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Economics Review Mid

Total questions: 85

Worksheet time: 1hrs 24mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The word economic's comes from two Greek words, "Eco" meaning _____ and "Nomos" meaning _____

a)

Home/Account

b)

House/Account

c)

System/Home

d)

Want/Need

2.

Economic ______ means an inprovement in the quality of life and living standards

a)

Growth

b)

Prosper

c)

Development

d)

Increase

3.

What are 3 basic economic questions?

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4.

Demand function (Equation)

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5.

Between buyers and sellers so that preferences can be indicated and goods and services offered for sale.

a)

Means of "Communication"

b)

Mode of "Communication"

c)

Medium of "Communication"

d)

Meaning of "Communication"

6.

Economic ____ means an increase in real national income / national output

a)

growth

b)

development

c)

efficiency

d)

freedom

7.

What are the 4 Economic systems?

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8.

Is a social science that deals with the study of proper allocation of scarce resources

(a)  

9.

We have to consider our ____ or other available alternative

a)

choices

b)

wants

c)

needs

d)

luxury

10.

_____ Is said to be the main reason for us to study Economics

a)

Scarcity

b)

Scarsity

c)

Varsity

11.

A (a)   is something that we can live without but we still use or opt to have for convenience or comfort.

12.

Foundations of Economics, Analysis, also the First American to receive the Nobel Prize in Economics

a)

Paul Samuelson

b)

James Tobin

c)

Kenneth Arrow

d)

Alfred Marshall

13.

is a means by which societies or governments organize and distribute available resources, services, and goods across a geographic region of country.

(a)  

14.

A (a)   is something that we cannot live without

15.

• The oldest type of an economy found around the world

• Is based upon a people's belief and customs

• What they produce is also what they consume

a)

Mixed Economy

b)

Market Economy

c)

Command Economy

d)

Traditional Economy

16.

Finally, all societies need to decide who will benefit from the output from its economic activity, how much they will get.

(a)  

17.

Father of Economics, Wealth of Nations, The Bible in Economics

a)

Adam Smith

b)

John Stuart Mill

c)

David Ricardo

d)

Karl Marx

18.

3 importance is studying economics

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19.

Societies also have to decide the best combination of factors to create the desired output of goods and services.

a)

How to produce?

b)

What to produce?

c)

For whom to produce?

d)

When to produce?

20.

Principles of Political Economy

a)

Adam Smith

b)

Rod Stewart

c)

Little Stuart

d)

John Stuart Mill

21.

Theory on wages and profit, labor theory of value, theory of comparative advantage, and theory of rents.

a)

David Ricardo

b)

David Off

c)

David Salon

d)

Craig David

22.

Societies have to decide the best combination of goods and services to meet their varied wants and needs

a)

When to produce?

b)

How to produce?

c)

What to produce?

d)

Whom to Produce

23.

Das Kapital

a)

Adam Smith

b)

David Ricardo

c)

John Stuart Mill

d)

Karl Marx

24.

2 methods of Economics

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25.

He developed the idea of marginal utility and the general equilibrium theory

a)

Leon Walras

b)

Alfred Marshall

c)

Leon Guerero

d)

James Tobin

26.

____ ____ or financial security is the condition of having stable income or other resources to support a standard of living now and in the foreseeable future.

(a)  

27.

An economic blending elements of market economies with elements of planned economies, free market with state interventionism, or private enterprise with public interprise.

(a)  

28.

Principles of Economics, First to develop the standard supply, and demand graph

a)

Alfred Marshall

b)

Alfred Vargas

c)

Alfred Marciall

d)

Alfred Marchall

29.

He is often credited with providing the first clear and simple explanation of the economic problem

(a)  

30.

This is a study of individuals, household and firms, behaviour in decision making and allocation resources.

(a)  

31.

Father of "Modern" Economics, The General Theory of Employment, Interest and money

a)

John Maynard Keynes

b)

Alfred Marshall

c)

Leon Walras

d)

John Hicks

32.

What are 2 divisions of economics

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33.

Investment - savings (IS) - (Liquidity preference money supply) LM model

a)

John Hicks

b)

James Toney

c)

John Stuart Mill

d)

Paul Samuelson

34.

_____ _____ is the independency experienced by individuals within a a given society to pursue their interest

(a)  

35.

Studied the relationships between the financial market and macroeconomics, developed the porfolio selection theory and proposed tax currency exchange transaction

a)

James Tobin

b)

Adam Smith

c)

John Stuart Mill

d)

David Ricardo

36.

• A system where pricing decisions are decentralized and activities are unplanned

• Prices arise naturally in a market economy based upon on supply and demand



(a)  

37.

He is the America's first Nobel Prize winner for economics

(a)  

38.

Contributed to the study of general equilibrium analysis and welfare economics

a)

Kenneth Arrow

b)

Leon Walras

c)

John Maynard Keynes

d)

James Tobin

39.

Is a branch of Economics dealing with the performance, structure, behaviour, and decision - making of an economy as a whole.

(a)  

40.

______ _______ assumes minimum cost for the production of a good or a service, maximum output, and maximum surplus from the operation of the market

(a)  

41.

Is a stream of economics that focuses on the description, quanitification, and explanation of economic development, expectations and asscoiated phenomena.

(a)  

42.

This focuses on the idealogical, opinion - oriented, prescriptive, value judgements, and scenarios

(a)  

43.

This enables buyers to convert to convert their wants or needs into 'Effective Demand'

a)

Purchasing power

b)

Purchasing buyer

c)

Purchasing seller

d)

Purchaser

44.

What are the 4 types of economics

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45.

_____ Economics is objective and fact based where the statements are precise, descriptive, and clearly measurable.

a)

Positive

b)

Negative

c)

Devided

d)

Descriptive

46.

A ____ ____ which enables both buyers and sellers to be protected through civil law, such as contracts, and through criminal lw, such as laws against theft.

(a)  

47.

_____ Economics is subjective and value based, originating from personal perspectives.

a)

Normative

b)

Positive

c)

Negative

d)

Narrative

48.

Importance of Studying Economics

a)

Understand the Global Affairs

b)

Understand the society

c)

To be an informed voter

d)

To be a good citizen of the republic

e)

All of the above

49.

The fundamental economic problem is the issue of (a)   and how best to produce and distribute these scarce resources.

50.

• Is based on goals passed down from a central ruler or ruling class

• Can be found in many Communist countries

• In theory, this economic system maybe beneficial if the government has the best interest of its people in mind

(a)  

51.

_______ _____ is the absence of excessive fluctuation in the macroeconomy

(a)  

52.

______ ______ is an economic situation in which all available labor resources are being used in the most efficient way possible.

(a)  

53.

What are the 3 Macroeconomic Goals?

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54.

What are the 3 Microeconomic Goals

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55.

____ Who expect a pay - off in terms of the satisfaction of a want or a need - refered as utility

a)

Consumer

b)

Sellers

c)

Buyer

d)

Purchaser

56.

_____ Who expect a pay-off, firstly in terms of the revenue they need to cover their production cost

a)

Sellers

b)

Purchasing power

c)

Buyers

d)

Merchant

57.

Is a table that shows the quantity demanded of a good or service at different price levels.

a)

Demand Schedule

b)

Law of Demand

c)

Demand Function

d)

Supply and Demand

58.

(a)   is balanced between buyers and sellers, so that one partly cannot persistently exploit the other party by withholding relevant information

59.

_____ ______ _____ to facilitate a market transaction - namely, money, or credit.

(a)  

60.

Markets require a _____ _____ to enable individuals and firms to borrow if they need to and to save when they have surplus funds.

(a)  

61.

A (a)   is an arrangement between buyers and sellers to exchange goods or services

62.

Markets are the fundamental means by which scarce resources are allocated a price, and are essential to the operation of the _______ _______

(a)  

63.

The law of ____ says that at higher prices, sellers will supply more of an economic good

a)

Supply

b)

Demand

64.

The law of ____ says that at higher prices, buyers will demand less of an economic good

a)

Demand

b)

Supply

65.

Refers to the quantity or amount of goods and services that buyers are willing and able to buy at a given price in a specific period of time.

(a)  

66.

States that price and quantity demanded (QD) are negatively related or inversely proportional.

a)

Law of Demand

b)

Law of Supply

c)

Demand function

d)

Demand schedule

67.

A mathematica equation which expresses the demand of a product or service as a function of its price and other factors such as the prices of the substitutes and complementary goods, income, etc.

a)

Demand function

b)

QD = 240 - 2P.

c)

Demand Schedule

d)

Demand

68.

(QD) means?

(a)  

69.

Demand function - Mathematical Equation

a)

QD = 240 - 2P.

b)

QD = 360 - 2P

c)

QD = 480 - 2P

d)

QD = 1080 - 2P

70.

QD = 240 - 2P

= 240 - 2 (10)

= 240 - 20

= ????

(a)  

71.

QD = 240 - 2P.

= 240 - 2 (20)

= 240 - 40

= ?????



(a)  

72.

A _____ ____ is a graph depicting the relationship between the price of a certain commodity and the quantity of that commodity that is demanded at that price.

(a)  

73.

The demand curve is always slope ______ because of the negative relationship of price and QD

a)

Downward

b)

Upward

c)

Forward

d)

Sideward

74.

Refers to the quantity or amount of goods and services that sellers are willing and able to sell

(a)  

75.

States that price and quantity supplied (QS) are positively related or direct proportional.

a)

Law of supply

b)

Law of demand

c)

Demand Function

d)

Law of schedule

76.

Is a Mathematical equation which expresses the supply of a product or service as a function of its price and other factors.

a)

Supply Function

b)

Law of Demand

c)

Law of Supply

d)

Demand Schedule

77.

Is a table that shows the quantity supplied of a good or service at different price levels.

a)

Supply schedule

b)

Law of supply

c)

Demand supply

d)

Supply function

78.

Supply function (Equation for QS)

a)

QS = 40 + 30P

b)

QS = 40 - 30P

c)

QS = 40 × 30P

d)

QS = 40 ÷ 30P

79.

QS = 40 + 30P

= 40 + 30 (10)

= 40 + 300

QS = ??????????

(a)  

80.

QS = 40 + 30P

= 40 + 30 (20)

= 40 + 600

QS = ?????????

(a)  

81.

Graph dipicting the relationship between the price of a certain commodity and the quantity of that commodity that is supplied at that price

(a)  

82.

The supply curve is always slope _____ because of the positive relationship of orice and QS

a)

upward

b)

downward

c)

forward

d)

sideward

83.

(a)   Is defined as a state of balance or stable situation where opposing forces cancel each other out and where no change are occuring

84.

Economic theory suggest that, in a free market, a single price will exist which brings the demand and supply into equilibrium, called ______ ______

(a)  

85.

These two laws interact to determine the actual market prices and volume of goods that are traded on the market

a)

Law of supply

b)

Law of demand