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Econ Unit 1 Practice Test

Total questions: 36

Worksheet time: 32mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which of the following best captures the idea of the fundamental economic problem?

a)

Lack of demand for limited resources.

b)

Limited resources and unlimited wants.

c)

Limited wants and limited resources.

d)

Unlimited resources and unlimited wants.

e)

Infinite resources and limited wants.

2.

What does it mean to say that a resource is scarce?

a)

A society does not have enough money to purchase this resource.

b)

Nobody wants to buy this resource.

c)

There is an unlimited amount of the resource available.

d)

There is not enough of this resource to satisfy all the wants and needs of a society.

e)

The resource is no longer available.

3.

What are the four categories of resources?

a)

Machines, technology, minerals, and energy resources

b)

Land resources, labor, capital goods, and entrepreneurship

c)

Information technology, physical capital, financial capital, and high skilled workers

d)

High skilled workers, low skilled workers, knowledge workers, and service sector workers

e)

Forest, minerals, ocean, and energy resources

4.

A trade-off is

a)

always in the social interest

b)

the benefit you receive from an increase in an activity

c)

giving up one thing to get something else

d)

the key to reconciling self-interest and social interest

5.

The sacrifice involved when you choose a particular course of action is called the:

a)

Alternative

b)

Consumer cost

c)

Opportunity cost

d)

Producer cost

6.

Economic growth can be shown by:

a)

An inward shift of the production possibility frontier

b)

A movement downward the production possibility frontier

c)

A movement up the production possibility frontier

d)

An outward shift of the production possibility frontier

7.
Why must every nation answer the three fundamental economic questions?
a)
Because of increased international trade and cooperation.
b)
Because of the problem of scarcity.
c)
Because rich nations must subsidise the development of poor nations.
d)
Because some nations are more successful than others.
8.
A point outside a production possibilities curve reflects:
a)
the law of increasing costs.
b)
the economy cannot attain that point with the given state of technology and number of resources.
c)
less than full use of resources and technology.
d)
economic efficiency.
9.

The table shows the production possibilities for a country. Based on the table, which of the following production combinations is a possibility?

a)

28 pizzas and 5 pairs of shoes

b)

3 pairs of shoes and 23 pizzas

c)

2 pairs of shoes and 20 pizzas

d)

4 pairs of shoes and 15 pizzas

10.
What is the production possibilities curve?
a)
a graph that shows how much an economy can produce between 2 goods
b)
how much money something is
c)
the opportunity one has to give up in order to gain something else
d)
land, labor, capital, entrepreneurs
11.
What is the fundamental problem of every society?
a)
labor costs
b)
scarcity
c)
economic interdependence
d)
market fluctuation
12.
Land, Labor, Capital, and Entrepreneurship 
a)
Diversification
b)
Deductions
c)
Portfolio
d)
Factors of Production 
13.
The opportunity cost of increasing production from 4 to 7 boats is
a)
1 boat
b)
2 boats
c)
2 trucks
d)
3 trucks
14.
Efficiency is producing the maximum possible output from available resources
a)
True
b)
False
15.
What do points inside the PPF indicate?
a)
The combination of goods that employ goods efficiently
b)
The combination of goods that employ resources fully
c)
The combination of goods that do not employ resources fully
16.
What does point Y represent on the PPC?
a)
Efficiency
b)
Unattainable / impossible
c)
Inefficency
d)
Nothing
17.
What does point B represent?
a)
Production at greater than the country's minimum potential
b)
Production is less than the country's minimum potential
c)
Productive inefficiency
d)
Productive efficiency
18.
Which point represents "resources are not being used efficiently, or resources are being wasted or idle"?
a)
Point A
b)
Point Y
c)
Point X
d)
All of the above
19.

What is labor?

a)

Hard Work

b)

People who only do the physical work.

c)

People who do the work to produce something.

d)

None of the above.

20.
What is a need?
a)
Nothing
b)
Something you have to have to live
c)
Something you would like to have
d)
Ice cream
21.

Land includes...

a)

The "gifts of nature" or natural resources not created by human effort.

b)

the tools, equipment, and factories used in production of goods and services

c)

people with all their efforts and abilities

d)

individuals who start a new business or bring a product to market.

22.

Capital refers to...

a)

The "gifts of nature" or natural resources not created by human effort.

b)

people with all their efforts and abilities

c)

the tools, equipment, and factories used in production of goods and services

d)

individuals who start a new business or bring a product to market.

23.

Labor refers to...

a)

people with all their efforts and abilities

b)

individuals who start a new business or bring a product to market.

c)

the tools, equipment, and factories used in production of goods and services.

d)

The "gifts of nature" or natural resources not created by human effort.

24.

Entrepreneurs are...

a)

people with all their efforts and abilities

b)

risk taking individuals who start a new business or bring a product to market.

c)

The "gifts of nature" or natural resources not created by human effort.

d)

the tools, equipment, and factories used in production of goods and services

25.

What is a major charactertistic of a market economy is which type of ownership of property?

a)

monopolistic

b)

limited

c)

private

d)

none of the options

26.
Katia is an accountant in a government run business where she was placed after graduation.
a)
Command
b)
Traditional
c)
Free Market
d)
Mixed
27.
Ted is working towards his dream of becoming a lawyer by working at a law firm as a legal clerk.
a)
Free Market
b)
Traditional
c)
Command
28.
Sarah would like to become a doctor when she grows up.  Unfortunately, she lives in a country where her job will be decided for her by the government.
a)
Traditional
b)
Free Market
c)
Mixed
d)
Command
29.
Sally works in a private company that has to follow government rules for public safety.
a)
Free Market
b)
Command
c)
Mixed
d)
Traditional
30.
Who or what answers the basic economic questions in a mixed economy?
a)
Individuals and Businesses
b)
Government
c)
Custom
d)
Individuals, Businesses, and Government
31.

What is an economic system where only the government makes the economic decisions?

a)

traditional economy

b)

free enterprise

c)

mixed economy

d)

command economy

32.

What type of economy do most countries in the world have?

a)

Market economy

b)

Command economy

c)

Traditional economy

d)

Mixed economy

33.

The government has little to no role in the production of goods in this type of economy.

a)

Traditional

b)

Mixed

c)

Command

d)

Market

34.

Businesses have freedom to produce whatever they think consumers will buy

a)

Market

b)

Command

c)

Mixed

d)

Traditional

35.

In a command economy, who holds power over the economy?

a)

The people

b)

The government

c)

Beyonce

d)

The traditions of your ancesetors

36.
What are the three economic questions?
a)
What to produce? How to produce? For whom to produce?
b)
Who to produce? Why you produce? Like to produce?
c)
Why to produce? Tell who to produce? Things to produce?