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Trial Quiz

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who studies economics?

a)

Economicts

b)

Economists

c)

Econologists

d)

Onclogists

2.

Which of the following is a good?

a)

A practical class

b)

An online lesson

c)

An Apple

d)

A poem of a book

3.

Who is known as the Father of Economics?

a)

Phillip Kotler

b)

John Nash

c)

Paul J. Samuelson

d)

Adam Smith

4.

Economics may be defined as:

a)

The science of analyzing the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services

b)

The basic problem that exists because we as humans have unlimited wants that cannot be met by the limited amount of resources our world has

c)

All the places where goods and services can be exchanged between buyers and sellers

d)

None of the answers are correct

5.

Ms. Lina considers where to build her new bakery, she also factors in the number of other bake shops in the area. If she builds in an area where she is one of many bakeries, she will be forced to charge lower prices in order to compete with the other bakeries already in the neighborhood. This is an example of which economic theory?

a)

The law of macroeconomics

b)

The law of supply and demand

c)

The law of consumer behavior

d)

The law of microeconomics

6.

_____ is the study of business and consumers, while _____ is the study of the economy as a whole.

a)

Macroeconomics; microeconomics

b)

Microeconomics; inflation

c)

Consumer economics; macroeconomics

d)

Microeconomics; macroeconomics

7.
A person or organization that uses a product or service is a(n):
a)
consumer
b)
economist
c)
loan shark
d)
debtor
8.
Doctor: Goods or Service?
a)
Goods
b)
Service
9.
What is a need?
a)
Nothing
b)
Something you have to have to live
c)
Something you would like to have
d)
Ice cream
10.
What do you need to produce other goods and services?
a)
consumer goods
b)
capital goods
c)
nondurable goods
d)
Gross Domestic Product (GDP)
11.
Gross Domestic Product (GDP) refers to the dollar value of all final goods, services, and structures produced anywhere in a single year for a country.
a)
True
b)
False
12.
What is a high price a signal for?
a)
government to enact price controls
b)
producers to offer less & consumers to buy more
c)
producers to offer more & consumers to buy less
d)
suppliers to reduce sales until prices peak
13.
When the quantity supplied is greater than the quantity demanded
a)
a shortage has occurred.
b)
a surplus has occurred.
c)
it doesn't mean anything.
d)
government intervenes.
14.
Trying to satisfy unlimited wants with limited resources defines _____ and is the fundamental problem of economics.
a)
scarcity
b)
needs
c)
wants
d)
microeconomics
15.
The thing that you give up (the next best alternative) when you make a decision is known as
a)
Opportunity Cost
b)
Scarcity
c)
Incentive
d)
Choice
16.
who was the writer for Wealth of Nations
a)
Plato
b)
Karl Marx
c)
Paul Samuelson
d)
Adam Smith
17.

A person who provides a good or service

a)

producer

b)

need

c)

want

d)

consumer

18.

Jenny has hundreds of stuffed animals to sell. The stuffed animals are considered the _________.

a)

supply

b)

demand

c)

buyer

d)

seller

19.

What is profit?

a)

the money you have left over after you paid your bills

b)

how many people want your good/service

c)

the amount of an item you have

d)

none of these

20.

Which of the following will increase your profit for selling hot chocolate?

a)

Use expensive materials

b)

Lower the price

c)

Give each buyer more hot chocolate

d)

Use cheaper materials

21.
Economic system where government controls everything.
a)
Market
b)
Command
c)
Mixed
d)
Free Enterprise
22.
I have a problem with having enough resources. What basic question of economics solves this? 
a)
What to produce?
b)
How to produce?
c)
When to produce? 
d)
For whom to produce? 
23.
If there are only 100 televisions on sale and 200 people want to buy TV's, that is a problem of ____. 
a)
desire
b)
demand
c)
supply
d)
scarcity
24.

This means that the government should not interfere in the marketplace.

a)

Laissez Faire

b)

Capitalism

c)

Communism

d)

Socialism

25.

The development of a worldwide economy where resources flow fairly freely across borders.

a)

Globalization

b)

Economy

c)

GDP

d)

Economic Independence