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WorksheetsMANAGERIAL ECONOMICS TEST I_ MIDTERM EXAM 2022
Total questions: 60
Worksheet time: 41mins
Is the way that a country or culture produces and distributes goods and services: _________
economic system
government system
political system
judicial system
Tool in economics that deals with facts is called ____________.
positive science
normative economics
macroeconomics
microeconomics
___________ is considered to be the basic consuming unit.
household
business
government
the rest of the world
Scientific approach wherein hypotheses or theories are presented for validation: _________
deduction
empirical validation
observation
assumption
This refers to an important concern in economics that implies that reproductive resources are not being fully utilized in the economy:___________
nflation
unemployment
low GNP
world crisis
A useful measure of the changes in the general price level is called__________.
employment rate
deflation rate
inflation rate
unemployment rate
Adding up the production values from all stages overstates GNI because of _______________________.
the inclusion of inventories
the exclusion of imports
the inclusion of imports
double counting
The use of the resources to produce only a single or a few kinds of goods and services: __________
scarcity
production
specialization
distribution
Certain resources are not enough to satisfy people’s needs and wants: _________
production
scarcity
specialization
distribution
Categorize the economic system being applied by the given countries.
i. Market Economy iii. Command Economy
ii. Mixed Economy iv. Traditional Economy
Singapore: _________, China: __________.
ii , iii
iii , iv
i , ii
iv, i
Categorize the economic system being applied by the given countries.
i. Market Economy iii. Command Economy
ii. Mixed Economy iv. Traditional Economy
United Kingdom: __________, Ukraine: _________, Russia: __________.
ii , iii , iii
, ii, ii
ii , iv, iv
iii , i , i
Categorize the economic system being applied by the given countries.
i. Market Economy iii. Command Economy
ii. Mixed Economy iv. Traditional Economy
Ethiopia: ___________,
Ecuador: __________,
Guinea- Bissau: ______________.
iv, iii , ii
iii , ii , i
ii , i , iv
i , iv , iii
Identify the following macroeconomic goals.
i. Economic Growth iv. Economic Development
ii. Economic Freedom v. Economic Efficiency
iii. Full Employment vi. Economic Security
Presence and availability of jobs for those who are willing and able to work: ________________,
Production of more goods and services and a higher standard of living or an increase in the number of goods and services produced in the country: _________________.
iii , i
v, iv
iii , iv
v , i
Identify the following macroeconomic goals.
i. Economic Growth iv. Economic Development
ii. Economic Freedom v. Economic Efficiency
iii. Full Employment vi. Economic Security
Improvement in the quality of life of the people: ______________________,
Producing more output with the use of fewer resources: _________________.
ii , i
v , vi
iv , v
vi , iii
Evaluate the following statement: TRUE or FALSE.Philippine’s economy applies three forms of economy. However, it is more market oriented rather than command or traditional.
TRUE
FALSE
Evaluate the following statement: TRUE or FALSE.
Economic models are the main tools used by economist to explain economic phenomena. Models are simplification of reality.
TRUE
FALSE
Evaluate the following statement: TRUE or FALSE.
A sunk cost is a cost that an entity has incurred, and which it can be recovered. A sunk cost is also term as a stranded cost.
TRUE
FALSE
Evaluate the following statement: TRUE or FALSE.
Society is endowed with a fixed amount of productive resources at a given time.
TRUE
FALSE
Evaluate the following statement: TRUE or FALSE.
Population can affect economic growth.
TRUE
FALSE
Evaluate the following news coming from different sources then identify whether the situation exhibits a (an):
a. non-economic issue with macroeconomic topic
b. non-economic issue with microeconomic topic
c. economic issue with microeconomic topic
d. economic issue with macroeconomic topic
Coronavirus: India faces oxygen scarcity as cases surge. Ankit Sethia spent a sleepless Friday night trying to procure oxygen for his 50-bed hospital on the outskirts of India's commercial capital, Mumbai. (bbc.com, September 15, 2020)
non-economic issue with macroeconomic topic
non-economic issue with microeconomic topic
economic issue with microeconomic topic
economic issue with macroeconomic topic
Evaluate the following news coming from different sources then identify whether the situation exhibits a (an):
a. non-economic issue with macroeconomic topic
b. non-economic issue with microeconomic topic
c. economic issue with microeconomic topic
d. economic issue with macroeconomic topic
Philippine economy posts its biggest-ever quarterly plunge. Strict, prolonged coronavirus lockdowns sent economy into recession, with gov't projecting 5.5% GDP contraction in 2020. (aljazeera.com, August 06, 2020)
non-economic issue with macroeconomic topic
non-economic issue with microeconomic topic
economic issue with macroeconomic topic
economic issue with microeconomic topic
Evaluate the following news coming from different sources then identify whether the situation exhibits a (an):
a. non-economic issue with macroeconomic topic
b. non-economic issue with microeconomic topic
c. economic issue with microeconomic topic
d. economic issue with macroeconomic topic
The K-pop label that created BTS is going public. Hong Kong/Seoul (CNN Business)The mastermind of global music phenomenon BTS is taking his company public. Big Hit Entertainment, the talent agency behind the hugely popular Korean pop boy band, received preliminary approval this month to list on the country's stock market. (cnn.com, August 18, 2020)
non-economic issue with macroeconomic topic
non-economic issue with microeconomic topic
economic issue with microeconomic topic
economic issue with macroeconomic topic
Analyze the following article it if exhibits a NORMATIVE ECONOMICS or POSITIVE SCIENCE.
US 2020 election: Climate change takes centre stage amid wildfires. Climate change, a topic seldom debated during the 2020 US presidential campaign, is having a moment in the spotlight due to severe wildfires raging along the US West Coast. (source: bbc.com)
POSITIVE SCIENCE
NORMATIVE ECONOMICS
Analyze the following article it if exhibits a NORMATIVE ECONOMICS or POSITIVE SCIENCE.
DepEd allows private schools to start ahead of October 5 opening. MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Education on Saturday clarified that private or non-DepEd elementary and high schools that have already started classes can proceed provided that they are strictly using distance learning methods and not face-to-face classes. (source: Philippine Star)
POSITIVE SCIENCE
NORMATIVE ECONOMICS
Analyze the following article it if exhibits a NORMATIVE ECONOMICS or POSITIVE SCIENCE.
Doctors warn distancing cut may lead to spike in infections. MANILA, Philippines -The medical community on Monday warned that the ill-timed decision of the Department of Transportation (DOTr) to gradually reduce
physical distancing on public vehicles would only drive up coronavirus infections, especially as the country has yet to see a significant decline in the number of new COVID-19 cases. (source: Inquirer.net)
POSITIVE SCIENCE
NORMATIVE ECONOMICS
Refer to the excepted SONA 2016 ADDRESS OF PRESIDENT RODRIGO “DIGONG” ROA DUTERTE:
The first economic resource stipulated from the first paragraph can be classified as _________.
land
labor
capital
entrepreneurship
Refer to the excepted SONA 2016 ADDRESS OF PRESIDENT RODRIGO “DIGONG” ROA DUTERTE:
The economic resource stipulated from the second sentence of the first paragraph can be classified as _______________.
land
labor
capital
entrepreneurship
Evaluate the following statement: TRUE or FALSE.
A group of people can be considered as an economy if they are doing the economic activities.
TRUE
FALSE
Refers to a change in relationship between good’s price and the quantity supplied in response to a change in a supply
determinant other than price of good:________
change in supply
change in demand
change in quantity supplied
change in quantity demanded
The Law of Demand states that _______________________.
price and income are positively related
income and sales are positively related
price and quantity demanded are positively related
price and quantity supplied are negatively related
A change in the relationship between price of a good and the quantity demanded caused by a change in demand
determinant other than price is _______________.
change in demand
change in supply
change in quantity demanded
change in quantity supplied
Demand: Normal Good Increases: Income: ________________,
Demand: Inferior Good Increases: Income: ____________.
increases , increases
increases , decreases
decreases , decreases
decreases , increases
Price Floors: set ______: Equilibrium Market: _________.
lower , price
higher , price
higher , demand
lower , demand
Government saves when its tax revenues ________ it’s _________ on recurring items (such as wages, social security
payments, fuel, schoolbooks, medical supplies for hospitals, etc). If its tax revenues _________ these current expenses, it
has money left to spend on the building of new roads, bridges, hospitals, schools.
exceeds, investment, exceed
exceeds, expenditures, exceed
subceeds, savings, exceed
subceeds, consumption, exceed
According to the classical model of smoothly functioning labor markets, if the demand for labor falls, for instance due to
a drop in aggregate demand ______________________________________.
wages and the quantity of labor will remain unchanged
wages will remain unchanged, leading to the persistence of a surplus of labor (unemployment)
wages will remain unchanged, and the supply of labor will drop and thereby eliminate the surplus of labor
(unemployment)
wages will fall and labor markets will return to full employment equilibrium, eliminating the surplus of labor
According to ___________, full employment is the lowest rate of unemployment compatible with price stability, thus
__________ to ________ percent of ___________.
Samuelson and Nordhaus, 2-4, unemployment
Keynes, 75-90, employment
Todaro and Smith, 80-88, employment
Schiller, 4-6, unemployment
This model represents the equilibrium in interest rates and output given by the equilibrium in the goods and money
markets.
IS/LM
Quantity Theory of Money
AD/AS
Okun’s Law
_________ model represents the one percent more unemployment is estimated to equal two percent less output.
Okun’s Law
AD/AS
IS/LM
Quantity Theory of Money
Identify and analyze the impact of the following events on supply or demand:
New cars in the United States – price steel increases
inward shift
outward shift
rightward shift
leftward shift
Identify and analyze the impact of the following events on supply or demand:
Baguio strawberry jam – a landslide occurs on the main roads leading out of the city
inward shift
outward shift
rightward shift
leftward shift
Identify and analyze the impact of the following events on supply or demand:
Coconut – scientist claim that coconut water can cure renal diseases
outward shift
inward shift
rightward shift
leftward shift
The consumer surplus is the extra utility gained by the consumer from paying an actual price for a good that is __________ than the amount he/she is willing to pay. It is essentially the additional he additional benefit that the consumer gains by making his/her purchase via the market instead of some other mechanism or system.
lowest
lower
highest
greater
The competitive equilibrium brings about the ___________ surplus welfare for the society. It is also efficient in the sense that any increase in consumer surplus will necessarily entail a decrease in producer surplus and vice versa.
highest
greater
greater
lower
For the perfectly competitive market, its marginal revenue is equal to average revenue and is also equal to _______.
cost
supply
demand
price
Elasticity along a linear demand curve:
Consumers are completely unresponsive to the price change.
inelastic
elastic
perfectly elastic
unit elastic
Elasticity along a linear demand curve:
Chain smokers smoke the same quantity of cigarettes regardless of the price.
inelastic
elastic
perfectly elastic
unit elastic
Elasticity along a linear demand curve:
Niel Rotsen Jhays who is on maintenance medicine still take the same dosage of the prescribed drug no matter the price is.
inelastic
elastic
perfectly elastic
unit elastic
Base from the first sentence of the paragraph, BLS study will result to __________ shift of labor force that renders personal services.
inward
outward
rightward
leftward
On the third sentence, this will create a/an ____________ shift for people of the robotics industry from programming to engineering.
inward
outward
rightward
leftward
Holding all other factors constant, the implementation of the third sentence will generally result to a _____________ of personal service robots.
change in supply
change in demand
change in quantity supplied
change in quantity supplied
Ceteris paribus, base from the first sentence of the paragraph, NFA rice will generally result to a __________.
change in supply
change in quantity supplied
change in demand
change in quantity demanded
Base from the second paragraph, the implementation of the program will result to a movement of supply classified as _________________.
outward shift
inward shift
rightward shift
leftward shift
Base from the second paragraph, the implementation of the program will result to a movement demand classified as ________________.
rightward shift
leftward shift
inward shift
outward shift
Ceteris Paribus, base from the first paragraph, imported rice will generally result to a movement of supply that can be classified as ____________.
outward shift
inward shift
rightward shift
leftward shift
Base from the first paragraph, imported rice result to a movement of demand that can be classified as __________.
rightward shift
leftward shift
inward shift
outward shift
Held other factors constant, the implementation of the program stipulated in the second sentence of the second paragraph will generally result to ______________.
change in quantity supplied
change in quantity demanded
change in demand
change in supply
Base from the first sentence of the paragraph, holding all other factors constant, low-glycemic corn seedlings will generally result to a _______________.
change in supply
change in demand
change in quantity supplied
change in quantity demanded
On the result of the change in the latter case, this will generally result to _____________ shift of rice.
outward shift
inward shift
rightward shift
leftward shift
Base on the second sentence of the paragraph, this will result to _____________ shift of rice consumption.
outward shift
inward shift
leftward shift
rightward shift
Classify which does not belong to the group.
competition
easy entry and exit
advertising
price maker
