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Unit 2 Exam Review - CCSD
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The alternative people give up when they make choices...
Trade-off
Opportunity Cost
2
Opportunity Cost involves the...
next best alternative
alternative
3
PPC stands for...
Performance of Production Curve
Production Performance Curve
Possibility Production Curve
Production Possibilities Curve
4
Macro or Micro?: Teachers go on strike
Macro
Micro
5
_____ exists when there are not enough resources to satisfy human wants.
AH!
Shortages
Panic
Scarcity
6
Things that are necessary for survival are known as:
Wants
Needs
7
The benefit or satisfaction received from using a good or service:
Trade-off
Utility
Incentive
Opportunity Cost
8
The study of the economy as a whole and large-scale economic activity is known as?
Macroeconomics
Microeconomics
9
The study of how individuals and societies satisfy their unlimited wants with limited resources
Economics
History
Sociology
Political Economy
10
Economists assume that people...
act rationally
are illogical
11
When a society's potential for production increases, the PPC does what?
Shifts out and to the right
Shifts out and to the left
Stays the same
Shifts inward
12
Statements that demonstrate economic behavior as it is are known as:
Positive Economics
Normative Economics
13
The VALUE of something that is given up to get something else that is wanted:
Opportunity
Trade Off
Cost
Opportunity Cost
14
The study of individuals, families, and businesses in an economy is known as...
Macroeconomics
Microeconomics
15
Which of the following is NOT an aspect of economics:
Developing Theories/Laws
Examining
Instructing
Organizing/Analyzing
16
Adam Smith wrote
The Wealth of Nations
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True
False
17
PPCs assume all of the following except:
Only two things can be produced
Resources are fully employed
Technology is fixed
Resources are not fixed
18
Statements which involve judgments of what economic behavior ought to be?
Positive Economics
Normative Economics
19
A person who buys or uses goods or services is known as a:
Customer
Consumer
Playaaa!
Producer
20
Simplified representations of complex economic forces are known as:
Charts
Graphs
Economic Models
Models
21
An "E" on the PPC signifies:
Excellence
Efficiency
22
Desires that can be satisfied by consuming a good or service are known as:
Needs
Wants
23
When a society is producing fewer goods and services than what is possible:
Inefficiency
Underutilization
Efficency
Utilization
24
Macro or Micro: Unemployment statistics in the US
Macro
Micro
25
Which of the following is not a Factor of Production:
Coal
Labor
Capital
Entrepreneurship
26
Methods used to encourage people to take certain actions:
Trade-off
Incentive
Utility
Opportunity Cost