Economics Fundamentals Quiz
10 Questions
0 Views

Choose a study mode

Play Quiz
Study Flashcards
Spaced Repetition
Chat to lesson

Podcast

Play an AI-generated podcast conversation about this lesson

Questions and Answers

What is the definition of economics?

  • The study of choices that individuals, businesses, and societies make as they cope with scarcity and incentives (correct)
  • The study of maximizing profits in a business
  • The study of how to satisfy all wants and needs
  • The study of unlimited resources and their allocation
  • What is scarcity?

  • The equal distribution of resources
  • The inability to satisfy all wants and needs (correct)
  • The unlimited availability of goods and services
  • The abundance of resources
  • What are incentives in economics?

  • Guaranteed outcomes of all choices made
  • Unpredictable factors that influence choices
  • Rewards that encourage an action or penalties that discourage an action (correct)
  • Irrelevant factors in decision-making
  • What is the main focus of microeconomics?

    <p>The study of choices made by individuals and businesses, their interaction in markets, and the influence of governments</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does macroeconomics primarily study?

    <p>Overall economy-wide issues such as inflation and unemployment</p> Signup and view all the answers

    An example of a microeconomic question.

    <p>What determines the price of a specific good or service in a competitive market?</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Economics is the social science that studies the choices that individuals, businesses, governments, and entire societies make as they cope with ______ and the incentives that influence and reconcile those choices.

    <p>scarcity</p> Signup and view all the answers

    The choices we make depend on the ______ we face.

    <p>incentives</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Economics divides in two main parts: ______

    <p>Microeconomics</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Microeconomics is the study of choices that individuals and businesses make, the way those choices interact in markets, and the influence of ______.

    <p>governments</p> Signup and view all the answers

    More Like This

    Economics Fundamentals Quiz
    8 questions
    Economics Fundamentals Quiz
    3 questions
    Economics Fundamentals Quiz
    4 questions
    Economics Fundamentals Quiz
    10 questions
    Use Quizgecko on...
    Browser
    Browser