This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Economy > Business > Business Economics – Quiz 13 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Business Economics Quiz 13 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Non-cash charge a firm takes for the general wear and tear on its capital goods A) Interest. B) Unlimited liability. C) Depreciation. D) Consumer cooperative. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Depreciation. 2. John only had $ 40 to spend and couldn't decide whether to buy a new pair of jeans or to go to an amusement park. He finally decided to spend his money on the amusement park. What was the opportunity cost of his decision? A) New pair of jeans. B) No opportunity cost was involved. C) Trip to amusement park. D) $ 40. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) New pair of jeans. 3. What is Adam Smith's "invisible hand? " A) God. B) The process that turns self-directed gain into social and economic benefits. C) The controlling fist of the government. D) His wife who always supported him in his work. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The process that turns self-directed gain into social and economic benefits. 4. Products are commonly known as A) Needs and wants. B) Goods and services. C) Factors of production. D) Functions of business. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Goods and services. 5. Advantages of this business include:easier to get money from the bank to start, share skills and share risks. A) Partnership. B) Sole Trader. C) Limited Company. D) Franchise. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Partnership. 6. Who is the father of modern economics? A) Adam Smith. B) Thomas Malthus. C) Donald Trump. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Adam Smith. 7. South Africa benefits directly from tourism because of the increasein tourist ..... A) Benefit. B) Income. C) Expenditure. D) Taxation. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Expenditure. 8. This is NOT part of the secondary sector A) Base industries. B) Energy Industries. C) Transport. D) Construction. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Transport. 9. Things you can see or touch. A) Needs. B) Producers. C) Opportunity Cost. D) Goods. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Goods. 10. Who is the person who is in charge of operating systems for gathering, organizing, and distributing information? A) Information systems manager. B) Operations manager. C) Communications manager. D) Research and development manager. E) Production manager. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Information systems manager. 11. The customer of a service business is often called a ..... A) Customer. B) Consumer. C) Client. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Client. 12. Risk can be reduced by A) 1.diversification. B) 2.insurance. C) 3. additional information. D) 4.all of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 4.all of the above. 13. All of the following details describe the laws of supply and demand EXCEPT: A) As demand goes down, prices go down. B) As supply goes down, prices go up. C) As supply goes up, prices go down. D) As demand goes up, prices go down. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) As demand goes up, prices go down. 14. . A business which has its own identity and is distinct from the owners is called ..... A) Scalability. B) Big Idea. C) Profitability. D) Autonomy. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Autonomy. 15. Producers and consumers determine how to use resources and make goods based on supply and demand in the market, without government interference. A) Command System. B) Traditional System. C) Market System. D) Mixed System. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Market System. 16. In economics, capital goods include A) Buildings and equipment. B) Labor and management. C) Mental and physical work. D) Trees and water. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Buildings and equipment. 17. Indifference curves never intersect each other due to: A) Convex to origin. B) Different levels of satisfaction. C) Concave to origin. D) Same levels of satisfaction. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Different levels of satisfaction. 18. In which economic system is business allowed to fail and succeed based on their own merrit? A) Mixed. B) Command. C) Market. D) Traditional. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Market. 19. Sainsbury's vows Asda will cut prices. A) Macroeconomics. B) Business news. C) Microeconomics. D) Economic news. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Business news. 20. When marginal utility from the consumption of a commodity is zero, then the: A) Total utility is zero. B) Total utility is highest. C) Total utility is rising. D) Total utility is falling. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Total utility is highest. 21. What is Greek term name of economics A) Okios + Nomso. B) Kosio+ Nomes. C) Nomes + kosio. D) Oikos + Nomos. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Oikos + Nomos. 22. What is the desired rate of growth for GDP? A) 3-4%. B) 2-3%. C) 1-3%. D) 4-5%. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 3-4%. 23. Eataly's sights set on China with possible joint-venture A) Business news. B) Macroeconomics. C) Microeconomics. D) Economic news. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Business news. 24. Discuss the trend line in the forecasting of business cycles. A) A fall in bussiness cycle. B) Rise in income. C) Fall in taxes. D) Fall in gdp. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A fall in bussiness cycle. 25. What describes the next best alternative that must be given up in order to purchase a good or service A) Opportunity Cost. B) Consumers. C) Living Standards. D) Production Cost. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Opportunity Cost. 26. Inflation measures ..... A) The value of all final goods and services produced. B) An increase in the general price level. C) The percentage of people looking for work that can't find it. D) The economic freedom an economy offers. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) An increase in the general price level. 27. Which type of business has a greater stability and expertise to run the business? A) Sole Trader. B) Partnership. C) Both. D) Neither. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Partnership. 28. Which type of business organization places all the liability on a single seller? A) Sole Proprietorship. B) Partnership. C) Corporation. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sole Proprietorship. 29. No paperwork (memorandum or agreement) is required to start which type of business? A) Franchise. B) Sole Trader. C) Limited Company. D) Partnership. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sole Trader. 30. Which of the following statement is correct about Niti Aayog? A) The full form of Niti Aayog is National Institute for transforming India. B) Niti Aayog was formed 25th January 2016. C) The Niti Aayog is a policy think tank of the Government of India. D) Niti Aayog comes under the ministry of commerce & industry. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Niti Aayog is a policy think tank of the Government of India. 31. A manager is willing to accept the production of fewer products as long as their workers produce higher-quality products. The manager is making a(n) A) Exchange. B) Distribution. C) Trade-off. D) Capital good. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Trade-off. 32. The ultimate goal of all economic activity is A) Consumption. B) Production. C) Exchange. D) Distribution. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Consumption. 33. In a economy, individuals are free to make their own economic decisions. A) Market. B) Command. C) Centrally-planned. D) Traditional. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Market. 34. What does GDP stand for? A) Gross Domestic Production. B) Greater Domestic Product. C) Gross Domestic Product. D) Greater Domestic Production. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Gross Domestic Product. 35. Fishing, Mining, Farming, and Forestry are examples of what economic activity? A) Teritiary. B) Secondary. C) Primary. D) Quaternary. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Primary. 36. Mary Ann sells government produced cars. At the end of the month Mary Ann must give all of the money she made back to the government. A) Market System. B) Command System. C) Traditional System. D) Mixed System. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Command System. 37. Once the SWOT is completed what must you do to ensure you gain the benefit from it? A) Leave in a file. B) Hand it to your manager. C) Review it on a regular basis. D) Give it to you work colleague and get them to follow it. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Review it on a regular basis. 38. What is the currency in India? A) Euro. B) Dollars. C) Rupee. D) Yen. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rupee. 39. We mainly study the following in Micro-Economics: A) General price level. B) National income and output. C) Demand of industry. D) Employment and economic growth. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Demand of industry. 40. Two goods for which marginal rate of substitution is zero or infinite A) 1.perfect substitutes. B) 2.perfect complements. C) 3.perfect elastic. D) 4.none of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 2.perfect complements. 41. Which one of the following is not part of the business cycle? A) Maturity. B) Growth. C) Recession. D) Slump. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Maturity. 42. If businesses can decrease the amount of labor needed to increase inventories, the result will most likely be- A) Economic growth. B) Increased inflation. C) Decreased productivity. D) Increased taxes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Economic growth. 43. Raw materials (i.e. cotton, oil ..... etc.) A) Land. B) Labor. C) Capital. D) Entrepreneurship. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Land. 44. Which statement about forming a corporation Is FALSE A) Is a formal and legal arrangement. B) Must file permission from the government. C) Write your corporate bylaws. D) Have for obligation a partnership. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Have for obligation a partnership. 45. Where a firm benefits from being able to hire highly skilled staff due to it being a large company. A) Financial. B) Technical. C) Managerial. D) Purchasing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Managerial. 46. Which type of business organization is managed by a Board of Directors? A) Sole Proprietorship. B) Partnership. C) Government. D) Corporation. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Corporation. 47. An entrepreneur can choose to have which type of business organization? A) Sole Proprietorship. B) Partnership. C) Corporation. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 48. A building is an example of which economic resource? A) Capital. B) Human. C) Natural. D) I need more information. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Capital. 49. Which business activity is comprised of day-to-day functions? A) Financial. B) Investing. C) Operations. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Operations. 50. Seeing a movie at a theater would be considered a(n) ..... want. A) Unlimited. B) Limited. C) Economic. D) Noneconomic. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Economic. 51. Not having enough resources to satisfy every need. A) Scarcity. B) Services. C) Trade-off. D) Goods. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Scarcity. 52. The limited resources available to satisfy the unlimited needs and wants of people. A) A problem. B) Inflation. C) Economics. D) Scarcity. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Scarcity. 53. Products use as replacements to other products that gives the same purpose. A) Clone. B) Class a. C) Overruns. D) Substitutes. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Substitutes. 54. What does GST stand for? A) Gross Supply Trade. B) Goods and Services Trade. C) Goods and Supply Tax. D) Goods and Services Tax. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Goods and Services Tax. 55. Changes in technology will lead to a ..... business cycle. A) Demand-driven. B) Supply-driven. C) Political. D) Inflation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Demand-driven. 56. Which type of business has to share profits, responsibility and liabilities? A) Sole Trader. B) Partnership. C) Both. D) Neither. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Partnership. 57. Competitive advantages that can also be gained by business that seek cooperation within or related industries is termed as ..... A) Alliance. B) Cost-leadership. C) Defensive strategy. D) Threats. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Alliance. 58. A market dominated by a few large firms is called: A) Labour Market. B) Monopoly. C) Oligopoly. D) Government intervention. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Oligopoly. 59. Which economist said that money is the measuring rod of utility? A) A.C Pigou. B) Marshall. C) Adam Smith. D) Robbins. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A.C Pigou. 60. Which of the following definitions of economics includes the economic concept of ' scale of preferences'? A) Wealth defintion. B) Welfare definition. C) Scarcity definition. 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