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Basic Economic Principles
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Economics Review
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This type of economy provides the least economic freedom for citizens.
Mixed
Traditional
Command
Market
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When price of an item rises and other factors remain unchanged, demand:
increases
stays the same
decreases
3
The idea that the government should stay out of economic matters
free enterprise
profit motive
laissez-faire
social contract
4
This economist believed that an "invisible hand" guides the economy
Karl Marx
John Maynard Keynes
Warren Buffett
Adam Smith
5
A market in which there are many buyers and only one seller is known as:
Sole Proprietorship
Monopoly
Oligopoly
Competitive Market
6
Total cost for a business includes
fixed costs plus variable costs
fixed costs only
fixed cost plus cost of production
manufacturing costs minus profit
7
This type of economy has the MOST economic freedom
traditional
market
command
mixed
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The study of the Economy as a whole
Market Equilibrium
Macroeconomics
Microeconomics
Supply Side Economics
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Economist who wrote "Communist Manifesto" and believed socialism would evolve into communism
Karl Marx
John Locke
Adam Smith
John Maynard Keynes
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Profit is calculated by:
amount sold multiplied by price
total revenue minus total cost
fixed costs minus variable costs
total revenue minus fixed costs
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Minimum wage is an example of:
Price floor
Price ceiling
Command
Government subsidy
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as the price of an item rises, and other things remain unchanged, supply:
falls
rises
hits equilibrium
stays the same
13
There are 3 questions we must answer to solve scarcity. Which is NOT one
What to produce
how to produce
for whom to produce
how much to produce
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A surplus signals that price is:
elastic
to high
to low
at equilibrium
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This is the type of economy the U.S. has
Traditional
Command
Market
Mixed
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Which of the following is NOT one of the four factors of production
entrepreneurship
land
demand
capital
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The study of individual consumers and businesses
Microeconomics
Market Equilibrium
Supply side economics
Macroeconomics
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The point where supply and demand achieve balance is:
standard price
supply and demand
market price
equilibrium price
19
When prices of a good or service rise, it is a signal to the producer to:
keep production the same
produce less
leave the market
produce more
20
The concept that all things we need and want are limited, there is not enough for everyone.
conservation of resources
scarcity
principle of diminishing utility
lackluster
21
An individual who starts a new business, introduces new products, improves techniques is an:
Producer
Entrepreneur
Consumer
Capitalism
22
This is the name for a large business owned by stockholders.
Cooperative
Corporation
Partnership
Sole Proprietorship
23
Increase in prices, value of money decreasing, higher minimum wage are signs of:
depression
market equilibrium
inflation
deflation
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If demand is highly sensitive to price changes, you can conclude that the good/service is:
highly demanded
price elastic
flexible
price inelastic
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The idea that each additional unit of a product is less valuable than the one before it is:
Theory of degression
supply side economics
Principle of diminishing marginal utility
product worth diminishment