Multiple Choice Quiz


1	How many attributes do Timmons et. al (1985) identify in their research. On entrepreneurship. Is it
		A)	40
		B)	19
		C)	12
		D)	10


2	Who suggested that an entrepreneur is very much his or her own person, suggesting that there was no such thing as a typical entrepreneur? Was it
		A)	Brockhaus
		B)	Chell
		C)	Gibb
		D)	Hornaday
		E)	Lessem


3	Which of the following is not one of the main psychological characteristics of the entrepreneur as identified by the literature?
		A)	Risk-taking ability
		B)	Need for Achievement (nAch)
		C)	Locus of control
		D)	Desire for autonomy
		E)	Desire to make money
		F)	Deviancy
		G)	Creativity and opportunism
		H)	Intuition


4	Entrepreneurs are
		A)	Moderate or calculated risk-takers?
		B)	Risk averse?
		C)	Totally oblivious to risk?


5	Kets de Vries (1977) proposes that entrepreneurs are
		A)	Social deviants who are not averse to breaking the law
		B)	Anxious, non-conformist, poorly organised individuals


6	Who suggested that innovation is the core of entrepreneurship? Was it
		A)	Timmons
		B)	Kirton
		C)	Drucker
		D)	Cromie


7	Whose research has suggested that the Durham University General Enterprising Tendency Test is "poor at predicting small business success"? Was it
		A)	Cromie (2000)
		B)	Stormer et. al (1999)
		C)	Paulhus (1983)


8	According to the attitude models of the cognitive behavioural approach to entrepreneurship, people with a high level of self-efficacy will shy away from difficult tasks, have low aspirational levels, will give up easily and will attribute failure to external factors. Is this
		A)	True?
		B)	False?

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