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Introduction to Business Chapters 1-2 Test



Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
 

 1. 

Which of the following statements about natural resources is true?
a.
Natural resources satisfy wants by themselves.
b.
Natural resources require people to turn them into goods.
c.
Natural resources come from the earth and water but not the sky.
d.
Natural resources include people who operate plows and trucks.
 

 2. 

Which is NOT one of the 3 basic economic questions?
a.
What is produced?
c.
How much is produced?
b.
Why is it produced?
d.
For whom it is produced?
 

 3. 

The Economic Decision Making Process is used for
a.
daily decisions
c.
difficult decisions
b.
simple decisions
d.
none of the above
 

 4. 

Which of the following is NOT a need?
a.
food
c.
car
b.
housing
d.
clothing
 

 5. 

The United States has what type of economic system?
a.
Custom Based
c.
Market
b.
Directed or Planned
d.
Competitive
 

 6. 

Which is NOT one of the 3 types of economic systems?
a.
Custom Based
c.
Market
b.
Directed or Planned
d.
Competitive
 

 7. 

Which of the following are goods?
a.
jackets
c.
gasoline
b.
CD players
d.
all of the above
 

 8. 

The economic principle of Private Property means
a.
the right to own your own land, houses, and goods.
b.
the right to own your own business.
c.
businesses make money.
d.
the right to buy where and what you please.
 

 9. 

Which of the following are considered to be natural resources?
a.
TV announcers
c.
oil
b.
bankers
d.
farmers
 

 10. 

The person who checks out purchases at the supermarket is part of
a.
natural resources
c.
human resources
b.
capital resources
d.
none of the above
 

 11. 

The economic principle of Private Enterprise means
a.
the right to own land, houses, and goods.
b.
the right to own your own business.
c.
businesses make money.
d.
the right to buy where and what you please.
 

 12. 

How many steps does the Economic Decision Making Process have?
a.
3
c.
5
b.
4
d.
6
 

 13. 

What step is defining the problem in the decision-making process?
a.
second
c.
last
b.
first
d.
third
 



 
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