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ECONOMICS (Make-Up Quiz)

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Economics is the study of ______________

a)

Money

b)

How to get rich

c)

Consequences and Punishments

d)

Choices

2.

The objective of the economy is to

a)

satisfy limited needs and wants with unlimited resources

b)

satisfy unlimited needs and wants with limited resources

c)

satisfy unlimited needs and wants with unlimited resources

d)

satisfy limited needs and wants with limited resources

3.

When economists say that resources are scarce, it means that they are what?

a)

Limited

b)

Lacking

c)

Overflowing

d)

Rare

4.

The goods or services necessary to sustain life.

a)

need

b)

want

c)

land resource

d)

labor

5.

What best describes a want?

a)

An unnecessary object

b)

A commodity that fulfills a desire

c)

An expensive object

d)

A derived need

6.

Countries and states utilize this to solve the problem of allocation.

a)

Culture and Norms

b)

Rules and Regulations

c)

Economic Systems

d)

Fiscal Policies

7.

Economics is considered a ______________ science.

a)

philosophy

b)

social

c)

historical

d)

astronomy

8.
Which of the following is not one of the 3 basic questions?
a)
What am I going to produce?
b)
How am I going to produce it?
c)
Who am I going to produce for?
d)
What is the opportunity cost?
9.

The productive resources that make up the 4 categories of land, capital, labor, and entrepreneurship.

a)

factors of production

b)

capital goods

c)

consumer goods

d)

fiscal policy

10.

Oil, water, and wood are examples of ______________ resources.

a)

Land

b)

Labor

c)

Capital

d)

Entrepreneurship

11.

Oprah Winfrey, Guy Fieri, and Steve Jobs are examples of ______________ resources.

a)

Land

b)

Labor

c)

Capital

d)

Entrepreneurship

12.

Hammers, pencils, and computers are examples of ______________ .

a)

Land

b)

Labor

c)

Capital

d)

Entrepreneurship

13.

Teachers, construction workers, and mechanics are examples of ______________ .

a)

Land

b)

Labor

c)

Capital

d)

Entrepreneurship

14.

________________________ are a set of external motivators that help people make choices.

a)

Incentives

b)

Opportunity Cost

c)

Scarcity

d)

Finite Resources

15.

An ability of a good or service to be useful and give satisfaction to someone.

a)

utility

b)

value

c)

scarcity

d)

productivity

16.

The alternative people give up when they make choices.

a)

marginal cost

b)

trade-off

c)

marginal benefit

d)

utility

17.

The additional cost of using one more unit of a product.

a)

marginal cost

b)

trade-off

c)

marginal benefit

d)

utility

18.

The additional satisfaction from using one more unit of a product.

a)

marginal cost

b)

trade-off

c)

marginal benefit

d)

opportunity cost

19.

Opportunity cost is

a)

Whatever you are giving up to do something.

b)

The study of production, employment, prices, and policies on a nationwide scale

c)

The tension caused by infinite wants and finite resources.

d)

A set of external motivators that help people make choices.

20.

A graph representing the total amount of two products that can possibly be produced by a country.

a)

Production Possibilities Curve

b)

Factors of Production

c)

Scarcity Model

d)

Economics Frontier