On Graduation, You Start a Small Business Consulting Service Operating

question 16

Multiple Choice

On graduation, you start a small business consulting service operating from leased premises, and one year into business you borrow $25,000 from a bank. The best (being the most useful) security the bank can likely get from you is probably

• A) a chattel mortgage.
• B) a bill of sale.
• C) an assignment of book debts.
• D) a conditional sale agreement.
• E) a right of lien.

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Definitions:

Marginal Cost

The upswing in total financial outlay required for the production of one more unit of a good or service.

Profit Maximizing Condition

The specific point at which a firm's marginal revenue equals its marginal cost, leading to the highest possible profit.

Vertically Integrated

A business structure in which a company controls multiple stages of production or distribution within the same industry.

Net Marginal Revenue

The additional revenue generated from selling one more unit of a product or service after accounting for the marginal cost of producing that unit.