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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 20 questions in this Key Economic Concepts quiz
  1. What is 'Bond'?

    • A. Cash
    • B. A loan to a firm or government
    • C. A tax
    • D. Ownership in a firm
  2. What is 'Socialism'?

    • A. Collective/Public ownership
    • B. Monarchy
    • C. Private ownership
    • D. Anarchy
  3. What is a 'Merger'?

    • A. Closing a business
    • B. Oepeening a branch
    • C. Selling shares
    • D. Combining two companies
  4. What is 'Command Economy'?

    • A. Government decided
    • B. Market decided
    • C. Traditional
    • D. Barter
  5. Which market has single seller?

    • A. Duopoly
    • B. Perfect
    • C. Oligopoly
    • D. Monopoly
  6. What is inflation?

    • A. Market crash
    • B. Rise in prices
    • C. Fall in prices
    • D. No change
  7. Which is a factor of production?

    • A. Land
    • B. Tax
    • C. Trade
    • D. Money
  8. What is 'Externalities'?

    • A. Foreign debt
    • B. Exports
    • C. Side effects of production/consumption on third parties
    • D. Outside trade
  9. What is 'Maturity'?

    • A. Tax date
    • B. Oepeening date
    • C. End of a financial instrument's life
    • D. Interest rate
  10. What is the term for the cost of the next best alternative foregone?

    • A. Opportunity Cost
    • B. Variable Cost
    • C. Marginal Cost
    • D. Fixed Cost
  11. 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
  12. What is 'Tertiary Sector'?

    • A. Services (banking/tourism)
    • B. Factories
    • C. Mining
    • D. Farming
  13. What is 'Secondary Sector'?

    • A. Farming
    • B. Manufacturing/Construction
    • C. Banking
    • D. Services
  14. Which tyepee of economy is most common today?

    • A. Pure Market
    • B. Pure Command
    • C. Traditional
    • D. Mixed Economy
  15. What is the term for a market with only two sellers?

    • A. Duopoly
    • B. Oligopoly
    • C. Monopsony
    • D. Monopoly
  16. What is 'Outsourcing'?

    • A. Buying a firm
    • B. Closing a factory
    • C. Hiring more staff
    • D. Contracting work to an outside supplier
  17. Which economist proposed the theory of 'Comparative Advantage'?

    • A. Adam Smith
    • B. Thomas Malthus
    • C. David Ricardo
    • D. Karl Marx
  18. What is 'Primary Sector'?

    • A. Tech
    • B. Services
    • C. Manufacturing
    • D. Raw materials (farming/mining)
  19. What is economics mainly about?

    • A. Politics
    • B. Scarcity
    • C. History
    • D. Wealth
  20. Which bank issues currency?

    • A. Central
    • B. Rural
    • C. Private
    • D. Commercial