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BE Unit 2.00 Practice Test

Total questions: 62

Worksheet time: 31mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

__________________: the rivalry between two or more businesses to attract scarce customer dollars.

a)
competition
b)

economic risks

c)

profit motive

2.

__________________: the amount of money a business pays for the products it sells or for the raw materials from which it produces goods to sell; the amount of money a business pays for the products (or for any part of the products) it sells.

a)
cost of goods
b)

profit motive

c)

income

3.

__________________: the possibility of loss or failure that occurs as a result of the economy.

a)
economic risks
b)

natural risks

c)

human risks

4.

The possibility of loss (failure) or gain (success) inherent in conducting business.

a)
business risk
b)

natural risk

c)

economic risk

5.

Amount of income earned by a business prior to paying income taxes.

a)
income
b)

cost of goods

c)

transfer

6.

The money that a business spends.

a)
expenses
b)

gross profit

c)

income

7.

Rivalry between or among businesses that offer similar types of goods or services.

a)
competition
b)

indirect competition

c)

direct competition

8.

______________: the possibility of loss or failure from human error.

a)
human risks
b)

natural risks

c)

economic risks

9.

______________: a type of rivalry between or among businesses that involves factors other than price.

a)
nonprice competition
b)

profit

c)

operating expenses

10.

______________: the type of market, or environment, in which businesses operate.

a)
market structure
b)

monopoly

c)

olipopoly

11.

______________: rivalry between or among businesses that offer dissimilar goods or services.

a)
indirect competition
b)

monopoly

c)

direct competition

12.

______________: the possibility of loss or failure from nature.

a)
natural risks
b)

economic risks

c)

human risks

13.

______________: a type of market structure in which a market is controlled by one supplier, and there are no substitute goods or services readily available.

a)
monopoly
b)

oligopoly

c)

perfect competition

14.

______________: money left after the cost-of-goods expense and the operating expense are each subtracted from the total income (gross profit - operating expense = NP).

a)
net profit
b)

profit motive

c)

price competition

15.

______________: monetary reward a business owner receives for taking the risk involved in investing in a business; income left once all expenses are paid (income - expense = P).

a)
profit
b)

income

c)

operating expenses

16.

______________: all of the expenses involved in running a business.

a)
operating expenses
b)

income

c)

profit motive

17.

______________: a market structure in which there are many businesses selling a lot of identical products for about the same price to many buyers; also known as pure competition.

a)
perfect competition
b)

price competition

c)

nonprice competition

18.

The desire to make a profit, which moves people to invest in business.

a)
profit motive
b)

income

c)

operating expenses

19.

Chances of loss that may result in loss, no change, or gain.

a)
speculative risks
b)

pure risks

c)

transfer

20.

Chance of loss that carry with them the possibility of loss or no loss.

a)
pure risk
b)

speculative risk

c)

reduction

21.

______________: a risk-response strategy that involves trying to reduce the chance of loss or severity of loss.

a)
reduction
b)

regulated monopolies

c)

retention

22.

______________: a risk-response strategy that involves moving the impact of a risk to someone or something else.

a)
transfer
b)

retention

c)

regulated monopolies

23.

______________: a risk-response strategy that involves assuming responsibility for the risk rather than transferring it.

a)
retention
b)

regulated monopolies

c)

transfer

24.

What is the amount of money paid for raw materials and products sold?

a)

net profit

b)

cost of goods

c)

operating expense

25.

______________: the quantity of a good or service that buyers are ready to buy at a given price at a particular time.

a)

price

b)

supply

c)

demand

26.

______________: a condition resulting from the gap between limited resources and unlimited wants for goods and services.

a)

human resources

b)

wants

c)

scarcity

27.

______________: giving up all or a part of one thing in order to get something else.

a)
trade-off
b)

scarcity

c)

need

28.

______________: the amount of money paid for a good, service, or resource.

a)
price
b)

distribution

c)

elasticity

29.

______________: the quantity of a good or service that sellers are able and willing to offer for sale at a specified price in a given time period.

a)
law of demand
b)

supply

c)

inelastic demand

30.

______________: a desire for something that is not required.

a)
want
b)

capital goods

c)

need

31.

______________: economic principle which states that the quantity of a good or service that will be offered for sale varies in direct relation to its price.

a)
law of supply
b)

law of demand

c)

exchange

32.

______________: something required or essential that is lacking.

a)
need
b)

consumption

c)

want

33.

______________: desires for things that can be obtained without spending money.

a)

noneconomic want

b)

need

c)

production

34.

______________: economic principle which states that the quantity of a good or service that people will buy varies inversely with the price of the good or service.

a)
law of demand
b)

inelastic demand

c)

law of supply

35.

______________: the study of how to meet unlimited, competing wants with limited resources.

a)
economics
b)

capital goods

c)

distribution

36.

______________: the point at which the quantity supplied is equal to the quantity demanded.

a)
equilibrium
b)

exchange

c)

economics

37.

The economic process or activity by which income is divided among resource owners and producers.

a)
distribution
b)

law of supply and demand

c)

consumption

38.

The economic process of trading one good/service for another.

a)
exchange
b)

production

c)

natural resources

39.

Items found in nature that are used to produce goods and services.

a)
natural resources
b)

exchange

c)

production

40.

______________: manufactured or constructed items that are used in the production of goods and services.

a)
economic goods
b)
consumption
c)
capital goods
41.

______________: economic principle which states that the supply of a good or service will increase when demand is great and decrease when demand is low.

a)
inelastic demand
b)
factors of production
c)
law of supply and demand
42.

______________: a form of demand in which changes in price do not affect demand.

a)
inelastic demand
b)

factors of production

c)

law of supply and demand

43.

______________: production resources; human and natural resources and capital goods.

a)
factors of production
b)

inelastic demand

c)

law of supply and demand

44.

______________: the process or activity of using goods and services; the economic process or activity of using goods and services.

a)
consumption
b)

economic goods

c)

capital goods

45.

______________: products produced for personal consumption.

a)
consumer goods and services
b)

economic resources

c)

elastic demand

46.

____________________: a form of demand for products in which changes in price correspond to changes in demand.

a)
elastic demand
b)

economic resources

c)

consumer goods and services

47.

____________________: productive acts that are useful, scarce, and transferable and which satisfy economic wants.

a)
economic services
b)

inelastic demand

c)

exchange

48.

____________________: the economic process of trading one good/service for another.

a)
exchange
b)

inelastic demand

c)

economic services

49.

__________________: the human and natural resources and capital goods used to produce goods and services.

a)
economic resources
b)

elastic demand

c)

consumer goods and services

50.

__________________: a form of demand in which changes in price do not affect demand.

a)
inelastic demand
b)

exchange

c)

economic services

51.

__________________: economic principle which states that the supply of a good or service will increase when demand is great and decrease when demand is low.

a)
law of supply and demand
b)

industrial goods and services

c)

factors of production

52.

Supply is greater than demand.

a)
excess supply
b)
excess demand
c)
economic want
53.

A desire for something that can only be satisfied by spending money.

a)
excess supply
b)
excess demand
c)
economic want
54.

The situation that exists when demand is greater than supply.

a)
excess supply
b)
excess demand
c)
economic want
55.

Productive resources; human and natural resources and capital goods.

a)
industrial goods and services
b)
factors of production
c)

law of supply and demand

56.

________________: items found in nature that are used to produce goods and services.

a)
natural resources
b)

factors of production

c)

production

57.

________________: the economic process or activity of producing goods and services.

a)
production
b)

natural resources

c)

factors of production

58.

________________: products purchased by producers for resale, to make other goods and services, and/or to use in business operations.

a)
industrial goods and services
b)

factors of production

c)

law of supply and demand

59.

________________: people who work to produce goods and services.

a)
factors of production
b)

equilibrium

c)

human resources

60.

A form of demand for products in which changes in price correspond to changes in demand is:

a)

equilibrium

b)

elastic

c)

consumer

61.

The economic resource where people work to produce goods or services are:

a)

capital goods

b)

natural resources

c)

human resources

62.

What is an example of a noneconomic want?

a)

rain for the crops

b)

a haircut

c)

a concert ticket