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Microeconomics

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the branch of economics that deals with the choices made by individuals and businesses within the economy?

a)

Macroeconomics

b)

Microeconomics

c)

Managerial economics

d)

Development economics

2.

What would be the opportunity cost of buying a car instead of going on a holiday?

a)

The benefit of the car

b)

The price of the car

c)

The cost of the holiday

d)

The value of the holiday

3.

What happens when variable factors of production are added to fixed factors according to the law of diminishing returns?

a)

Overall output decreases

b)

Overall output remains constant

c)

Overall output becomes unpredictable

d)

Overall output increases

4.

What do we call the magical force that determines prices in markets?

a)

Visible hand

b)

Price control

c)

Market regulation

d)

Invisible hand

5.

In economic systems, what do markets not depend on in order for producers and consumers to come together?

a)

Physical locations

b)

Human interaction

c)

Perfect knowledge

d)

Remote communication

6.

Who laid the groundwork for the formal analysis of supply and demand, and thus the determination of prices in markets?

a)

John Maynard Keynes

b)

Alfred Marshall

c)

Karl Marx

d)

Adam Smith

7.

What determines the level of demand for a good or service?

a)

Income alone

b)

Just tastes and preferences

c)

Various factors including price, income, tastes, and preferences

d)

Only price

8.

What happens to the quantity demanded when the price of a good increases, assuming other determinants are constant?

a)

Quantity demanded stays the same

b)

Quantity demanded goes down

c)

Quantity demanded goes up

d)

Quantity demanded becomes unpredictable

9.

What do we call the responsiveness of quantity demanded or supplied to a change in price?

a)

Cross elasticity

b)

Income elasticity

c)

Price elasticity

d)

Unitary elasticity

10.

Where can you find the sweet spot where supply and demand meet in a market?

a)

Right next to the equilibrium price

b)

At the equilibrium price

c)

Just below the equilibrium price

d)

Above the equilibrium price

11.

What is considered to be cool in capitalist systems, but not permitted for all goods and services required by society?

a)

Government regulation

b)

Private ownership

c)

Market intervention

d)

Free trade

12.

What do you call the concept that deals with how demand or supply changes in response to changes in income?

a)

Cross elasticity

b)

Income elasticity

c)

Unitary elasticity

d)

Price elasticity

13.

What is the relationship between quantity supplied and price, assuming other influences are constant?

a)

Vertical

b)

Horizontal

c)

Downward sloping

d)

Upward sloping

14.

What do we call the responsiveness of the quantity demanded or supplied of good X to a change in the price of good Y?

a)

Price elasticity

b)

Unitary elasticity

c)

Income elasticity

d)

Cross elasticity

15.

What do you call the concept that deals with the responsiveness of quantity demanded or supplied to a change in price, causing no change in total revenue?

a)

Price elasticity

b)

Unitary elasticity

c)

Income elasticity

d)

Cross elasticity