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Economic final (terms)

Total questions: 85

Worksheet time: 1hrs 4mins

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Class
Date
1.

What is the basic problem in economy?

a)

Scarcity in resources

b)

Father of the economy

c)

Free enterprise system and mixed system

d)

Installment debt owed on house, buildings, or land

2.

Define capitalism

a)

system in which economic decisions

are based on customs and beliefs that have been handed down from generation to

generation.

b)

system of combining characteristics of

more than one type of economy.

c)

economic system in which private individuals own the

factors of production.

d)

system in which the government

controls the factors of production and makes all decisions about their use.

3.

Adams smith

a)

Father of traditional economy system

b)

The father of command economic system

c)

Father of market economic system

d)

Father of free enterprise system

4.

Mixed economic system

a)

economic system in which private individuals own the

factors of production.

b)

system in which the government

controls the factors of production and makes all decisions about their use.

c)

system of combining characteristics of

more than one type of economy.

d)

system in which economic decisions

are based on customs and beliefs that have been handed down from generation to

generation.

5.

Traditional economic system

a)

system in which economic decisions

are based on customs and beliefs that have been handed down from generation to

generation.

b)

condition of not being able to have all of the goods and services

one wants, because wants exceed what can be made from all available resources

at any given time.

c)

system in which the government

controls the factors of production and makes all decisions about their use.

d)

value of the next best alternative given up for the

alternative that was chosen.

6.

Command economic system

a)

system of combining characteristics of

more than one type of economy.

b)

Free enterprise system and mixed

c)

system in which the government

controls the factors of production and makes all decisions about their use.

d)

condition of not being able to have all of the goods and services

one wants, because wants exceed what can be made from all available resources

at any given time.

7.

Market economic system

a)

economic system in which private individuals own the

factors of production.

b)

system of combining characteristics of

more than one type of economy.

c)

economic system in which private individuals own the

factors of production.

d)

system in which individuals own the

factors of production and make economic decisions through free interaction

while looking out for their own and their families' best interests.

8.

What is America's economy called?

a)

Free enterprise system and mixed

system.

b)

condition of not being able to have all of the goods and services

one wants, because wants exceed what can be made from all available resources

at any given time.

c)

value of the next best alternative given up for the

alternative that was chosen.

d)

the study of how individuals and societies make choices about

ways to use scarce resources to fulfill their wants.

9.

What is the number one way the businesses compete through?

a)

ability of risk-taking individuals to develop new

products and start new businesses in order to make profits.

b)

prices

c)

the study of how individuals and societies make choices about

ways to use scarce resources to fulfill their wants.

d)

previously manufactured goods used to make other goods and

services.

10.

Credit

a)

receipt of money either directly or indirectly to buy goods

and services in the present with the promise to pay for them in the future.

b)

installment debt owed on houses, buildings, or land.

c)

credit device that allows a person to make purchases

at many kinds of stores, restaurants, and other businesses without paying cash.

d)

rating of the risk involved in lending money to a

specific person or business.

11.

Principal

a)

taves paid on land and buildings.

b)

amount of money originally borrowed in a loan.

c)

the inability to pay debts based on the income

received.

d)

maximum amount of products a person can buy on

the promise to pay back.

12.

Mortgage

a)

fees involved in arranging for a mortgage or in

transferring ownership of property.

b)

long-term agreement describing the terms under which

property is rented.

c)

taves paid on land and buildings.

d)

installment debt owed on houses, buildings, or land.

13.

Credit limit

a)

maximum amount of products a person can buy on

the promise to pay back.

b)

rating of the risk involved in lending money to a

specific person or business.

c)

device used to make cashless purchases; money is

electronically withdrawn from the customer's checkable account and transferred

directlv to the store's account.

d)

taves paid on land and buildings.

14.

Credit card

a)

Making a budget.

b)

device used to make cashless purchases; money is

electronically withdrawn from the customer's checkable account and transferred

directlv to the store's account.

c)

credit device that allows a person to make purchases

at many kinds of stores, restaurants, and other businesses without paying cash.

d)

long-term agreement describing the terms under which

property is rented.

15.

Debit card

a)

device used to make cashless purchases; money is

electronically withdrawn from the customer's checkable account and transferred

directlv to the store's account.

b)

setting aside income for a period of time so that it can be

used later.

c)

money a renter lets an owner hold in case the

rent is not paid on an apartment is damaged.

d)

the inability to pay debts based on the income

received.

16.

Credit rating

a)

money a renter lets an owner hold in case the

rent is not paid on an apartment is damaged.

b)

long-term agreement describing the terms under which

property is rented.

c)

device used to make cashless purchases; money is

electronically withdrawn from the customer's checkable account and transferred

directlv to the store's account.

d)

rating of the risk involved in lending money to a

specific person or business.

17.

Bankruptcy

a)

the inability to pay debts based on the income

received.

b)

money a renter lets an owner hold in case the

rent is not paid on an apartment is damaged.

c)

fees involved in arranging for a mortgage or in

transferring ownership of property.

d)

Single-

family housing

18.

What does a credit rating provide a measure of?

a)

money a renter lets an owner hold in case the

rent is not paid on an apartment is damaged.

b)

Amount a creditor is willing to lend

c)

long-term agreement describing the terms under which

property is rented.

d)

setting aside income for a period of time so that it can be

used later.

19.

What is the best way to control you as a consumer?

a)

setting aside income for a period of time so that it can be

used later.

b)

money a renter lets an owner hold in case the

rent is not paid on an apartment is damaged.

c)

fees involved in arranging for a mortgage or in

transferring ownership of property.

d)

Making a budget.

20.

Real estate taxes

a)

Single-

family housing

b)

loss of value because of wear and tear to durable

goods and capital goods; fall in the price of currency through the action of

supplv and demand.

c)

taxes paid on land and buildings.

d)

setting aside income for a period of time so that it can be

used later.

21.

Lease

a)

long-term agreement describing the terms under which

property is rented.

b)

people who have invested in a corporation and own some of its stock

c)

fees involved in arranging for a mortgage or in

transferring ownership of property.

d)

device used to make cashless purchases; money is

electronically withdrawn from the customer's checkable account and transferred

directlv to the store's account.

22.

Depreciate

a)

setting aside income for a period of time so that it can be

used later.

b)

fees involved in arranging for a mortgage or in

transferring ownership of property.

c)

loss of value because of wear and tear to durable

goods and capital goods; fall in the price of currency through the action of

supplv and demand.

d)

long-term agreement describing the terms under which

property is rented.

23.

Define Closing Costs

a)

loss of value because of wear and tear to durable

goods and capital goods; fall in the price of currency through the action of

supplv and demand.

b)

Financing.

c)

money a renter lets an owner hold in case the

rent is not paid on an apartment is damaged.

d)

fees involved in arranging for a mortgage or in

transferring ownership of property.

24.

Equity

a)

fees involved in arranging for a mortgage or in

transferring ownership of property.

b)

Amount of money that would be returned to a company’s shareholders if all of the assets were liquidated and all of the company’s debt was paid off in the case of liquidation

c)

Making a budget.

d)

money a renter lets an owner hold in case the

rent is not paid on an apartment is damaged.

25.

Security Deposit

a)

money a renter lets an owner hold in case the

rent is not paid on an apartment is damaged.

b)

Single-

family housing

c)

long-term agreement describing the terms under which

property is rented.

d)

setting aside income for a period of time so that it can be

used later.

26.

What type of Housing is the most expensive to buy and maintain?

a)

maximum amount of products a person can buy on

the promise to pay back.

b)

people who have invested in a corporation and own

some of its stock.

c)

fees involved in arranging for a mortgage or in

transferring ownership of property.

d)

Single-family housing

27.

What is the number one problem of today's homebuyer?

a)

Taxes- taves paid on land and buildings.

b)

Financing.

c)

the inability to pay debts based on the income

received.

d)

maximum amount of products a person can buy on

the promise to pay back.

28.

Savings

a)

setting aside income for a period of time so that it can be

used later.

b)

the inability to pay debts based on the income

received.

c)

long-term agreement describing the terms under which

property is rented.

d)

people who have invested in a corporation and own

some of its stock.

29.

Stockholders

a)

rating of the risk involved in lending money to a

specific person or business.

b)

long-term agreement describing the terms under which

property is rented.

c)

people who have invested in a corporation and own

some of its stock.

d)

device used to make cashless purchases; money is

electronically withdrawn from the customer's checkable account and transferred

directlv to the store's account.

30.

Stock

a)

period of time at the end of which time deposits will pay

a stated interest rate of interest.

b)

decrease in value of an asset or bond from the time it

was bought to the time it was sold.

c)

increase in value of an asset from the time it was

bought to the time it was sold.

d)

share of ownership in a corporation that entitles the buyer

to a certain part of the future profits and assets of the corporation.

31.

Capital gain

a)

increase in value of an asset from the time it was

bought to the time it was sold.

b)

Price at which amount producers are willing to

supply is equal to the amount consumers are willing to buy.

c)

period of time at the end of which time deposits will pay

a stated interest rate of interest.

d)

To earn interest and

not spend it.

32.

Capital loss

a)

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.

b)

period of time at the end of which time deposits will pay

a stated interest rate of interest.

c)

decrease in value of an asset or bond from the time it

was bought to the time it was sold.

d)

States that the quantity demanded and

price move opposite directions.

33.

Maturity

a)

period of time at the end of which time deposits will pay

a stated interest rate of interest.

b)

decrease in value of an asset or bond from the time it

was bought to the time it was sold.

c)

To earn interest and

not spend it.

d)

States that the quantity demanded and

price move opposite directions.

34.

What does the FDIC stand for?

a)

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.

b)

To earn interest and

not spend it.

c)

A change in the price of

the produced.

d)

surplus

35.

What are good reasons to open a savings account?

a)

To earn debts

b)

To earn interest and

not spend

c)

To earn

Money

d)

A legal maximum price that may be charged for

a particular good or service.

36.

A detailed financial forecast of your money is called

a)

budget

b)

law of demand

c)

price of the product

d)

shortage

37.

The inverse relationship between the price and the quantity of a good

consumers will buy is called

a)

law of demand

b)

price of the product

c)

budget

d)

A legal minimum price below which a good or

service may not be sold.

38.

A change in quantity supplied is caused by what?

a)

Price at which amount producers are willing to

supply is equal to the amount consumers are willing to buy.

b)

A legal maximum price that may be charged for

a particular good or service.

c)

A legal minimum price below which a good or

service may not be sold.

d)

A change in the price of

the produced

39.

What does the law of demand state?

a)

States that the quantity demanded and

price move opposite directions.

b)

price of the product

c)

A legal minimum price below which a good or

service may not be sold.

d)

Price at which amount producers are willing to

supply is equal to the amount consumers are willing to buy.

40.

On a demand curve, a change in the quantity demanded is caused by a

change in

a)

budget

b)

surplus

c)

price of the product

d)

shortage

41.

What is the price floor?

a)

Price at which amount producers are willing to

supply is equal to the amount consumers are willing to buy.

b)

A legal maximum price that may be charged for

a particular good or service.

c)

Goes down

d)

A legal minimum price below which a good or

service may not be sold.

42.

What is the price ceiling ?

a)

Demand increases.

b)

Price at which amount producers are willing to

supply is equal to the amount consumers are willing to buy.

c)

A legal maximum price that the can charged for particular good or service

d)

Demand decreases.

43.

What does an effective price floor create?

a)

surplus

b)

shortage

c)

Demand increases.

d)

Supply increases.

44.

Price ceilings tend to cause what?

a)

Law of demand

b)

Demand increases

c)

Goes down

d)

shortage and excess of demand

45.

What is equilibrium price?

a)

Goes up.

b)

A legal maximum price that may be charged for

a particular good or service.

c)

A legal minimum price below which a good or

service may not be sold.

d)

Price at which amount producers are willing to

supply is equal to the amount consumers are willing to buy.

46.

If a demand curve shifts to right what does it cause?

a)

Supply decrease

b)

Supply increase

c)

Demand decrease

d)

Demand increase

47.

If a demand curve shifts to left what does it cause?

a)

Demand decreases.

b)

Supply decreases

c)

Demand increases

d)

Supply increases

48.

If a supply curve shifts to right what does it cause?

a)

Supply decrease

b)

Goes up

c)

Goes down

d)

Supply increases

49.

If a supply curve shifts to left what does it cause?

a)

Supply decreases

b)

Demand decrease

c)

Supply increase

d)

Surplus

50.

If demand goes up; then the price does what?

a)

Surplus

b)

Goes up

c)

A legal minimum price below which a good or

service may not be sold

d)

Goes down

51.

If supply goes up; then the price does what?

a)

Demand increase

b)

Supply decrease

c)

Goes down

d)

Goes up

52.

If supply goes down; then the price does what?

a)

Goes up.

b)

Goes down.

c)

Demand increases.

d)

Shortage

53.

Entrepreneur

a)

when corporations involved in a chain of supply

merge.

b)

tow corporations in the same business

merge.

c)

person who organizes, manages, and assumes the

risks of a business in order to gain profits.

d)

business owned and operated by one person.

54.

horizontal merger

a)

when tow corporations in the same business

merge.

b)

business that two or more individuals own and operate

c)

when corporations involved in a chain of supply

merge.

d)

a single seller who controls the supply and price

of a good totally.

55.

vertical merger-

a)

owned by many people but treated by law as though it

were a person, it can own property, pay taxes, make contracts, and so on.

b)

owner of a business.

c)

when corporations provide different supply chain functions for a common good or service.

d)

a single seller who controls the supply and price

of a good totally.

56.

Proprietor

a)

Owner of business

b)

Owner of nation

c)

Owner of stock

d)

a single seller who controls the supply and price

of a good totally.

57.

Define Sole Proprietorship

a)

owned by many people but treated by law as though it

were a person, it can own property, pay taxes, make contracts, and so on.

b)

business that two or more individuals own and operate

c)

contract in which one business (the franchiser) sells to

another business (the franchisee) the right to use the franchiser's name and sell

its products.

d)

business owned and operated by one person.

58.

Define partnership

a)

market situation in which there are numerous

buyers and sellers, and no single buyer or seller can affect the price.

b)

a single seller who controls the supply and price

of a good totally.

c)

owned by many people but treated by law as though it

were a person, it can own property, pay taxes, make contracts, and so on.

d)

business that two or more individuals own and operate but also they share profit

59.

Define corporation

a)

a single seller who controls the supply and price

of a good totally.

b)

market situation in which there are numerous

buyers and sellers, and no single buyer or seller can affect the price.

c)

owned by many people but treated by law as though it

were a person, it can own property, pay taxes, make contracts, and so on.

d)

all the activities needed to move goods and services

from the producer to the consumer.

60.

Define franchise -

a)

non ideal type of market structure that

include: monopoly, oligopoly, or monopolistic competition.

b)

contract in which one business (the franchiser) sells to

another business (the franchisee) the right to use the franchiser's name and sell

its products.

c)

a single seller who controls the supply and price

of a good totally.

d)

Bureau of Mint.

61.

pure monopoly

a)

- a single seller who controls the supply and price

of a good totally.

b)

market situation in which there are numerous

buyers and sellers, and no single buyer or seller can affect the price.

c)

non ideal type of market structure that

include: monopoly, oligopoly, or monopolistic competition.

d)

- all the activities needed to move goods and services

from the producer to the consumer.

62.

Perfect Competition

a)

total number of people 16 vears old or older

who are either employed or actively seeking work.

b)

non ideal type of market structure that

include: monopoly, oligopoly, or monopolistic competition.

c)

market situation in which there are numerous

buyers and sellers, and no single buyer or seller can affect the price.

d)

all the activities needed to move goods and services

from the producer to the consumer.

63.

Imperfect Competition

a)

owner of a business.

b)

when tow corporations in the same business

merge.

c)

person who organizes, manages, and assumes the

risks of a business in order to gain profits.

d)

non ideal type of market structure that

include: monopoly, oligopoly, or monopolistic competition.

64.

How many factors of production are used to start a business?

a)

Command economy, surplus

b)

Land, labor,capital, enterprise

c)

3

d)

12

65.

How many Federal Reserve Banks are there?

a)

12

b)

11

c)

10

d)

15

66.

What is the Federal Reserve System also known as?

a)

IAE

b)

DEA

c)

FAA

d)

FED

67.

List three functions of money

a)

Bureau of mint

b)

Medium of exchange, store of value, and

unit of accounting.

c)

Capital land, entrepreneurs, labor

d)

Food, shelter, water

68.

Who makes all coins and currency?

a)

FED

b)

all the activities needed to move goods and services

from the producer to the consumer.

c)

Gold and silver

d)

Federal reserve banks/Bureau of Mint.

69.

How many member banks are there in the Federal Reserve?

a)

789

b)

8,000

c)

7,000

d)

5,000

70.

What was currency back by in the old day of America?

a)

Unit of accounting

b)

Medium of exchange

c)

Gold and silver

d)

Store value

71.

Define Promotion

a)

tow corporations in the same business

merge.

b)

person who organizes, manages, and assumes the

risks of a business in order to gain profits.

c)

use of advertising to inform consumers that a new or

improved product or service is available and to persuade them to purchase.

d)

when corporations involved in a chain of supply

merge.

72.

Define Civilian Labor Force-

a)

total number of people 16 years old or older

who are either employed or actively seeking work.

b)

all the activities needed to move goods and services

from the producer to the consumer.

c)

Gold and silver

d)

Medium of exchange, store of value, and

unit of accounting.

73.

Define Minimum Wage Law-

a)

unions and employers negotiate the

conditions of employment.

b)

deliberate work stoppage by workers to force employers to

give in to all their demands.

c)

association of workers organized to improve wages

and working conditions for its members.

d)

federal law that sets the lowest legal hourly

wage rate that may be paid to certain types of workers.

74.

Define Labor Union

a)

association of workers organized to improve wages

and working conditions for its members.

b)

unions and employers negotiate the

conditions of employment.

c)

deliberate work stoppage by workers to force employers to

give in to all their demands.

d)

(GDP) total dollar value of all final

goods and services produced in a nation.

75.

Define Strike

a)

deliberate work stoppage by workers to force employers to

give in to all their demands.

b)

prolonged decline in general price level of goods and

services.

c)

unions and employers negotiate the

conditions of employment.

d)

-prolonged rise in the general price level of goods and

services.

76.

Define Gross Domestic Product-

a)

prolonged decline in general price level of goods and

services.

b)

-prolonged rise in the general price level of goods and

services.

c)

total dollar value of all final

goods and services produced in a nation.

d)

a)boom/peak

b) recession

c) trough

d) recovery/

77.

Define Inflation

a)

prolonged rise in the general price level of goods and

services.

b)

government supplies to its citizens; can be used by

many individuals at the same time without reducing the benefit each person

receives.

c)

government activity that takes income

d)

prolonged decline in general price level of goods and

services.

78.

Define Deflation

a)

-prolonged rise in the general price level of goods and

services.

b)

taxes the same percentage of all incomes; as

income rises, the amount of tax paid also rises.

c)

government supplies to its citizens; can be used by

many individuals at the same time without reducing the benefit each person

receives.

d)

prolonged decline in general price level of goods and

services.

79.

Draw and explain the Business Cycle

a)

A cycle of expansion and contraction that economies undergo over time.

a)boom/peak

b) recession

c) trough

d) recovery/

b)

Expansion: During an expansion, businesses and companies steadily grow their production and profits, unemployment remains low, and the stock market performs well.

c)

Full enterpernores

d)

prolonged decline in general price level of goods and

services.

80.

Define Collective Bargaining

a)

unions and employers negotiate the

conditions of employment.

b)

government supplies to its citizens; can be used by

many individuals at the same time without reducing the benefit each person

receives.

c)

-prolonged rise in the general price level of goods and

services.

d)

government activity that takes income

81.

Define public goods

a)

takes a larger percentage of higher incomes than

lower incomes; justified on the basis of the ability to pay principle.

b)

government activity that takes income

c)

government supplies to its citizens; can be used by

many individuals at the same time without reducing the benefit each person

receives.

d)

takes a larger percentage of lower incomes than

higher incomes.

82.

Define income redistribution

a)

government activity that takes income

b)

takes a larger percentage of higher incomes than

lower incomes; justified on the basis of the ability to pay principle.

c)

taxes the same percentage of all incomes; as

income rises, the amount of tax paid also rises.

d)

government supplies to its citizens; can be used by

many individuals at the same time without reducing the benefit each person

receives.

83.

Proportional tax

a)

takes a larger percentage of lower incomes than

higher incomes.

b)

-prolonged rise in the general price level of goods and

services.

c)

tax is an income tax system that levies the same percentage tax to everyone regardless of income

d)

takes a larger percentage of higher incomes than

lower incomes; justified on the basis of the ability to pay principle.

84.

PROGRESSIVE TAX

a)

government activity that takes income

b)

Takes a larger percentage of higher incomes than

lower incomes; justified on the basis of the ability to pay principle.

c)

takes a larger percentage of lower incomes than

higher incomes.

d)

government supplies to its citizens; can be used by

many individuals at the same time without reducing the benefit each person

receives.

85.

REGRESSIVE TAX

a)

association of workers organized to improve wages

and working conditions for its members.

b)

takes a larger percentage of higher incomes than

lower incomes; justified on the basis of the ability to pay principle.

c)

-prolonged rise in the general price level of goods and

services.

d)

The average tax burden decreases with income. takes a larger percentage of lower incomes than

higher incomes.