What’s Your Business Terms IQ?

20 Questions | By Alfredhook3 | Updated: Feb 16, 2023 | Attempts: 165

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1.

A company's positive resources are considered what?
- A.
  
  Contracts
- B.
  
  Liabilities
- C.
  
  Assets
- D.
  
  Working Capital
2.

What does the acronym WAL stand for?
- A.
  
  Wall Street Average
- B.
  
  Withdrawal Allowance
- C.
  
  Withheld Actual Limits
- D.
  
  Weighted-life Average
3.

The tendency to do less work when the return is smaller is known as what?
- A.
  
  Equalizing Profit Margins
- B.
  
  Maturity
- C.
  
  Contracting Under Cost
- D.
  
  Shirking
4.

What nickname did high yield bonds get in the 1980's?
- A.
  
  Junk Bonds
- B.
  
  Savings Bonds
- C.
  
  Garbage Bonds
- D.
  
  T-Bills
5.

In a bear market, what are prices doing?
- A.
  
  Splitting
- B.
  
  Escalating
- C.
  
  Breaking In Half
- D.
  
  Declining
6.

The piece of paper proving ownership of a stock is called a what?
- A.
  
  Coupon
- B.
  
  Security
- C.
  
  Funding Certificate
- D.
  
  Diploma
7.

When one company compares its offerings to other like companies, what are they setting?
- A.
  
  Portfolio
- B.
  
  Benchmark
- C.
  
  Proxy
- D.
  
  Index
8.

What does it mean to scalp a trade?
- A.
  
  Take No Prisoners
- B.
  
  Change Original Options
- C.
  
  Get A Huge Profit
- D.
  
  Trade For Small Gains
9.

What kitchen term describes standard terms and conditions?
- A.
  
  Boilerplate
- B.
  
  Ladle
- C.
  
  Wisk
- D.
  
  Range
10.

When an investor borrows to buy more shares, using the shares themselves as collateral, he buys on what?
- A.
  
  Opening
- B.
  
  Margin
- C.
  
  Index
- D.
  
  Leveraged Buy-out
11.

When prices go up, the stock market is said to have had a what?
- A.
  
  Dip
- B.
  
  Regression
- C.
  
  Purge
- D.
  
  Rally
12.

The total cost of completing a transaction is known as what kind?
- A.
  
  Round-Trip Transaction
- B.
  
  Commodity Lose
- C.
  
  Bull Market Transaction
- D.
  
  Apples And Oranges Transaction
13.

If you're risk averse, you prefer investments that have what?
- A.
  
  Lower Risk
- B.
  
  Ever Changing Risks
- C.
  
  Higher Risk
- D.
  
  High Returns
14.

What is the term for the top limit of an interest rate, or salary?
- A.
  
  Cap
- B.
  
  Scale
- C.
  
  Curve
- D.
  
  Capital
15.

Acquiring or improving long-term company assets is what type of expenditure?
- A.
  
  Risk Management
- B.
  
  Security
- C.
  
  Capital
- D.
  
  Monetary
16.

Electronic Data Gathering and Retrieval is abbreviated as what?
- A.
  
  DATAM
- B.
  
  SEC
- C.
  
  EDGAR
- D.
  
  ARPS
17.

Remote distribution involves writing checks drawn on banks where?
- A.
  
  Remote Locations
- B.
  
  Corporate Office
- C.
  
  Neighborhood
- D.
  
  City
18.

A return earned over a given time period is known as what kind of return?
- A.
  
  Phantom
- B.
  
  Variable
- C.
  
  Realized
- D.
  
  Marginal
19.

Someone who receives principal of a trust when it's dissolved is called a what?
- A.
  
  Mortgage Holder
- B.
  
  Remainderman
- C.
  
  Relative
- D.
  
  Principle To Action
20.

Plans to help a business regain financial health are called what?
- A.
  
  Replacement Plans
- B.
  
  Reorganization Plans
- C.
  
  Reoffering Option
- D.
  
  Regressive Actions