Which of the following is considered a natural resource? - ANSWER Water
A business produces picnic tables and benches. The business currently produces 20
tables and 10 benches per week. An increase in demand for benches has the business
considering a change to 15 tables and 15 benches per week. What is the trade-off the
business must make? - ANSWER The choice between the net profit of the new
production schedule and the net profit of the old production schedule
How can a community manage its factors of production to ensure continued availability
of labor? - ANSWER Provide proper wages and access to public goods
A consumer must decide between purchasing a new television or a new computer. If the
consumer chooses the television, then what is the opportunity cost of this decision? -
ANSWER The opportunity cost is the consumer's benefit from purchasing the computer.
Mixed Economy - ANSWER An economy that takes elements from both a market
economy and a command economy to allocate resources and determine the production
of goods and services
Traditional Economy - ANSWER An economy where culture determines both the
allocation of resources and the production of goods and services
Command Economy - ANSWER An economy where a central government determines
both the allocation of resources and the production of goods and services
Market Economy - ANSWER An economy where price signals, resulting from supply
and demand forces within the economy, determine the allocation of resources and the
production of goods and services
Why does the government oversee the provision of public goods? - ANSWER Public
goods are goods and services that are non-excludable and non-rivalrous; therefore, it is
not profitable or in the best interest of private businesses to provide these goods.
In the circular flow diagram, what do firms receive from product markets? - ANSWER
Revenue
For a relatively elastic portion of a demand curve, a 100%100% increase in price will be
accompanied by _____. - ANSWER A percent decrease in quantity demanded greater
than 100%
If income levels of consumers within a given economy increase, what would happen to
the demand curve for cell phones, a normal good, and the demand curve for instant