WorksheetsECON: Unit 1 Review (MicroECON)
Total questions: 60
Worksheet time: 36mins
Economics is the study of
how society distributes its goods and resources.
how society evaluates the financial information about the economy.
how society distributes money and evaluates its effects.
using its goods and services and analzying how much each good and/or service cost.
Goods are the tangible products that we want and/or need. Select an example of a good.
Mowing the lawn
Studying for AP exams
Money
Washing your car.
Services are actions that provide us with something that we want and/or need. Provide an example of a service.
Money
Food
Internet
Riding my bike and dropping off newspaper
Select the best term for the following definition:
The condition that forces us to make decisions about how to best use our resources to satisfy our wants and needs every second of every day
Incentives
Scarcity
Factors of Production
Economics
Select the best term for the following definition:
The value of the next best choice NOT chosen when making a decision
Tradeoffs
Entreneurship
Opportunity Cost
Economics
Tradeoffs identifies all of the options you are giving up, whereas the
opportunity cost involves evaluating the value of your next best choice.
True
False
Which example does not fit the definition of scarcity?
Money
Serving as an Uber driver as a part-time job
Energy
Gasoline
What is the relationship between scarcity and opportunity cost?
Scarcity and opportunity cost are both the result of tradeoffs
The reason we incur (experience) an opportunity cost is because of scarcity.
Scarcity exists because of opportunity costs.
Scarcity helps limit opportunity costs.
True/False: The Factors of Production are used to produce a good or a service.
True
False
Which is the term for the following definition: Natural resources and the raw materials that are used to produce goods and services.
Land
Labor
Capital
Enterpreneurship
Which is the term for the following definition: The mental and physical efforts of people used to produce goods and services.
Land
Labor
Capital
Enterpreneurship
Which is the term for the following definition: Manufactured tools used to produce goods and services.
Land
Labor
Capital
Enterpreneurship
Which is the term for the following definition: The willingness and ability to take the risks involved in organizing the production of goods and services and starting a business.
Land
Labor
Capital
Enterpreneurship
Select the best term for the following definition:
___ analysis seeks to answer economic questions using the scientific method and objective analysis of data and information.
Correlated Economic
Positive Economic
Negative Economic
Normative Economic
Select the best term for the following definition:
___ analysis applies value judgments to data and information in order to draw a conclusion regarding which policy or action is best to adopt in a given situation.
Correlated Economic
Positive Economic
Negative Economic
Normative Economic
Positive economic analysis allows for the most accurate assessment of an
issue while normative analysis is better when making a decision holistically.
True
False
Determine whether the following example is positive or normative:
The YES Prep Public Schools district increases the amount of schools in Houston, TX every year.
Positive Economics
Normative Economics
Mixed Economic Statement
Determine whether the following example is positive or normative:
The YES Prep Public Schools district is the best school district in Texas.
Positive Economics
Normative Economics
Mixed Economic Statement
Determine whether the following example is positive or normative:
Since the YES Prep Public Schools district increases the amount of schools every year, TX, they are the best district in TX.
Positive Economics
Normative Economics
Mixed Economic Statement
Select the correct term for the following definition:
A relationship between two variables.
Scarcity
Correlation
Incentives
Causation
Select the correct term for the following definition:
One variable is causing the other variable to change.
Scarcity
Correlation
Incentives
Causation
Select the best term for the following definition:
Any expectations, rewards, or motivation that encourages an individual to behave a certain way.
Scarcity
Economics
Incentives
Goods and Services
Which type of incentive best fits this definition:
Encourages you to do something because you like doing the “right thing”
Moral
Social
Economic
Coercive
Which type of incentive best fits this definition:
Encourages you to behave in a certain way to increase their social status from declining.
Moral
Social
Economic
Coercive
Which type of incentive best fits this definition:
Encourages you to behave in a certain way for a financial reward or avoiding financial penalties
Moral
Social
Economic
Coercive
Which type of incentive best fits this example:
If Mario walks his sister's dogs, he will be reward a Chick-Fil-A meal.
Moral
Social
Economic
Coercive
Which type of incentive best fits this example:
Maria volunteers her time finishing the homecoming dance decorations, even though she has already completed her required community service hours.
Moral
Social
Economic
Coercive
Which type of incentive best fits this example:
Francisco makes his mom buy him AirPods since his group of friends have a pair.
Moral
Social
Economic
Coercive
Which type of incentive best fits this example:
Christopher slows down from 55 to 35 MPH when he sees the police car pass by.
Moral
Social
Economic
Coercive
Select the term that best fits the definition:
any unplanned action in response to an incentive other than the action that was anticipated or intended
Thinking at the Margin
Unintended Consequences
Scarcity
Coercive Incentive
True or False:
Incentives must be designed carefully because they can produce unintended consequences.
True
False
Select the correct term that fits the sentence:
Total benefits includes anything you gain, while _________ means anything you lose.
scarcity
total benefits
total costs
marginal benefits
Which of the following is not a type of cost.
Explicit Cost
Implicit Cost
Variable Cost
Utility Cost
Which term best fits the definition:
One-time costs that do not change regardless of production
Explicit Cost
Implicit Cost
Fixed Cost
Variable Cost
Which term best fits the definition:
Cost of a decision that requires us to spend money
Explicit Cost
Implicit Cost
Fixed Cost
Variable Cost
Which term best fits the definition:
Costs that change based on how much is produced or consumed
Explicit Cost
Implicit Cost
Fixed Cost
Variable Cost
Which term best fits the definition:
Cost of a decision that does not require us to spend money
Explicit Cost
Implicit Cost
Fixed Cost
Variable Cost
True or False:
The total benefit of making a decision is the sum of the monetary benefits (tangible rewards) and utility (personal satisfaction) of the decision.
True
False
Pablo is deciding whether to buy tickets to attend a Dallas Cowboys game but prices are going up as he waits to purchase those tickets. Pablo keeps waiting for his friends to decide whether they want to go to the game. The longer Pablo waits on buying tickets is directly increasing the ...
utility of the Dallas Cowboys tickets.
explicit cost of the Dallas Cowboys tickets.
implicit cost of the Dallas Cowboys tickets.
opportunity cost of the Dallas Cowboys tickets.
_________ involves weighing marginal costs against the marginal benefits.
Cost-Benefit Analysis
Marginal Analysis
Positive Economic Analysis
Economic Analysis
Which of the following decisions should be analyzed using marginal analysis?
VIERA's decision about whether giving the U1 test or not.
Your mom's decision to punishing you after failing your exam.
Your sibling's decision about how much money to give you.
Your neighbor's decision to cut your lawn.
Define the key term:
the amount of goods that are able to be available
Scarcity
Supply
Incentives
Demand
Finish the following statement about Law of Supply:
As a price for a good increases, the supply .......
shows no effect
also increases
decreases
stays the same
Finish the following statement about Law of Demand:
As a price for a good increases, the demand .......
shows no effect
also increases
decreases
stays the same
Define the key term:
referring to how many people want a good/service and
their willingness to get that product
Economics
Cost-Benefit Analysis
Marginal Cost
Demand
Complete the sentence below:
Producers ________ the products (supply)
ignore
make
break
purchase
Complete the sentence below:
Consumers ________ the products (demand)
ignore
make
break
purchase
True or False:
Producers supply while consumers demand.
True
False
The Law of Supply and Demand describes how changes in the price of a resource or product affect its supply and demand.
True
False
When graphing Supply and Demand, the quantity supplied represents ...
nothing - quantity has no meaning
the exact amount of product is available
an approximate price of a product
the exact price of a product is for sell
When graphing Supply and Demand, Equilibrium represents the point when ...
the quantity demand has no relationship to quantity supplied
the quantity demand is greater than the quantity supplied
the quantity demand equals quantity supplied
the quantity demand is less than the quantity supplied
When graphing Supply and Demand, the equilibrium point is where the quantity demanded intersects the quantity supplied.
True
False
When there is a shortage, that means
there are no incentives to give to increase demand
there is not enough supply to meet demand
you have plenty of resource to produce a good/service
supply exceeds the amount of demand you have
When there is a surplus, that means
you have extra incentives to give to increase supply
there is not enough demand to meet supply
you don't have enough resources to produce a good/service
supply equals the amount of demand
True or False:
Complimentary goods are products that adds in value, while inferior goods are products that worsens in value.
True
False
True / False:
Efficiency means we are producing the maximum number of goods and services possible.
True
False
Select the best term for the following definition:
The curve on a graph that shows the possible quantities that can be produced of two products if they both depend on the same resource
Marginal Analysis
Production Possibilities Frontier (PPF)
Negative Production Sales
Cost-Benefit Analysis
On a PPF graph, if the type of product is inside the frontier (curve), would that be considered efficient or inefficient?
efficient
inefficient
neither
On a PPF graph, if the type of product is on the frontier (curve), would that be considered efficient or inefficient?
efficient
inefficient
neither
On a PPF graph, if the type of product is outside the frontier (curve), would that be considered?
efficient
inefficient
future production (goal)
neither
