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1
________ expresses how willing and able buyers are to purchase goods and services at different prices.
Inflation
Market price
Supply
Demand
2
The ________ is the level of joblessness among people 16 years or older actively seeking work.
unemployment rate
consumer price index
productivity report
national cost analysis
3
Which economic system originated with Karl Marx in the nineteenth century?
socialism
monarchy
capitalism
communism
4
When two or more consecutive quarters experience a decline in GDP, the country is
in a recession
experiencing deflation
entering expansion
in a depression
5
The total value of all the goods and services that a country produces within its borders in one year is called
PPI
gross domestic product
balance of trade
CPI
6
________ is a general increase in the prices of most goods and services.
Inflation
Recession
Expansion
Deflation
7
Which factor of production includes the buildings and tools that are used to produce goods and services?
natural resources
capital
human resources
knowledge
8
In which type of free market are there few sellers offering similar but not identical products to many small buyers?
Monopolistic
perfect competition
monopoly
oligopoly
9
The means for developing goods and services and for satisfying consumers' demand are
macroeconomics
factors of production
capitalism
supply & demand
10
Capitalism is a central-planning economy.
False
True
11
The foundation of all the other rights in a capitalist system, the first basic right is the right to
compete
own property
free speech
free choice
12
________ studies how society chooses to transform resources into the goods and services that people want and need.
Production
Finance
Socialism
Economics
13
Which business can be best described as operating in a perfect competition?
pizza restaurants
pork producers
airline companies
city utilities
14
During which phase of the business cycle does the pace of economic activity slow down and GDP falls?
peak
contraction
expansion
trough
15
A nuclear plant requires large quantities of water for its cooling system. This represents which factor of production?
capital
natural resources
entrepreneurship
knowledge
16
In __ economies, the government owns most businesses and regulates the amounts, types, and prices of goods and services.
command
mixed
capitalist
political
17
A utility company is an example of
a monopoly.
an oligopoly.
monopolistic.
perfect competition.
18
The ________ price reflects what the consumer is willing to pay.
supply
source
market
demand
19
The ________ is a measure of wholesale prices published monthly by the Bureau of Labor.
producer price index
productivity report
consumer price index
gross domestic product
20
Another name for a free-market economy is capitalism.
False
True