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Economic System

Total questions: 35

Worksheet time: 35mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the driving force in the US economy?

a)

Government

b)

Banks

c)

Entrepreneurship

d)

Freedom choice

2.

Which economic system is typically centered on the family or clan?

a)

Traditional

b)

Command

c)

Market

d)

Mixed

3.

A country has a reputation of poor quality products. Which economic system is the country most likely operating under?

a)

Traditional

b)

Command

c)

Market

4.

If the time it takes a company to make its product increased from the previous year, then the company's productivity is:

a)

Increasing

b)

Decreasing

c)

Not changing

5.

An increase in a country's productivity generally indicates a(n) ______________ in the country's standard of living.

a)

increase

b)

decrease

c)

no change

6.

What is the most widely used economic system in the world?

a)

Traditional

b)

Command

c)

Market

d)

Mixed

7.

An economic system must answer how many basic economic questions?

a)

two

b)

three

c)

four

d)

five

8.

At how many workers does the point of diminishing returns occur?

a)

Two

b)

Three

c)

Four

d)

Five

e)

Six

9.

Which economic system has a central authority make all of the economic decisions?

a)

Traditional

b)

Command

c)

Market

10.

At how many workers does the production system shown in the table become MOST efficient?

a)

Two

b)

Three

c)

Four

d)

Five

11.

A mixed economic systems is made up of which of the following basic economic systems?

a)

Traditional and Market

b)

Traditional and Command

c)

Command and Market

d)

Traditional, Command and Market

12.

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?

a)

What will be produced?

b)

How will it be produced?

c)

Who gets what is produced?

13.

Which economic system depends on the interaction of the buyer and seller?

a)

Traditional

b)

Command

c)

Market

14.

Which economic system has government playing a limited role in the economy?

a)

Traditional

b)

Command

c)

Market

15.

An economic system is how a society organizes itself to allocate limited resources in the ______________________ of products?

a)

production and distribution

b)

production and consumption

c)

consumption and distribution

16.

Which economic system is most likely to result in the most innovation?

a)

Traditional

b)

Command

c)

Market

17.

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?

a)

Traditional

b)

Command

c)

Market

18.

According to the law of diminishing returns, increasing a single system input:

a)

Always leads to larger and larger gains in output.

b)

Always leads to smaller and smaller efficiency in output.

c)

Eventually leads to smaller and smaller gains in output.

d)

Eventually leads to larger and larger productivity in output.

19.

Michael is worried that he might be laid-off. Michael is most likely living in which type of economic system?

a)

Traditional

b)

Command

c)

Market

20.

The government limits harvesting of trees on government owned land. What basic economic question is being addressed?

a)

What will be produced?

b)

How will it be produced?

c)

Who gets what is produced?

21.

The government mandates that gasoline will contain 10% ethanol. What basic economic question is being addressed?

a)

What will be produced?

b)

How will it be produced?

c)

Who gets what is produced?

22.

Which economic system creates the highest standard of living for its citizens?

a)

Traditional

b)

Command

c)

Market

23.

Which economic system is the most predictable to its members of its society?

a)

Tradtional

b)

Command

c)

Market

24.

What is a founding principle of the US economy?

a)

Saving money

b)

Private property

c)

Hard work

d)

Free enterprise

25.

What is a good measure of a country's productivity?

a)

Business Investment Rate

b)

Standard of Living per Capita

c)

Unemployment Rate

d)

Gross Domestic Product per Person

26.

Which of the following is an economic institute in the US?

a)

Banks

b)

Consumers

c)

Government

d)

Wholesalers

27.

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?

a)

Market

b)

Mixed

c)

Traditional

d)

Command

28.

Katia is an accountant in a government run business where she was placed after graduation. What economic system is this?

a)

Command

b)

Market

c)

Traditional

d)

Mixed

29.

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?

a)

Traditional

b)

Mixed

c)

Market

d)

Command

30.

Sally works in a private company that has to follow government rules for public safety. Which economic system is Sally in?

a)

Market

b)

Mixed

c)

Command

d)

Traditional

31.

Who or what answers the basic economic questions in a traditional economy?

a)

Individuals and Businesses

b)

Customs

c)

Government

d)

Individuals, Businesses and Government

32.

What type of economy do most countries in the world have?

a)

Market

b)

Traditional

c)

Command

d)

Mixed

33.

Which ONE of the following is NOT one of the three basic questions of economics when looking at economic systems?

a)

What will be produced?

b)

How will it be produced?

c)

What is the price of the products?

d)

Who gets the products that are produced?

34.

Which ONE of the following is NOT an economic institution?

a)

Manufacturers

b)

Producers

c)

Wholesalers

d)

Retailers

e)

Government

35.

Productivity for a nation is measured using GDP per capita. What does GDP stand for?

a)

Gross Domestic Product

b)

Great Domestic Producers

c)

Gross Domain Productivity

d)

Great Domestic Produce