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PED-Mixed Economic system

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 10mins

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Class
Date
1.

what is an advantage of the market economic system?

a)

It aims for equality of income

b)

It ensures the provision of defence and law and order

c)

It gives an incentive to produce

d)

It reduces pollution and congestion

2.

In a country where the demand for petrol is price-inelastic, the incidence of any increase in petrol tax will be mainly on ...

a)

the company that refines the oil

b)

the motorist who buys the petrol

c)

the petrol station that sells the petrol

d)

the wholesale company that stores the petrol

3.

what is an example of market failure?

a)

a growth of competition

b)

an existence of scarcity

c)

a spread of pollution

d)

a surplus of production in the short-term

4.

Which action by the operators of an airport directly reduces external costs?

a)

the stopping of night flights

b)

the building of a new runway

c)

the payment of a productivity bonus

d)

the reduction of charges for landing aircraft

5.

how are economic decisions determined in a pure market system?

a)

by a mixture of market forces and government regulation

b)

by central planners of production and consumption

c)

by government regulation of the price mechainsm

d)

by the force of demand and supply

6.

which person would wish to encourage the use of the market system

a)

someone who believes that people have equal living standards

b)

someone who believes that people have equal freedom of action

c)

someone who believes that profit maximisation is wrong

d)

someone who believes that the government should correct peoples' bad behaviuor

7.

what is an example of an external cost?

a)

a company's transport costs

b)

the cost of bringing about a merger

c)

the cost of buying components from supplier

d)

the cost of industrial pollution

8.

What is found in a mixed economy but not a free market economy?

a)

banks

b)

division of labour

c)

price controls

d)

profit motive

9.

A shop sells chocolate birthday cakes. When the price was $15 it sold 40 cakes. It reduced the price to $10 and sold 60 cakes. What can be concluded from this?

a)

The firm will make less profit because the price has fallen

b)

the firm will make more profit because sales have increased

c)

the price elasticity is inelastic because demand only increased by 50%

d)

there is unit price elasticity because the firm's revenue remained the same after the price change

10.

In 2010, a major oil leak from an oil rig affected many people living around the Gulf of Mexico. What type of market failure did they experience

a)

monopoly exploitation

b)

negative externality

c)

price discrimination

d)

rising tax burden