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MANAGERIAL ECONOMICS TEST I_ MIDTERM EXAM 2022

Total questions: 60

Worksheet time: 41mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Is the way that a country or culture produces and distributes goods and services: _________

a)

economic system

b)

government system

c)

political system

d)

judicial system

2.

Tool in economics that deals with facts is called ____________.

a)

positive science

b)

normative economics

c)

macroeconomics

d)

microeconomics

3.

___________ is considered to be the basic consuming unit.

a)

household

b)

business

c)

government

d)

the rest of the world

4.

Scientific approach wherein hypotheses or theories are presented for validation: _________

a)

deduction

b)

empirical validation

c)

observation

d)

assumption

5.

This refers to an important concern in economics that implies that reproductive resources are not being fully utilized in the economy:___________

a)

nflation

b)

unemployment

c)

low GNP

d)

world crisis

6.

A useful measure of the changes in the general price level is called__________.

a)

employment rate

b)

deflation rate

c)

inflation rate

d)

unemployment rate

7.

Adding up the production values from all stages overstates GNI because of _______________________.

a)

the inclusion of inventories

b)

the exclusion of imports

c)

the inclusion of imports

d)

double counting

8.

The use of the resources to produce only a single or a few kinds of goods and services: __________

a)

scarcity

b)

production

c)

specialization

d)

distribution

9.

Certain resources are not enough to satisfy people’s needs and wants: _________

a)

production

b)

scarcity

c)

specialization

d)

distribution

10.

Categorize the economic system being applied by the given countries.

i. Market Economy iii. Command Economy

ii. Mixed Economy iv. Traditional Economy

Singapore: _________, China: __________.

a)

ii , iii

b)

iii , iv

c)

i , ii

d)

iv, i

11.

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: __________.

a)

ii , iii , iii

b)

, ii, ii

c)

ii , iv, iv

d)

iii , i , i

12.

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: ______________.

a)

iv, iii , ii

b)

iii , ii , i

c)

ii , i , iv

d)

i , iv , iii

13.

 

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: _________________.

a)

iii , i

b)

v, iv

c)

iii , iv

d)

v , i

14.

 

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: _________________.

a)

ii , i

b)

v , vi

c)

iv , v

d)

vi , iii

15.

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.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

16.

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.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

17.

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.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

18.

Evaluate the following statement: TRUE or FALSE.

Society is endowed with a fixed amount of productive resources at a given time.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

19.

Evaluate the following statement: TRUE or FALSE.

Population can affect economic growth.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

20.

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)

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

21.

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)

a)

non-economic issue with macroeconomic topic

b)

non-economic issue with microeconomic topic

c)

economic issue with macroeconomic topic

d)

economic issue with microeconomic topic

22.

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)

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

23.

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)

a)

POSITIVE SCIENCE

b)

NORMATIVE ECONOMICS

24.

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)

a)

POSITIVE SCIENCE

b)

NORMATIVE ECONOMICS

25.

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)

a)

POSITIVE SCIENCE

b)

NORMATIVE ECONOMICS

26.

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 _________.

a)

land

b)

labor

c)

capital

d)

entrepreneurship

27.

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 _______________.

a)

land

b)

labor

c)

capital

d)

entrepreneurship

28.

Evaluate the following statement: TRUE or FALSE.

A group of people can be considered as an economy if they are doing the economic activities.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

29.

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:________

a)

change in supply

b)

change in demand

c)

change in quantity supplied

d)

change in quantity demanded

30.

The Law of Demand states that _______________________.

a)

price and income are positively related

b)

income and sales are positively related

c)

price and quantity demanded are positively related

d)

price and quantity supplied are negatively related

31.

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 _______________.

a)

change in demand

b)

change in supply

c)

change in quantity demanded

d)

change in quantity supplied

32.

Demand: Normal Good Increases: Income: ________________,

Demand: Inferior Good Increases: Income: ____________.

a)

increases , increases

b)

increases , decreases

c)

decreases , decreases

d)

decreases , increases

33.

Price Floors: set ______: Equilibrium Market: _________.

a)

lower , price

b)

higher , price

c)

higher , demand

d)

lower , demand

34.

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.

a)

exceeds, investment, exceed

b)

exceeds, expenditures, exceed

c)

subceeds, savings, exceed

d)

subceeds, consumption, exceed

35.

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 ______________________________________.

a)

wages and the quantity of labor will remain unchanged

b)

wages will remain unchanged, leading to the persistence of a surplus of labor (unemployment)

c)

wages will remain unchanged, and the supply of labor will drop and thereby eliminate the surplus of labor

(unemployment)

d)

wages will fall and labor markets will return to full employment equilibrium, eliminating the surplus of labor

36.

According to ___________, full employment is the lowest rate of unemployment compatible with price stability, thus

__________ to ________ percent of ___________.

a)

Samuelson and Nordhaus, 2-4, unemployment

b)

Keynes, 75-90, employment

c)

Todaro and Smith, 80-88, employment

d)

Schiller, 4-6, unemployment

37.

This model represents the equilibrium in interest rates and output given by the equilibrium in the goods and money

markets.

a)

IS/LM

b)

Quantity Theory of Money

c)

AD/AS

d)

Okun’s Law

38.

_________ model represents the one percent more unemployment is estimated to equal two percent less output.

a)

Okun’s Law

b)

AD/AS

c)

IS/LM

d)

Quantity Theory of Money

39.

Identify and analyze the impact of the following events on supply or demand:

New cars in the United States – price steel increases

a)

inward shift

b)

outward shift

c)

rightward shift

d)

leftward shift

40.

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

a)

inward shift

b)

outward shift

c)

rightward shift

d)

leftward shift

41.

Identify and analyze the impact of the following events on supply or demand:

Coconut – scientist claim that coconut water can cure renal diseases

a)

outward shift

b)

inward shift

c)

rightward shift

d)

leftward shift

42.

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.

a)

lowest

b)

lower

c)

highest

d)

greater

43.

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.

a)

highest

b)

greater

c)

greater

d)

lower

44.

For the perfectly competitive market, its marginal revenue is equal to average revenue and is also equal to _______.

a)

cost

b)

supply

c)

demand

d)

price

45.

Elasticity along a linear demand curve:

Consumers are completely unresponsive to the price change.

a)

inelastic

b)

elastic

c)

perfectly elastic

d)

unit elastic

46.

Elasticity along a linear demand curve:

Chain smokers smoke the same quantity of cigarettes regardless of the price.

a)

inelastic

b)

elastic

c)

perfectly elastic

d)

unit elastic

47.

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.

a)

inelastic          

b)

elastic

c)

perfectly elastic

d)

unit elastic

48.

Base from the first sentence of the paragraph, BLS study will result to __________ shift of labor force that renders personal services.

a)

inward

b)

outward

c)

rightward

d)

leftward

49.

On the third sentence, this will create a/an ____________ shift for people of the robotics industry from programming to engineering.

a)

inward

b)

outward

c)

rightward

d)

leftward

50.

Holding all other factors constant, the implementation of the third sentence will generally result to a _____________ of personal service robots.

a)

change in supply

b)

change in demand

c)

change in quantity supplied

d)

change in quantity supplied

51.

Ceteris paribus, base from the first sentence of the paragraph, NFA rice will generally result to a __________.

a)

change in supply

b)

change in quantity supplied

c)

change in demand

d)

change in quantity demanded

52.

Base from the second paragraph, the implementation of the program will result to a movement of supply classified as _________________.

a)

outward shift

b)

inward shift

c)

rightward shift

d)

leftward shift

53.

Base from the second paragraph, the implementation of the program will result to a movement demand classified as ________________.

a)

rightward shift

b)

leftward shift

c)

inward shift

d)

outward shift

54.

Ceteris Paribus, base from the first paragraph, imported rice will generally result to a movement of supply that can be classified as ____________.

a)

outward shift

b)

inward shift

c)

rightward shift

d)

leftward shift

55.

Base from the first paragraph, imported rice result to a movement of demand that can be classified as __________.

a)

rightward shift

b)

leftward shift

c)

inward shift

d)

outward shift

56.

Held other factors constant, the implementation of the program stipulated in the second sentence of the second paragraph will generally result to ______________.

a)

change in quantity supplied

b)

change in quantity demanded

c)

change in demand

d)

change in supply

57.

Base from the first sentence of the paragraph, holding all other factors constant, low-glycemic corn seedlings will generally result to a _______________.

a)

change in supply

b)

change in demand

c)

change in quantity supplied

d)

change in quantity demanded

58.

On the result of the change in the latter case, this will generally result to _____________ shift of rice.

a)

outward shift

b)

inward shift

c)

rightward shift

d)

leftward shift

59.

Base on the second sentence of the paragraph, this will result to _____________ shift of rice consumption.

a)

outward shift

b)

inward shift

c)

leftward shift

d)

rightward shift

60.

Classify which does not belong to the group.

a)

competition    

b)

easy entry and exit

c)

advertising

d)

price maker