ZIRLOTT ECON 110 EXAM #1 QUESTIONS
WITH CORRECT ANSWERS 2026/2027
Economics - CORRECT ANSWER -how society manages resources
Microeconomics - CORRECT ANSWER -between households & firms
Macroeconomics - CORRECT ANSWER -the economy as a whole
Equality/Equity - CORRECT ANSWER -the property of distributing economic prosperity uniformly
among the members of society
Scarcity - CORRECT ANSWER -limited nature of societys resources
Efficiency - CORRECT ANSWER -The percentage of the input work that is converted to output
work
Tradeoffs/ Opportunity costs - CORRECT ANSWER -sacrifice that must be made to get certain
product experience
Equation for calculating opportunity cost - CORRECT ANSWER -# of whats lost/# of whats gained
Benefits of Trade - CORRECT ANSWER -people are able to specialize in a product & use that to
trade w/ other countries for cheaper resources
Market - CORRECT ANSWER -Group of buyers/sellers
WITH CORRECT ANSWERS 2026/2027
Economics - CORRECT ANSWER -how society manages resources
Microeconomics - CORRECT ANSWER -between households & firms
Macroeconomics - CORRECT ANSWER -the economy as a whole
Equality/Equity - CORRECT ANSWER -the property of distributing economic prosperity uniformly
among the members of society
Scarcity - CORRECT ANSWER -limited nature of societys resources
Efficiency - CORRECT ANSWER -The percentage of the input work that is converted to output
work
Tradeoffs/ Opportunity costs - CORRECT ANSWER -sacrifice that must be made to get certain
product experience
Equation for calculating opportunity cost - CORRECT ANSWER -# of whats lost/# of whats gained
Benefits of Trade - CORRECT ANSWER -people are able to specialize in a product & use that to
trade w/ other countries for cheaper resources
Market - CORRECT ANSWER -Group of buyers/sellers