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WorksheetsUnit 1: Business and Economics Review
Total questions: 61
Worksheet time: 59mins
Businesses seek to earn a profit by providing goods and services to others.
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Health care availability, a clean environment, and good schools all contribute to a high quality of life.
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Product differentiation is a key to success in monopolistic competition.
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A monopoly occurs when there is a single seller for a product or service.
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Stakeholders are all the people who stand to gain or lose by the policies and activities of a business.
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The point of intersection between the supply and demand curves is called the stress point.
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Tools, machinery, and buildings are examples of capital resources.
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Taxes and government regulations (minimum wage) are part of the economic and legal environment in which businesses operate.
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Most business experts agree that entrepreneurship and the effective use of knowledge are the most important contributors to the creation of wealth.
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The major benefit of socialism is that it creates strong incentives to work hard and take the risks associated with starting and operating a business.
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Credit Cards is one of the five factors of production that contribute to the creation of wealth.
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Resource development is the study of how to increase resources and to create the conditions that will make better use of those resources.
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The term 'standard of living' refers to the amount of debt people incur on a given income.
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Entrepreneurship is one of the five factors of production that contribute to the creation of wealth.
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E-commerce is the buying and selling of goods online.
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Technology refers to everything that makes business operations more effective, efficient, and productive.
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Profit is the amount of money a business earns above and beyond what it spends for salaries and other expenses.
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The United States is considered to have a high standard of living.
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Aliyah has started a mobile salon service. While she recognizes the risks involved in operating a business, she is still willing to invest her time, effort, and money in hopes of earning a profit. Aliyah is an example of an entrepreneur.
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A free-market economic system is one in which the market of buyers and sellers decides what is produced, how much is produced, and how it is distributed.
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Microeconomics is the economic perspective that looks at the operation of a nation's economy as a whole.
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In capitalist countries, the government decides what to produce and how the goods and services will be produced.
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An entity that seeks to earn a profit by providing a good or service is known as a(n)
Industry
Corporation
Business
Service
A business incurs a __________ if its costs and expenses exceed its revenues.
Loss
Liability
Debit
Dividend
A(n) __________ is a person who assumes the risk of starting a business.
Manager
Entrepreneur
Employee
Stakeholder
__________ is a measure of the general well-being and satisfaction derived from a variety of factors including political freedom, safety, education, and a clean environment.
Standard of Living
Quality of Life
Gross National Income
Social Satisfaction
The amount of goods and services people can buy with the money they have is called their
Nominal Income
Consumer Price Index
Profit Margin
Standard of Living
The resources that contribute to the creation of wealth are known as
Production Coefficients
Factors of Production
Production Technologies
Production Aggregates
Which is considered a factor of production?
Bonds
Competition
Knowledge
Service
What is a benefit of owning your own business?
Freedom to keep the profits from your business
Government-supplied health insurance
Extended paid vacation time
Shorter work hours
An increase in global trade will most likely
Increase prices
Decrease jobs
Increase political instability
Increase global competition
__________ is the study of how a society employs its limited resources to produce goods and services and how it distributes them among competing groups and individuals.
Economics
Demographics
Marketing
Finance
__________ studies the operation of a nation's economy as a whole.
Microeconomics
Socioeconomics
Econometrics
Macroeconomics
The study of how to increase the amount of available resources and create conditions that will make better use of these resources is known as
Human Resource Management
Microeconomics
Economic Progression
Resource Development
__________ is the name of a free-market economic system in which most factors of production and distribution—such as land, factories, railroads, and stores—are owned by individuals.
Socialism
Capitalism
Communism
Collectivism
A(n) __________ curve shows the relationship between the price of a good and the quantity of that good people are willing and able to buy in a given time period.
Demand
Supply
Utility
Equilibrium
__________ is the market situation in which there are many sellers in a market and no seller is large enough to dictate the price of a product.
Oligopoly
Monopolistic Competition
Perfect Competition
Monopoly
Efforts by the Federal Reserve Bank (the Fed) to control the money supply and interest rates are known as __________ policy.
Fiscal
Income
Monetary
Securities
When the federal government's collection of tax revenues is less than what it spends in a given year, it results in a
Federal Reserve Allowance
National Surplus
Balance of payments deficit
National deficit
__________ policy refers to the efforts of the federal government to keep the economy stable by increasing or decreasing taxes and/or government spending.
Monetary
Business
Fiscal
Cyclical
__________ refers to a general rise in the price level of goods and services over time.
Acceleration
Recession
Inflation
Escalation
The total value of final goods and services produced within a nation's borders in a given year is known as that nation's
Aggregate Production Quota
Aggregate Domestic Output
Index of Aggregate Economic Output
Gross Domestic Product
__________ exists when a large number of firms produce goods that are similar but customers believe there is a difference.
Perfect Competition
Monopolistic Competition
Oligopoly
Monopoly
Which statement is accurate about capitalism?
Most means of production and distribution are privately owned and operated for profit.
The primary function of the government is to distribute wealth more evenly.
Utilities, health care, education, and other important services are operated by the government.
Markets operate to carry out the decisions made by central planners.
What are the tools the Federal Government uses in Fiscal policy? (2 answers are correct)
Taxation
Government Spending
Interest Rates
The Stock Market
The management of the money supply and interest rates by the Federal Reserve.
Monetary Policy
Fiscal Policy
Economics
Microeconomics
Which statement about the Federal Reserve Bank (the Fed) is most accurate?
The Fed is an agency of the U.S. Treasury Department that has the responsibility of collecting tax receipts for the IRS.
The Fed manages the U.S. money supply and interest rates.
The Fed is the primary government agency involved in carrying out our nation's fiscal policies.
The Fed is the agency of the government that ensures that the United States maintains enough gold reserves to pay any foreign debts that result from international trade.
A benefit of a free market can be that
businesses provide customers with quality products at fair prices.
businesses all make the same amount of profit.
it tends to reduce government regulation.
it eliminates wealth inequalities in society.
What is a disadvantage of starting your own business? (2 correct answers)
freedom to keep the profits from your business
no health insurance provided
no paid vacation time or holidays
shorter work hours
Revenue - (a) = Net Profit (Net Loss)
Which of the following is an advantage of becoming an entrepreneur?
Guaranteed financial success
More personal freedom and flexibility
Less responsibility
Fixed working hours
Honda is a Japanese company but they manufacture cars here in the USA. The cars sold in the USA do NOT count towards the USA GDP.
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What does it mean if a country's GDP is increasing?
The country is experiencing deflation
The country's economy is shrinking
The country's economy is growing
The country's unemployment rate is increasing
Which of the following is a measure of the total economic output of a country?
Unemployment Rate
Inflation Rate
Gross Domestic Product (GDP)
Consumer Price Index (CPI)
John is 21 years old and in college pursuing his degree in Business Economics. He does not have a job and is not looking for one with his busy school schedule. John would be included in the calculation for Unemployment rate.
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As a society, we have unlimited wants but there are limited resources for us with which to produce. This is called...
Scarcity
Supply & Demand
Economics
Invisible Hand
Adam Smith had a theory where he believed that people would work hard if they knew they would be rewarded for their hard work. This theory is called..
Invisible Hand
Economics
Resource Development
Communism
When a government brings in more money than they are spending, this is called...
National Surplus
National Deficit
Scarcity
Economics
What is the primary characteristic of an oligopoly market structure?
A single seller dominates the market
There are many sellers and buyers
A few large firms dominate the market
Products are always homogeneous
