Economics, Review Test 1
  • 1. What does the following definition describe? The study of how a society uses its limited resources to satisfy its unlimited wants.
A) economics
B) productivity
C) social science
D) sustainability
  • 2. Needs and wants are diverse and ...
A) satisfying.
B) unlimited.
C) scarce.
D) common.
  • 3. What is a problem common to all societies?
A) profit
B) resources
C) productivity
D) scarcity
  • 4. Things which are essential to maintain life are referred to as ...
A) wants.
B) goods.
C) needs.
D) services.
  • 5. An example for a collective want is ...
A) a new pair of jeans.
B) shelter.
C) a footpath.
D) a pizza shop.
  • 6. Scarcity creates the need for ...
A) diverse capital goods.
B) choice.
C) final products.
D) consumption of goods and services.
  • 7. What is an economic good?
A) final products
B) goods which households buy
C) goods which are used to make other goods and services
D) anything which has a price
  • 8. Goods that are used in the production process along with other resources are called ...
A) capital goods.
B) economic goods.
C) consumer goods.
D) free goods.
  • 9. What name is given to the economy of developing (not-developed and 'primitive') societies?
A) basic economy
B) poor economy
C) rural economy
D) subsistence economy
  • 10. What is the 'secret' which enables a society to start improving its' way of life?
A) using all available resources
B) starting to consume more
C) producing more than you need just to survive
D) reducing wants to satisfy the needs
  • 11. What name is given to the process by which each family member specializes in what it does best?
A) productivity
B) meeting all our needs and wants
C) division of labour
D) producing a surplus
  • 12. What is another word for division of labour?
A) scarcity
B) resources
C) production
D) specialization
  • 13. Who are the people that decide to buy things?
A) consumers
B) managers
C) economists
D) producers
  • 14. If you won $10 million in Lotto, would you be free from economic scarcity?
A) no
B) not sure
C) yes
D) probably
  • 15. In the cartoon story, how did the village start to improve its' way of life?
A) satisfying their needs and wants
B) inventing things
C) creating a surplus and specialization
D) working harder and faster
  • 16. A car is an example of ...
A) a need.
B) a service.
C) a non-durable consumer good.
D) an economic good.
  • 17. Consumers ...
A) buy things.
B) need more than they want.
C) have unlimited resources.
D) make things.
  • 18. As consumers, our problem is that we ...
A) want more than we can afford.
B) have unlimited resources.
C) make more than we have to.
D) need more than we can afford.
  • 19. Water is a good example of a ...
A) a consumer good.
B) need.
C) want.
D) an economic good.
  • 20. If I have $20, I most likely can buy a new ...
A) surfboard.
B) Xbox.
C) mobile phone.
D) book.
  • 21. As a student at High School, I am a ...
A) producer.
B) user of resources to make capital goods.
C) trader.
D) consumer of a service.
  • 22. Complete the sentence with the best word: In order to make products we need other things that we call ...
A) final products.
B) goods and services.
C) free goods.
D) resources.
  • 23. What statement about economics is correct?
A) Economies have become less complex throughout history.
B) Scarcity is only a problem for poor countries.
C) Economics is about the decisions that we make every day
D) All goods produced by a society are consumer goods.
  • 24. What is 'at the heart of all human progress and prosperity'?
A) limited needs and wants
B) the availability of consumer goods and services
C) the division of labour and specialization
D) using resources for daily survival
  • 25. What characteristics of wants are described in this sentence: Income is limited, therefore not all wants can be satisfied.
A) Wants are complementary.
B) Wants are competitive.
C) Wants are changeable.
D) Wants are recurrent.
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