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Economic Analysis For Business Decisions Multiple Choice Questions Unit-1: Basic Concepts of Economics
Economic Analysis For Business Decisions Multiple Choice Questions Unit-1: Basic Concepts of Economics
3. Economics is a ----- science which deals with human wants and their satisfaction.
8. The ------------------ problem refers to the possibility that owners and their managers may have
different objectives.
9. Economic profit refers to ------------ minus all relevant costs , both explicit and implicit.
11. ----------------- focuses on the behavior of the individual actors on the economic stage , that is,
firms and individuals and their interaction in markets.
12. In free market economy, the organization and interaction of producers and consumers is
accomplished through the -------------- system.
16. From society's point of view the economic function of profits and losses is to:
a. Fact that the U.S. tax system redistributes income from rich to poor.
b. Notion that, under competition, decisions motivated by self-interest promote the social
interest. c. Tendency of monopolistic sellers to raise prices above competitive levels.
d. Fact that government controls the functioning of the market system.
18. The invisible-hand concept suggests that: .
19. Two major virtues of the market system are that it:
a. Households are on the buying side of both product and resource markets.
b. Businesses are on the selling side of both product and resource markets.
c. Households are on the selling side of the resource market and on the buying side of the
product market.
d. Businesses are on the buying side of the product market and on the selling side of the resource
market.
21. The two basic markets shown by the simple circular flow model are:
22. Which of the following is a limitation of the simple circular flow model?
29. The circular flow of goods and incomes shows the relationship between:
30. In a planned or command economy, all the economic decisions are taken by the:
a. The richest 10 per cent of the population has had a bigger percentage increase in incomes over
the past 10 years than the poorest 10 per cent.
b. The proportion of people's income paid in taxes is higher under this government than under
the previous one.
c. Inflation is rising.
d. Inequality in the distribution of income is a more serious problem than unemployment.
42. The branch of economics wherein mathematics and statistics are used to measure and analyze
economics activities is called……………..
43. The opportunity cost of a machine which can produce only one product is:
49. It is the study of economics actions of individuals and small groups of individuals.
a. Micro-Economics b. Macro-Economics c. Managerial Economics d. Business Economics
50. An input should be so allocated that the value added by the last unit is the same in all cases.
51. The term `Economics‟ in English language has its origin in ------word.
53. It refers to the determination of prices of all goods and services by the interaction of the
forces of demand and supply without any external interference.
56. Flows of the factor of production and the goods and services between the different sectors is -
-----.
a. Real flow b. Money flow c. Cash flow d. Product flow
59. According to Professor S.E.Landsbury, “Firm is an organization that produces and sells
goods with the goal of------its profits”.
61. According to Simon if a firm fails to achieve its target initially results in:
63. It is the difference between total revenue and total economic cost
68. Trade-offs are required because wants are unlimited and resources are:
70. Which of the following statements regarding the circular-flow diagram is true?
a. If Vijay works for XYZ Solutions Ltd. and receives a salary payment, the transaction takes
place in the market for goods and services.
b. If XYZ Solutions Ltd. sells a military aircraft, the transaction takes place in the market for
factors of production.
c. None of these answers.
d. The factors of production are owned by households.
e. The factors of production are owned by firms.
a. Labour b. Land c. Money d. Capital e. All of these answers are factors of production.
a. The impact of oil prices on car production b. The impact of money on inflation
c. The impact of technology on economic growth d. The impact of the deficit on saving
73. The word economy comes from the Greek word for
a. Firms are sellers in the resource market and the product market.
b. Households are sellers in the resource market.
c. Firms are buyers in the product market.
d. Spending on goods and services flow from firms to households.
80. Company goals that are concerned with creating employee and customer satisfaction and
maintaining a high degree of social responsibility are called ___________ objectives.
81. The value of an entrepreneur‟s resources that she uses in production are known as:
83. That profit functions as an incentive for innovation was among the key contributions to
economic thought by:
a. Karl Marx. b. Frank Knight. c. Joseph Schumpeter. d. Adam Smith. e. Alfred Marshall.
84. Which two of the following are characteristics of the „principal-agent‟ problem?
a. Calculated by subtracting implicit costs of using owner-supplied resources from the firm's
total revenue.
b. a theoretical measure of a firm's performance and has little value in real world decision-
making.
c. Generally larger than accounting profit. d. Negative when costs exceed revenues.
a. Occurs when managers pursue profit maximization without regard to the interests of society in
general.
b. Is the cause of principal-agent problems.
c. Occurs only rarely in modern corporations.
d. Exists when either party to a contract has an incentive to cancel the contract.
E. Both a and b
91. It is the study of economic actions of individuals and small groups of individuals:
a. When, for whom, and how. b. How, what, and for whom.
c. Who, how, and when. d. What, who, and why.
96. „„Economics is the science, which studies human behaviours as a relationship between ends
and scarce means which have alternative uses.‟‟ This definition of Economics is given by,
97. Which of the following is true regarding the circular flow model?
a. Households provide the demand for the factor market and business provide the supply for the
goods and services market.
b. Households provide the demand for the goods and service market and business provides the
supply for the factor market.
c. Households provide the supply for the factor market and business provides the supply
for the goods and service market
d. Households provide both the supply and demand for the goods and services market
100. Money is
a. Holding money increases people's income b. No other mediums of exchange are available
c. Money eliminates the "double coincidence of wants" problem
d. Holding money increases people's wealth
102. As the interest rate falls, people hold ________ money instead of bonds because the
opportunity cost of holding money has ________.
106. The statement "The unemployment rate for teens is higher than that for adults" is
a. One that does not use the ceteris paribus clause. b. About what ought to be.
c. Always true. d. About what is.
109. The task of economic science is to discover ________ that are consistent with ________.
a. Are better if they include most of the detail of the real economy.
b. Rely on simplification.
c. Do not address questions about the economy.
d. Make no assumptions that have not been prove
a. The accounting cost minus the marginal benefit. b. The highest-valued alternative forgone.
c. The monetary costs of an activity. d. The accounting cost minus the marginal cost
114. Economics is best defined as the study of how people, businesses, governments, and societies
121. Which of the following factor is important for demand along other factors?