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Economics & Business: Is WalMart Good for America?

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

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Class
Date
1.

The transfering of work from a specific area of the company ( e.g. accounting, manufacturing) to an outside supplier, which can be done to a company that is located in the home country or anywhere else is called______.

a)

Offshoring

b)

Outsourcing

c)

Globalization

2.

Moving operations from the country where a company is headquartered to a country where pay rates are lower and the necessary skills are available.

a)

Foreign markets

b)

Offshoring

c)

Outsourcing

3.
What is an offshore location?
a)
Located in a different country.
b)
Located in a different state.
c)
Located in a different continent.
d)
Located by a body of sea.
4.

What do you mean by production?

a)

a. process of making or manufacturing products from raw materials

b)

b. process of rendering services to the client

c)

c. process of manufacturing goods and products from raw materials

d)

d. None of these

5.

………………system and ……………… system is a product-centric and customer-centric

a)

a. Push and Pull

b)

b. Pull and Push

c)

c. Pull and pull

d)

d. Push and push

6.

A …………. system uses signals to request production when delivery from upstream sections

a)

a. Push

b)

b. Pull

c)

c. None of these

7.

A mixed economy combines the best parts of which other economies? This question has two correct answers.

a)

Market and Command

b)

Traditional and Market

c)

Command and Traditional

d)

Socialism and Capitalism

8.

This characteristic of a mixed economy states that the vast majority of labor, resources, and capital goods are owned by individuals rather than by the government.

a)

Private Property

b)

Freedom of enterprise and choice

c)

Motive of Self-Interest

d)

Competition

9.

This characteristic of a mixed economy states that business owners, consumers and workers are free to make choices that best fit their needs and interests.

a)

Private Property

b)

Freedom of enterprise and choice

c)

Motive of Self-Interest

d)

Competition

10.

What is a Command Economy?

a)

CAPITALISTIC economy in which there is free competition and prices are determined by interaction of supply and demand

b)

An economic system COMBINING private and public enterprise.

c)

When production, investment, price, and income are determined centrally by a GOVERNMENT.

d)

A system that relies on customs, history, and time-honored beliefs.

11.

What is one advantage of a Command Economy?

a)

Individual freedom for everyone

b)

Health and public services are available to everyone at little or no cost.

c)

The government rarely interferes.

d)

Able to adjust to change gradually

12.

What is one disadvantage of a Command Economy?

a)

Requires large bureaucracy, which consumes resources

b)

Lower standard of living

c)

Does not produce enough public goods

d)

Workers and businesses face uncertainty as a result of competition and change.

13.
An incentive is...
a)
trouble or difficulty caused to one's personal requirements or comfort.
b)
a thing that motivates or encourages one to do something.
c)
a payment or concession to stimulate greater output or investment.
d)
a policy of extending a country's power and influence through diplomacy or military force.
14.
Market Economy is...
a)
An economic system in which economic decisions and the pricing of goods and services are guided solely by the aggregate interactions of a country's individual citizens and businesses.
b)
a regular gathering of people for the purchase and sale of provisions, livestock, and other commodities.
c)
the economic factors affecting the price, demand, and availability of a commodity.
d)
the loss of potential gain from other alternatives when one alternative is chosen.
15.

An organization of workers dedicated to protecting members' interests and improving wages, hours and working conditions for all.

a)

Labor Union

b)

Workers Rights

c)

Worker Strikes

d)

Collective Bargaining

16.

The negotiation of wages and other conditions of employment by an organized body of employees

a)

Labor Unions

b)

Workers Rights

c)

Worker Strikes

d)

Collective Bargaining

17.

All of these are true about arbitration, except...

a)

a form of alternative dispute resolution

b)

the decision can only be binding to the parties if it is enforced by a court

c)

it is submitted by agreement of the parties

d)

the parties cannot withdraw from the arbitral procedure

e)

all of these are true

18.

the pros of arbitration are these below, except...

a)

efficient

b)

private

c)

can be appealed

d)

flexible

e)

all of these are true

19.

these are the main principles in arbitration, except...

a)

binding

b)

confidential

c)

neutral

d)

consensual

e)

all of these are true

20.

Which of the following is not a Fundamental Right in the Constitution of India?

a)

Right to work

b)

Right to Equality

c)

Right to Freedom of Religion

d)

None of the above