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Economics Quiz

Total questions: 17

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

When we make a choice between two options, what do we call the option we DO NOT choose?

a)

scar

b)

supply

c)

competition

d)

opportunity cost

2.

If you choose to go outside and play with your friends after school instead of doing your homework, what is you opportunity cost?

a)

You don't have one.

b)

playing with your friends

c)

doing your homework

d)

cleaning your room

3.

You are a consumer!

a)

True

b)

False

4.

When prices go up, consumers buy less. When prices go down, consumers buy more. This describes:

a)

opportunity cost

b)

Law of Supply

c)

Law of Demand

d)

a monopoly

5.

Which of the following is NOT a non-price determinant of demand?

a)

consumer income

b)

number of consumers

c)

consumer memories about the past

d)

consumer tastes and preferences

6.

Which of the following pairs would NOT be considered complements to each other?

a)

baseball and glove

b)

vegetables and ranch dressing

c)

cars and tires

d)

Coke and Pepsi

7.

The quantity producers are willing to produce depends on...

a)

how much money they will make

b)

how much money people have

8.

The quantity consumers purchase depends on:

a)

their willingness to buy the product

b)

their ability to pay for the product

c)

both

9.

When prices go up, producers want to create more. When prices go down, producers want to create less. This describes...

a)

the Law of Demand

b)

opportunity cost

c)

the Law of Supply

d)

competition

10.

Products are left over when the quantity supplied is greater than the quantity demanded.

a)

surplus

b)

shortage

c)

equilibrium

11.

There is not enough of the product when the quantity supplied is less than the quantity demanded.

a)

surplus

b)

shortage

c)

equilibrium

12.

All products are sold and everyone is happy when the quantity supplied is equal to the quantity demanded.

a)

surplus

b)

shortage

c)

equilibrium

13.

This is what occurs when there are large numbers of buyers and sellers, the firm's products are basically alike, and firms are free to enter and exit the market.

a)

competition

b)

monopoly

c)

equilibrium

d)

shortage

14.

When there is a single seller or a good, there are no close substitutes, and there is no competition.

a)

equilibrium

b)

monopoly

c)

shortage

d)

market

15.

This is where producers and consumers come together.

a)

market

b)

scarcity

c)

monopoly

d)

law of supply

16.

Where does equilibrium occur on a graph showing both a demand and a supply curve?

a)

where the two curves cross each other

b)

below the area where the two curves cross each other

c)

at the top of the demand curve

d)

at the bottom of the supply curve

17.

This is what occurs when wants are greater than the resources available to satisfy those wants. (It's the basic economic problem.)

a)

opportunity cost

b)

scarcity

c)

demand

d)

supply