Random Case Knowledge
Units 1 & 2
Unit 3
Problems
IB Formula Quiz
100
What is the name of the president of the University?

Adriana

or Adriana Cortez

100

What type of legal business organization is PU?

Non-profit organization 

or 

Not-for-profit business

100

is the sum of income received by a business from its trading activities

What is revenue?

100

is the function of business that deals with comments, complaints, and criticisms from the general public.  They are often tasked to deal with media. 

What is Public Relations?

100

(Firm’s sales revenue ÷ Industry’s sales revenue) × 100

is the calculation for.....

How is market share calculated?

200

What kind of catastrophic accident occurred in Sept. 2021?

Explosion at nearly chemical plant

200

What type of leadership style is being displayed by Jim?

Autocratic

200

 are a type of financial aid for businesses, paid as a lump sum from a government or foundation. As a form of financial assistance, there is no interest charged nor does it need to be repaid. It is offered to certain businesses to support their operations by cutting costs of production.

What are grants?

200

If a business were to include triple bottom line reporting it would include these items:

Social, Economic, and Ecological sustainability efforts

200

(Total Fixed Costs + Total Variable Costs) / (# of units produced)

is the calculation for


Average cost per unit

300

The staff needs further IT training to facilitate more online instruction. Likely what type of training would this refer to?

On-the-job training

300

a decline in economic activity, leading to lower employment and falling business and consumer confidence levels.

What is a recession?

300

is a detailed financial plan for the future, usually involving the expected costs and revenues or a cash flow forecast, for a pre-determined period of time.

What is a budget?

300

There is falling interest in history and international languages. If the university stops offering those classes, on which financial statement (s) would you see the impact?  And why

P&L account  - Revenue - less revenue from students who enrolled

COGS - less direct payments to instructors who taught those classes

Expenses - less overhead payments if the classes are cut - such as faculty benefits and retirements

Cash Flow Statement- affects revenue payments (tuition) and outflows of salary payments

300

How do you calculate net profit before interest and tax (NPBIT)?

Gross Profit - Expenses


Where Gross profit = Total Revenue - COGS

400

The Faculty of IT have produced a __________ that uses AI to enable improvements in the detection of contamination.

Prototype

400

occurs when an organization no longer has a job for the employer or when the employer can no longer afford to hire the employee, i.e. the job ceases to exist.

What is redundancy?

400
these are indirect costs that appear on the P&L Account, such as employee benefits.

What are expenses?

400

The president needs to improve moral after redundancies have occurred. They mention that in the short term, they want to "revisit its employment contracts". Likely what would this likely mean for existing employees....

Improved salary & financial rewards.

400

Price – Average Variable Cost

calculates the......

Contribution per unit

500

The university is receiving funding / financial support for research from for-profit businesses in this industry. 

Pharmaceuticals

500

refers to the amount of people who leave an organization, expressed as a percentage of the workforce, per time period (usually one year).

What is labor turnover?

500

the difference between cash inflows and cash outflows for a period

How do you calculate Net Cash Flow?

500

Many facilities are underused outside of term time....this would refer to a ________  _________ issue.

Capacity Utilization

500

How do you calculate working capital? Also referred to as Net Current Assets

Current assets – Current liabilities