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INTRODUCTION TO ECONOMICS

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 4mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Economics is about ___________; a choice among alternative uses of scarce resources.

a)

decision making

b)

economizing

c)

spending

2.

The man in this image is _________. He is the founder of Modern Economics.

a)

Adan Smith

b)

Alfred Marshall

c)

Marshall, Aldred

d)

Smith, Adam

3.

This is a policy or attitude of letting things take their own course, without interfering. In economics, this means abstention by governments from interfering in the workings of the free market.

a)

c'est la vie

b)

c'est la vien

c)

laissez-faire

d)

laisez-fairre

4.

Which of these is the contemporary definition of Economics?

a)

Economics is the practical science dealing with the production and

distribution of wealth.

b)

Economics is the study of how people allocate scarce resources for production, distribution, and consumption, both individually and collectively.

c)

Economics is the study of human behaviour as a relationship between ends and scarce means which have alternative

uses.

d)

Economics is the study of the individual and his social actions which is most closely connected

with the attainment and with the use of the material requisites of well

being.

5.

Wealth is a _____ to achieve certain ____.

a)

luxury; lifestyle

b)

means; ends

c)

means; goals

d)

privilege; perks

6.

Man is not merely motivated by the desire of acquiring maximum wealth for its own sake.

a)

true

b)

false

7.

Marshall's definition of economics ignores the ____________ aspects of

human life

a)

occupational

b)

non-occupational

c)

material

d)

non-material

8.

Ends are limited; means are unlimited.

a)

true

b)

false

9.

In economics, a ____ is an effective desire for a thing, which can be satisfied by making an effort for obtaining it.

a)

dream

b)

passion

c)

need

d)

want

10.

Man have unlimited wants and as one's want gets satisfied another want arises.

What is the idea being expressed in this statement?

a)

greed

b)

dissatisfaction

c)

insatiability

d)

vulnerability

11.

Means are required to be used for the satisfaction of various wants.

a)

true

b)

false

12.

Scarce means have alternative uses.

a)

true

b)

false

13.

This generally applies to markets of goods and services and deals with individual economic issues.

a)

macroeconomics

b)

microeconomics

14.

This analyzes all aggregate indicators and the microeconomic factors that

influence the economy.

a)

macroeconomics

b)

microeconomics

15.

Microeconomics is also known as ___________.

a)

economic theory

b)

factor theory

c)

price theory

d)

product theory