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Introduction to Microeconomics

Total questions: 35

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Why does scarcity exist?
a)
Each year workers tend to produce less than previously 
b)
Machines wear out in time
c)
There are not sufficient resources to meet everyone's wants
d)
There is a limit to people's wants 
2.
Why will scarcity continue to be a problem in the future?
a)
Prices will rise
b)
Resources will always be finite 
c)
Needs will decrease in the future 
d)
World population will fall 
3.
What factor of production's function is to make decisions and take risks?
a)
Capital
b)
Enterprise 
c)
Land 
d)
Labour 
4.
Which factor of production is the least mobile?
a)
Capital 
b)
Enterprise
c)
Labour
d)
Land 
5.
What is meant by opportunity cost?
a)
The next best alternative foregone
b)
The cost of the item selected
c)
The cost of exploring business opportunities
d)
The labour used in producing the product 
6.
Which is the following is a free good?
a)
A vaccination provided by the state without charge 
b)
Prizes of food items given away by a supermarket 
c)
Recycled paper
d)
Wind coming from the sea
7.

Which of these is not a decision which is made to solve the basic economic problem?

a)

What to produce

b)

How to produce

c)

Why to produce

d)

For whom to produce

8.

Which of the below is not scarce resource?

a)

Oil

b)

Sea water

c)

Natural gas

d)

Gold

9.
The basic economic problem can never be eliminated.
a)
true
b)
false
10.
A need is
a)
something we have to have in order to survive
b)
something we have to have to make our life better
11.
A want is
a)
something we have to have in order to survive
b)
something we would like to have to make our life better
12.
_______ is another word for Market Economy. 
a)
Capitalism 
b)
Communism
13.
Which of the following would be an example of human capital? 
a)
The amount of workers who work in a Nike factory
b)
The skills of the shoe designers at Nike 
c)
Philip Knight, the CEO of Nike 
d)
The land that the Nike headquarters is located on in Beaverton Oregon
14.
 The difference between a good and a service is that:
a)
Goods are available in unlimited quantaties and services are not 
b)
Goods are tangible and services are not 
c)
Services are available in unlimited quantaties and goods are not 
d)
goods help satisfy unlimited wants and services do not
15.

I LOVE ECONOMICS because ...

a)

Economics is FUN

b)

I have no choice, Economics is the only course I can take

c)

Economics solve REAL LIFE problems

d)

Better Economics than Politics

e)

I do not know

16.

Every Sunday morning, we have many alternatives sport such as Running and Playing Football. so, today i choose to play football with my friends, what is the opportunity cost from this case?

a)

Swimming

b)

Golf

c)

Running

d)

Playing Football

17.

If you decide to study an extra hour tonight, what would be the economic outcome?

a)

The marginal cost of studying an extra hour exceeds its marginal benefit.

b)

The marginal benefit of studying an extra hour exceeds its marginal cost.

c)

Studying harder will always improve your test scores.

d)

You will most likely get a lower than expected grade on your last exam.

18.

Which of the following contributed most the failure of command systems, such as the the Soviet Union and Eastern European Communist States?

a)

Previously abundant economic resources became scarce.

b)

Central planners found it increasingly difficult to coordinate the economic decisions of consumers, resource suppliers, and businesses.

c)

Firms manufactured more output than consumers could afford to buy, resulting in a general glut.

d)

Prices were set too low in all markets.

19.

Which of the following primarily encourages innovation and technological advance in the competitive market system?

a)

The government's tax code.

b)

The process of "dollar voting".

c)

The guiding function of consumer needs and preferences.

d)

Profitable returns to innovative firms.

20.

What is the most likely the result of human specialization or the division of labor?

a)

It reduces output by dehumanizing workers

b)

It reduces output by discouraging workers from learning a wide variety of tasks

c)

It increases output by enabling workers to take advantage of differences in their skills

d)

It increases output by allowing workers to each perform a wide variety of tasks

21.

Joe has a limited monthly income of $10,000. He has to make tough choices on his monthly expenditure. If he spends $5,000 on a rental, then that is $5,000 he cannot spend on entertainment.


Which expenditure is the opportunity cost?

a)

$5,000 he manages to save every month

b)

$5,000 he spends on rental

c)

$5,000 he cannot spend on entertainment

d)

$10,000 he receives for his monthly income

22.

What is the basic economic problem?

a)

the value forgone from the next best alternative

b)

the fact that the world has finite resources but humans have infinite wants

c)

too many resources

d)

the fact that the world has infinite resources but humans have finite wants

23.

___________ is attained when maximum output is produced with given resources and technology.

a)

Allocative Efficiency

b)

Productive Efficiency

c)

Technical Efficiency

d)

Distributive Efficiency

24.

_______________ occurs when no resources are wasted.

a)

Allocative Efficiency

b)

Productive Efficiency

c)

Technical Efficiency

d)

Distributive Efficiency

25.

_______ is based on individual initiative and favours market mechanisms over government intervention.

a)

Communism

b)

Capitalism

c)

Socialism

d)

Fascism

26.

What type of a science is economics?

a)

Political

b)

Social

c)

Natural

d)

Physical

27.

What makes economics an art?

a)

Positive statements

b)

Normative statements

c)

Practical use

d)

None of the options

28.

Positive statements are __________ statements

a)

Objective

b)

Subjective

c)

Emotional

d)

Value

29.

What is true about normative statements?

a)

They are objective

b)

They are objective and testable

c)

They are subjective and not testable

d)

All of the options

30.

Which of the following is an example for positive statement?

a)

Petrol price should be decreased by the government

b)

Government ought to provide tax reduction for poor

c)

Price and demand is negatively related

d)

Minimum wage should be increased

31.

Choose the example for normative statement?

a)

The unemployment rate of Oman is the lowest in GCC

b)

India is the second largest populated country in the world

c)

UAE is the richest country in the middle east

d)

Saudi Arabia should provide Hajj subsidy for poor

32.

A situation in which there are not enough resources to meet human wants and needs is referred to as

a)

supply & demand

b)

normative economics

c)

scarcity

d)

positive economics

33.

Which of these best identifies the different between positive economics and normative economics?

a)

Positive economics describes and explains economics as it is and normative economics describes and explains what economics should be, not what it is

b)

Normative economics describes and explains economics as it is and positive economics describes and explains what economics should be, not what it is

c)

There isn't any difference between the two, both terms can be used interchangable to describe and explain economics as it is

d)

There isn't any difference between the two, both terms can be used interchangable to describe and explain what economics should be

34.

Economics can observed as a whole or on an individual basis. The two terms that describe these observations are

a)

macroeconomics and individual economics

b)

government economics and individual economics

c)

macroeconomics and microeconomics

d)

microeconomics and macroeconomics

35.
There are 4 _______________. They are land, labour, capital and entrepreneurship.
a)
Factor of Production 
b)
Market Economy 
c)
Profit 
d)
Economics