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Economics Exam

Total questions: 50

Worksheet time: 25mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the term for: Something people must have to survive, like air, food, and shelter?

a)

Desire

b)

Want

c)

Need

d)

Luxury

2.

What is the term for: Something people would like to have but are not needed to survive?

a)

Want

b)

Need

c)

Necessity

d)

Obligation

3.

What is the term for: Limited amounts of resources to meet unlimited desires?

a)

Scarcity

b)

Abundance

c)

Sufficiency

d)

Plenitude

4.

What is the term for: Objects like cars and clothes?

a)

Ideas

b)

Services

c)

Goods

d)

Resources

5.

What is the term for: Actions people do for others?

a)

Services

b)

Goods

c)

Machines

d)

Tools

6.

What is the term for: Occurs when a good or service is unavailable?

a)

Substitute

b)

Surplus

c)

Equilibrium

d)

Shortage

7.

What is the term for: Resources used to make goods and services?

a)

Factors of production

b)

Consumer goods

c)

Public services

d)

Natural monopolies

8.

What is the term for: Includes natural resources like coal, water, and forests?

a)

Labor

b)

Land

c)

Capital

d)

Entrepreneurship

9.

What is the term for: Work in which people receive pay?

a)

Labor

b)

Hobby

c)

Volunteerism

d)

Leisure

10.

What is the term for: Human made resource used to produce goods and services?

a)

Land

b)

Labor

c)

Capital

d)

Entrepreneurship

11.

What is the term for: Objects made by people, like buildings and tools?

a)

Physical capital

b)

Natural resources

c)

Human capital

d)

Financial capital

12.

What is the term for: Refers to the knowledge and skills people gain from study and experience?

a)

Human capital

b)

Physical capital

c)

Natural resources

d)

Financial capital

13.

What is the term for: People who put together land, labor, and capital to create businesses?

a)

Investors

b)

Employees

c)

Entrepreneurs

d)

Managers

14.

What is the term for: Chooses one alternative and gives up another?

a)

Opportunity cost

b)

Marginal benefit

c)

Sunk cost

d)

Fixed cost

15.

What is the term for: Using fewer resources than it is capable of doing?

a)

Underutilization

b)

Overproduction

c)

Scarcity

d)

Efficiency

16.

What is the term for: An economic system that is rooted in a culture, location, customs, tradition, and needs rather than being centered around making a profit?

a)

Command economy

b)

Market economy

c)

Traditional economy

d)

Mixed economy

17.

An economy in which most goods and services are produced and distributed through free markets is called a ________.

a)

market economy

b)

command economy

c)

traditional economy

d)

mixed economy

18.

An economic system where the government, rather than the market, makes key decisions about production and distribution of goods and services is called a ________.

a)

centrally planned economy

b)

market economy

c)

mixed economy

d)

traditional economy

19.

An arrangement that allows buyers and sellers to exchange goods and services is called ________.

a)

contracts

b)

markets

c)

loans

d)

investments

20.

A place where businesses acquire the resources they need to produce goods and services, and where households sell or provide those resources, is called a ________.

a)

factor market

b)

product market

c)

retail market

d)

stock market

21.

The marketplace where finished goods or services are sold to consumers and businesses is called a ________.

a)

product market

b)

factor market

c)

labor market

d)

resource market

22.

An economic system in which industries are owned by workers rather than by private businesses is called ________.

a)

capitalism

b)

socialism

c)

feudalism

d)

mercantilism

23.

A political and economic ideology advocating for a classless society where the means of production are owned communally, with private property nonexistent, is called ________.

a)

communism

b)

capitalism

c)

monarchy

d)

fascism

24.

The study of behavior and decision making of entire economies is called ________.

a)

macroeconomics

b)

microeconomics

c)

sociology

d)

psychology

25.

The study of economic behavior of individuals, families, and businesses is called ________.

a)

psychology

b)

macroeconomics

c)

sociology

d)

microeconomics

26.

The total value of all final goods and services produced in a year is called ________.

a)

gross domestic product (GDP)

b)

net national product (NNP)

c)

personal income (PI)

d)

consumer price index (CPI)

27.

A shared good or service for which it would be inefficient or impractical to make consumers pay individually is called a ________.

a)

public good

b)

private good

c)

club good

d)

common resource

28.

The part of the economy which involves the government is called the ________.

a)

informal sector

b)

private sector

c)

public sector

d)

household sector

29.

The part of the economy that involves transactions of individuals and businesses is called the ________.

a)

private sector

b)

public sector

c)

government sector

d)

nonprofit sector

30.

The minimum level of income that is needed to support a household is called the _________.

a)

Poverty threshold

b)

Disposable income

c)

Gross domestic product

d)

Living wage

31.

Tax money the government collects and redistributes to people who are in need is called _________.

a)

Tariff

b)

Subsidy

c)

Revenue

d)

Welfare

32.

_________ are direct payments of money.

a)

Cash transfers

b)

Tax credits

c)

Subsidies

d)

Vouchers

33.

The law that states a good's price has an important effect on the amount of that good people will buy is called the _________.

a)

Law of Supply

b)

Law of Demand

c)

Law of Diminishing Returns

d)

Law of Equilibrium

34.

The _________ states that as the price of a good rises, people are more likely to substitute alternative goods.

a)

Substitution Effect

b)

Income Effect

c)

Law of Diminishing Returns

d)

Price Elasticity

35.

The _________ illustrates the quantities demanded at each price by consumers in the market.

a)

Demand curve

b)

Supply curve

c)

Production possibility frontier

d)

Budget line

36.

_________ are two goods that are bought and used together (ex: skis and ski boots).

a)

Substitutes

b)

Complements

c)

Inferior goods

d)

Normal goods

37.

_________ are goods used in place of another (snowboards for skis).

a)

Substitutes

b)

Complements

c)

Inferior goods

d)

Normal goods

38.

_________ is used to describe the way people respond to price changes.

a)

Elasticity of demand

b)

Law of supply

c)

Marginal utility

d)

Opportunity cost

39.

The amount of money the company receives by selling its goods is called _________.

a)

Total revenue

b)

Net profit

c)

Gross margin

d)

Operating cost

40.

Fill in the blank: The law that states the higher the price the larger the quantity produced is called the _________

a)

Law of Demand

b)

Law of Supply

c)

Law of Economics

d)

Law of Household

41.

The _________ illustrates the quantity supplied by all producers in a market at different prices.

a)

Market supply curve

b)

Demand schedule

c)

Production possibilities curve

d)

Consumer surplus curve

42.

_________ is a concept that predicts how suppliers react to price changes.

a)

Elasticity of supply

b)

Law of demand

c)

Marginal utility

d)

Consumer surplus

43.

A cost that does not change is called a _________.

a)

Sunk cost

b)

Variable cost

c)

Marginal cost

d)

Fixed cost

44.

A cost that rises or falls depending on the quantity produced is called a _________.

a)

Variable cost

b)

Fixed cost

c)

Sunk cost

d)

Marginal cost

45.

When fixed and variable costs are added together, the result is called _________.

a)

Total cost

b)

Marginal cost

c)

Average cost

d)

Operating cost

46.

________ is the cost of producing one more unit of a good.

a)

Average cost

b)

Fixed cost

c)

Total revenue

d)

Marginal cost

47.

________ is the revenue gained from producing one more unit of a good.

a)

Marginal revenue

b)

Total revenue

c)

Average cost

d)

Fixed cost

48.

________ is a government payment to support a business or market.

a)

Subsidy

b)

Tariff

c)

Quota

d)

Tax

49.

________ are the steps the government takes to control production.

a)

Properties

b)

Subsidies

c)

Regulation

d)

Deregulation

50.

What is my room number? (without getting up and looking)

a)

417

b)

403

c)

409

d)

410