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JC Introduction to Economics

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is an economy?

a)

A system of individuals, organisations, and governments that produces, sells, and buys goods and services

b)

A system of individuals and organisations that produces goods only

c)

A system of organisations that buys goods and services

d)

A system of individuals and governments that sells goods and services

2.

What are factors of production?

a)

Resources used to provide services only

b)

Resources used to produce goods only

c)

Resources used to buy goods

d)

Economic resources used to produce goods and provide services

3.

What is the basic economic problem?

a)

Unlimited needs and wants with limited economic resources

b)

Limited needs and wants with unlimited economic resources

c)

Unlimited needs and wants with unlimited economic resources

d)

Limited needs and wants with limited economic resources

4.

What is scarcity?

a)

The balance between needs and wants and resources

b)

The abundance of resources compared to needs and wants

c)

The gap between unlimited needs and wants and limited economic resources

d)

The equal distribution of resources and needs

5.

What is an economic system?

a)

How a country controls its economic resources to produce goods and services

b)

How a country controls its population

c)

How a country controls its natural resources

d)

How a country controls its imports and exports

6.

What is a free economy?

a)

An economy in which anyone is free to make decisions about the production of goods or services

b)

An economy in which decisions are made by individuals only

c)

An economy in which decisions are made by the government only

d)

An economy in which decisions are made by private businesses only

7.

What is a mixed economy?

a)

An economy in which the government controls all production

b)

An economy in which individuals control all production

c)

An economy in which private businesses control all production

d)

An economy in which the government and private business share the production of goods and services

8.

What is a controlled economy?

a)

An economy in which the government has total control of the production of goods and services

b)

An economy in which individuals have total control of production

c)

An economy in which production is controlled by a mix of government and private businesses

d)

An economy in which private businesses have total control of production

9.

What is land in terms of factors of production?

a)

All the natural resources available in a country for use in the production of goods and services

b)

All the human-made resources available in a country

c)

All the workers available in a country

d)

The actions of the person or business that brings together resources

10.

What is labour in terms of factors of production?

a)

The actions of the person or business that brings together resources

b)

All the workers who are available in a country to help produce goods and services

c)

All the natural resources available in a country

d)

All the human-made resources available in a country

11.

What is capital in terms of factors of production?

a)

All the human-made resources available in a country to help produce goods and services

b)

All the natural resources available in a country

c)

All the workers available in a country

d)

The actions of the person or business that brings together resources

12.

What is enterprise in terms of factors of production?

a)

All the human-made resources available in a country

b)

All the workers available in a country

c)

All the natural resources available in a country

d)

The actions of the person or business that brings together the land, labour, and capital to produce goods and services

13.

In which type of economy do individuals, organisations, and the government work together to distribute economic resources?

a)

Capitalist economy

b)

Controlled economy

c)

Free economy

d)

Mixed economy

14.

Which country has a mixed economy according to the text?

a)

Ireland

b)

USA

c)

India

d)

China

15.

What is the study of how individuals, organisations, and governments make choices about how to allocate limited resources?

a)

Psychology

b)

Economics

c)

Biology

d)

Sociology