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SV Contemporary Economics Review Chapter 1

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which of the following statements accurately describes an entrepreneur?

a)

The entrepreneur wants production costs to exceed revenue.

b)

All entrepreneurs must accept the risk of failure.

c)

A person can only be considered an entrepreneur if he or she develops a new product.

d)

The entrepreneur works mainly with nonprofit organizations.

2.
Economics is about making choices.
a)
True
b)
False
3.

An example of a positive economic statement is "The U.S. unemployment rate is 3.8%."

a)

True

b)

False

4.
Markets are the means by which buyers & sellers carry out exchange.
a)
True
b)
False
5.
Your opportunity cost depends on your alternatives.
a)
True
b)
False
6.
Which of the following is a service?
a)
a restaurant meal
b)
a guitar lesson
c)
dry-cleaning fluid
d)
a concert t-shirt
7.
Scarcity arises because all societies have
a)
limited productive resources to satisfy unlimited wants
b)
unlimited productive resources to satisfy limited wants
c)
limited needs and unlimited wants
d)
unlimited needs and limited wants
8.
An individual who tries to earn a profit by developing a new product or finding a better way to produce an existing one is a(n)
a)
employee
b)
manager
c)
entrepreneur
d)
executive
9.
Economics is the study of how
a)
gov't allocates scare resources to satisfy people's unlimited wants.
b)
gov't supplies money to businesses to produce goods & services.
c)
people use their scarce resources to satisfy their unlimited wants.
d)
businesses supply unlimited goods & services with limited resources.
10.
An example of a renewable resource is
a)
oil
b)
coal
c)
copper
d)
timber
11.
A study that examines how price and output are determined in the market for breakfast cereal would involve
a)
socioeconomics
b)
microeconomics
c)
marginal economics
d)
macroeconomics
12.
The opportunity cost of a chosen item or activity is
a)
the money you must give up to buy it
b)
the value of all alternatives you must pass up
c)
The value of the best alternative you must pass up.
d)
the money you lost by not choosing the least expensive option.
13.
A cost that you have already paid and cannot recover is known as a 
a)
normative cost
b)
positive cost
c)
negative cost
d)
sunk cost
14.
A study of total consumption in the U.S. economy would involve
a)
normative economics
b)
microeconomics
c)
consumer economics
d)
macroeconomics
15.
___ equals the revenue from sales minus the cost of production.
a)
profit
b)
labor
c)
capital goods
d)
marginality
16.
___ is the physical & mental effort used to produce goods & services.
a)
Labor
b)
Revenue
c)
Behavior
d)
Marginal
17.

Which of the following statements best defines the circular-flow model?

a)

The circular-flow model describes the relationships between resources, products, income, and revenue among economic decision makers.

b)

The circular-flow model represents the behavior of the national economy.

c)

The circular-flow model predicts supply and demand.

d)

The circular-flow model includes all economic relationships.

18.

The loss of income you could earn while you attend college is an opportunity cost of deciding to attend college.

a)

True

b)

False

19.

Microeconomics focuses on the economic behavior and decision making of individuals.

a)

True

b)

False

20.

Which of the following is a service rather than a good?

a)

tomatoes

b)

typing for a fee

c)

scissors

d)

sweater

21.

Productive resources are __________.

a)

available only in the United States

b)

scarce

c)

unlimited

d)

the goods produced by companies

22.

You decide to tutor your younger brother in Spanish instead of going to a movie with your friends. In order to arrive at this decision, which of the following did you need to consider?

a)

opportunity cost

b)

sunk cost

c)

economic theory

d)

scarcity

23.

Which of the following statements best summarizes the economic problem?

a)

Not enough young people can afford a college education today.

b)

The unemployment rate in the United States continues to rise.

c)

While your wants are unlimited, the resources needed to satisfy these wants are scarce.

d)

You can never accurately determine opportunity costs.

24.

Which of the following statements is a normative economic statement?

a)

Contractor X charges twice as much as Contractor Y for the same job.

b)

The price of gasoline should not be higher than $2.55 per gallon.

c)

This week the grocery store on the corner is selling apples for $1.99 per pound.

d)

The National Automobile Dealers Association reports that the average price of a new car sold in the United States in 2018 was $38,400.

25.
You give up one thing to have more of another in _________________.
a)
a trade off
b)
an opportunity
c)
production
d)
scarcity