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Welcome to Y10 OCR GCSE Economics (1-9)

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Why does scarcity exist?
a)
Each year workers tend to produce less than previously 
b)
Machines wear out in time
c)
There are not sufficient resources to meet everyone's wants
d)
There is a limit to people's wants 
2.
What factor of production's function is to make decisions and take risks?
a)
Capital
b)
Enterprise 
c)
Land 
d)
Labour 
3.
What type of factor of production is a road?
a)
Capital
b)
Enterprise
c)
Labour
d)
Land 
4.
What is meant by 'labour' in economics?
a)
Hard physical work used to produce manufactured goods 
b)
Human mental and physical effort used for producing goods and services
c)
Natural resources used in the productive process
d)
Risk taking and organising the factors of production
5.

Which of these is not one of the key economic decisions?

a)

what to produce?

b)

how to produce?

c)

who is to benefit from the goods and services produced?

d)

how much to charge for the goods and services produced?

6.
 The difference between a good and a service is that:
a)
Goods are available in unlimited quantaties and services are not 
b)
Goods are tangible and services are not 
c)
Services are available in unlimited quantaties and goods are not 
d)
goods help satisfy unlimited wants and services do not
7.

What happens every time we make a decision?

a)

We win!

b)

We incur an opportunity cost

c)

We incur an opportunity loss

d)

We incur an opportunity cost of multiple other options

8.
What term describes the tools and technology used to make a product?
a)
capital goods
b)
human capital
c)
exports
d)
imports
9.

Which of these is a description of a 'trade-off'?

a)

Having more than you want, or need.

b)

When people work in jobs where they produce a few special goods, or services.

c)

When you get a little less of one thing in order to get a little more of something else.

d)

Something one person does for someone else.

10.

Who is the president of the People's Republic of China?

a)

Xi Jinping

b)

Li Keqiang

c)

Wang Yang

d)

Han Zheng

11.

When is the end of the Brexit Transition Period?

a)

December 31st 2020

b)

March 19th 2021

c)

November 5th 2020

d)

We are no longer leaving

12.

Who is the Chancellor of the Exchequer?

a)

Sajid Javid

b)

Phillip Hammond

c)

George Osborne

d)

Rishi Sunak

13.

What is the current UK rate of inflation (July 2020)?

a)

1.1%

b)

2%

c)

0.8%

d)

3.2%

14.

What is the current UK unemployment rate?

a)

~ 4%

b)

~ 2%

c)

~ 5%

d)

~ 8%

15.

What is the current Bank of England Base (Interest) Rate?

a)

2%

b)

0.75%

c)

1%

d)

0.1%

16.

Who is Governor of the Bank of England?

a)

Mark Carney

b)

Andrew Bailey

c)

The Queen

d)

Mervyn King

17.

What is the world's 3rd largest economy?

a)

USA

b)

China

c)

UK

d)

Japan

18.

What is this?

a)

A supply curve

b)

A demand curve

c)

A supply shift line

d)

A demand shift line

19.

What does this show?

a)

A shift in supply

b)

An expansion of demand

c)

A shift in demand

d)

An expansion of supply

20.

What does this show?

a)

An increase shift in demand

b)

A decrease shift in demand

c)

An expansion of demand

d)

A contraction of demand