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Anything or anyone wants or needs is

  • Goods
  • Services
  • Marketing
  • None of the above (correct)

The performance of any duties or work for another, helpful or professional activity is

  • Marketing
  • Goods
  • Services (correct)
  • None of the Above

Items such as food and clothing that satisfy human wants or needs are

  • Capital Goods
  • None of the Above
  • Producer Goods
  • Consumer Goods (correct)

A plot of quantity to price that has a positive slope

<p>Supply Curve (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Items such as raw materials and tools used to make other goods

<p>Producer Goods (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Goods such an machinery used in the production of commodities or producer goods are

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A type of market structure where there are free entry and exit in the market

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It is a science of which deals with the attainment of the maximum fulfillment of society's unlimited demands for goods and services

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These are products or services that are desired by humans and will be purchased if money is available after the basic needs has been obtained

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A type or market where there is no close substitute to the product the business organization gives. Any alternative product is very inferior product

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A type of elasticity wherein a decrease in selling price produce a less than proportionate increase in sales

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It is the amount of goods or products that are available for sale

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Quantity of a certain commodity that is bought at a certain price

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It is a branch of economics that study the individual market

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It is a branch of Economics that study the whole economy as a whole market

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A phenomenon where the supply is equal to the demand

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These are products or services that are required to support human life and activities and will be purchased even price varies considerably

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A situation where a commodity or services is supplied by a number of vendors and there is nothing to prevent additional vendors entering the market

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A situation where there are only few suppliers of a certain product or services that result in similar action by other provider

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It is the ratio of the output to input of a physical system

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It is the ratio of the output to input of a business system

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The main objective of which is to find the cut off production volume from where a firm will make a profit

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A situation where there is a greater change in quantity demand as a response to change in price

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A situation where there is an equal change in price and quantity demanded

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A law that states that when the use of one factors of production is limited, either in increasing cost or by absolute quantity, a point will be reached beyond which an increase in variable factors will result in a less than proportionate increase in output

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What is defines as the analysis and evaluation of the monetary consequences by using the theories and principles of economics to engineering applications, designs and projects

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What is considered as the standard unit which forms the basis of a country's domestic money-supply?

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What is defined as any tangible economic product that contributes directly or indirectly to the satisfaction of human want

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What is defined as any tangible economic activity that contributes directly or indirectly to the satisfaction of human want

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What are the two classifications of goods and services?

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What refers to the goods and services that are required by to support human life, needs, and activities

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What refers to the goods and services that are desired by a human and will be acquired only after all the needs have been satisfied

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What refers to the exchange mechanism that brings together the sellers and the buyers of the product, factor of production or financial security

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What is considered as the basic consuming or demanding unit of commodity

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What is defines as the entity which makes product, goods or services available to buyer or consumer in exchange for monetary consideration

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What is a market situation whereby there is only one buyer of an item for which there is no goods to substitute

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What market situation exists where there are few buyers and few sellers

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What market situation exists where there is only one buyer and one seller

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What market situation exists when there are many buyers and many sellers

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If there is only one seller and many buyers, the market situation is

<p>Monopoly (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

If there are many sellers and few buyers, the market situation is

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Oligopoly exist when there is/are:

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Duopsony is a market situation where there is/are:

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What is another term for perfect competition

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What refers to the market situation in which any given product is supplied by a very large number of vendors and there is no restriction against additional vendors from entering the market

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Aside from many sellers and many buyers, which one is a characteristic of perfect competiton

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What is the opposite of Perfect Competition

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A ____ is a market situation wherein economies of scale are so significant that cost are only minimized when the entire output of an industry is supplied by a single producer so that the supply costs are lower under perfect competition

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"When one of the factors of production is fixed in quantity or is difficult to increase , increasing the other factors of production will result in a less than proportionate increase in output" This statement is known as the

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What refers to the need, want, or desire, for a product backed by money to purchase it

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Flashcards

Services

Duties or work performed for another; helpful or professional activity.

Consumer Goods

Items satisfying human wants or needs, like food and clothing.

Producer Goods

Raw materials and tools used to make other goods.

Capital Goods

Machinery used in the production of commodities or producer goods.

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Pure Competition

A market structure with free entry and exit.

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Economics

Science dealing with fulfilling society's unlimited demands for goods and services.

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Luxuries

Products/services desired after basic needs are met.

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Monopoly

Market with no close substitute for the product.

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Inelastic

Decrease in price leads to a less than proportionate increase in sales.

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Supply

Amount of goods available for sale.

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Demand

Quantity of a commodity bought at a certain price.

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Microeconomics

Branch of economics studying individual markets.

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Macroeconomics

Branch of economics studying the whole economy.

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Necessities

Products or services required for human life; purchased regardless of price.

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Pure Competition

Commodity supplied by many with no barriers to entry.

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Oligopoly

Few suppliers cause similar actions by other providers.

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Technical Efficiency

Ratio of output to input of a physical system.

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Economic efficiency

Ratio of output to input of a business system.

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Break-even Analysis

Finding the production volume where a firm makes a profit.

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Elastic Demand

Greater change in quantity demanded due to price change.

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Unitary Elasticity

Equal change in price and quantity demanded.

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Law of Diminishing Returns

Increasing variable factors yields less output when one factor is limited.

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Engineering Economy

Analysis of monetary consequences using economic principles in engineering projects.

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Monetary Unit

Standard unit forming the basis of a country's money supply.

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Goods

Any tangible economic product satisfying human wants.

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Market

Mechanism linking buyers and sellers of products or securities.

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Buyer/Consumer

Basic consuming unit of a commodity.

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Seller

Entity making goods available to buyers for money.

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Monopsony

Market with only one buyer.

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Bilateral Oligopoly

Few buyers and few sellers.

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