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IB Econ Unit 2 2nd half review

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which of the following is not a non-price determinant of demand?

a)

Income

b)

The price of substitutes and compliments

c)

Supply

d)

Tastes and preferences

2.

Which of the following is not a function of the price mechanism? 

a)

Incentives

b)

Signaling

c)

Rationing

d)

Consumer and producer surplus

3.

 Each of the following are determinants of PES except for:

a)

Ability to store the product

b)

Time

c)

Whether the good is luxury or necessity

d)

Mobility of factors of production

4.

Which of the following should not be a reason for government intervention in markets?

a)

To influence consumption

b)

To support the incomes of wealthy households

c)

To influence production

d)

To raise government revenue

5.

Which of the following is not a form of government intervention in markets?

a)

Price controls, including price ceilings and price floors 

b)

Providing services

c)

command and control legislation

d)

Direct taxes, including income tax

6.

 Market failure can be best described as:

a)

When the market fails to allocate resources at the point where MSB=MSC

b)

When the production of demerit goods produces negative externalities

c)

When the market produces less public and merit goods than the socially optimum level

7.

Common access resources are those goods and services which ..............

a)

Produce positive externalities to third parties when consumed 

b)

Goods or services which are non-excludable and non-rivalrous

c)

Goods or services which are non-excludable

8.

Which of the following government services would also be a public good?

a)

A bed in a hospital

b)

military protection

c)

fish in a pond

9.

 Which of the following explains why public goods can only be provided by governments? 

a)

free rider problem

b)

sustainability issues

c)

issues with international cooperation

10.

There is a rise in the popularity of a good or service.  At the same time the firms production costs rise.  Explain the effect on demand and supply for the product.

a)

a rise in supply and a fall in demand

b)

a rise in both supply and demand

c)

a fall in both supply and demand

d)

a fall in supply and a rise in demand