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Personal Discretionary Spending

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Which of the following is NOT component of a budget?
a)
credit score
b)
saving
c)
income
d)
giving
2.
How often should you create a budget?
a)
daily
b)
weekly
c)
monthly
d)
biannually
3.
Going to the movies is an example of what types of expenses?
a)
intermittent and variable
b)
discretionary and variable
c)
discretionary and fixed
d)
intermittent and fixed
4.
What should you do if you overspend in one category of your budget?
a)
Adjust your budget by removing money from other spending categories.
b)
Just leave it. It will probably work out fine.
c)
Take money from the Giving category. You're giving to yourself!
d)
Ask a friend for that money you overspent.
5.

Which term means buying goods according to what one want or needs?

a)

Fixed Expenses

b)

Discretionary Spending

c)

Flexible Expenses

d)

Budget

6.

What is the term for factors that motivate or influence human behavior?

a)

opportunity costs

b)

assets

c)

income

d)

incentives

7.

Melissa is having a bad day after school and decides to take a trip to Publix. During her shopping trip she decides to spend her allowance on chips and soft drinks. What type of expense is this?

a)

Essential Expense

b)

Discretionary Expense

c)

Operating Expense

d)

Rent Expense

8.

Wyatt's bills have been extremely high for the month. He decided to take a look at his personal budget he set up in Excel, and found that has rent has been raised by 10% compared to last month due to a new security installation. What type of expense is this?

a)

Discretionary

b)

Essential

c)

Disposable

d)

Bimodal

9.

Which of the following defines a budget?

a)

A plan to increase income

b)

A plan to match expected expenses with expected savings

c)

Something that will decrease your wants and needs

d)

Spending and savings plan based on expected income and expenses

10.

House payments (mortgages), car loans, and student loans are all examples of:

a)

Disposable income

b)

Fixed expenses

c)

Personal records

d)

Variable expenses

11.

Your _____ income is the money you have left to spend or save after taxes and other required deductions are taken:

a)

Gross income

b)

Net/Discretionary income

c)

Remaining income

d)

Taxable income

12.

______ expenses are costs that do not change from month to month.

a)

Disposable income

b)

Fixed expenses

c)

Miscellaneous expenses

d)

Variable expenses

13.

Which of the following would be considered a long-term need?

a)

Car repair

b)

Home ownership

c)

Major appliance purchase

d)

Weekend getaway vacation

14.

The amount an individual or business makes after deducting expenses.

a)

Variable expense

b)

Loss

c)

Net Income

d)

Income

15.

A cost that a business or household CAN survive without.

a)

None of these

b)

Discretionary expenses

c)

Need

d)

Necessity