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Econ Ch. 1
Econ Ch. 1
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Which of the following is NOT a question that economists ask?
How much to produce
What to produce
How to produce
For whom to produce
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For something to have value, it must
have utility
cost a lot of money
be on sale
never go out of style
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Identify letter (B) in the diagram below
Wages/Consumer Spending
Factor/Resource Market
Businesses/Entrepreneurs
Individuals/Households
4
Entrepreneurs are considered the driving force in an economy because they
start new businesses
own a great deal of land
are the greatest number of people in an economy
provide the most labor
5
What are the gifts of nature that make production possible?
input
natural resources
consumer goods
human capital
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What would not be considered capital by an economist?
a razor used by a barber
A share of corporate stock issued by General Motors
an automobile used by General Electric
a crane used by a building contractor
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What is the concept that economists use to evaluate a better decision?
entrepreneurship
specialization
productivity
opportunity cost
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Worth that can be expressed in dollars and cents
value
productivity
opportunity cost
wealth
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The three basic economic questions are WHAT to produce, HOW to produce, and
WHEN to produce
HOW MUCH to produce
WHAT to charge for each product
FOR WHOM to produce
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The fundamental economic problem where resources are finite, but economic wants are insatiable
trade-off
demand
scarcity
productivity
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In this PPF, what could cause production to move from point
a
to point
e
?
the availability of additional resources
economic growth
factories are available but not being used
increased productivity
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The dollar value of all final goods and services produced within a country's borders in a year
cost-benefit analysis
GDP
financial capital
standard of living
13
Identify letter (C) in the diagram below
Labor/Factors of Production/Products
Businesses/Entrepreneurs
Factor/Resource Market
Individuals/Households
14
Identify letter (D) in the diagram below
Factor/Resource Market
Labor/Factors of Production/Products
Individuals/Households
Businesses/Entrepreneurs
15
What factor of production is a tractor?
capital
labor
land
entrepreneur
16
Identify letter (E) in the diagram below
Businesses/Entrepreneurs
Individuals/Households
Wages/Consumer Spending
Labor/Factors of Production/Products
17
Which of the following is a capital good?
a computer that is used for recreation
a computer in a school that is used for education
a television for sale in an appliance store
a car that is driven by a family
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Which would not be classified by economists as land?
a hydroelectric dam
crude oil reserves
iron ore deposits
two thousand acres of virgin forest
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Which factor of production includes any form of human effort exerted in production?
entrepreneurship
labor
capital
land
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Economy in which consumers and privately owned businesses make most of the economic decisions
communist
free enterprise
socialist
command
21
The diagram representing various combinations of goods/services that can be produced at maximum
productivity
opportunity cost
value
PPF
22
To arrive at an economic decision, a decision making grid may be used to evaluate
alternative choices of an action
productivity
only durable goods
only capital goods
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study of how people try to satisfy their needs through careful use of scarce resources
economics
consumption
scarcity
productivity
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Division of labor is a characteristic of
home craft businesses
entrepreneurship
assembly line production
classroom education
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Situation where some necessities have little value when some non-necessities have high value
opportunity cost
economic interdependence
trade offs
paradox of value
26
The study of economics is important because it enables us to
become better decision makers
describe our standard of living
determine what goods ought to be produced
increase our consumption of consumer goods
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Identify letter (A) in the diagram below
Individuals/Households
Wages/Consumer Spending
Factor/Resource Market
Businesses/Entrepreneurs
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Where factors of production are bought and sold
free enterprise
factor market
households
product market
29
Study the graph below. What represents the opportunity cost in military goods given up?
the vertical distance between point x and point y
the horizontal distance between point x and point E
the vertical distance from point A to point x
the horizontal distance between point y and point z
30
Which of the following is NOT a factor of production?
capital
technology
entrepreneurs
labor
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An economy at its production possibilities frontier is operating
at full potential
with slow economic growth
without division of labor
as a free enterprise economy
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Manufactured goods that can produce other goods and services are called
non-durable goods
consumer goods
durable goods
capital goods
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Quality of life based on the ownership of necessities and luxuries that make life easier
wealth
durability
standard of living
utility
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What is the term for the individual that brings together the other economic resources?
government units
corporate shareholders
entrepreneurs
the managerial elite
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Actions in one part of the county or work that has an economic impact elsewhere are examples of
trade-offs
opportunity costs
specialization
economic interdependence