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Economics Quiz

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the practice of minimizing economic cost by reducing waste and expenditures called?

a)

Cost-Benefit Analysis

b)

Economize

c)

Margin

d)

Marginal Costs

2.

What is the term for the additional cost of producing one more unit of a good?

a)

Marginal Benefit

b)

Economize

c)

Marginal Costs

d)

Cost-Benefit Analysis

3.

Which of the following is NOT a factor of production?

a)

Land

b)

Labor

c)

Technology

d)

Marketing

4.

What does specialization focus on?

a)

Increasing profits

b)

Reducing costs

c)

A particular good or service

d)

Expanding market reach

5.

What is one of the influences on the US economic system?

a)

Cultural traditions

b)

Technological advancements

c)

Historical events

d)

Political ideologies

6.

Which factor of production is associated with machinery and tools?

a)

Land

b)

Labor

c)

Capital

d)

Entrepreneurship

7.

What does the term 'land' refer to in factors of production?

a)

Natural resources

b)

Human resources

c)

Financial resources

d)

Technological resources

8.

Which of the following is a goal of the US economy?

a)

Reducing competition

b)

Increasing government control

c)

Economic growth

d)

Limiting technological advancement

9.

What is the Law of Supply?

a)

When price goes up, supply will go down.

b)

When price goes up, supply will go up.

c)

When price goes down, supply will go up.

d)

Supply remains constant regardless of price changes.

10.

What is the term for the quantity of a product that producers are willing to make available for sale?

a)

Demand

b)

Supply

c)

Equilibrium

d)

Production

11.

What is a boycott?

a)

A government-imposed restriction on trade

b)

A consumer's refusal to purchase goods or services

c)

A company's decision to lower prices

d)

A producer's refusal to sell goods

12.

What is the result of competition being good for consumers?

a)

Higher prices

b)

Lower quality

c)

Better choices and prices

d)

Less variety

13.
Which of the following would be a natural resource?
a)
TV announcers
b)
bankers
c)
fish
d)
farmers
14.
Which cognitive bias involves favoring information that confirms one's preexisting beliefs or values?
a)
Availability bias
b)
Confirmation bias
c)
Anchoring bias
d)
Hindsight bias
15.
What is the name of the cognitive bias that involves feeling bad ?because everyone of friends are at the party.
a)
Availability bias
b)
Confirmation bias
c)
Hindsight bias
d)
FOMO
16.
Which cognitive bias involves following the crowd without thinking through the ramifications of your decision.
a)
Hindsight bias
b)
Confirmation bias
c)
Herd mentality bias
d)
Anchoring bias
17.
Which cognitive bias involves attributing one's own desire for pleasure and not being satisfied with something.
a)
Availability bias
b)
Hedonic Adaptation bias
c)
Hindsight bias
d)
Confirmation bias
18.
Which cognitive bias involves staying too long at a bad movie, or going on a trip when you are very sick?
a)
Sunk Cost Fallacy bias
b)
Availability bias
c)
Confirmation bias
d)
Hindsight bias
19.
What is the name of the cognitive bias that involves placing a higher value on something because it belongs to you.
a)
Availability bias
b)
Confirmation bias
c)
Hindsight bias
d)
Endowment Effect bias
20.
If the price of Frozen Yogurt increased then the demand for ice cream will 
a)
increase
b)
decrease
21.

Which of the following best refers to the additional cost a person or firm incur to produce one more unit?

a)

Consumer Benefit

b)

Intersection

c)

Marginal Benefit

d)

Marginal Cost

22.

Definition of Marginal Utility

a)

the satisfaction from consumption

b)

to total satisfaction from consuming a product

c)

the extra satisfaction from the last unit consumed

d)

the extra consumption from last unit consumed

23.

Fixed or Variable?

Office rent

a)

Fixed

b)

Variable

24.

Fixed or Variable?

Wages paid for factory labour?

a)

Fixed

b)

Variable

25.
If you own a home, you must pay for electricity you use.  The amount you pay changes every month depending on how much you use. This is an example of a...
a)
FIXED cost.
b)
VARIABLE cost.