A firm raises pay and repaints its offices. Complaints stop, but workers show no more drive than before. Which theory predicts this result?Wikipedia, "Two-factor theory". Written to OAE Business Education (008) framework, competency 0002
A furniture maker agrees to sell 200 chairs to a hotel. Which body of law, adopted by the states, governs a sale of goods such as this?Wikipedia, "Uniform Commercial Code". Written to OAE Business Education (008) framework, competency 0003
A hospital nurse answers to the director of nursing and also to the leader of the cardiac team to which she is assigned. Which organizational structure is this?Wikipedia, "Matrix management". Written to OAE Business Education (008) framework, competency 0001
A planning team lists a firm's skilled staff, its dated website, a new market abroad and a rival's price cuts. Which planning tool sorts facts in this way?Wikipedia, "SWOT analysis". Written to OAE Business Education (008) framework, competency 0001
A press operator breaks a wrist on the job. Which program pays the medical bills and part of the lost wages without asking who was at fault?Wikipedia, "Workers' compensation". Written to OAE Business Education (008) framework, competency 0002
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Domain I: Business management, law and ethics, continued
Before a new store opens, its manager groups the tasks into departments, puts a supervisor over each and settles who has authority over what. Which function of management is this?Wikipedia, "Organizing (management)". Written to OAE Business Education (008) framework, competency 0001
Several house fires are traced to one model of space heater. Which federal agency has the power to seek a recall of the product?Wikipedia, "U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission". Written to OAE Business Education (008) framework, competency 0003
Three rival cement producers meet in private and agree to charge the same price per ton. Which federal law does the agreement violate?Wikipedia, "Sherman Antitrust Act". Written to OAE Business Education (008) framework, competency 0003
Which federal law lets an eligible employee take up to 12 unpaid work weeks of leave within 12 months to care for a new child or a seriously ill family member?Wikipedia, "Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993". Written to OAE Business Education (008) framework, competency 0002
Domain II: Accounting, personal finance and quantitative analysis 9
A bookstore buys a planner for $8 and sells it for $14. What is the markup as a percentage of cost?Wikipedia, "Markup (business)". Written to OAE Business Education (008) framework, competency 0006
A car insurance policy has a $500 deductible. A covered accident does $2,300 of damage. How much does the insurer pay?Wikipedia, "Deductible". Written to OAE Business Education (008) framework, competency 0005
A garden center reports current assets of $90,000 and current liabilities of $60,000. What is its current ratio?Wikipedia, "Current ratio". Written to OAE Business Education (008) framework, competency 0004
A saver keeps $180,000 in one account at an insured bank, and the bank fails. How much of the deposit does federal deposit insurance cover?Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, "Understanding Deposit Insurance". Written to OAE Business Education (008) framework, competency 0005
A shop has liabilities of $42,000 and owner's equity of $68,000. What are its total assets?Wikipedia, "Accounting equation". Written to OAE Business Education (008) framework, competency 0004
A stand has fixed costs of $6,000 a season. Each drink sells for $5 and costs $2 to make. How many drinks must be sold to break even?Wikipedia, "Break-even point". Written to OAE Business Education (008) framework, competency 0006
At the end of the month a bookkeeper lists the balance of every ledger account in two columns. What is this list meant to show?Wikipedia, "Trial balance". Written to OAE Business Education (008) framework, competency 0004
Five stores report weekly sales of 12, 15, 15, 18 and 90 units. Which measure of the center is least pulled by the store that sold 90?Wikipedia, "Median". Written to OAE Business Education (008) framework, competency 0006
Which federal law requires a lender to state the annual percentage rate and the finance charge of a loan before the borrower signs?Wikipedia, "Truth in Lending Act". Written to OAE Business Education (008) framework, competency 0005
Domain III: Economics and international business 9
A bakery with one oven keeps hiring bakers. Each new baker adds fewer loaves to the daily total than the baker hired before. Which principle is at work?Wikipedia, "Diminishing returns". Written to OAE Business Education (008) framework, competency 0007
A lawyer types faster than her assistant, yet she pays the assistant to type so that she can spend those hours on legal work. Which idea explains her choice?Wikipedia, "Comparative advantage". Written to OAE Business Education (008) framework, competency 0009
A plant in Ohio owned by a Japanese company builds cars. In which measure is the value of those cars counted?Wikipedia, "Gross domestic product". Written to OAE Business Education (008) framework, competency 0008
A utility raises its price by 10%, and the quantity its customers buy falls by 2%. How is the demand described?Wikipedia, "Price elasticity of demand". Written to OAE Business Education (008) framework, competency 0007
A welder loses a job when the plant installs robots, and no local employer needs welders any longer. Which kind of unemployment is this?Wikipedia, "Structural unemployment". Written to OAE Business Education (008) framework, competency 0008
The central bank sells government securities on the open market. What is the usual effect on the money supply?Wikipedia, "Open market operation". Written to OAE Business Education (008) framework, competency 0008
In monopolistic competition, what keeps one firm's product from being a perfect substitute for a rival's?Wikipedia, "Monopolistic competition". Written to OAE Business Education (008) framework, competency 0007
In one year a country exports $2.1 trillion of goods and services and imports $2.9 trillion. What is its balance of trade?Wikipedia, "Balance of trade". Written to OAE Business Education (008) framework, competency 0009
Two countries quarrel over a tariff, and one brings a complaint to the body in Geneva that since 1995 has given governments a framework for trade agreements and a way to settle such disputes. Which body is it?Wikipedia, "World Trade Organization". Written to OAE Business Education (008) framework, competency 0009
Domain IV: Marketing, e-commerce and entrepreneurship 9
A bookseller runs three shops in town and also takes orders on its website for pickup at any shop. What is this business model called?Wikipedia, "Bricks and clicks". Written to OAE Business Education (008) framework, competency 0011
A cereal company divides its buyers into households with small children, young adults and retirees, and advertises to each group in its own way. What basis of segmentation is it using?Wikipedia, "Market segmentation". Written to OAE Business Education (008) framework, competency 0010
A drink maker decides to sell through vending machines on college campuses and to stay out of supermarkets. Which of the four Ps is this decision about?Wikipedia, "Marketing mix". Written to OAE Business Education (008) framework, competency 0010
A lender will give a business plan two minutes before deciding whether to read on. Which opening section is written to say what the company is and why it will succeed?U.S. Small Business Administration, "Write your business plan". Written to OAE Business Education (008) framework, competency 0012
A new kind of headset has just gone on sale. Sales grow slowly, there is little or no competition, and the maker spends on advertising to make buyers aware of it. Which product life cycle stage is this?Wikipedia, "Product life-cycle management (marketing)". Written to OAE Business Education (008) framework, competency 0010
A student sells a used bicycle to another person through an online auction site. Which type of e-commerce is this?Wikipedia, "Customer to customer". Written to OAE Business Education (008) framework, competency 0011
An entrepreneur pays an up-front fee and a share of sales for the right to open an outlet under an established chain's name and methods. What is this arrangement?Wikipedia, "Franchising". Written to OAE Business Education (008) framework, competency 0012
In one week 2,000 people visit an online shop and 50 of them place an order. What is the conversion rate?Wikipedia, "Conversion marketing". Written to OAE Business Education (008) framework, competency 0011
Maria owns a bakery by herself and has not formed a company. A court awards a customer more than the bakery is worth. Why can Maria's own savings be taken?Wikipedia, "Sole proprietorship". Written to OAE Business Education (008) framework, competency 0012
Domain V: Communications, technology and careers 12
A club secretary types one invitation with placeholders for the name and address, and the word processor fills them in from a spreadsheet of 250 members. Which feature is this?Wikipedia, "Mail merge". Written to OAE Business Education (008) framework, competency 0015
A dental practice joins the computers at its front desk and in its six treatment rooms, all on one floor, with cables and a switch. Which kind of network has it built?Wikipedia, "Local area network". Written to OAE Business Education (008) framework, competency 0014
A job seeker lists her jobs with the most recent first and works back through earlier ones. Which résumé format is she using?Wikipedia, "Résumé". Written to OAE Business Education (008) framework, competency 0016
A manufacturer replaces separate programs for purchasing, inventory, production scheduling and accounting with one system built on a shared database. What is the system called?Wikipedia, "Enterprise resource planning". Written to OAE Business Education (008) framework, competency 0014
A student wants the typical duties, required education, pay and expected job growth for hundreds of occupations. Which federal publication gives them?Wikipedia, "Occupational Outlook Handbook". Written to OAE Business Education (008) framework, competency 0016
A typist loses an unsaved letter when the power fails. In which part of the computer was the letter held?Wikipedia, "Volatile memory". Written to OAE Business Education (008) framework, competency 0015
The adviser of a school business club sends one newsletter email to 300 parents. Which address field keeps every parent's address hidden from the others?Wikipedia, "Blind carbon copy". Written to OAE Business Education (008) framework, competency 0013
An accounts clerk gets an email that seems to come from his firm's software supplier. It says his mailbox is full and tells him to sign in through a link to keep it. Which kind of attack is this?Wikipedia, "Phishing". Written to OAE Business Education (008) framework, competency 0014
In a business letter typed in block format, where does each paragraph of the body begin?Purdue Online Writing Lab, "Writing the Basic Business Letter". Written to OAE Business Education (008) framework, competency 0013
In a spreadsheet, the formula =B2*$E$1 is copied from row 2 down to row 3. What does the copy read?Wikipedia, "Spreadsheet". Written to OAE Business Education (008) framework, competency 0015
Which career and technical student organization is meant for students preparing for careers in business?Wikipedia, "Future Business Leaders of America". Written to OAE Business Education (008) framework, competency 0016
Which sentence is written in standard English for a business report?OAE Business Education (008) assessment framework, competency 0013
How this list was compiled: Our own questions, written to the assessment framework for Ohio Assessments for Educators field 008, Business Education, read 2026-10-12 on the program's site (https://www.oh.nesinc.com/CONTENT/STUDYGUIDE/OH_SG_OBJ_008.htm; test page https://www.oh.nesinc.com/TestView.aspx?f=HTML_FRAG/OH008_TestPage.html): 150 multiple-choice questions in 180 minutes, passing score 220; Business Management, Law, and Ethics (competencies 0001 to 0003, 19%), Accounting, Personal Financial Management, and Quantitative Analysis (0004 to 0006, 19%), Economics and International Business (0007 to 0009, 19%), Marketing, E-Commerce, and Entrepreneurship (0010 to 0012, 19%) and Business Communications, Technology, Career Development, and Professionalism (0013 to 0016, 25%). The bank holds 3 questions for each of the 16 competencies. Every fact was read on 2026-10-12 in the public page the question names: the named Wikipedia article, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the U.S. Small Business Administration or the Purdue Online Writing Lab. One question, on choosing the sentence in standard English, names the competency alone. Licence: Questions, choices and explanations are original work of this site.
How it works
48 questions of our own make up this free OAE business practice test, three for each competency of Business Education (008). The page is unofficial and not affiliated with the Ohio State Board of Education or Evaluation Systems, Pearson.
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What OAE Business Education (008) covers
The framework at oh.nesinc.com, read October 12, 2026, gives four domains at 19% each: Business Management, Law and Ethics; Accounting, Personal Financial Management and Quantitative Analysis; Economics and International Business; and Marketing, E-Commerce and Entrepreneurship. Business Communications, Technology, Career Development and Professionalism carries 25%. Here that is 9 questions on each of the first four and 12 on the fifth.
Timing
The real test works out at 1.2 minutes a question. Exam mode keeps that pace: 58 minutes for the 48 questions here.
Which license needs test 008
The program's table of license types lists Business Education (008) for the Integrated Business license, beside an Assessment of Professional Knowledge, 002 or 003.
The test page lists no reference materials for 008, so work the markup, ratio and break-even questions by hand.
Questions and answers
Is this OAE business practice test free?
It is free, and nothing asks you to sign up. Every explanation points to a public page, and no item is borrowed from the real assessment or its sample questions.
How many questions does OAE Business Education have?
The test page gives 150, all multiple choice, in 3 hours of testing time after a 15-minute tutorial. It warns that some may be trial questions, which are not counted in a candidate's score.
What score passes OAE Business Education?
A scaled 220. Scores run from 100 to 300, the State Board of Education fixes the minimum, and only multiple-choice questions answered correctly feed the total.
Can I take the OAE Business Education test at home?
The test page for 008 lists computer-based testing at test centers only, in Ohio and nationwide, by appointment year round. It does not offer the online proctor that some other OAE assessments have.