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EXAM REVIEW
Externality Question:
WHAT is an externality?
Answer:
An externality is an unintended side effect of an action that affects someone not involved in the action.
Externality Question:
An externality can be:a. Positiveb. Negativec. Both a. and b.d. None of the above
Answer:
c. Both a. and b.
Externality Question:
Give an example of a negative externality.
Answer:
Could be someone getting fired or losing money so they do not spend anymore, causing other businesses to suffer.
Externality Question:
Give an example of a positive externality.
Answer:
Could be someone getting a raise or a new job and spending more money, benefitting other businesses
Externality Question:
Why would the government try to prevent negative externalities?
Answer:
Because one action can cause ripples, greatly hurting the economy.
Question:
Name the four factors of production and describe the purpose of each one.
ANSWER:
Natural Resources: material to produce goods
Labor: helps to produce goods
Capital: satisfies indirectly by helping to produce consumer goods
Entrepreneurs: introduces new products and improves
processes
Question:
How are capital goods different from consumer goods?
ANSWER:
Capital goods satisfy indirectly by helping produce consumer goods.
Consumer goods satisfy directly by providing people with their needs and wants
Question:
What is the definition of labor?
ANSWER:
Human resources- or whoever works to produce
Question:
True or false: Entrepreneurs produce natural resources?
ANSWER:
False
Question:
Natural Resources are:
A) Factors of production B) Materials used to produce C) The result of human labot
D) None of the aboveE) All of the above
ANSWER:
B, materials used to produce
Question for what, how, and for whom do we produce:
a) During a Surplusb) When we have an Economic Troughc) When there is Scarcityd) both a & be) both b & c
These questions and answers are on slides 22-31. Just saying
When does a country have to face these decisions?
ANSWER:
C: When there is a Scarcity
Question:
True Or False: We make these choices to help give us our wants
ANSWER:
False. We do this to help us get our needs. Not wants.
Question:
True or False: Countries make these decisions based on the state of their economy
ANSWER:
True
Question:
Why would a country want to give their citizens the needs instead of the wants?a) Wants make the citizens upset b) Needs help humans survivec) wants make people happyd) Needs are necessary, but wants are thing that are uneccesary
ANSWER:
D: Needs are necessary, but wants are thing that are uneccesary
Question:
How does a country decide whom to produce these products for?a) richest to poorestb) poorest to richestc) most known to least knownd) nicest to meaneste) most needy to least needyf) none of the above
ANSWER:
E: Most needy to least needy
Question:
What is a Good?
ANSWER:
A good is a product
Question:
What is a service? Is it...a. laborb. a pocc. work done by someone elsed. none of the above
ANSWER:
The answer is c. Work done by someone else.
Question:
What is Human Capital? Is it...a. laborb. anyone who works to produce goodsc. a and bd. people
ANSWER:
The answer is C.
Question:
How are Bourgeoisie and Proletarait different?
ANSWER:
Bourgeoisie is the class that is primarily concerned with property values. Proletarait is the working class or wage-earning class.
Question:
What is Capitalism?
ANSWER:
Capitalism is the economic system in which citizens own and use the factors of prodution in order to seek a profit.
Question:
What is the aspect of socialism that has to do with factory owners enjoying profits at the expense of the workers?
ANSWER:
Capitalism is unfair to industrial laborers, because the factory owners enjoy profits earned at the expense of the workers
Question:
What is the aspect of socialism that talks about options that are NOT private ownership, and what are the two different options and thier
definitions/examples?
ANSWER:
Instead of private ownership of the factory, there should be
collective ownership. Collective ownership can take two forms:Communal ownership- All of the laborers in a factory own and operate it together
State ownership- The state owns the means of production, in the interests of its citizens
Question:
What aspect of socialism has to do with the wealth of a society?
ANSWER: The wealth of a society is distributed equally, based on some plan or formula.
Question: A socialist economic system would ______________.
ANSWER:
A socialist economic system would transform human nature.
Question:
Which of these is NOT one of the aspects of socialism?a) Capitalism is unfair to industrial laborers, because the factory owners enjoy profits earned at the
expense of the workers.b) The wealth of a society is distributed equally, based on some plan or formula.
c) Instead of collective ownership, there should be private ownership.d)A socialist economic system would transform human nature.
ANSWER:
c) Instead of collective ownership, there should be private ownership.
Question:
True or False: Societies have to decide what, how, and for whom they are going to produce.
ANSWER:
False. PRODUCERS have to decide these
Question:
True or False: When producers decide what they are going to produce do they decide for whom they are going to produce products for?
ANSWER:
False
Question:
What leads to societies having to make choices
ANSWER:
Scarcity
Question:
What leads to scarcity?
ANSWER:
Unlimited wants and limited resources
Question: Adam Smith's economic idea called Laissez- faire directly translates to _____________. a) "non- inference"b) "to be solitary" c) "to let alone"d) "lazy idependence"
ANSWER: c) "to let alone"
Question:
Describe the "invisible hand" theory.
ANSWER:
The invisible hand guides people who work on their own or work for their own self interest.
Question: Why is laissez- faire economics important? a) It states that people who are unemployed can be lazy while out of work b) It keeps out the goverment from interfering in the market place c) Capitalsm does not work unless you have laissez- faire economics, because no one would make money d) It starts major buissnesses by increasing prices
ANSWER: b) It keeps out the goverment from interfering in the market place
Question:
Would Adam Smith be a capitalist or a soicalist? Explain.
ANSWER:
He would be a capitalist because the invisible hand involves starting your own
buissnes.
Question:
What does it mean that the goverment's role is confined to te actions necessary to ensure
free competition?
ANSWER:
This means that the only time the goverment can interfere is to
check on the competition
Question: Name the two ways the government controls the forces of supply and demand
ANSWER: Price ceiling and price floor
Question: give one example of a price ceiling
ANSWER: controled rent
Question: give one example of price floor
ANSWER: minimum wage
Question: what is minimum wage
ANSWER: the lowest legal wage a worker can be paid
Question: Why does the government supply price
ceilings/floors
ANSWER: they believe the forces of supply and demand
are unfair sometimes
1.Question:What is a merger
when two flavors combine to be the ultimate Rita's ice cream cone
a device used to connect your bakugan battle brawlers
a combination of two or more companies to form a single business
When one company buys another company or puts it out of business and owns the whole
market
ANSWER:3.a combination of two or more
companies to form a single business
Question: What is an anti-trust law?1. laws that eliminates trust funds2. laws that put power into the hands of publicly shared businesses3. laws that control monopoly power and promote competition4. Laws that eliminate “market burglary”
Answer:3. laws that control monopoly power and promote competition
Question:
What is a monopoly?a) A board game
b) A market where there is an absence of competition in one given type of service/good
c) A market where the price is too high because of too many providers
d) A market with 7 or more businesses that drops the prices so low as to cause economical problems
ANSWER: A market where there is an
absence of competition in one given type of service/good
Question: Which 2 of the following 4 are anti-trust acts?a) The Sherman actb) The Cruise actc) The Clayton actd) The foundation act
Awnser a) The Sherman act
c) The Clayton act