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Econ Unit 1 review

Total questions: 41

Worksheet time: 18mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

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

a)

Scarcity

b)

Opportunity cost

c)

Cost Efficient Production

d)

Capital

2.

Why do people have to make choices?

a)

People have limited wants and needs

b)

Opportunity cost must always be paid

c)

People have unlimited wants and scarce resources

d)

All governments ration who receives scarce resources

3.

Economics, as a field of study, is BEST described as

a)

How society deals with the problem of scarcity

b)

How people deal with investment alternatives

c)

How everyone spends their money

d)

How government controls the money supply

4.

Which of the following is a problem faced by ALL economic systems?

a)

Federal debt

b)

Poverty

c)

Inflation

d)

Scarcity

5.

The term underutilization can be defined as

a)

The act of buyers and sellers coming together willingly in the marketplace

b)

The right to produce goods and services

c)

The use of fewer resources than the economy is capable of using

d)

What you give up or what you did not choose

6.

The method used by a society to produce and distribute goods and services is its

a)

Production system

b)

Political system

c)

Industrial system

d)

Economic system

7.

A good that is used to help increase future production can be defined as:

a)

Natural good

b)

Consumer good

c)

Capital good

d)

Artificial good

8.

Another name for a free enterprise system is:

a)

Market economy

b)

Industrial economy

c)

Command economy

d)

Democratic economy

9.

A washing machine used in the laundry business is classified as:

a)

Chaotic Good

b)

A consumer good

c)

A capital good

d)

Artificial Good

10.

A “let the people do as they please, or hands off” approach to the economy by the government is called:

a)

Surplus value

b)

Laissez faire

c)

Central planning

d)

Totalitarianism

11.

 In the circular flow model, households make money payments in the _______ market and receive W.R.I.P. in the ________ market

a)

Product; resource

b)

Product; financial

c)

Capital; product

d)

Financial; product

12.

An economic system with public ownership of major industries but private ownership of other goods and services is:

a)

Traditional

b)

Capitalist

c)

Socialist

d)

Authoritarian

13.

The economic system closest to pure command model is:

a)

Traditional

b)

Capitalist

c)

Socialist

d)

Authoritarian

14.

 In the free enterprise system, lower prices, better quality, and more variety in production are a result of:

a)

Competition

b)

The price system

c)

Government regulation

d)

Government control of the factors of production

15.

Every economic system must make choices. Which of the following do all economic systems face?

a)

Balancing the government budget

b)

Dispensing with the production of luxuries

c)

Saving money and thus reducing the national debt

d)

Making the best use of scarce resources

16.

The country of North Korea is closest to a/an _______ economy.

a)

Socialist

b)

Market

c)

Capitalist

d)

Authoritarian (Communist)

17.

Man made tools, equipment and factories used in the production of goods and services are called:

a)

Government goods

b)

Consumer goods

c)

Public goods

d)

Capital goods

18.

Phil Smith decided to quit his job and start a small pet grooming business. What would Phill BEST be classified as?

a)

Entrepreneur

b)

Labor

c)

Capital

d)

Land

19.

Which of the following is an example of labor?

a)

Nursing school

b)

Nurse

c)

Hospital

d)

Microscope

20.

Each of the following is a factor of production EXCEPT:

a)

Land

b)

Capital

c)

Household

d)

Labor

21.

Adam Smith can be associated with all of the following EXCEPT:

a)

Wealth of Nations

b)

Public Property

c)

Laissez-faire

d)

Father of Capitalism

22.

Each of the following is a part of national income EXCEPT:

a)

Rent

b)

Wages

c)

Taxes

d)

Profits

23.

Three basic economic questions are : _______, _______, and _____ to produce.

a)

What, how, and when

b)

Why, what, and how

c)

What, where, and when

d)

What, how, and for whom

24.

The term underutilization can be defined as

a)

The use of fewer resources than the economy is capable of using

b)

The right to produce goods or services

c)

The act of buyers and sellers coming together willingly in the marketplace

d)

What you give up or what you did not choose

25.

The economic goal that refers to everyone having the same opportunity to receive equal amounts of the output of society’s goods and services is:

a)

Economic freedom

b)

Economic stability

c)

Economic efficiency

d)

Economic equity

26.

A good that is used to help increase future production can be defined as:

a)

Consumer good

b)

Artificial good

c)

Natural good

d)

Capital good

27.

Karl Marx:

a)

Wrote The Communist Manifesto

b)

Wrote The Wealth of Nations

c)

Believed in the free market

d)

Thought the government should remain small

28.

The basic difference between consumer goods and capital goods is that:

a)

Consumer goods are produced by the private sector and capital goods are produced by the  public sector

b)

An economy that commits a relatively large proportion of its resources to capital goods must accept a lower growth

c)

Consumer goods are used and done, while capital goods are used to help produce        something more

d)

None of these.

29.

On the model to the left, point A represents a combination of Guns and Butter that:

a)

Can never be attained even if a technical advance occurs

b)

Is impossible for this country attain under current conditions

c)

Can be attained only if all resources are used

d)

Can be attained without using all the country’s resources efficiently

30.

In the circular flow model, households are

a)

Independent of the factor market

b)

On the seller’s side of the product market

c)

On the seller’s side of the resource market

d)

On the buyer’s side of the resource market

31.

In this economic system you can not own a business:

a)

Traditional.

b)

Capitalism.

c)

Socialism.

d)

Communism.

32.

In this economic system you will have the same job as your mother.

a)

Traditional

b)

Communism

c)

Capitalism

d)

Socialism

33.

Millions of people starved to death in the Soviet Union, China and North Korea when this economic system created food shortages:

a)

Capitalism

b)

Free Market

c)

Communism.

d)

Socialism

34.

Land earns this type of income...

(a)  

35.

Labor earns this type of income...

(a)  

36.

The income that Capital earns is called (a)  

37.

Chickens are considered what kind of factor of production? (F.O.P.)

a)

Labor

b)

Entrepreneur

c)

Land

d)

Capital

38.

Schools are considered what type of factor of production?

a)

Labor

b)

Land

c)

Capital

d)

Entrepreneur

39.

On the graph to the left, every point on the solid blue line represents ______________.

a)

Underutilization.

b)

Inefficient use of resources.

c)

Future production possibilities.

d)

Efficient use of resources.

40.

You sell your ​ (a)   in the resource market for ​​ (b)   .

Choose from the below words
Labor
Wages
Interest
products
41.

Which of the following is considered a factor of production?

a)

Money

b)

Land

c)

Stocks

d)

Imports