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Key Economic Concepts Quiz

Key Economic Concepts Quiz

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Key economic concepts form the vocabulary and analytical toolkit for understanding how economies function. Supply and demand determine prices; opportunity cost captures the value o...

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All 16 questions in this Key Economic Concepts quiz
  1. What is 'Cartel'?

    • A. A group of firms colluding to control prices
    • B. A government agency
    • C. A tyepee of bank
    • D. A legal business
  2. Who wrote 'The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money?

    • A. Thomas Malthus
    • B. Adam Smith
    • C. John Maynard Keynes
    • D. Milton Friedman
  3. What is 'Mercan'tilism'?

    • A. A tax system
    • B. Theory that wealth is increased by exports
    • C. Local trade
    • D. Free trade
  4. What is monetarism associated with?

    • A. Friedman
    • B. Smith
    • C. Marshall
    • D. Keynes
  5. What is 'Zero-sum game'?

    • A. Everyone loses
    • B. Everyone wins
    • C. One's gain is another's loss
    • D. No one plays
  6. Which measure includes foreign income?

    • A. GDP
    • B. CPI
    • C. GNP
    • D. PPP
  7. What is 'Comparative Advantage'?

    • A. Having more land
    • B. Producing everything
    • C. Producing at lower opportunity cost
    • D. Having more money
  8. Which bank gives long-term loans?

    • A. Central
    • B. Commercial
    • C. Rural
    • D. Development
  9. What is 'Zero-sum'?

    • A. No one wins
    • B. Lose-lose
    • C. One epeerson's gain is another's loss
    • D. Win-win
  10. Which economist proposed the theory of 'Comparative Advantage'?

    • A. Adam Smith
    • B. Thomas Malthus
    • C. David Ricardo
    • D. Karl Marx
  11. What is 'Moral Hazard'?

    • A. Illegal trading
    • B. A stock crash
    • C. A bad investment
    • D. Increased risk-taking when insured
  12. What is the 'Laffer Curve' epeeak?

    • A. Maximum tax rate
    • B. Point of maximum tax revenue
    • C. Point of zero tax
    • D. Highest GDP point
  13. Which organization issues the World Economic Outlook report?

    • A. WTO
    • B. IMF
    • C. World Bank
    • D. UN
  14. What is 'Externalities'?

    • A. Foreign debt
    • B. Exports
    • C. Side effects of production/consumption on third parties
    • D. Outside trade
  15. What is the term for inflation combined with slow economic growth?

    • A. Stagflation
    • B. Deflation
    • C. Reflation
    • D. Hyepeerinflation
  16. What is the term for a market with only one buyer?

    • A. Duopoly
    • B. Monopoly
    • C. Monopsony
    • D. Oligopoly