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WorksheetsEconomic Systems
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
A country has a reputation of poor quality products. Which economic system is the country most likely operating under?
Traditional
Command
Market
According to the law of diminishing returns, increasing a single system input:
Always leads to larger and larger gains of output
Always lead to smaller and smaller efficiency in output
Eventually leads to smaller and smaller gains in output
Eventually leads to larger and larger productivity
The government limits harvesting of trees on government owned land. What basic question is being asked?
What will be produced?
How will it be produced?
Who gets what is produced?
What is a good measure of a country's productivity?
Standard of living per capita
Business investment rate
Unemployment rate
Gross Domestic Product per person
If the time it takes a company to make its product increased from the previous year, then the company's productivity is:
Increasing
Decreasing
Not Changing
Michael is worried that he might be laid off. Michael is most likely living in which type of economic system
Market
Command
Traditional
The government mandates that gasoline will contain 10% ethanol. What basic economic question?
What will be produced
How will it be produced
Who gets what is produced
An economic system is how society organizes itself to allocate limited resources in the ----------- of products.
Production and distribution
Production and consumption
Consumption and Distribution
Which of the following is an economic institute in the U.S?
Consumers
Banks
Government
Wholesalers
What is the founding principle of the U.S economy?
Free enterprise
Hard work
Saving Money
Private property
An economic system must answer how many basic economic questions?
Two
Three
Four
Five
Which economic system depends on the interaction of the buyer and seller?
Tradtional
Command
Market
A mixed economic system is made up of which of the following basic economic systems?
Command and Market
Traditional, Command and Market
Traditional and Command
Traditional and Market
Which economic system is typically centered on the family or clan?
Traditional
Command
Market
Mixed
Winter is approaching, so a national hardware company sends its supply of snow shovels to its stores in the Northeast. What basic economic question is being addressed?
What will be produced
How will it be produced
Who gets what is produced
Mark blogs about the country he is visiting. He mentions that there appears to be full employment. Which economic system is this country most likely operating under?
Traditional
Command
Market
What is the driving force of the U.S economy?
Banks
Entrepreneurship
Freedom of choice
Government
Which economic system is most likely to result in the most innovation
Traditional
Command
Market
Which economic system creates the highest standard of living for its citizens?
Traditional
Command
Market
An increase in a country's productivity generally indicates a(n) ----------- in a country's standard of living.
Increase
Decrease
No change
