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ACADEC Econ 23-24

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What are the factors that shift the supply curve?

a)

Input Prices, Technology, Expectations, and Number of Sellers

b)

Income, The Prices of Related Goods, Tastes, Expectations, and Number of Buyers

c)

Number of Sellers, Number of Buyers, Preference, and Technology

d)

Input Prices, Number of Sellers, Expectations, and Tastes

2.

What is a good example of a nearly competitive market?

a)

T-Mobile

b)

Transportation

c)

Market for Gasoline

d)

Local Bakeries

3.

How are profits defined? (equation-wise)

a)

total revenue divided by total costs

b)

difference between the

firm’s total revenue and its total costs.

c)

the total amount of revenue

d)

the sum of the total revenue and the total costs

4.

Bob increases his production from 50 to 100 loaves,

his total costs increase from $358 to $483, what is his marginal cost?

a)

$5.33

b)

$1.75

c)

$2.50

d)

$3.00

5.

What is an example of a positive externality?

a)

noise pollution

b)

tourism

c)

driving cars

d)

bees pollinating trees

6.

What is an example of a collective good?

a)

satellite radio

b)

haircuts

c)

pizza

d)

fish in the ocean

7.

the average supermarket carries more than _____ different items

a)

25,750

b)

45,000

c)

33,247

d)

33,000

8.

Normative economics uses the tools of economic analysis to

describe and explain economic phenomena and to

make predictions about what will happen under

particular circumstances.

a)

True

b)

False

9.

Competitive markets tend to gravitate toward

the equilibrium quantity and price

a)

False

b)

True

10.

Price elasticity of demand =

a)

(Percentage change in quantity demanded) -

(Percentage change in price)

b)

(Percentage change in quantity demanded) /

(Percentage change in price)

c)

(Percentage change in quantity demanded) x

(Percentage change in price)

d)

(Percentage change in quantity produced) /

(Percentage change in price)

11.

The term “per capita” is

a Latin phrase literally meaning _____

a)

“per head”

b)

“per person”

c)

“per business”

d)

"per county"

12.

The economy’s total output

divided by the total number of workers employed is

a)

total hours for completion

b)

average product produced

c)

total productivity levels

d)

average labor productivity

13.

GDP = C + I + G + NX, what does I stand for

a)

Imports

b)

Income Statement

c)

Inputs

d)

Investment

14.

Who regulates the supply of money in the United States?

a)

The United States Reserves

b)

The Federal Reserve System

c)

The U.S. Treasury

d)

The Bureau of Money

15.

What are the two different measures of inflation?

a)

5 Year Comparison and Business Cycle

b)

Investments and Costs

c)

CPI and GDP

d)

NX and GIP

16.

That portion of total unemployment

attributable to the mismatch between job openings

and job-seekers is called

a)
seasonal unemployment
b)
frictional unemployment
c)
cyclical unemployment
d)
structural unemployment
17.

We can summarize the standard of

living in three themes:

a)

profits, exports, and personal income

b)

cultural diversity, artistic expression, and religious freedom.

c)

material hardship; isolation; and

disease and disaster.

d)

economic growth, political stability, and technological advancement.

18.

_______ discovered a way to make steel by blasting

the molten metal with air—reducing the process to

about twenty minutes.

a)

Henry Bessemer

b)

Adam Smith

c)

Lorenz Helmschmied

d)

Peter Wright

19.

Who coined the term “creative

destruction” to describe the way in which old

methods of doing things are replaced by new and more

productive ways?

a)

Adam Smith

b)

John Maynard Keynes

c)

Joseph

Schumpeter

d)

Milton Friedman

20.

The United States has spent

____ percent of GDP per year on R&D.

a)
1 percent
b)
2.5 percent
c)
5 percent
d)
3 percent