Edition Hisrich Test
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,Entrepreneurship, 11e (Hisrich)
Chapter 01: The Entrepreneurial Mind-Set
1) Entrepreneurial thinking is partly a mental process of recognizing a signal and then deciding if
the signal represents an opportunity for someone.
Answer: TRUE
Difficulty: 2 Medium
Learning Objective: 01-01 To introduce the concept of entrepreneurship and explain the process
of entrepreneurial action.
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2) Entrepreneurial thinking partly is about reducing doubt as to whether an opportunity for
someone is also an opportunity for them specifically, and/or processing feedback from action steps
taken.
Answer: TRUE
Difficulty: 2 Medium
Learning Objective: 01-01 To introduce the concept of entrepreneurship and explain the process
of entrepreneurial action.
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3) Entrepreneurial opportunities are those situations in which new goods, services, raw materials
and organizing methods can be sold at greater than their production cost.
Answer: TRUE
Difficulty: 1 Easy
Learning Objective: 01-01 To introduce the concept of entrepreneurship and explain the process
of entrepreneurial action.
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4) Entrepreneurial action can be defined as those situations in which new goods, services, raw
materials and organizing methods can be sold at greater than their production cost.
Answer: FALSE
Difficulty: 1 Easy
Learning Objective: 01-01 To introduce the concept of entrepreneurship and explain the process
of entrepreneurial action.
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,5) The McMullen-Shepherd Model helps identify the common traits of successful entrepreneurs.
Answer: FALSE
Difficulty: 1 Easy
Learning Objective: 01-01 To introduce the concept of entrepreneurship and explain the process
of entrepreneurial action.
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6) The McMullen-Shepherd Model explains how knowledge and motivation influence two stages
of entrepreneurial action.
Answer: TRUE
Difficulty: 2 Medium
Learning Objective: 01-01 To introduce the concept of entrepreneurship and explain the process
of entrepreneurial action.
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7) In the McMullen-Shepherd Model first-person opportunity beliefs come before third-person
opportunity beliefs.
Answer: FALSE
Difficulty: 2 Medium
Learning Objective: 01-01 To introduce the concept of entrepreneurship and explain the process
of entrepreneurial action.
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8) Sustainable entrepreneurship provides only environmental gains for others.
Answer: FALSE
Difficulty: 2 Medium
Learning Objective: 01-06 To introduce sustainable entrepreneurship as a means of sustaining
the natural environment and communities and developing gains for others.
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9) Superficial similarities exist when the underlying mechanisms of the technology resemble, or
match, the underlying mechanisms of the market.
Answer: FALSE
Difficulty: 1 Easy
Learning Objective: 01-02 To describe how structural similarities enable entrepreneurs to make
creative mental leaps.
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, 10) Structural similarities exist when the underlying mechanisms of the technology resemble, or
match, the underlying mechanisms of the market.
Answer: TRUE
Difficulty: 1 Easy
Learning Objective: 01-02 To describe how structural similarities enable entrepreneurs to make
creative mental leaps.
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11) Bricolage is entrepreneurs making do by applying combinations of the resources at hand to
new problems and opportunities.
Answer: TRUE
Difficulty: 1 Easy
Learning Objective: 01-03 To highlight bricolage as a source of entrepreneurs' resourcefulness.
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12) The effectuation process starts with what one has and selects among possible outcomes.
Answer: TRUE
Difficulty: 1 Easy
Learning Objective: 01-04 To introduce effectuation as a way expert entrepreneurs sometimes
think.
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13) The thought experiment "Curry in a Hurry" is an example of the effectuation process.
Answer: TRUE
Difficulty: 2 Medium
Learning Objective: 01-04 To introduce effectuation as a way expert entrepreneurs sometimes
think.
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14) The casual process of thinking starts with what one has and selects among possible outcomes.
Answer: FALSE
Difficulty: 1 Easy
Learning Objective: 01-04 To introduce effectuation as a way expert entrepreneurs sometimes
think.
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