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WorksheetsBE Unit 2.00 Practice Test
Total questions: 62
Worksheet time: 31mins
__________________: the rivalry between two or more businesses to attract scarce customer dollars.
economic risks
profit motive
__________________: 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.
profit motive
income
__________________: the possibility of loss or failure that occurs as a result of the economy.
natural risks
human risks
The possibility of loss (failure) or gain (success) inherent in conducting business.
natural risk
economic risk
Amount of income earned by a business prior to paying income taxes.
cost of goods
transfer
The money that a business spends.
gross profit
income
Rivalry between or among businesses that offer similar types of goods or services.
indirect competition
direct competition
______________: the possibility of loss or failure from human error.
natural risks
economic risks
______________: a type of rivalry between or among businesses that involves factors other than price.
profit
operating expenses
______________: the type of market, or environment, in which businesses operate.
monopoly
olipopoly
______________: rivalry between or among businesses that offer dissimilar goods or services.
monopoly
direct competition
______________: the possibility of loss or failure from nature.
economic risks
human risks
______________: a type of market structure in which a market is controlled by one supplier, and there are no substitute goods or services readily available.
oligopoly
perfect competition
______________: money left after the cost-of-goods expense and the operating expense are each subtracted from the total income (gross profit - operating expense = NP).
profit motive
price competition
______________: 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).
income
operating expenses
______________: all of the expenses involved in running a business.
income
profit motive
______________: 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.
price competition
nonprice competition
The desire to make a profit, which moves people to invest in business.
income
operating expenses
Chances of loss that may result in loss, no change, or gain.
pure risks
transfer
Chance of loss that carry with them the possibility of loss or no loss.
speculative risk
reduction
______________: a risk-response strategy that involves trying to reduce the chance of loss or severity of loss.
regulated monopolies
retention
______________: a risk-response strategy that involves moving the impact of a risk to someone or something else.
retention
regulated monopolies
______________: a risk-response strategy that involves assuming responsibility for the risk rather than transferring it.
regulated monopolies
transfer
What is the amount of money paid for raw materials and products sold?
net profit
cost of goods
operating expense
______________: the quantity of a good or service that buyers are ready to buy at a given price at a particular time.
price
supply
demand
______________: a condition resulting from the gap between limited resources and unlimited wants for goods and services.
human resources
wants
scarcity
______________: giving up all or a part of one thing in order to get something else.
scarcity
need
______________: the amount of money paid for a good, service, or resource.
distribution
elasticity
______________: 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.
supply
inelastic demand
______________: a desire for something that is not required.
capital goods
need
______________: 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.
law of demand
exchange
______________: something required or essential that is lacking.
consumption
want
______________: desires for things that can be obtained without spending money.
noneconomic want
need
production
______________: 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.
inelastic demand
law of supply
______________: the study of how to meet unlimited, competing wants with limited resources.
capital goods
distribution
______________: the point at which the quantity supplied is equal to the quantity demanded.
exchange
economics
The economic process or activity by which income is divided among resource owners and producers.
law of supply and demand
consumption
The economic process of trading one good/service for another.
production
natural resources
Items found in nature that are used to produce goods and services.
exchange
production
______________: manufactured or constructed items that are used in the production of goods and services.
______________: 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 form of demand in which changes in price do not affect demand.
factors of production
law of supply and demand
______________: production resources; human and natural resources and capital goods.
inelastic demand
law of supply and demand
______________: the process or activity of using goods and services; the economic process or activity of using goods and services.
economic goods
capital goods
______________: products produced for personal consumption.
economic resources
elastic demand
____________________: a form of demand for products in which changes in price correspond to changes in demand.
economic resources
consumer goods and services
____________________: productive acts that are useful, scarce, and transferable and which satisfy economic wants.
inelastic demand
exchange
____________________: the economic process of trading one good/service for another.
inelastic demand
economic services
__________________: the human and natural resources and capital goods used to produce goods and services.
elastic demand
consumer goods and services
__________________: a form of demand in which changes in price do not affect demand.
exchange
economic services
__________________: economic principle which states that the supply of a good or service will increase when demand is great and decrease when demand is low.
industrial goods and services
factors of production
Supply is greater than demand.
A desire for something that can only be satisfied by spending money.
The situation that exists when demand is greater than supply.
Productive resources; human and natural resources and capital goods.
law of supply and demand
________________: items found in nature that are used to produce goods and services.
factors of production
production
________________: the economic process or activity of producing goods and services.
natural resources
factors of production
________________: products purchased by producers for resale, to make other goods and services, and/or to use in business operations.
factors of production
law of supply and demand
________________: people who work to produce goods and services.
equilibrium
human resources
A form of demand for products in which changes in price correspond to changes in demand is:
equilibrium
elastic
consumer
The economic resource where people work to produce goods or services are:
capital goods
natural resources
human resources
What is an example of a noneconomic want?
rain for the crops
a haircut
a concert ticket
