Unit 1: Thinking Like an Economist

What do economic systems do?

The situation of limited resources and unlimited needs and wants creates

Tools, equipment, and factories used in the production of goods and services

Free market system where the government has some involvement in the economy

Product intended for final use by the public rather than businesses

Movement along the production possibilities frontier illustrates which economic concept?

A productive resource not created by human effort (natural resources)

Examples of which productive resources- Hammer, copy machine, saw, and factories

Broad social goal of U.S. economy- right to choose your own occupation and use of your money

Which of the following is NOT a basic economic question?

Capitalism is most closely associated with what economic system?

Risk taking individuals in search of profits

The desires and needs of the consumer determines what producers make is known as:

Process of weighing choices is defined as:

Economic System- no private property, government answers the three basic economic questions

Market where resources are bought and sold

A good or services capacity to provide satisfaction or usefullness is known as

Which of the following examples would shift the PPF upwards- (illustrating economic growth)

Any point/combination on the production possibilities frontier illustrates

oil and water would be an example of which type of factors of production/productive resources

Any combination/point below the production possibilities frontier illustrates

Economic System- profit incentive, lots of choices in goods and services, private property

The basic problem in Economics and why people study it is due to

Employment in service occupations refers to:

Economic System- no role confusion, basic needs are met, predictable, low standard of living, bartering

In capitalism, the motivation for starting and operating a business is to:

Assignment of tasks so that each worker performs fewer functions more frequently

A market economy has an advantage over a traditional economy in that a market economy

Which of the following examples best demonstrates opportunity cost?

Broad Social Goal- fairness, illegal to discriminate based on age, race, sex, or disability

Voluntary exchange allows consumers to choose where they want to spend their money

The act of buyers and sellers freely and willingly engaging in market transactions:

Sum of people's skills, abilities, health, and motivation.

Which of the following is an investment in human capital?

A combination of goods and services outside/ (above) the PPF illustrates:

Which group of people ultimately determine the products in a free enterprise economy?