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Basic Economic Principles
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Economics Review
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The idea that each additional unit of a product is less valuable than the one before it is:
Principle of diminishing marginal utility
product worth diminishment
supply side economics
Theory of degression
2
If demand is highly sensitive to price changes, you can conclude that the good/service is:
highly demanded
price elastic
flexible
price inelastic
3
This type of economy provides the least economic freedom for citizens.
Command
Traditional
Mixed
Market
4
When price of an item rises and other factors remain unchanged, demand:
stays the same
increases
decreases
5
The concept that all things we need and want are limited, there is not enough for everyone.
principle of diminishing utility
scarcity
conservation of resources
lackluster
6
This economist believed that an "invisible hand" guides the economy
Karl Marx
John Maynard Keynes
Adam Smith
Warren Buffett
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The study of the Economy as a whole
Market Equilibrium
Macroeconomics
Microeconomics
Supply Side Economics
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Increase in prices, value of money decreasing, higher minimum wage are signs of:
deflation
depression
inflation
market equilibrium
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Total cost for a business includes
fixed cost plus cost of production
manufacturing costs minus profit
fixed costs plus variable costs
fixed costs only
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The point where supply and demand achieve balance is:
equilibrium price
supply and demand
standard price
market price
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This type of economy has the MOST economic freedom
traditional
command
market
mixed
12
This is the type of economy the U.S. has
Mixed
Traditional
Command
Market
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There are 3 questions we must answer to solve scarcity. Which is NOT one
for whom to produce
how much to produce
What to produce
how to produce
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This is the name for a large business owned by stockholders.
Sole Proprietorship
Corporation
Cooperative
Partnership
15
Which of the following is NOT one of the four factors of production
demand
capital
land
entrepreneurship
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Profit is calculated by:
total revenue minus fixed costs
total revenue minus total cost
amount sold multiplied by price
fixed costs minus variable costs
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A surplus signals that price is:
at equilibrium
elastic
to low
to high
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as the price of an item rises, and other things remain unchanged, supply:
falls
hits equilibrium
stays the same
rises
19
The study of individual consumers and businesses
Macroeconomics
Microeconomics
Supply side economics
Market Equilibrium
20
Minimum wage is an example of:
Command
Price floor
Price ceiling
Government subsidy
21
An individual who starts a new business, introduces new products, improves techniques is an:
Consumer
Producer
Entrepreneur
Capitalism
22
When prices of a good or service rise, it is a signal to the producer to:
produce more
produce less
keep production the same
leave the market
23
Economist who wrote "Communist Manifesto" and believed socialism would evolve into communism
Adam Smith
John Maynard Keynes
Karl Marx
John Locke
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A market in which there are many buyers and only one seller is known as:
Monopoly
Sole Proprietorship
Competitive Market
Oligopoly
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The idea that the government should stay out of economic matters
laissez-faire
social contract
free enterprise
profit motive