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Chapter 1
Introduction to Economics
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. The word that comes from the Greek word for
“one who manages a household” is
a. market.
b. consumer.
c. producer.
d. economy.
ANSWER: d. economy.
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2. The word economy comes from the Greek word
for
a. “environment.”
b. “one who manages a household.”
c. “one who participates in a market.”
d. “conservation.”
ANSWER: b. “one who manages a household.”
3. Households and economies have each of the
following in common EXCEPT both
a. must allocate scarce resources.
b. face many decisions.
c. must allocate the goods and services they
produce.
d. must have a central decisionmaker.
ANSWER: d. must have a central decisionmaker.
4. Economics deals primarily with the concept of
a. scarcity.
b. poverty.
c. change.
d. power.
ANSWER: a. scarcity.
5. Which of the following is NOT included in the
decisions that every society must make?
a. what goods will be produced
b. who will produce goods
c. what determines consumer preferences
d. who will consume the goods
ANSWER: c. what determines consumer
preferences
6. Both households and societies face many
decisions because
a. resources are scarce.
b. populations may increase or decrease over time.
c. wages for households and therefore society
8uctuate with business cycles.
d. people, by nature, tend to disagree.
ANSWER: a. resources are scarce.
7. A good is considered scarce in a society when
a. more output of the good is possible.
b. everyone in that society cannot have all they
want of the good.
c. the government restricts production of the good.
d. only the richest people in the economy can buy
all they want of the good.
ANSWER: b. everyone in that society cannot have
all they want of the good.
8. Scarcity exists when
a. there is less than an in=nite amount of a
resource or good.
b. society can meet the wants of every individual.
c. there is less of a good or resource available than
people wish to have.
d. the government fails to produce goods.
ANSWER: c. there is less of a good or resource
available than people wish to have.
9. Which of the following would NOT be true in a
world without scarcity?
a. There would be no need for the science of
economics.
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b. Everyone would have all the goods and services
they wanted.
c. There would have to be an in=nite supply of
every resource.
d. There would be opportunity costs.
ANSWER: c. There would have to be an in=nite
supply of every resource.
10. Approximately what percentage of the world’s
economies experience scarcity?
a. 25%
b. 50%
c. 75%
d. 100%
ANSWER: d. 100%
11. When a society cannot produce all the goods
and services people wish to have it is said that the
economy is experiencing
a. scarcity.
b. communism.
c. externalities.
d. market failure.
ANSWER: a. scarcity.
12. For society, a good is not scarce if
a. at least one individual in society can obtain all
he or she wants of the good.
b. =rms are producing at full capacity.
c. all members of society can have all they want of
it.
d. those who have enough income can buy all they
want of the good.
ANSWER: c. all members of society can have all
they want of it.
13. Which product would be considered scarce?
a. Nike shoes
b. Monet paintings
c. 1-carat diamonds
d. All of the above are correct.
ANSWER: d. All of the above are correct.
14. Which of the following goods best meets the
de=nition of scarcity?
a. air
b. water in the ocean
c. water in a city
d. wood in a forest
ANSWER: c. water in a city
15. Economics is de=ned as the study of
a. business.
b. how society manages its scarce resources.
c. central planning.
d. government regulation.
ANSWER: b. how society manages its scarce
resources.
16. Economics is the study of
a. how society manages its scarce resources.
b. the government’s role in society.
c. how a market system functions.
d. how to increase production.
ANSWER: a. how society manages its scarce
resources.
17. In most societies, resources are allocated by
a. a single central planner.
b. those who own the resources.
c. those =rms that use resources to provide goods
and services.
d. the combined actions of millions of households
and =rms.
ANSWER: d. the combined actions of millions of
households and =rms.
18. Economists study all of the following EXCEPT

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