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What is Economics?

Total questions: 11

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Our inability to satisfy all our wants is called __________, and it leads us to make __________.

a)

choices, scarcity

b)

incentives, choices

c)

scarcity, choices

d)

choices, incentives

2.

Economics is the social science that studies the choices that individuals, businesses, governments, and entire societies make as they cope with scarcity and the incentives that influence and reconcile those choices.

a)

True

b)

False

3.

Macroeconomics is the study of choices that individuals and businesses make, the way those choices interact in markets, and the influence of governments.

a)

True

b)

False

4.

The inflation rate in Malaysia increased by 1.5% between Q1 and Q2 of 2022. The statement is a __________ statement.

a)

Microeconomics

b)

Macroeconomics

c)

Economics

d)

Top-down

5.

Economic output refers to the _________.

a)

goods produced in the economy

b)

services produced in the economy

c)

goods and services produced in the economy

d)

economic sectors

6.

Goods and services are produced by using __________ that economists call __________.

a)

factors of production, productive resources

b)

productive resources, factors of production

7.

Which of the following is the correct combination of factors of production?

a)

land, human capital, physical capital, entrepreneurship

b)

land, labour, physical capital, entrepreneurship

c)

land, labour, capital, entrepreneurship

d)

gifts of nature, human capital, physical capital, entrepreneurship

8.

The factor that organizes other factors of production is __________

a)

land

b)

labour

c)

capital

d)

entrepreneurship

9.

The two dimensions of social interest are

a)

productivity and equity

b)

equity and effectiveness

c)

efficiency and equity

d)

productivity and efficiency

10.

Objective and fact-based statements are classified as __________ statements.

a)

negative

b)

normative

c)

positive

d)

subjective

11.

"The 12th Malaysia Plan should allocate more funds to education and healthcare." The statement is a __________ statement.

a)

negative

b)

positive

c)

objective

d)

normative