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Chapter 2 Free Enterprise

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The money left after production costs are subtracted from revenue is called

a)

free rider

b)

profit

c)

subsidy

d)

scarcity

2.

A person who chooses to, and is free to, open a grocery store is participating in a

a)

command economy

b)

centrally-planned economy

c)

free enterprise economy

d)

traditional economy

3.

Most people are inspired to start a business by the

a)

free contract clause

b)

marginal benefit

c)

open opportunity clause

d)

profit motive

4.

What is the role of producers?

a)

Make the product

b)

Buy the product

c)

to carry out a government economic program

d)

to increase the profit of other established retail stores

5.

Which is an example of competition changing the marketplace?

a)

a chain bookseller forcing many individual booksellers to go out of business

b)

a chain hot dog restaurant failing to make a large profit

c)

a chain coffee shop having no effect on individual coffee shops

d)

a chain restaurant expanding its menu to include desserts

6.

Free contract means that people can chose

a)

for themselves what legal agreements to enter into

b)

for themselves what positive externalities to support

c)

to enter and compete in the marketplace

d)

to enter into open opportunities

7.

The incentive to improve material well-being by seeking to gain from economic activities is called

a)

legal equality

b)

marginal benefit

c)

open opportunity

d)

profit motive

8.

Government restricts free enterprise through

a)

deregulation

b)

income redistribution

c)

public policy

d)

goods and services

9.

In the marketplace, producers are looking to

a)

buy goods for personal use

b)

earn a profit

c)

find incentives

d)

find the latest fad

10.

Open opportunity helps to ensure that everyone is free to

a)

be efficient

b)

invest in stocks

c)

start businesses

d)

maximize production

11.

Consumers "vote" by choosing

a)

a product over competing products

b)

a resource over other resources

c)

to become entrepreneurs

d)

to keep away from fad products

12.

Typically, when households are shown on the right side of a circular flow model of a modified free enterprise system, businesses are located

a)

on the left

b)

in the center

c)

at the top

d)

at the bottom

13.

The center of a typical circular flow model showing a modified free enterprise system is occupied by

a)

businesses

b)

products

c)

government

d)

resources

14.

A modified free enterprise system

a)

is dominated by elements of the command economic system

b)

is dominated by elements of the traditional economic system

c)

has no government involvement in the economy

d)

has some government involvement in the economy

15.

Public goods are funded by

a)

charitable donations collected by the government

b)

profits made by private businesses

c)

profits made by public companies

d)

taxes collected by the government