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WorksheetsEconomic System
Total questions: 35
Worksheet time: 35mins
What is the driving force in the US economy?
Government
Banks
Entrepreneurship
Freedom choice
Which economic system is typically centered on the family or clan?
Traditional
Command
Market
Mixed
A country has a reputation of poor quality products. Which economic system is the country most likely operating under?
Traditional
Command
Market
If the time it takes a company to make its product increased from the previous year, then the company's productivity is:
Increasing
Decreasing
Not changing
An increase in a country's productivity generally indicates a(n) ______________ in the country's standard of living.
increase
decrease
no change
What is the most widely used economic system in the world?
Traditional
Command
Market
Mixed
An economic system must answer how many basic economic questions?
two
three
four
five
At how many workers does the point of diminishing returns occur?
Two
Three
Four
Five
Six
Which economic system has a central authority make all of the economic decisions?
Traditional
Command
Market
At how many workers does the production system shown in the table become MOST efficient?
Two
Three
Four
Five
A mixed economic systems is made up of which of the following basic economic systems?
Traditional and Market
Traditional and Command
Command and Market
Traditional, Command and Market
Winter is approaching, so a national hardware company sends its supply of snow shovels to its stores in the Northeast. What basic economic question is being addressed?
What will be produced?
How will it be produced?
Who gets what is produced?
Which economic system depends on the interaction of the buyer and seller?
Traditional
Command
Market
Which economic system has government playing a limited role in the economy?
Traditional
Command
Market
An economic system is how a society organizes itself to allocate limited resources in the ______________________ of products?
production and distribution
production and consumption
consumption and distribution
Which economic system is most likely to result in the most innovation?
Traditional
Command
Market
Mark blogs about the country he is visiting. He mentions that there appears to be full employment. Which economic system is the country most likely operating under?
Traditional
Command
Market
According to the law of diminishing returns, increasing a single system input:
Always leads to larger and larger gains in output.
Always leads to smaller and smaller efficiency in output.
Eventually leads to smaller and smaller gains in output.
Eventually leads to larger and larger productivity in output.
Michael is worried that he might be laid-off. Michael is most likely living in which type of economic system?
Traditional
Command
Market
The government limits harvesting of trees on government owned land. What basic economic question is being addressed?
What will be produced?
How will it be produced?
Who gets what is produced?
The government mandates that gasoline will contain 10% ethanol. What basic economic question is being addressed?
What will be produced?
How will it be produced?
Who gets what is produced?
Which economic system creates the highest standard of living for its citizens?
Traditional
Command
Market
Which economic system is the most predictable to its members of its society?
Tradtional
Command
Market
What is a founding principle of the US economy?
Saving money
Private property
Hard work
Free enterprise
What is a good measure of a country's productivity?
Business Investment Rate
Standard of Living per Capita
Unemployment Rate
Gross Domestic Product per Person
Which of the following is an economic institute in the US?
Banks
Consumers
Government
Wholesalers
Sam loves science and wants to become a doctor but he is learning how to make clay bricks like his father and grandfather. What economic system is this?
Market
Mixed
Traditional
Command
Katia is an accountant in a government run business where she was placed after graduation. What economic system is this?
Command
Market
Traditional
Mixed
Sarah would like to be a doctor when she grows up. Unfortunately, she lives in a country where her job will be decided for her by the government. What economic system is this?
Traditional
Mixed
Market
Command
Sally works in a private company that has to follow government rules for public safety. Which economic system is Sally in?
Market
Mixed
Command
Traditional
Who or what answers the basic economic questions in a traditional economy?
Individuals and Businesses
Customs
Government
Individuals, Businesses and Government
What type of economy do most countries in the world have?
Market
Traditional
Command
Mixed
Which ONE of the following is NOT one of the three basic questions of economics when looking at economic systems?
What will be produced?
How will it be produced?
What is the price of the products?
Who gets the products that are produced?
Which ONE of the following is NOT an economic institution?
Manufacturers
Producers
Wholesalers
Retailers
Government
Productivity for a nation is measured using GDP per capita. What does GDP stand for?
Gross Domestic Product
Great Domestic Producers
Gross Domain Productivity
Great Domestic Produce
