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Quiz on Economics
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Machinery or Goods used to make other goods is called
capital goods
capital punishment
human capital
consumer goods
2
What is the factor of production that combines the other factors of production to start a business?
Entrepreneuership
Land
Labor
Capital
3
What is is called when 1 business controls the market on an item?
monopoly
oligopoly
contraction
perfect competition
4
On the business cycle, what is called when the economy is picking back up or increasing?
Contraction
Trough
Peak
Expansion
5
What is it called when an individual starts a business with someone else and shares the risk?
Partnership
Sole Proprietorship
Franchise
Corporation
6
Economics is the
study of how microphones work
study of how people make things
study of echolocation
study of how people make choices to satisfy their wants and needs
7
If price goes down, supply goes
stays the same
down
up
8
These are costs that change depending on the supply
fixed
exponential
variable
mandatory
9
A person who purchases goods and services from other people is called a
banker
buyer
cashier
servant
10
GDP (Gross domestic product) measures
The value of goods and services made in a particular country
The price of all goods
All items sold by a country's businesses
How much products cost
11
What does
scarcity
mean?
Limited supply and limited wants and needs
Limited supply and unlimited wants and needs
To give an item in return for something else
An item is easy to find or get
12
These are costs that must stay the same no matter what
mandatory
variable
fixed
exponential
13
Demand is
the amount of something that is available
another name for a service
the number of people who want or need something
a name of a coin used in the Caribbean
14
What is it called when you have to decide between choices and try to make the best choice?
cost benefit analysis
opportunity cost
trade off
capital
15
What is it called to give up something in order to gain something else?
opportunity cost
trade off
capital
16
On the business cycle, what is the lowest point called?
Trough
Expansion
Peak
Contraction
17
On the circular flow model, what market is where a business trades you a paycheck for your labor?
money market
consumer market
product market
factor market
18
The four factors of production are
goods, labor, capital, and entrepreneurship
land, service, capital, and entrepreneurship
land, labor, capital, and entrepreneurship
land, labor, buildings, and entrepreneurship
19
What is is called when a few businesses control the market?
monopoly
perfect competition
oligopoly
entrepreneur
20
When you give up something to gain something else, what is the second best choice that you gave up called?
opportunity cost
cost benefit analysis
capital
trade off
21
If you go to the bookstore and buy a book, that book is a
buyer
trade
service
good
22
If price goes up, demand goes
stays the same
up
down
23
What is it called when a business is divided into stocks and shareholders?
Partnership
Franchise
Corporation
Sole Proprietorship
24
When a government must decide between spending on capital or consumer goods
Guns and Butter
Peanut Butter and Pistols
Peashooters and Margarine
Weapons and Oil
25
On the business cycle, what is the highest point called?
Peak
Contraction
Trough
Expansion
26
What is the factor of production that contains natural resources where raw materials are found?
Labor
Land
Capital
Entrepreneuership
27
On the business cycle, what is it called when the economy is crashing or going down? (AKA Recession)
Trough
Peak
Contraction
Expansion
28
Goods like fossil fuels will run out one day, this is an example of
opportunity cost
scarcity
shortage
demand
29
What is it called when an individual starts a business and takes on all of the risk?
Franchise
Corporation
Sole Proprietorship
Partnership
30
Sam went to the barber shop to get his hair cut by Dennis. Who is the producer (seller)?
Both
Sam
Neither
Dennis