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Economics Final Exam Review.

Total questions: 24

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Name the 4 factors of production and their incomes:

a)

Labor = Wages

b)

Land = Rent

c)

Capital = Interest

d)

Entrepreneurship = Capital

e)

Minerals = Dividends

2.

Scarcity is when...

a)

Supply is greater than demand for a good or service.

b)

Demand is greater than supply for a good or service.

c)

Supply and demand are equal for a good and service.

3.

What are the 3 basic economic questions?

a)

When to buy?

b)

What to produce?

c)

How to produce it and how much to produce of it?

d)

How to invest it?

e)

For whom to produce it for?

4.

Opportunity cost is:

a)

Doubled during expansion phase of the business cycle.

b)

Always greater during inflation.

c)

What you give up in order to get your first choice.

d)

Equally distributed across the supply curve.

5.

What economic model demonstrates opportunity cost?

a)

Production distribution graph

b)

Production Possibilities Curve (PPC)

c)

Possible Outcomes Curve

6.

Another name for a free enterprise system is

a)

Democratic economy

b)

Modern economy

c)

Market economy

d)

Industrial economy

7.

The economic system closest to pure command model is:

a)

Authoritarian

b)

Traditional

c)

Socialist

d)

Capitalist

8.

The term that can be defined as the loss of the next best use of resources is:

a)

Cost Efficient Production

b)

Capital

c)

Scarcity

d)

Opportunity cost

9.

Government subsidies have the effect of

a)

Lowering the cost of production

b)

Forcing producers to leave the market

c)

Reducing supply

d)

Raising costs

10.

The only way to move along a supply curve for a product is for

a)

The number of sellers to increase or decrease

b)

The price of resources used to produce the product to increase or decrease

c)

Technological changes to occur

d)

The product’s price to increase or decrease

11.

Which of the following will increase the supply of corn?

a)

An increase in the price of fertilizer

b)

An overall improvement in agricultural technology

c)

A decrease in the current price of corn

d)

A severe drought in the corn belt

12.

One reason that Congress places subsidies on agricultural goods is

a)

To keep agricultural prices as high as possible

b)

To help shift the demand curve to the left

c)

To help farmers out with their uncertain income

d)

To harm farmers because of their unfairly high income

13.

A market economy adjusts to unexpected events by

a)

Adjusting demand and supply

b)

Raising prices

c)

Consumer adjustments and wild-cat strikes

d)

Maintaining consumption and production levels

14.

Which of the following is NOT a monopolistic competition industry?

a)

Phone providers

b)

Grocery stores

c)

Fast food restaurants

d)

Clothing stores

15.

Which Economic system let nearly 4 million Ukrainians die of starvation between 1931-1934?

a)

Capitalism

b)

Traditional

c)

Socialism

d)

Communism

16.

Who wrote the Communist Manifesto?

a)

Adam Smith

b)

Karl Marx

c)

Joseph Stalin

d)

Adolf Hitler

17.

Which best describes Laissez-Faire?

a)

The government has little to no involvement in the economy.

b)

The government has full control of the economy.

c)

The government creates a 5 year plan for the economy.

d)

Laissez-Faire wrote the "Wealth of Nations."

18.

Who wrote the Wealth of Nations?

a)

Laissez-Faire

b)

Adam Smith

c)

Karl Marx

d)

Joseph Stalin

19.

What is a Bond?

a)

A loan to a government or business.

b)

A fraction of ownership in a company.

c)

A rule set by the government concerning the printing of money.

d)

The receipt a bank prints to show income on your taxes.

20.

What is a stock?

a)

A loan given to a government or business.

b)

A fraction of ownership in a corporation.

c)

A rule set by the government about the printing of money.

d)

Proof of income for your taxes.

21.

Which economic system caused 3.5 million North Koreans to starve to death between 1994-1998?

a)

Communism

b)

Traditional

c)

Socialism

d)

Capitalism

22.

Which economic system caused 55 million Chinese to die of starvation between 1959 and 1961?

a)

Capitalism

b)

Communism

c)

Socialism

d)

Traditional

23.

Which of the following best describes a command economy?

a)

Businesses compete freely with little regulation.

b)

Private individuals own most resources.

c)

The government makes all economic decisions.

d)

Prices are determined by supply and demand.

24.

What is the main reason for scarcity in economics?

a)

Unlimited resources and limited wants

b)

Government control of production

c)

Limited resources and unlimited wants

d)

Equal distribution of goods