BPA Basics
Business 101
Finance and Accounting
Marketing
Tech Skills
100

What does the "B" stand for in BPA?

What is: Business

100

The total money a company brings in from sales before subtracting expenses.

What is revenue

100

In the accounting equation, assets equal liabilities plus this.

What is owner's equity

100

Product, price, place, and promotion make up this set of "Ps."

What is the marketing mix

100

This Excel function adds up a range of cells.

What is SUM

200

What levels of school can start a BPA chapter and participate at a national level?

What is middle school, high school, and college?

200

A business owned by one person with no legal separation between owner and company

What is a sole proprietorship

200

This financial statement shows revenues and expenses over a period of time.

What is the income statement

200

Dividing a market into groups of customers with similar needs or traits.  

What is market segmentation

200

Pressing Ctrl+Z in most office programs does this

What is undo

300
  • $600: BPA members compete in events at the regional, state, and this final level?


What is national.

300

Of the four management functions (planning, organizing, leading, controlling), this one involves setting goals and deciding how to reach them.

What is planning

300

Revenue minus cost of goods sold

What is gross profit

300

A statement of what makes your product different from and better than competitors'

What is a unique selling proposition (USP)

300

This newer Excel function was designed to replace VLOOKUP.

What is XLOOKUP

400

This person leads a BPA chapter's officer team.


Who is the president?

400

LLC stands for this business structure, which protects owners' personal assets.

What is a limited liability company

400

Current assets divided by current liabilities gives this ratio, which measures short-term ability to pay debts.

What is the current ratio

400

In a SWOT analysis, the "O" and "T" stand for these two external factors

What are opportunities and threats

400

In email, BCC stands for this and hides recipients from one another.

What is blind carbon copy?

500

BPA helps students prepare for careers in these two broad fields.  

What are business and technology?

500

The price at which the quantity supplied equals the quantity demanded.  

What is the equilibrium price

500

This principle says a dollar today is worth more than a dollar received in the future.

What is the time value of money

500

The percentage of total industry sales captured by one company

What is market share?

500

In cybersecurity, the "CIA triad" is confidentiality, availability, and this.

What is integrity