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Economics 6 - 9 Test
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By Tammy Mcilvoy | Updated: Mar 20, 2022
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1.
What type of economic system is based upon custom, heredity, and caste?
Command
Free enterprise
Mixed
Traditional
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2.
What did the apostle Paul say was the root of all evil?
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3.
The three main components of the Federal Reserve System are the Federal Open Market Committee, the Federal Reserve banks, and the Board of Governors.
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False
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4.
What is the study of the choices that individuals and societies make in the production, distribution, and consumption of goods?
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5.
Throughout history, many governments have deflated their currencies by adding lead, copper, and iron to gold and silver coins.
True
False
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6.
What term refers to one who borrows money?
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7.
What term refers to one who lends money or capital?
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8.
What corporation created by Congress insures the money in each type of bank account?
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9.
What is a list of numbers that compares price with quantity demanded?
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10.
If Firm A can produce 50 shoes or 40 coats with the same amount of resources from which Firm B can produce 45 coats or 65 shoes, which firm has the comparative advantage in coats?
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11.
A natural monopoly occurs when a single firm can fill the demand for a good more efficiently.
True
False
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12.
What do consumers send to producers to let them what goods are wanted at what prices?
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13.
What governmental agency investigates trade practices?
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14.
What term deals with the study of specific components within a major economy?
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15.
What was the first act implemented in 1890 to regulate monopolistic trusts?
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16.
What United States Department is responsible for coining and printing American money?
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17.
What antitrust act was passed in 194 that addressed practices not addressed in earlier laws?
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18.
What type of good is a truck used by a florist to deliver flowers?
Consumer
Capital
Productive
Supplier
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19.
What three things is mass production based on?
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20.
What is legal tender that is backed by only a government's promise?
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21.
What is the production of goods in which a country or region has absolute or comparative advantage?
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22.
What does CD stand for? (and no I don't mean Compact Disc)
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23.
Supply is the relationship between a goods price and the amount that producers are willing to make available.
True
False
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24.
What type of investment allows an individual to receive a fixed amount of dividends before other investors?
Common stock
Preferred stock
Bonds
Mutual funds
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25.
Proficiency is the quality of producing effectively with a minimum of waste.
True
False
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26.
The U.S. money supply is managed by the Treasury Department.
True
False
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27.
When too much money is in circulation, the result is inflation.
True
False
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28.
The total cost is the sum cost of all the factors of production used in making goods.
True
False
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29.
What is a group of firms that produce similar products or provide similar services?
Industry
Enterprise
Business
Union
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30.
A service is a tangible item for which people will pay.
True
False
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31.
A consumer is an individual who provides goods.
True
False
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32.
Which group favored a "natural economy"?
Imperialists
Protectionists
Physiocrats
Mercantilists
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33.
What type of economic system is controlled by a centralized authority?
Command
Free enterprise
Mixed
Traditional
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34.
When the demand for a good increases, the good's equilibrium price tends to increase.
True
False
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35.
What quality should money possess that shows its stability in value.
Constancy
Divisibility
Durability
Portability
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36.
The value of a good varies according to its utility and its scarcity.
True
False
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37.
What are the three principal purposes of money?
Return rate
Medium of exchange
Become investor savings
Provide a measure of value
Allow for investments
Provide a store of value
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38.
What type of investment allows an individual to vote at company meetings?
Common stock
Preferred stock
Bonds
Mutual funds
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39.
The result of a price ceiling would be a shortage.
True
False
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40.
Absolute advantage is the ability of an entity to produce a good or provide a service at an opportunity cost that is lower than that of another producer.
True
False
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41.
In market economies, most of the savings needed to fund R&D comes from the public sector.
True
False
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42.
Select the characteristics of the Perfect Competition Model
Significant entry barriers
Produce a standardized Product
No close substitutes for a firm's product
Large number of independent buyers and sellers
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43.
Select each characteristic featured in an Oligopoly.
Produce a standardized product
Few firms in entire industry
Significant entry barriers
Large number of firms
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44.
What type of good does not last more than three years?
Inferior good
Non-durable good
Normal good
Durable good
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45.
What is the value asserted to the worth of a coin or bill?
Absolute value
Face value
Intrinsic value
Constant value
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46.
What states that when the price of a good falls, consumers tend to buy more of that good?
Elasticity effect
Substitute effect
Income effect
Demand effect
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47.
If the supply of tennis rackets increased while the demand remained steady, stores would likely increase the prices of rackets.
True
False
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48.
If Gordon McConnell's accounting business had expenses equaling $90,000 and revenues totaling $115,000 last year, but could have had a salary of $80,000 working for someone else, what was his opportunity cost?
$45,000
$55,000$55,000
$105,000
$125,000
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49.
What type of account guarantees a certain interest rate and has a specified maturity date?
CD
Checking
Money market
Savings
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50.
What is the American automobile industry an example of?
Perfect competition
Monopoly
Monopolistic competition
Oligopoly
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51.
What type of money consists only of transaction accounts, traveler's checks, and all coins and paper money held only outside banks?
M1
M2
M3
Near-monies
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52.
Select the three key elements that determine how much investments will grow?
Rate of return
Medium of exchange
Amount invested
Measure of value provided
Time
Store of value provided
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53.
What quality should money possess that shows its availability in small or large units?
Constancy
Divisibility
Durability
Portability
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54.
What is a written order that authorizes a bank to remove funds from an account?
Withdrawal
Transaction
Deposit
Check
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55.
What type of account allows limited transactions and pays an interest rate that changes with the demand for loans?
CD
Checking
Money market
Savings
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56.
Besides limited government and freedom of enterprise and competition, to what does the free market economy owe its proficiency?
Division of labor
Productivity
Natural resources
Property rights
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57.
What is the retail clothing industry in a large city an example of?
Perfect competition
Monopoly
Oligopoly
Monopolistic competition
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58.
Select the characteristics that match the model for a Monopoly
Blocked entry to market
Produce a standardized product
Large number of firms
No close substitutes for firm's product
Sole supplier of a good or service
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59.
Trade is the exchange of one good for another good without a standard money form passing from hand to hand.
True
False
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60.
Select the characteristics of the Monopolistic Competition model.
Blocked entry into market
Produce a standardized product
Significant entry barriers
Large number of firms
Sole supplier of a good or service
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61.
One way to improve efficiency is to keep output constant and increase input.
True
False
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62.
Match each description with the correct economists.
Adam Smith
Select a Match
Physiocracy
gunpowder entrepreneur
comparative advantage
Invisible Hand
Diamond Water Paradox
Mass Production
Carl Menger
Select a Match
Physiocracy
gunpowder entrepreneur
comparative advantage
Invisible Hand
Diamond Water Paradox
Mass Production
E.I. du Pont
Select a Match
Physiocracy
gunpowder entrepreneur
comparative advantage
Invisible Hand
Diamond Water Paradox
Mass Production
David Ricardo
Select a Match
Physiocracy
gunpowder entrepreneur
comparative advantage
Invisible Hand
Diamond Water Paradox
Mass Production
Henry Ford
Select a Match
Physiocracy
gunpowder entrepreneur
comparative advantage
Invisible Hand
Diamond Water Paradox
Mass Production
Pierre Samuel du Pont
Select a Match
Physiocracy
gunpowder entrepreneur
comparative advantage
Invisible Hand
Diamond Water Paradox
Mass Production
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63.
What principle refers to people hoarding stable forms of money while spending less stable forms?
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64.
What are the Four Factors of Production?
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65.
Match each definition with the correct term.
tax on imported goods
Select a Match
profit
opportunity cost
tying contract
output
total utility
tariff
input
equity
marginal utility
equilibrium
amount of satisfaction resulting from a one-unit increase of a product
Select a Match
profit
opportunity cost
tying contract
output
total utility
tariff
input
equity
marginal utility
equilibrium
total amount invested in the production of a good
Select a Match
profit
opportunity cost
tying contract
output
total utility
tariff
input
equity
marginal utility
equilibrium
total value of a business minus any liabilities
Select a Match
profit
opportunity cost
tying contract
output
total utility
tariff
input
equity
marginal utility
equilibrium
value of the best alternative that is foregone when a different alternative is taken
Select a Match
profit
opportunity cost
tying contract
output
total utility
tariff
input
equity
marginal utility
equilibrium
the place at which quantity demanded and quantity supplied are equal
Select a Match
profit
opportunity cost
tying contract
output
total utility
tariff
input
equity
marginal utility
equilibrium
forces the consumer to buy certain products before he is able to buy what he really wants
Select a Match
profit
opportunity cost
tying contract
output
total utility
tariff
input
equity
marginal utility
equilibrium
total amount of a good produced
Select a Match
profit
opportunity cost
tying contract
output
total utility
tariff
input
equity
marginal utility
equilibrium
excess of the total revenue paid by buyers for goods over the seller's total expense of producing those goods
Select a Match
profit
opportunity cost
tying contract
output
total utility
tariff
input
equity
marginal utility
equilibrium
total amount of satisfaction received from a particular amount of some good
Select a Match
profit
opportunity cost
tying contract
output
total utility
tariff
input
equity
marginal utility
equilibrium
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66.
Match each definition with the correct term.
a contract between two parties of protection
Select a Match
limited liability
pension plan
insurance
liquid investments
corporation
mutual funds
protects stockholders from paying the firm's creditors in event of failure or bankruptcy
Select a Match
limited liability
pension plan
insurance
liquid investments
corporation
mutual funds
legal entity which is distinct from the people who own it
Select a Match
limited liability
pension plan
insurance
liquid investments
corporation
mutual funds
allow for the invetment of money in a wide variety of all areas
Select a Match
limited liability
pension plan
insurance
liquid investments
corporation
mutual funds
an arrangement for the intent of providing for retirement from work
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limited liability
pension plan
insurance
liquid investments
corporation
mutual funds
assets that flow easily since they can be converted into other investments
Select a Match
limited liability
pension plan
insurance
liquid investments
corporation
mutual funds
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67.
Match each definition with the correct term.
payments for insurance
Select a Match
stocks
bonds
bullion
legal tender
dividends
premiums
specie
gurantees the amount of original investment plus a specififed rate of interest by a certain date
Select a Match
stocks
bonds
bullion
legal tender
dividends
premiums
specie
shares of a corporation's profit
Select a Match
stocks
bonds
bullion
legal tender
dividends
premiums
specie
coined, metallic money
Select a Match
stocks
bonds
bullion
legal tender
dividends
premiums
specie
bars of gold, silver, or platinum
Select a Match
stocks
bonds
bullion
legal tender
dividends
premiums
specie
the resources corporations gather by selling ownership in their businesses
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stocks
bonds
bullion
legal tender
dividends
premiums
specie
any form of money that has been declared a valid means of payment
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stocks
bonds
bullion
legal tender
dividends
premiums
specie
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What type of economic system is based upon custom, heredity, and...
What did the apostle Paul say was the root of all evil?
The three main components of the Federal Reserve System are the...
What is the study of the choices that individuals and societies make...
Throughout history, many governments have deflated their currencies by...
What term refers to one who borrows money?
What term refers to one who lends money or capital?
What corporation created by Congress insures the money in each type of...
What is a list of numbers that compares price with quantity demanded?
If Firm A can produce 50 shoes or 40 coats with the same amount of...
A natural monopoly occurs when a single firm can fill the demand for a...
What do consumers send to producers to let them what goods are wanted...
What governmental agency investigates trade practices?
What term deals with the study of specific components within a major...
What was the first act implemented in 1890 to regulate monopolistic...
What United States Department is responsible for coining and printing...
What antitrust act was passed in 194 that addressed practices not...
What type of good is a truck used by a florist to deliver flowers?
What three things is mass production based on?
What is legal tender that is backed by only a government's...
What is the production of goods in which a country or region has...
What does CD stand for? (and no I don't mean Compact Disc)
Supply is the relationship between a goods price and the amount that...
What type of investment allows an individual to receive a fixed amount...
Proficiency is the quality of producing effectively with a minimum of...
The U.S. money supply is managed by the Treasury Department.
When too much money is in circulation, the result is inflation.
The total cost is the sum cost of all the factors of production used...
What is a group of firms that produce similar products or provide...
A service is a tangible item for which people will pay.
A consumer is an individual who provides goods.
Which group favored a "natural economy"?
What type of economic system is controlled by a centralized authority?
When the demand for a good increases, the good's equilibrium price...
What quality should money possess that shows its stability in value.
The value of a good varies according to its utility and its scarcity.
What are the three principal purposes of money?
What type of investment allows an individual to vote at company...
The result of a price ceiling would be a shortage.
Absolute advantage is the ability of an entity to produce a good or...
In market economies, most of the savings needed to fund R&D comes...
Select the characteristics of the Perfect Competition Model
Select each characteristic featured in an Oligopoly.
What type of good does not last more than three years?
What is the value asserted to the worth of a coin or bill?
What states that when the price of a good falls, consumers tend to buy...
If the supply of tennis rackets increased while the demand remained...
If Gordon McConnell's accounting business had expenses equaling...
What type of account guarantees a certain interest rate and has a...
What is the American automobile industry an example of?
What type of money consists only of transaction accounts,...
Select the three key elements that determine how much investments will...
What quality should money possess that shows its availability in small...
What is a written order that authorizes a bank to remove funds from an...
What type of account allows limited transactions and pays an interest...
Besides limited government and freedom of enterprise and competition,...
What is the retail clothing industry in a large city an example of?
Select the characteristics that match the model for a Monopoly
Trade is the exchange of one good for another good without a standard...
Select the characteristics of the Monopolistic Competition model.
One way to improve efficiency is to keep output constant and increase...
Match each description with the correct economists.
What principle refers to people hoarding stable forms of money while...
What are the Four Factors of Production?
Match each definition with the correct term.
Match each definition with the correct term.
Match each definition with the correct term.
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