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Econ Unit I
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Which of the following is a scarce resource?
oil
water
time
all of the above
2
The type of economic system where people act in their own best interest?
Command
Communist
Traditional
Market
3
____ are the basic requirements for survival in economic terms?
cars
scarcity
needs
wants
4
Refers to the total satisfaction from a good or service?
Profit
Consumption
Utility
Revenue
5
This is what you collect after 20 years working for the railroad, in the military, or teacher?
Certificate of Deposit
Social Security
Mutual Fund
Pension
6
These are simply desires of citizens of a society?
habits
wants
items
needs
7
Refers to increasing the production of goods and services?
Economic Equity
Economic Security
Economic Efficiency
Economic Growth
8
Economics can be defined as the study of how people in society allocate _______resources to people with_____wants/need
Scarce, unlimited
abundant, scarce
unlimited, limited
limited, unlimited
9
When you buy stock, you want to?
buy high and sell same price
buy low and sell high
Buy high and sell low.
buy cheap and sell cheap
10
What is
most true
about partnerships?
Issue Dividends
Limited Liability
Most Common
Unlimited Life
11
Benefits offered to encourage people to take certain actions?
Incentives
Profit
Attitude
Production
12
Opportunity Cost can be defined as?
making a wrong decision
the cost if not wasting time
the cost of highest alternative that was not picked.
the cost usually money risked
13
Perform mental and physical work:
Human Resources
Natural Resources
Economic Resources
Capital Resources
14
Which of the following are the four factors of production?
land, capital, labor and needs
labor , land wants and capital
Land, scarcity, capital and land
land, capital, labor and entrepreneurship
15
What President implemented regulations on the stock market?
Jimmy Carter
Teddy Roosevelt
Franklin Roosevelt
Woodrow Wilson
16
What year did the stock market crash that led the USA into the Great Depression?
1913
1937
1987
1929
17
A capital good is a good that?
used to make $ and worth $
owned by the government
owned by a corporation
is the final product
18
_____ goods are goods that are intended to last longer than three years after production.
Durable
Capital
Consumer
Quality
19
Diamonds are very expensive but not necessary for survival but water is necessary for survival but is less valuable.
Paradox of the Wealthy
Paradox of the Fittest
Paradox of value
Paradox of function
20
GDP stands for?
Gross Domestic Prime
Gross Desire Product
Gross Domestic Product
Grand Domestic Product
21
Worked performed for someone is considered?
utility
value
goods
services
22
What is a Dividend?
buying of stock
interest for stock
loan for stock
Selling of stock
23
Adam Smith wrote the ____________?
Freedom Rings
Wealth of Market
Wealth of Nations
Economic Theory
24
The innovators responsible for the changes in the economy because of taking a risk:
entrepreneurs
laborers
investors
CEOs
25
What does a corporation sell to raise $ for their business?
Bonds
Municipal Bonds
Capital
Shares or Stock
26
____ is the fundamental economic problem facing all societies. the problem is how to satisfy wants and needs.
Capital
labor
scarcity
wants
27
You buy a Corvette to impress others:
Conspicious Consumption
Paradox of Value
Production Possibilites Curve
Greedy
28
Gifts of nature, not man made?
capital
land
tools
labor
29
Three basic questions of we ask in economics to produce are?
What, How and whom
What, Capital and Land
What, How and whatever
Money, Investments, Revenue
30
Any good that does not last for three years when used on a regular basis is called ______
severe good
service good
durable good
non-durable good
31
This bond is really risky but can make you some $
Savings Bond
Junk Bond
War Bond
Certificate of Deposit
32
This is the largest stock exchange in United States?
Crawford Sale Barn Exchange
Dow Stock Exchange
New York Stock Exchange
American Stock Exchange
33
What are the four types of economic decision makers?
Households, firms, government and rest of the world
Land, Labor, Businesses and Capital
Command, Traditional, Market and Free Enterprise
Consumers, Producers, Labor and Businesses
34
This is a human skill in starting a business?
Land
Entrepreneural
Partnership
Capital
35
Example of a Command Economy?
Germany
USA
China
Canada
36
Every choice involves costs, someone has to pay for it:
No Free Ride
No Free Tuition
No Free Trade-off
No Free Lunch
37
A diagram that represents various combinations of goods and services an economy can produce?
Production Line
Production Inventory
GDP
Production Possibilities Curve/Frontier
38
In this type of economy system, the central authority makes the decisions?
commercial
traditional
command
market
39
To Utilize less than fully or below the potential use:
Utility
Underutilization
Scarcity
Economic Model
40
Saudi Arabia raises oil prices and the gas prices rise in the USA?
Economic Survival
Economic Interdependence
Economic reaction
Economic Reason
41
The driving force that drives people is called?
Greed
Productivity
Specialization
Profit Motive
42
The process of creating goods and services is called______
production
economic invention
distribution
consumption
43
The market economy tends to have what type of government?
communism
socialism
freedoms
democracy
44
The economic system in which private citizens own the factors of production?
socialism
command economy
Market Economy
communism
45
What is
not true
about sole proprietorship?
Most common
Can make the decisions
Easiest to form
No risk of Bankruptcy
46
Which of the following is not a requirement for a beginning Entrepreneur?
risk taking
wealthy
motivated
innovative
47
Tangible commodities are considered?
goods
resources
services
wants
48
The federal program in the US that supports those citizens that are retired and disabled?
Social Security
Social Equity
Social Redemption
Social Norms
49
This is the most popular investment?
Junk Bond
War Bonds
Savings Bond
Certificate of Deposit
50
I really like my bike but it cost too much so now I can't go to the movies. Example of what?
none of the above
Trade off
scarce resource
economic model
51
A good that is intended for final use by a consumer?
automatic good
consumer good
capital good
service
52
Social Security, unemployment insurance, and workmans comp are called?
Economic Theory
Economic Freedom
Economic Equity
Economic Security
53
This investment is used for the 401K Program which is diversified:
Junk Bonds
Savings Bond
Certificate of Deposit
Mutual Funds