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Business Economics Exam Review

Total questions: 43

Worksheet time: 22mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

_ is the study of how individuals and societies satisfy their unlimited wants with limited resources

a)

Opportunity Cost

b)

Cost-Benefit Analysis

c)

Economics

d)

Scarcity

2.

_ is the situation that exists because wants are unlimited and resources are limited.

a)

Scarcity

b)

Economics

c)

PPC

d)

Water-Diamond Paradox

3.

A _ is a physical object that can be purchased, such as food, clothing, and furniture. A _ is work that one person performs for another for payment.

a)

Service; Good

b)

Good; Service

c)

Consumer; Producer

d)

Producer; Consumer

e)

Cost; Benefit

4.

Which of the following is NOT a question that results from scarcity?

a)

What will be produced?

b)

Where will it be produced?

c)

How will it be produced?

d)

For whom will it be produced?

5.

The _ of a decision is the value of the next-best alternative, or what you give up by choosing one alternative over another.

a)

Trade-off

b)

Opportunity Cost

c)

Cost-Benefit Analysis

d)

Marginal Cost

6.

Which of the following point represents an example of underutilization?

a)

Blue Point

b)

Yellow Point

c)

Purple Point

d)

Red Point

7.

Which of the following point represents an example of an impossible production?

a)

Blue Point

b)

Yellow Point

c)

Purple Point

d)

Red Point

e)

Green Point

8.

_ is the study of the behavior of individual players in an economy, such as individuals, families, and businesses.


_ is the study of the behavior of the economy as whole and involves topics such as inflation, unemployment, aggregate demand, and aggregate supply.

a)

Macroeconomics; Microeconomics

b)

Microeconomics; Macroeconomics

c)

Positive Economics; Normative Economics

d)

Normative Economics; Positive Economics

9.

_ is a way of describing and explaining economics as it is, not as it should be.


_ is a way of describing and explaining what economic behavior ought to be, not what it actually is.

a)

Macroeconomics; Microeconomics

b)

Microeconomics; Macroeconomics

c)

Positive Economics; Normative Economics

d)

Normative Economics; Positive Economics

10.

_ is an economic system in which families, clans, or tribes make economic decisions based on customs and beliefs that have been handed down from generation to generation.

a)

Command Economy

b)

Mixed Economy

c)

Stable Economy

d)

Traditional Economy

11.

Which of the following systems may have at least some private ownership of property? SELECT ALL THAT APPLY

a)

Mixed Economy

b)

Market Economy

c)

Communist System

d)

Authoritarian System

e)

Socialist System

12.

_ is an economic system in which the government owns all the factors of production and there is little or no political freedom.

a)

Socialism

b)

Communism

c)

Capitalism

d)

Centrally planned economy

13.

Which of the following is a benefit of a command economy? SELECT ALL THAT APPLY

a)

Political Freedom

b)

Economic Freedom

c)

Provide for the poor, sick, elderly, etc. through government programs

d)

Production efficiency

e)

Centrally planned decisions

14.

To _ means to change from private ownership to government or public ownership; To _ means to change from government or public ownership to private ownership

a)

Regulate; Release

b)

Regulate; De-Institutionalize

c)

Privatize; Nationalize

d)

Nationalize; Privatize

15.

The _ is the market for goods and services; the _ is the market for the factors of production

a)

Consumer Market; Production Market

b)

Producer Market; Consumer Market

c)

Product Market; Factor Market

d)

Factor Market; Product Market

16.

What is the French phrase meaning "leave things alone", in which the idea of Capitalism is founded?

a)

coup d'etat

b)

laissez faire

c)

laissez le bon temps rouler

d)

wee wee mon ami!

17.

A trade in which the parties involved anticipate that the benefits will outweigh the cost is called _

a)

consumer sovereignty

b)

voluntary exchange

c)

market trades

d)

profit

18.

Which of the following is NOT a key feature of Market Economies?

a)

Private Property & Markets

b)

Trade Regulation

c)

Voluntary Exchange

d)

Competition

19.

The effort of two or more people, acting independently, to get the business of others by offering the best deal is called _

a)

consumer sovereignty

b)

voluntary exchange

c)

competition

d)

Capitalism

20.

_ is the desire for a product and the ability to pay for it.

a)

change in demand

b)

demand

c)

supply

d)

elasticity

21.

According to the _, when price decreases, demand rises, and vice versa.

a)

change in demand

b)

change in quantity demanded

c)

law of demand

d)

elasticity of demand

22.

The following graph shows what is called a _

a)

change in demand

b)

change in quantity demanded

c)

elasticity of demand

d)

None of the aboe

23.

A _ occurs when consumers are willing to buy different amounts of a product at every price.

a)

demand

b)

elasticity

c)

change in demand

d)

substitute

24.

The more you buy of an item, the less satisfaction you receive from it. For instance, Mr. C buys Chick-Fil-A every day for 10 days. By the eighth day, he starts to not enjoy it as much...

This is an example of _

a)

elasticity

b)

law of demand

c)

substitution effect

d)

law of diminishing marginal utility

25.

There's a sale at your favorite store. One item costs $50 but now the price is 2 for $60. You don't need two but you buy it anyways. This is an example of _

a)

Law of Demand

b)

Complementary Goods

c)

Substitution Effect

d)

Income Effect

26.

Which of the following is the factor that affects demand?


"The popularity of a good or service has a strong effect on the demand for it."

a)

Market Size

b)

Consumer Tastes

c)

Consumer Expectations

d)

Complement

27.

_ are goods that consumers demand more of when their incomes rise; _ are goods that consumers demand less of when their incomes rise.

a)

normal goods; inferior goods

b)

consumer goods; product goods

c)

inferior goods; normal goods

d)

elastic goods; inelastic goods

e)

inelastic goods; elastic goods

28.

Which of the following is NOT a factor that determines elasticity?

a)

Substitute Goods or Services

b)

Complements

c)

Proportion of Income

d)

Necessities Versus Luxuries

29.

_ is the quantity of a product that producers are willing and able to offer for sale.

a)

change in supply

b)

demand

c)

supply

d)

elasticity

30.

According to the _, when price decreases, supply decreases, and vice versa.

a)

change in supply

b)

change in quantity demanded

c)

law of supply

d)

elasticity of supply

31.

The following graph shows what is called a _

a)

change in supply

b)

change in quantity supplied

c)

elasticity of supply

d)

change in demand

e)

None of the above

32.

The following letters "a" & "b" on the graph shows what is called a _

a)

change in supply

b)

change in quantity supply

c)

elasticity of demand

d)

elasticity of supply

e)

None of the above

33.

A _ occurs when producers are willing to sell different amounts of a product at every price.

a)

supply

b)

elasticity

c)

change in supply

d)

shortage

e)

surplus

34.

_ describes how responsive producers are to price changes in the marketplace.

a)

law of supply

b)

change in supply

c)

elasticity of supply

d)

unit elastic

35.

Which of the following is NOT one of the factors that affect supply.

SELECT ALL THAT APPLY

a)

input costs

b)

market size

c)

producer expectations

d)

producer tastes

e)

technology

36.

The following graph is showing what?

a)

a change in supply

b)

a change in quantity supplied

c)

a change in demand

d)

a change in quantity demanded

e)

someone who's pretty bad at math

37.

True of False: When the price of a good increases, only the Quantity of supply changes, NOT the supply.

(a)  

38.

Having each worker focus on a particular facet of production is called _.

a)

Law of Supply

b)

Marginal Product

c)

Specialization

d)

Increasing Return

39.

The change in total product that results from hiring one more worker is called _.

a)

Marginal Utility

b)

Marginal Product

c)

Diminishing Returns

d)

Increasing Returns

40.

_ are business costs that vary as the level of production output changes. _ are expenses that the owners of a business must incur whether they produce nothing, a little, or a lot.

a)

Fixed costs; Normal costs

b)

Variable costs; Fixed costs

c)

Variable costs; Normal costs

d)

Normal costs; Necessary costs

e)

Variable costs; Marginal costs

41.

_ is the extra cost of producing one more unit; _ is found by adding fixed and variable costs.

a)

Marginal Cost; Total Cost

b)

Extra Cost; Added Cost

c)

Marginal Cost; Additional Cost

d)

Total Cost; Gross Cost

42.

A _ occurs when consumers are willing to buy different amounts of a product at every price.

a)

supply

b)

elasticity

c)

change in demand

d)

shortage

e)

surplus

43.

_ occurs when hiring new workers causes marginal product to decrease.

a)

Marginal Utility

b)

Marginal Inefficiency

c)

Diminishing Returns

d)

Increasing Returns