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Which of the following is a natural resource?
a) water
b) machinery
c) skills
d) knowledge

Economics is the study of how we make decisions in a world of limited ____.
a) wants
b) needs
c) resources
d) choices

What is an example of a fixed cost of doing business?
a) Mortgage payment
b) Price of materials
c) Cost of fuel
d) Wages

Which of the following is a want?
a) Food
b) Clothing
c) Shelter
d) Videos

The four factors of production are natural resources, labor, capital, and ___.
a) goods
b) services
c) entrepreneurs
d) specialization

Consumers earn their income in ___ markets where productive resources are bough and sold.
a) resource
b) factor
c) consumer
d) product

Capitalism is an example of a(n) ____.
a) economic model
b) economic decision
c) branch of economics
d) economic system

Machines, buildings, and tools used to make others goods and services are ____.
a) manufactured
b) consumer
c) capital
d) factor

The four sectors, business, consumer, government, and foreign are all part of ____.
a) the circular flow of economic activity
b) the GDP
c) a nation's standard of living
d) the factors of production

In our economy businesses try to produce goods and services that people want most; this is an example of ____.
a) consumer sovereignty
b) the factors of production
c) specialization
d) private property rights

In a free enterprise economy, competition is allowed to flourish with a minimum of ___.
a) division of labor
b) specialization
c) government interference
d) voluntary exchange

The income from a full time job that you give up when you go to college is ___.
a) trade-off
b) opportunity cost
c) marginal cost
d) marginal benefit

What does microeconomics deal with?
a) The allocation of resources by governments.
b) The economic decisions of individuals.
c) The distribution of goods worldwide.
d) The production of whole industries.

When workers receive additional training for their jobs, this increases ___.
a) human capital
b) economic interdependence
c) the division of labor
d) the cost of production

The total value of all the final goods and services produced in a country in one year is its ___.
a) income
b) resources
c) VAT
d) GDP

A nation's standard of living is a measure of not only the quantity of its products, but also ___.
a) of how the products are produced
b) the value of its resources
c) the quality of its goods and services
d) of its people

What is the formula for total costs?
a) fixed costs + variable costs + marginal costs
b) variable costs + marginal costs
c) fixed costs + variable costs
d) marginal costs + fixed costs

Why do businesses use cost-benefit analysis?
a) To decide how much to produce
b) To compare marginal costs and marginal revenue.
c) To measure total revenues.
d) To compute total costs.

The ___ between sellers keeps the cost of production low and quality of goods high.
a) exchange
b) competition
c) interdependence
d) profit motive

The additional profit obtained from producing one more unit in a factory is called a(n) ____.
a) marginal cost
b) marginal benefit
c) opportunity cost
d) trade-off

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