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WorksheetsPrelim Review (Applied Economics)
Total questions: 50
Worksheet time: 41mins
Economics is classified as an Applied Science because it deals with the study of human’s life and how he lives with other men.
True
False
The interaction and relationship of the buyers and sellers
Market
Market Structure
External Environment
When demand for goods/service exceeds production capacity, the price of the product increases
Cost-Push
Built-In
Demand-Pull
The remote environment of a firm includes the competitors, suppliers, customers, publics, and intermediaries.
True
False
The threat of substitute products increases when the price of the substitute product is higher.
True
False
The bargaining power of buyers increases when the switching costs are low.
True
False
This segment refers to potential and actual changes in the physical environment and business practices that are intended to positively respond to and deal with those changes.
Political Factor
Technological Factor
Environment Factor
Socio-Cultural Factor
Economic Factor
This factor represents how organizations and governments mutually try to influence each other, and how firms try to understand these influences (current and projected) on their strategic actions
Political Factor
Technological Factor
Environment Factor
Socio-Cultural Factor
Economic Factor
This factor refers to the nature and direction of the economy in which a firm competes or may compete. Examples are interest rates, inflation rates, business savings rate.
Political Factor
Technological Factor
Environment Factor
Socio-Cultural Factor
Economic Factor
This factor is concerned with a society’s attitudes and cultural values.
Political Factor
Technological Factor
Environment Factor
Socio-Cultural Factor
Economic Factor
A group of firms that produce similar products or offer similar services that are close substitutes.
Industry
External Environment
Market Structure
Market
Refers to nature and degree of competition in the market for goods and services.
Industry
External Environment
Market
Market Structure
Factors beyond the control of the firm that influence its choice of direction and action, organizational structure, and internal processes.
Industry
External Environment
Market
Market Structure
this represents the rate at which the cost of goods and services increase over a period of time
Inflation
Employment
Labor Force
A type of inflation wherein the price increases due to an increase in production costs.
Cost-Push
Built-In
Demand-Pull
If demand increases, and supply remains unchanged, a _______ will result, leading to a higher equilibrium price.
surplus
shortage
If demand remains unchanged, and supply decreases, a _________ will result, leading to a higher equilibrium price.
surplus
shortage
If demand decreases and supply remains unchanged, _____ will result, thus leads to a lower equilibrium price.
surplus
shortage
Examines small economic units and the components of the economy.
Applied Economics
Microeconomics
Macroeconomics
Economics
It is the study of observing how economics theories work in practice.
Applied Economics
Microeconomics
Macroeconomics
Economics
What is the difference between Perfect Competition and Monopolistic Competition?
Perfect Competition has a large number of small firms while Monopolistic Competition does not.
Perfect Competition has no barriers to entry, while Monopolistic Competition does
Perfect Competition has barriers to entry, while Monopolistic Competition does not.
In Perfect Competition, firms produce identical goods, while in Monopolistic Competition, firms produce slightly different goods.
Which of the following Market Structure has the fewest numbers of firms (sellers)
Perfect Competition
Monopolistic Competition
Monopoly
Oligopoly
Which of the following Market Structure types has a large number of firms that sell slightly different products.
Monopolistic Competition
Perfect Competition
Monopoly
Oligopoly
Which of the following Market Structure Types has only a few competing firms
Oligopoly
Monopoly
Monopolistic Competition
Perfect Competition
Which of the following is the best example product for a Perfectly Competitive Market
Diamonds
Athletic Shoes
Soda
Agricultural Products
One of the characteristics of a Monopoly is:
The product cannot be produced by small firms
Products are high priced
There is a unique product with no close substitutes.
There are several close substitutes for the product
Firms face competition when the good they produced
is unique
has a close substitute
is unique
A monopoly is a market with
no barriers to entry
many substitutes
many suppliers
one supplier
A Market Structure with a large numbers of firms, differentiated products, and free entry and exit is called:
Monopolistic Competition
Monopoly
Oligopoly
Perfect Competition
Firms use marketing to:
Influence a consumer's buying decision
convince customers that their product is worth the price.
persuade buyers that their product is superior to others
all of the above
Environmental Scanning is an activity carried out by only new companies.
TRUE
FALSE
Ferry trips and air travel can be substitute products.
TRUE
FALSE
Which of the following is a technological factor?
E-Commerce
Workforce Diversity
Exchange rates
Which of the following is a social factor?
E-commerce
Tastes and trends
Recycling
Which of the following is an economic factor
Inflation
Automation
Lifestyle
Which of the following is an economic factor
Tax policies
Interest rates
Political stability
Which of the following is an environmental factor?
Women in the workforce
Automation
Recycling
Which of the following is NOT a type of Market Structure?
Oligopoly
Perfect Competition
Competitive Monopoly
All of the above are types of Market Structures
Monopoly and Monopolistic Competition mean the same
TRUE
FALSE
The following are included in the industry environment, except:
Ecological factors
Barriers to entry
Substitute availability
Competitive rivalry
The following are included in the Remote Environment, except:
Economic
Creditors
Technological
Political
The threat of substitute products increases when:
Substitute product's quality and performance is less than the existing product
The substitute product's price is higher
Buyers face few switching costs.
Perfect competition is composed of the following requirements except?
Homogeneous Product
Perfect Knowledge of Prices and Technology
Absence of Artificial Restrictions
Barriers of entrants
It is a market situation in which there is only one seller of a product with barriers to entry of others. The product has no close substitutes.
Monopoly
Duopoly
Oligopoly
Perfect Competition
Choose all the problems that could arise when government intervenes in the market. Choose 3.
Lack of incentives to be efficient in the public sector
Disincentive effects of higher taxes.
Limit monopoly power
Government ownership may lead to fewer choices
Reduce inequality and poverty through tax and benefit system
Please check all the benefits of government intervention in the market. Choose 3.
Provide merit goods (education, health) underprovided in the free market
may lead to fewer choices
Provide public goods (defense, law and order) not supplied in free market.
Government can protect the environment, workers, and consumers.
Government influenced by powerful pressure groups.
Firms use marketing to:
Influence a consumer's buying decision
convince customers that their product is worth the price.
persuade buyers that their product is superior to others
all of the above
A Market Structure with a large number of firms, differentiated products, and free entry and exit is called:
Monopolistic Competition
Monopoly
Oligopoly
Perfect Competition
A monopoly is a market with
no barriers to entry
many substitutes
many suppliers
one supplier
Firms face competition when the good they produced
is in a market with high barriers to entry
has a close substitute
is unique
