1. When a company goes out of business, it is said to - |
break down |
trade down |
open the books |
shut up shop |
right |
wrong |
2. A way to say that something is dead is to say it has given up - |
the bucket |
the ghost |
with life |
for altogether |
right |
wrong |
3. When you change the way that you repay debts, this is called - |
coughing up |
refinancing |
defaulting |
bouncing |
right |
wrong |
4. A deal where you must say yes or no, but you cannot change anything is called a - |
package deal |
bargain |
complete deal |
devil's deal |
right |
wrong |
5. People who are owed money are called - |
baliffs |
depositors |
dealers |
creditors |
right |
wrong |
6. A project which is the idea of one person is called that person's - |
incubus |
albatross |
thoughtform |
brainchild |
right |
wrong |
7. A company's idea of how it will make money is called its - |
business model |
ad hoc measure |
profit |
moneyworthiness |
right |
wrong |
8. Something you "did not take into account" is something you didn't - |
think about |
pay for |
employ |
use temporarily |
right |
wrong |
9. People who put money into a company are its - |
owners |
backers |
debtors |
directors |
right |
wrong |
10. One way for a company to find what its customers think is by - |
sales pitches |
vox pops |
market research |
sales investigation |
right |
wrong |
11. If you make sure that a bet will not cost too much, you - |
cut it |
make it safe |
hedge it |
mortgage it |
right |
wrong |
12. If you have not lost much, but not won much, you are said to - |
bounce back |
roll over |
start again |
break even |
right |
wrong |
13. In a "bear market" the value of shares goes - |
up |
down |
up and down |
unchanged |
right |
wrong |
14. Another word for "promise" is - |
nag |
prayer |
pledge |
swearwords |
right |
wrong |
15. Something that you will lose if you don't repay a debt is called - |
a morgage |
collateral |
spawn |
hostage |
right |
wrong |