This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Finance > Finance Basics > Financial Terminology > Financial Terminology – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Financial Terminology Quiz 1 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Also known as "UVL." A form of cash-value life insurance that offers both a death benefit and an investment feature. A) Universal variable life insurance. B) Term life insurance. C) Whole life insurance. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Universal variable life insurance. 2. A program managed by the Social Security Administration that insures a worker in case of a mishap. A) Ability insurance. B) Unability insurance. C) Disability insurance. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Disability insurance. 3. The best things in life are A) Free. B) Not for sale. C) Not bought and sold. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Free. 4. The idea that accounts should be prepared on the same basis from one year to the next. A) Creative accounting. B) Creditor. C) Consistency principle. D) Consolidation. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Consistency principle. 5. What is the key term for total revenue received by the enterprise A) Turnover. B) Gross Profit. C) Cost of sales. D) Net Profit. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Turnover. 6. The total value of a company minus the net value of the tangible assets. A) Goodwill. B) Holding company. C) International Accounting Standards. D) Generally Accepted Accounting Principles. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Goodwill. 7. The dissolving of a company which can no longer pay its bills. A) Loan. B) Liability. C) Liquidation. D) Leasing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Liquidation. 8. Which of the following are not a source of revenue A) Credit sales. B) Selling of products. C) Interest payments from savings. D) Purchasing of stock. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Purchasing of stock. 9. A legal contract to rent assets from the owner, often over long periods of time and with the possibility to buy the asset at the end of the rental period. A) Inventory. B) Liquidation. C) Margin. D) Leasing. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Leasing. 10. In a shop, to get a refund, you usually have to show the A) Receipt. B) Recipe. C) Payment ticket. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Receipt. 11. The ..... rate on the loan was 14%. A) Charge. B) Fee. C) Interest. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Interest. 12. Customers not paying on time often leads to ..... problems A) Equity. B) Cashflow. C) Asset. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cashflow. 13. Spain now uses the euro. Pesetas are no longer A) Good money. B) Legal money. C) Legal tender. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Legal money. 14. Sorbat has gone into ..... with debts of about $ 20 million. A) Administration. B) Indemnity. C) Investment. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Administration. 15. Which of the following best describes a fixed cost? A cost that: A) Changes directly with output. B) Can change with time and is constant, regardless of output. C) Only needs to be paid once, when the business first starts-up. D) Needs to be paid once a month. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Can change with time and is constant, regardless of output. 16. How can you improve gross profit? A) Increase spending on stock. B) Reduce your rent. C) Reduce cost of sales figure. D) Stop selling!. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Reduce cost of sales figure. 17. The idea that amounts should be recorded at the time they occur, not when cash is paid or received. A) Matching principle. B) Merger. C) Maturity. D) Margin. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Matching principle. 18. A company which owns most of the shares in another company. A) Parent company. B) Minority interest. C) Off-balance-sheet accounting. D) Repair and maintenance. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Parent company. 19. ..... is a way for a business to raise capital but there is no obligation to repay entities that provide capital. Instead, entities are given ownership of the business. A) Partnership. B) Liabilities. C) Assets. D) Equity. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Equity. 20. John is calling his bank's customer service line because there is a purchase in his credit card report he didn't order. John might have been a victim of a ..... A) Payment. B) Debt. C) Fraud. D) Misuse. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Fraud. 21. A coverage usually written in conjunction with a bodily injury liability policy. This insurance covers damage done to another person's property, usually including loss of use. A) Homeowner's insurance. B) Risk. C) Property insurance. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Risk. 22. If the business in question 10 sold 100, 000 units during the year, its variable cost per unit equalled: A) £ 7.50. B) £ 1.25. C) £ 11.75. D) £ 3.00. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) £ 1.25. 23. Not telling others about information which a business partner or client tells you. A) Confidentiality. B) Consolidation. C) Capitalization. D) Consistency principle. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Confidentiality. 24. I'm paying for my new car in 36 monthly A) Instalments. B) Pieces. C) Parts. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Instalments. 25. It details how the proposed business will sell its product to the target consumer. A) Marketing Plan. B) Organizational Plan. C) Financial Plan. D) Introduction. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Marketing Plan. 26. If the current level of output (or production) of the business in question 8 is 2, 500 units, its margin of safety is: A) 500 units. B) 1, 000 units. C) 1, 500 units. D) 0 units. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 1, 500 units. 27. The money spent on buying assets, which will then be included in the Balance Sheet. A) Intangible. B) Gearing. C) Goodwill. D) Expenditure. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Expenditure. 28. A written description of a new business venture A) Business Plan. B) Business description. C) Mission Statement. D) Vision Statement. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Business Plan. 29. The estimated value of an asset at the end of its useful life. A) Service debt. B) Scrap value. C) Stock. D) Salvage value. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Salvage value. 30. At zero output on a break even chart, the total cost line will always start: A) At zero on both axes. B) Where the variable cost line starts. C) Where the fixed cost line starts. D) Where the total revenue line starts. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Where the fixed cost line starts. Next →Related QuizzesFinance Basics QuizzesFinance QuizzesFinancial Terminology Quiz 2Financial Terminology Quiz 3Financial Terminology Quiz 4Financial Terminology Quiz 5 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books