MNB1501
Department of Business Management
Assignment 01 for 2021 (compulsory)
Due Date: 07 May 2021
, This assignment covers Chapters 1-4 of the prescribed book.
This assignment consists of 20 multiple-choice questions.
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STUDY UNIT 1: THE BUSINESS WORLD AND BUSINESS MANAGEMENT
QUESTION 1
A business’s effort to provide the greatest possible need satisfaction with limited available
resources is known as ____________________.
1 need satisfaction
2 productivity
3 rate of return on total capital
4 the economic principle
Answer:
Refer to page 16 of the prescribed textbook:
Given its unlimited needs but limited resources, society is confronted with the fundamental
economic problem: how to ensure the highest possible satisfaction of needs with these scarce
resources. This is also known as the economic principle.