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American Free Enterprise System

Total questions: 34

Worksheet time: 17mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The money left after production costs are subtracted from revenue is called

a)

Free rider

b)

Profit

c)

Subsity

d)

Scarcity

2.

A person who chooses to, and is free to, open a grocery store is participating in a

a)

command economy

b)

centrally-planned economy

c)

free enterprise economy

d)

traditional economy

3.

Most people are inspired to start a business by the

a)

free contract clause

b)

marginal benefit

c)

open opportunity clause

d)

profit motive

4.

What is the role of producers?

a)

make the product

b)

buy the product

c)

carry out government program

d)

increase the profit of other retail stores

5.

Which is an example of competition changing the marketplace?

a)

a chain bookseller forcing many individual booksellers to go out of business

b)

a chain hot dog restaurant failing to make a large profit

c)

a chain coffee shop having no effect on individual coffee shops

d)

a chain restaurant expanding its menu to include desserts

6.

Free contract means that people can chose

a)

for themselves what legal agreements to enter into

b)

for themselves what positive externalities to support

c)

to enter and compete in the marketplace

d)

to enter into open opportunities

7.

The incentive to improve material well-being by seeking to gain from economic activities is called

a)

legal equality

b)

marginal benefit

c)

open opportunity

d)

profit motive

8.

Government restricts free enterprise through

a)

deregulation

b)

income redistribution

c)

public policy

d)

goods and services

9.

In the marketplace, producers are looking to

a)

buy goods for personal use

b)

earn a profit

c)

find incentives

d)

find the latest fad

10.

Open opportunity helps to ensure that everyone is free to

a)

be efficient

b)

invest in stocks

c)

start businesses

d)

maximize production

11.

Producers determine the allocation of scarce resources by seeking

a)

incentives and responding to consumer votes on a product

b)

incentives and responding to all open opportunities

c)

profits and responding to consumer votes on a product

d)

profits and responding to all open opportunities

12.

Consumers "vote" by choosing

a)

a product over competing products

b)

a resource over other resources

c)

to become entrepreneurs

d)

to keep away from fad products

13.

If dry pasta began to receive more consumer votes through increased purchases, producers likely would

a)

allocate fewer resources into the production of dry pasta

b)

allocate more resources into the production of dry pasta

c)

increase the amount of frozen pasta being produced

d)

decrease the types of dry pasta being produced

14.

Which is an example of allocating resources based on profit?

a)

A bakery earns a profit by baking excellent muffins

b)

A coffee shop earns a profit, making the owner a millionaire

c)

An ice cream shop takes a loss, but other ice cream shops still open

d)

An Italian restaurant earns a profit, causing other Italian restaurants to open

15.

Typically, when households are shown on the right side of a circular flow model of a modified free enterprise system, businesses are located

a)

on the left

b)

in the center

c)

at the top

d)

at the bottom

16.

The center of a typical circular flow model showing a modified free enterprise system is occupied by

a)

businesses

b)

products

c)

government

d)

resources

17.

A modified free enterprise system

a)

is dominated by elements of the command economic system

b)

is dominated by elements of the traditional economic system

c)

has no government involvement in the economy

d)

has some government involvement in the economy

18.

In modified free enterprise system, the government makes money by

a)

taxes

b)

making products

c)

buying products

d)

resource market

19.

In modified free enterprise system, the government produces

a)

nothing

b)

public goods

c)

businesses

d)

households

20.

Which is a modified free enterprise economy?

a)

an economy that emphasizes a communist approach more than free enterprise

b)

an economy that emphasizes a traditional approach more than free enterprise

c)

an economy that has a few regulations in a free enterprise

d)

an economy that has no regulations that adjust free enterprise

21.

A market failure occurs when people who are not part of a marketplace interaction

a)

are not affected by it

b)

make no profit from it

c)

benefit from of it

d)

pay none of the costs of it

22.

Public goods are funded by

a)

charitable donations collected by the government

b)

profits made by private businesses

c)

profits made by public companies

d)

taxes collected by the government

23.

A person who does not pay for a service but benefits from it is called a(n)

a)

free consumer

b)

free rider

c)

investment risk

d)

subsidy risk

24.

Street lighting is an example of a

a)

local service

b)

public good

c)

private product

d)

government subsidy

25.

A common way of dealing with the free rider problem is for

a)

the free riders to provide the good or service

b)

the government to provide the good or service

c)

individuals to provide the good or service

d)

private business to provide the good or service

26.

An example of a toll good is a(n)

a)

antique store that charges high prices

b)

highway that can be used without payment

c)

public park with an entrance fee

d)

swimming pool open to the public free of charge

27.

An externality is a side effect of a transaction that affects

a)

both the producer and the buyer

b)

someone other than the buyer or producer

c)

the buyer but not the producer

d)

the producer but not the buyer

28.

A public transfer payment happens when the government transfers income from

a)

donors to recipients who do not provide anything in return

b)

donors to recipients who provide something in return

c)

taxpayers to recipients who do not provide anything in return

d)

taxpayers to recipient who provide something in return

29.

Goods and services that are necessary for society

a)

free rider

b)

positive externality

c)

infrastructure

d)

public subsidy

30.

The U.S. government often makes transfer payments to

a)

the aged and disabled

b)

healthy people with high incomes

c)

people over 50 years of age

d)

the wealthiest people

31.

A capitalist system is also known as a

a)

Communist

b)

Socialist

c)

Free enterprise system

d)

Traditional

32.

Which is vital to a free enterprise system?

a)

Government

b)

Dow Jones

c)

Profit

d)

Competition

33.

What role does the government play in the free enterprise system?

a)

None

b)

Limited

c)

Large

d)

All

34.

Side effect of the transaction that affects someone other than the producer or the buyer.

a)

Externality

b)

Positive Economics

c)

Profit

d)

Competition