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Economics Spring 2024 Test Review
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What type of economy does the U.S. have?
Communist
Mixed Market
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Point B on the Production Possibilities Curve represents a combination of goods that is
possible and efficient
impossible with current resources
3
Which is a market structure dominated by a few large sellers?
monopoly
oligopoly
4
One key difference between pure competition and monopolistic competition is that
the products are different rather than identical
there is only one seller
5
After producers have paid all their costs, the amount of money remaining is called
depreciation
profit
6
If prices of resources decrease, supply will
decrease
increase
7
If there is a sale on peanut butter, what will happen to the supply of grape jelly?
supply will increase
supply will decrease
8
A hungry man pays a high price for food. If he isn't as hungry, he isn't willing to pay the same price. This is called
unit elasticity
diminishing marginal utility
9
The alternatives that must be given up when a choice is made are
trade-offs
goods
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In which economic system do individuals answer the basic economic questions?
market economy
command economy
11
The most common type of business organization in the U.S. is the
sole proprietorship
corporation
12
To set their products are from those of their competitors, sellers in a monopolistically competitive market use
product differentiation
the substitution effect
13
A government sometimes rations a good because the
supply of that good is too low
supply of that good is too high
14
According to the law of supply, which of the following would happen to an item as its price rose?
Producers would make more of it
Producers would make less of it
15
The law of demand is
an inverse relationship between price and quantity demanded
a law passed by Congress in 1999
16
An advantage of partnerships where duties are assigned to different partners, depending on skills and talents are called
liability
specialization
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What is human capital?
The sum of people's skills and abilities
Work performed for someone
18
The economic system in which the basic economic questions are answered by government central planners is called a
market economy
command economy
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The buildings, structures, machinery, and tools used in the production process are called
consumer goods
capital goods
20
What is the opportunity cost of a decision?
the best possible way the question could have been decided
value of the next best choice that is given up to obtain the preferred item
21
The minimum wage is an example of a
price ceiling
price floor
22
The purpose of a production possibilities curve (PPC) is to
show the various combination of goods that can be produced
make it possible to make less goods that what is efficient
23
Disney is an example of a
non profit organization/don't choose this, you know Mickey wants your money
conglomerate
24
What does "B" represent in the graph?
flexible price
equilibrium price
25
Where goods are exchanged illegally at prices that are higher than officially established prices is called a
surplus
black market
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The habit of consumers to replace a more expensive product with a similar lower priced product is called the
marginal effect
substitution effect
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Which of these is a determinant of demand?
Income
Price
28
What is the main form of communication between producers and consumers in a market?
profits
prices
29
In truth, all economies today are
traditional
mixed
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Combination of organizational abilities and risk taking involved in starting a new business or creating a new product is
entrepreneurship
utility