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