PGA PGM 3.0 Level 1 Test 2023 questions and answers correctly answered

1. The Process for developing a business plan starts before you establish the goals you would like to achieve for the shops coming year: True 2. Who should provide direction for creating the business plan at a Golf Operation: Key Stakeholders 3. According to the business planning Model, a business plan should build on and refine the operation plan: False 4. Long - Range Planning should initially assume an adversarial relationship between neighboring facilities that directly compete with each other.: True 5. What is the usual business destination for long range planning?: 3-5 years Achieve its vision 6. what is the most significant benefit of strategic business Planning.: Pro- vide a long term vision & Destination 7. Helping Establish a starting point for goals, Objectives, and related strate- gies is an appropriate use of a SWOT analysis.: True 8. You are in the process of completing a business plan for the golf shop. Initial forecast of sales, expenses, and profit have been made. Past data has been analyzed and important inside and outside factors have been identified. What is the next step to be taken towards completing the plan?: Monitor Performance 9. A Golf Professional is purchasing a golf course. The business plan he presented to his banker included his history of operating successfully op- erating similar facilities, budget projections for the first five years under his management, and objectives and strategies for reaching his goals. The banker rejected the loan application because of missing information. What important element is missing from the business plan?: Current state of the business 10. The SWOT analysis would treat opportunities are threats as factors that usually can be controlled by the facility.: False 11. The Result of a SWOT analysis could be sufficient justification for the abandonment of a core business function: True 12. Staff evaluation are a relevant data source for a SWOT analysis: True 13. How might revenues be affected at a nearby daily fee course if the local tire plant has major layoffs: Go Down (decrease) 14. Lack of a mission statement is an example of a weakness that a SWOT analysis might disclose: True 15. Trends in local consumer spending would be most useful for evaluating a core business function: True 16. What should govern the decision to pursue an opportunity?: Finances - Barriers to entry - recourses - opportunity cost 17. Goals, Objectives & strategies: 18. Consider the following the statement as part of the a business plan: "im- prove range profits and customer satisfaction." According to the business planning course, this statement is an example of an objective.: True 19. The new manager of a ten - year - old private course currently doing an average of 5, 000 tournament rounds per year, proposes to increase tournament rounds by 50% by the end of the next year. This proposal meets the criteria for an effective business objective as presented in the business planning course manual.: True 20. "Develop and promote group lesson programs aimed at a women and Juniors" is an example of an effective business objectives.: False 21. What Important Characteristic is missing in the business Objectives. "Increase pro shop sales next year?": Measurables; How are you going to measure 22. Which Characteristics of goals and objectives is described as capable of being observed, recorded, and measure.: Quantifiable 23. What is functionally significant difference between goals and objec- tives?: goal few clearly defined targets objectives of how we get the goal. 24. A facilities financial objectives could achieved through operational strategies alone.: False 25. The Following agenda was part of a golf range business plan."175 dozen range balls and rotate usage three times a year. Who: Head Professional. When: End of First Quarter. Cost: $1500" According to the business plan component represented by this statement?: ....... 26. What is an example of a financial Strategy?: Borrowing Money: Debt: Re- duce operating expense. 27. What would be the most appropriate initial response to a facility income not meeting projections.: ....... 28. Financial, Forecast, and Budgets: