Building simple financial projections with AI

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1. What is a financial projection?

   1. A document describing company employees
   2. A list of products a company plans to sell
   3. A record of all past sales transactions
   4. A forecast of future income and expenses for a business

2. A business reaches break-even when:

   1. The business closes down
   2. Total revenue equals total costs
   3. Costs are higher than revenue
   4. Revenue is higher than costs

3. If you sell a product for $20 and it costs you $12 to make, what is your profit per unit?

   1. $12
   2. $4
   3. $32
   4. $8

4. What does the term 'unit economics' mean?

   1. The financial details of selling one product or service
   2. The number of employees working in a company
   3. The study of different types of business units
   4. The total revenue of a large company

5. Why might a young entrepreneur want to use AI to create a financial projection?

   1. To see if their business idea could make money before spending real money
   2. To find investors without explaining their business
   3. To automatically file their taxes
   4. To replace all their other business tasks

6. What information should you provide to AI to build a 6-month sales projection?

   1. The color scheme of your business website
   2. The names of your competitors
   3. Expected weekly sales, selling price per item, and cost per item
   4. Your personal hobbies and interests

7. You spend $300 on supplies upfront and sell each item for $25 with $5 profit per sale. How many items must you sell to break even?

   1. 60 items
   2. 20 items
   3. 300 items
   4. 25 items

8. What does a 'worst-case' financial projection show?

   1. The highest profit possible in a year
   2. How much money you'd make if sales dropped significantly
   3. When your business will definitely fail
   4. The most expensive way to run your business

9. What is the main benefit of seeing a month-by-month projection rather than just one yearly number?

   1. The yearly number is always wrong
   2. You can avoid paying monthly taxes
   3. You can spot when costs exceed revenue and plan ahead
   4. You get a clearer picture of exactly when profits will arrive

10. If your costs stay the same but you lower your selling price, what happens to your profit?

    1. Profit decreases
    2. Costs increase
    3. Profit increases
    4. Profit stays the same

11. In a markdown table of financial projections, which column shows money coming in from sales?

    1. Profit
    2. Supplies
    3. Revenue
    4. Costs

12. Why do banks or parents often want to see financial projections before supporting a business?

    1. To check if the owner has good handwriting
    2. To compare the business to completely different industries
    3. To see what color scheme the business will use
    4. To know if the business can actually make money and repay them

13. What happens to your financial projection if your sales estimate drops by 30%?

    1. The projection becomes invalid and useless
    2. You automatically make more profit
    3. Revenue and profit decrease significantly
    4. Costs automatically decrease by 30%

14. A projection shows your business makes $500 profit in month 1, $800 in month 2, and $1,200 in month 3. What might explain this pattern?

    1. Costs are disappearing magically
    2. The projection is definitely wrong
    3. Your prices are increasing every month
    4. Sales are growing over time or upfront costs are being covered

15. What does it mean if a 6-month projection shows you never reach break-even?

    1. Break-even is not important for small businesses
    2. Your business is guaranteed to succeed
    3. You will definitely lose all your money
    4. Your business model may not be sustainable without changes