,810 | Correct answer given (one question in Chapter 9 has none) |
| True/false | 844 | Correct answer given |
| Essay | 295 | Written model answer given |
| Total | 2,949 |
Multiple choice questions have four options. Many describe a small business situation, a company recalling a product, two founders opening a shop, a steel maker buying its supplier, and ask which term from the chapter fits. Essay questions ask you to define, explain or compare, and each one is followed by a model answer you can check your own against.
What the labels look like
The section label is what makes this test bank practical for a book this broad. Contemporary Business moves from economics to ethics to marketing to accounting in one term, so a weak spot is usually one section, not a whole chapter. Search the file for the section number, work through those practice questions without the book, then read the answers and return to the pages behind any you missed. Most questions are rated Easy or Medium; only a few dozen are rated Hard.
Try 15 sample questions from across the book
Eleven are multiple choice and four are true/false, two of the three formats in the 2,949 question download. Choose your answer, then select Show answer to check it.
Multiple choice · Question 1
A snack brand donates all of its profits after taxes to children’s charities. Which idea is the brand putting into practice?
- a) reviewing its code of ethics
- b) acting on its social responsibility
- c) building customer satisfaction
- d) using creativity to lift sales
Correct answer
b) acting on its social responsibility
Multiple choice · Question 2
When more producers begin selling a product, the supply curve moves to the _____ and the price tends to _____.
- a) right; fall
- b) right; rise
- c) left; fall
- d) left; rise
Correct answer
a) right; fall
True or false · Question 3
When the Mexican peso loses value against the US dollar, Mexico should sell more goods to buyers in the United States.
- A. True
- B. False
Correct answer
A. True
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Multiple choice · Question 4
Which action best reflects a consumer’s right to be heard?
- a) testing products for safety before they go on sale
- b) stating the true yearly interest rate on store credit cards
- c) listing the sugar content on labels of packaged foods
- d) setting up a panel that reviews customer complaints
Correct answer
d) setting up a panel that reviews customer complaints
Multiple choice · Question 5
Ridgeline Paper buys the timber company that supplies its wood pulp so that its supply never runs short. The purchase is a _____.
- a) conglomerate company
- b) domestic company
- c) vertical merger
- d) subsidiary corporation
Correct answer
c) vertical merger
Multiple choice · Question 6
Lena and Marco notice that few bakeries nearby sell gluten free bread. They open their own shop, later ship across the country, and watch sales climb each year. Lena and Marco are best described as _____.
- a) serial entrepreneurs
- b) classic entrepreneurs
- c) change agents
- d) social entrepreneurs
Correct answer
b) classic entrepreneurs
Multiple choice · Question 7
Before announcing a recall of a faulty space heater, Brightway Appliances had already formed a crisis team to carry out a(n) _____ plan.
- a) tactical
- b) operational
- c) contingency
- d) strategic
Correct answer
c) contingency
True or false · Question 8
The Fair Labor Standards Act is the law that created a federal minimum wage.
- A. True
- B. False
Correct answer
A. True
Multiple choice · Question 9
The members of a project team now accept one another and understand each person’s role, and the leader has settled early disputes and built unity. In the five stage model of how teams develop, which stage comes next?
- a) Forming
- b) Storming
- c) Performing
- d) Norming
Correct answer
c) Performing
Multiple choice · Question 10
Omar, a plant supervisor at a furniture factory, breaks each job into simple steps so that every worker focuses on a single task. Omar is using _____.
- a) mechanization
- b) specialization
- c) quality management
- d) standardization
Correct answer
b) specialization
Multiple choice · Question 11
An online bookstore records what each shopper has bought and shows returning shoppers suggestions based on those past orders. The bookstore is segmenting its market by _____.
- a) product
- b) psychographics
- c) demographics
- d) end-use
Correct answer
a) product
True or false · Question 12
A trademark can protect a logo, a slogan, parts of the packaging, and features of the product such as its shape or color.
- A. True
- B. False
Correct answer
A. True
Multiple choice · Question 13
Priya does not work for Halden Corporation. The company pays her firm for an independent opinion on its financial condition. Priya is a(n) _____.
- a) public accountant
- b) government accountant
- c) internal auditor
- d) management accountant
Correct answer
a) public accountant
Multiple choice · Question 14
While reading a firm’s balance sheet, Daniel sees a large amount of secured bonds. What usually serves as collateral for bonds of this kind?
- a) the firm’s general credit
- b) specific assets of the firm
- c) government guarantees
- d) insurance policies
Correct answer
b) specific assets of the firm
True or false · Question 15
Financial control, part of a sound financial plan, means checking real revenues, costs, and expenses against what was forecast.
- A. True
- B. False
Correct answer
A. True
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Quick answers about this Boone and Kurtz test bank
Does this cover the Canadian edition of Contemporary Business?
Yes. This listing also covers the Fourth Canadian Edition. Write your edition in the order notes at checkout so we send the files for your book. The counts on this page describe the 20th Edition files.
I have the 19th Edition. Will the questions line up?
This test bank is written for the 20th Edition, and its section numbers follow that edition. Compare your book’s chapters with the chapter table above before you order.
Do the essay questions come with answers?
Yes. Each of the 295 essay questions is followed by a written model answer.
Can I practice only the accounting and finance chapters?
Yes. Chapters 16 to 18 have 476 questions between them, and because every question names its section you can narrow further, for example to 16.2 Accounting Professionals or 17.2 Types of Securities.
Why does Chapter 15 have fewer questions than the others?
Chapter 15, Trends in E-Commerce, has 71 questions: 56 multiple choice, 10 true/false and 5 essay. That is the smallest set in the file, so expect less practice material for that chapter.







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