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Vocabulary Units 1-6

Total questions: 100

Worksheet time: 50mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Fill in the blank: The basic principles that govern your behavior are called _________.

a)

Ethics

b)

Habits

c)

Opinions

d)

Skills

2.

Fill in the blank: Standards that govern behavior; not dependent on circumstance are called _____________.

a)

Ethical Principles

b)

Social Norms

c)

Legal Rules

d)

Personal Preferences

3.

Fill in the blank: An issue in which you must decide whether something is right or wrong is called an _____________.

a)

Ethical Situation

b)

Financial Situation

c)

Legal Situation

d)

Technical Situation

4.

Fill in the blank: Adhering to an established set of personal ethics and sound moral principles; acting with honesty in all situations is called ___________.

a)

Integrity

b)

Ambition

c)

Indifference

d)

Deceit

5.

Fill in the blank: Reliable; deserving the confidence of others is called being ___________.

a)

Trustworthy

b)

Careless

c)

Dishonest

d)

Indecisive

e)

Unreliable

6.

Fill in the blank: The condition of having to answer for or be liable for your actions; accepting responsibility for your decisions is called _____________.

a)

Accountability

b)

Indifference

c)

Negligence

d)

Ignorance

7.

Fill in the blank: The quality of being just as one seems; being open and truthful when communicating is called _____________.

a)

Transparency

b)

Ambiguity

c)

Secrecy

d)

Manipulation

8.

Fill in the blank: The ability to make judgments without favoritism or self-interest; engaging in fair competition and creating equal relationships is called _____________.

a)

Fairness

b)

Ambition

c)

Authority

d)

Creativity

9.

Fill in the blank: Regard or esteem; honoring the rights, freedoms, views, and property of others is called _____________.

a)

Respect

b)

Tolerance

c)

Obedience

d)

Generosity

10.

Fill in the blank: Complying with laws and regulations is called following the _____________.

a)

Rule of Law

b)

Code of Conduct

c)

Social Norms

d)

Ethical Guidelines

11.

Fill in the blank: The long-term value of your choices is called _____________.

a)

Viability

b)

Liquidity

c)

Flexibility

d)

Profitability

12.

Fill in the blank: An inflated sense of self-importance is called _____________.

a)

Arrogance

b)

Humility

c)

Empathy

d)

Patience

13.

Fill in the blank: The result of an action is called a _____________.

a)

Consequence

b)

Solution

c)

Reason

d)

Method

14.

Fill in the blank: A difficult situation in which you are required to make a decision is called a _____________.

a)

Dilemma

b)

Celebration

c)

Solution

d)

Agreement

15.

Fill in the blank: An issue in which you must decide whether something is right or wrong; sometimes referred to as an ethical situation is called an _____________.

a)

Ethical dilemma

b)

Legal contract

c)

Financial dispute

d)

Technical error

16.

Fill in the blank: Instinct; gut feeling is called _____________.

a)

Intuition

b)

Logic

c)

Analysis

d)

Calculation

17.

Fill in the blank: A person whose behavior is imitated by others is called a _____________.

a)

Role model

b)

Follower

c)

Mentor

d)

Stranger

18.

A business that operates out of a physical facility (instead of online). Fill in the blank: __________

a)

Brick and mortar

b)

E-commerce

c)

Virtual office

d)

Remote business

19.

A type of producer that constructs roads, bridges, buildings, houses, etc. Fill in the blank: __________

a)

Builders

b)

Farmers

c)

Doctors

d)

Teachers

20.

People who use goods and services to satisfy their wants. Fill in the blank: __________

a)

Consumers

b)

Producers

c)

Manufacturers

d)

Retailers

21.

Retailers who operate solely online. Fill in the blank: __________

a)

E-tailers

b)

Wholesalers

c)

Brick-and-mortar stores

d)

Distributors

22.

A type of producer that changes the shapes or forms of materials so that they will be useful to consumers. Fill in the blank: __________

a)

Manufacturer

b)

Retailer

c)

Wholesaler

d)

Consumer

23.

The people who make or provide goods and services. Fill in the blank: __________

a)

Producers

b)

Consumers

c)

Managers

d)

Buyers

24.

A type of producer that provides goods in their natural state. Fill in the blank: __________

a)

Raw-goods producer

b)

Retailer

c)

Manufacturer

d)

Wholesaler

25.

A business that buys consumer goods or services and sells them to the ultimate consumer. Fill in the blank: __________

a)

Retailer

b)

Manufacturer

c)

Wholesaler

d)

Distributor

26.

A type of business that performs intangible activities that satisfy the needs and wants of consumers or industrial users. Fill in the blank: __________

a)

Service business

b)

Manufacturing business

c)

Retail business

d)

Agricultural business

27.

The duty of business to contribute to the well-being of society. Fill in the blank: __________

a)

Social responsibility

b)

Profit maximization

c)

Market competition

d)

Product innovation

28.

Businesses that buy and sell goods to others; retailers and wholesalers. Fill in the blank: __________

a)

Trade industries

b)

Manufacturing industries

c)

Service industries

d)

Agricultural industries

29.

Intermediaries who help move goods between producers and retailers by buying goods from producers and selling them to retailers. Fill in the blank: __________

a)

Wholesalers

b)

Manufacturers

c)

Consumers

d)

Agents

30.

Manufactured or constructed items that are used in the production of goods and services. Fill in the blank: __________

a)

Capital goods

b)

Consumer goods

c)

Raw materials

d)

Labor

31.

Products produced for personal consumption. Fill in the blank: __________

a)

Consumer goods and services

b)

Industrial goods

c)

Raw materials

d)

Capital goods

32.

The process or activity of using goods and services; the economic process or activity of using goods and services. Fill in the blank: __________

a)

Consumption

b)

Production

c)

Distribution

d)

Investment

33.

The quantity of a good or service that buyers are ready to buy at a given price at a particular time. Fill in the blank: __________

a)

Demand

b)

Supply

c)

Price

d)

Revenue

34.

The economic process or activity by which income is divided among resource owners and producers. Fill in the blank: __________

a)

Distribution

b)

Consumption

c)

Production

d)

Exchange

35.

Physical objects that are useful, scarce, and transferable and which satisfy economic wants. Fill in the blank: __________

a)

Economic goods

b)

Economic services

c)

Natural resources

d)

Consumer needs

36.

The human and natural resources and capital goods used to produce goods and services. Fill in the blank: __________

a)

Economic resources

b)

Financial statements

c)

Market demand

d)

Consumer preferences

37.

Productive acts that are useful, scarce, and transferable and which satisfy economic wants. Fill in the blank: __________

a)

Economic services

b)

Natural resources

c)

Consumer goods

d)

Capital investments

38.

A desire for something that can only be satisfied by spending money. Fill in the blank: __________

a)

Economic want

b)

Physical need

c)

Natural resource

d)

Personal skill

39.

The study of how to meet unlimited, competing wants with limited resources. Fill in the blank: __________

a)

Economics

b)

Biology

c)

Geography

d)

Physics

40.

A form of demand for products in which changes in price correspond to changes in demand. Fill in the blank: __________

a)

Elastic demand

b)

Inelastic demand

c)

Unitary demand

d)

Perfect demand

41.

An indication of how changes in price will affect changes in the amounts demanded and supplied. Fill in the blank: __________

a)

Elasticity

b)

Inflation

c)

Subsidy

d)

Equilibrium

42.

The point at which the quantity supplied is equal to the quantity demanded is called _________.

a)

Equilibrium

b)

Surplus

c)

Shortage

d)

Price ceiling

43.

The situation that exists when demand is greater than supply is known as _________.

a)

Excess demand

b)

Excess supply

c)

Equilibrium

d)

Surplus

44.

The situation that exists when supply is greater than demand is called _________.

a)

Excess supply

b)

Shortage

c)

Equilibrium

d)

Deficit

45.

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

a)

Exchange

b)

Production

c)

Consumption

d)

Investment

46.

Productive resources; human and natural resources and capital goods are known as _________.

a)

Factors of production

b)

Goods and services

c)

Supply chain

d)

Market forces

47.

People who work to produce goods and services are called _________.

a)

Human resources

b)

Natural resources

c)

Capital resources

d)

Entrepreneurs

48.

Products purchased by producers for resale, to make other goods and services, and/or to use in business operations are called _________.

a)

Industrial goods and services

b)

Consumer goods

c)

Luxury goods

d)

Perishable goods

49.

A form of demand in which changes in price do not affect demand is called _________.

a)

Inelastic demand

b)

Elastic demand

c)

Composite demand

d)

Derived demand

50.

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 is called _________.

a)

Law of demand

b)

Law of supply

c)

Equilibrium price

d)

Marginal utility

51.

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 is called _________.

a)

Law of supply

b)

Law of demand

c)

Law of diminishing returns

d)

Law of equilibrium

52.

Economic principle which states that the supply of a good or service will increase when demand is great and decrease when demand is low is called _________.

a)

Law of supply and demand

b)

Law of diminishing returns

c)

Law of averages

d)

Law of opportunity cost

53.

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

a)

Natural resources

b)

Capital resources

c)

Human resources

d)

Manufactured goods

54.

Something required or essential that is lacking is called a _________.

a)

Need

b)

Want

c)

Desire

d)

Luxury

55.

Desires for things that can be obtained without spending money are called _________.

a)

Noneconomic want

b)

Economic want

c)

Financial want

d)

Material want

56.

The benefit that is lost when you decide to use scarce resources for one purpose rather than for another is called _________

a)

Opportunity cost

b)

Marginal cost

c)

Sunk cost

d)

Fixed cost

57.

The amount of money paid for a good, service, or resource is called _________.

a)

Price

b)

Tax

c)

Interest

d)

Wage

58.

The economic process or activity of producing goods and services is called _________.

a)

Production

b)

Consumption

c)

Distribution

d)

Exchange

59.

A condition resulting from the gap between limited resources and unlimited wants for goods and services is called _________.

a)

Scarcity

b)

Inflation

c)

Monopoly

d)

Surplus

60.

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 is called _________.

a)

Supply

b)

Demand

c)

Revenue

d)

Consumption

61.

Giving up all or a part of one thing in order to get something else is called a _________.

a)

Trade-off

b)

Investment

c)

Profit

d)

Substitution

62.

A desire for something that is not required is called a _________.

a)

Want

b)

Need

c)

Necessity

d)

Obligation

63.

An economic system in which all or many of the means of production and distribution are owned and controlled by the government. Fill in the blank: __________

a)

Command economy

b)

Market economy

c)

Mixed economy

d)

Traditional economy

64.

A command economic system in which the government controls the economic system and does not allow private ownership of the means of production and distribution. Fill in the blank: __________

a)

Communism

b)

Capitalism

c)

Socialism

d)

Feudalism

65.

The organized way in which a country handles its economic decisions and solves its economic problems. Fill in the blank: __________

a)

Economic system

b)

Political system

c)

Social system

d)

Legal system

66.

An economic system in which the questions of what, how, and for whom goods will be produced are answered by individuals and businesses in the marketplace. Fill in the blank: __________

a)

Market economy

b)

Command economy

c)

Traditional economy

d)

Mixed economy

67.

A modified command economic system in which government owns the basic means of production and allows private ownership of businesses as well. Fill in the blank: __________

a)

Socialism

b)

Capitalism

c)

Feudalism

d)

Mercantilism

68.

An economic system in which people produce only what they must have in order to exist; all economic decisions are based on habit and tradition. Fill in the blank: __________

a)

Traditional economy

b)

Market economy

c)

Command economy

d)

Mixed economy

69.

An individual who: invents, develops, and distributes a good or provides a service; assumes the risks of starting and building a business; and receives personal and financial rewards for her/his efforts. Fill in the blank: __________

a)

Entrepreneur

b)

Manager

c)

Employee

d)

Investor

70.

An economic system in which individuals and groups, rather than the government, own or control the means of production–the human and natural resources and capital goods used to produce goods and services. Fill in the blank: __________

a)

Private enterprise/free enterprise

b)

Command economy

c)

Mixed economy

d)

Traditional economy

71.

A business that employs 500 or fewer people. Fill in the blank: __________

a)

Small business

b)

Corporation

c)

Non-profit organization

d)

Multinational company

72.

A risk-response strategy that involves choosing not to do something that is considered risky is called _________.

a)

Avoidance

b)

Mitigation

c)

Transference

d)

Acceptance

73.

The possibility of loss (failure) or gain (success) inherent in conducting business is known as _________.

a)

Business risk

b)

Business profit

c)

Business plan

d)

Business strategy

74.

The rivalry between two or more businesses to attract scarce customer dollars is called _________.

a)

Competition

b)

Monopoly

c)

Collaboration

d)

Merger

75.

The amount of money a business pays for the products it sells or for the raw materials from which it produces goods to sell is called _________.

a)

Cost of goods

b)

Gross profit

c)

Net income

d)

Operating expenses

76.

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

a)

Direct competition

b)

Indirect competition

c)

Monopoly

d)

Collaboration

77.

The possibility of loss or failure that occurs as a result of the economy is known as _________.

a)

Economic risks

b)

Physical risks

c)

Legal risks

d)

Technological risks

78.

The money that a business spends is called _________.

a)

Expenses

b)

Revenue

c)

Assets

d)

Profit

79.

Money left after the cost-of-goods expense is subtracted from total income is called _________.

a)

Gross profit

b)

Net income

c)

Operating expense

d)

Revenue

80.

The possibility of loss or failure from human error is called _________.

a)

Human risks

b)

Natural risks

c)

Technical risks

d)

Financial risks

81.

The money received by resource owners and by producers for supplying goods and services to customers is called _________.

a)

Income

b)

Expense

c)

Debt

d)

Tax

82.

Rivalry between or among businesses that offer dissimilar goods or services is called _________

a)

Indirect competition

b)

Direct competition

c)

Perfect competition

d)

Monopolistic competition

83.

The type of market, or environment, in which businesses operate is called _________

a)

Market structure

b)

Market share

c)

Market demand

d)

Market equilibrium

84.

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

a)

Monopoly

b)

Oligopoly

c)

Perfect Competition

d)

Monopolistic Competition

85.

The possibility of loss or failure from nature is called _________.

a)

Natural risks

b)

Financial risks

c)

Human risks

d)

Technical risks

86.

Money left after the cost-of-goods expense and the operating expense are each subtracted from the total income is called _________.

a)

Net profit

b)

Gross profit

c)

Operating income

d)

Revenue

87.

A type of rivalry between or among businesses that involves factors other than price is called _________.

a)

Nonprice competition

b)

Price war

c)

Monopolistic competition

d)

Market segmentation

88.

A market structure in which there are relatively few sellers, and industry leaders usually determine prices is called _________?

a)

Oligopoly

b)

Monopoly

c)

Perfect Competition

d)

Monopolistic Competition

89.

All of the expenses involved in running a business are called _________.

a)

Operating expenses

b)

Gross profit

c)

Net income

d)

Revenue

90.

A market structure in which there are many businesses selling a lot of identical products for about the same price to many buyers is called _________.

a)

Perfect competition

b)

Monopoly

c)

Oligopoly

d)

Monopolistic competition

91.

A type of rivalry between or among businesses that focuses on the use of price to attract scarce customer dollars is called _________?

a)

Price competition

b)

Product differentiation

c)

Non-price competition

d)

Market segmentation

92.

Monetary reward a business owner receives for taking the risk involved in investing in a business is called _________.

a)

Profit

b)

Revenue

c)

Salary

d)

Interest

93.

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

a)

Profit motive

b)

Capital gain

c)

Market share

d)

Risk aversion

94.

Chances of loss that carry with them the possibility of loss or no loss are called _________

a)

Pure risks

b)

Speculative risks

c)

Insurable risks

d)

Uninsurable risks

95.

A risk-response strategy that involves trying to reduce the chance of loss or severity of loss is called _________.

a)

Reduction

b)

Avoidance

c)

Transfer

d)

Acceptance

96.

Monopolies that the government allows to exist legally under controlled conditions are called _________

a)

Regulated monopolies

b)

Natural monopolies

c)

Unregulated monopolies

d)

Private monopolies

97.

A risk-response strategy that involves assuming responsibility for the risk rather than transferring it is called _________.

a)

Retention

b)

Avoidance

c)

Mitigation

d)

Transference

98.

Chances of loss that may result in loss, no change, or gain are called _________

a)

Speculative risks

b)

Pure risks

c)

Fundamental risks

d)

Particular risks

99.

Transfer: A risk-response strategy that involves moving the impact of a risk to someone or _________

a)

something else

b)

the same person

c)

the project manager

d)

the customer

100.

Accounting: keeping accurate and useful financial records; and analyzing and interpreting the ________ information.

a)

recorded

b)

financial

c)

general

d)

historical