USHCS Exam 1 (Said) Questions and Correct
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Question: Economics is involved in almost all issues facing
healthcare today (T/F)
Ans: True
Question: The study of how individuals and societies allocate their
limited resources in attempts to meet their unlimited health care
needs
Ans: Health Economics
Question: How many types of resources are there?
Ans: 3
Question: Land, Labor, and Capital are all examples of _______ .
Ans: Resources
Question: Resources produce commodities (T/F)
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Ans: True
Question: What is the one reason an economic system exists?
Ans: Resources are scarce relative to human wants
Question: If resources were limited, every good would be free (T/F)
Ans: False
Question: Goods and services are allocated according to the ____
______ .
Ans: price system
Question: When one makes a purchase, he or she is deciding to
forgo some other use of that money. What is the term for this
tradeoff?
Ans: Opportunity Cost
Question: The economic term for satisfaction obtained from
purchasing (consuming) a particular good/service
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