This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Economy > Business > Business Economics – Quiz 2 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Business Economics Quiz 2 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. A fall in the value of a currency due to factors such as weaker economic fundamentals is termed ..... A) Exchange rate appreciation. B) Exchange rate valuation. C) Exchange rate depreciation. D) Exchange rate extrapolation. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Exchange rate depreciation. 2. Which one of the following is correctly matched? A) Wealth of Nations-Marshall. B) Principles of Economics-Crowther. C) Ten Great Economists-J. A. Schumpeter. D) An Outline of Money-J.M. Keynes. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ten Great Economists-J. A. Schumpeter. 3. Which of the following is an advantage of general partnerships: A) Combined capabilities. B) Limited capital. C) Easy to end. D) Unlimited liability. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Combined capabilities. 4. Who or what answers the basic economic questions in a market economy? A) Individuals and Businesses. B) Government. C) Customs. D) Individuals, Businesses and Government. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Individuals and Businesses. 5. According to the article, what will you have to do when setting up a business BEFORE your very first transaction? A) Spend money. B) Count your money. C) Get money. D) Sell goods. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Spend money. 6. Hard to raise funds to start and expand A) Sole Proprietorship and Corporation. B) Sole Proprietorship. C) Partnership and Corporation. D) Corporation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sole Proprietorship. 7. What happens when demand is bigger than supply? A) Deflation. B) Surplus. C) Demand. D) Shortage. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Shortage. 8. According to Robbins, Economics is a A) Social science. B) Normative science. C) Positive science. D) Natural science. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Positive science. 9. Which of the following is NOT a business organization? A) Corporation. B) Partnership. C) Sole Proprietorship. D) Perfect Competition. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Perfect Competition. 10. List any THREE examples of eco-tourism in South Africa. A) Forest. B) Economy. C) Bussiness cycle. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Forest. 11. In a mixed economy A) All economic decisions are taken by the central authority. B) All economic decisions are taken by private entrepreneurs. C) Economic decisions are partly taken by the state and partly by the private entrepreneurs. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Economic decisions are partly taken by the state and partly by the private entrepreneurs. 12. Why would a company need to issue stock? A) To stop the government from regulating it. B) To show customers that it's successful. C) To increase its' customer base. D) To raise money. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To raise money. 13. In which economic system does the government have the most control over economic resources? A) Mixed. B) Command. C) Market. D) Traditional. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Command. 14. What is one force that hinders, or stops, economic growth in poorer countries? A) Weather. B) Women. C) Corruption. D) The Force. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Corruption. 15. An economy where there is a blend between government involvement in business and private ownership. A) Command economy. B) Market economy. C) Mixed economy. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mixed economy. 16. Which of the following people would tend to favor a socialist economy? A) Robin wants to live in a country that encourages rapid economic growth. B) Liz wants to live in a country with limited government regulation. C) John wants to live in a country with low marginal tax rates. D) Fred prefers to live in a country that promotes social equality. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Fred prefers to live in a country that promotes social equality. 17. Which one of the following is the correct definition of Economics? A) How the limited resources are allocated to satisfy human wants. B) How individuals, consumers and firms make economic decisions. C) How a government manages its domestic economy, and how the global economy operates. D) How a business is organised and run to achieve its corporate goals. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) How the limited resources are allocated to satisfy human wants. 18. What is the principle that producers are entitled to make more money from a business than they invest A) Profit motive. B) Free enterprise. C) Capital stock. D) Risk and reward. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Profit motive. 19. Mark, a sole trader, has been trading for five years. A sole trader has unlimited liability. It means that he A) Works on his own. B) Can only hire a limited number of employees. C) Is personally responsible for all business debts. D) Cannot get a bank loan. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Is personally responsible for all business debts. 20. The four government objectives are low inflation, low unemployment, balance of payments and A) Low tax revenue. B) Economic growth. C) Safe defence spending. D) High interest rates. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Economic growth. 21. Which of the following is not the problem, a country will have to face due to rapid inflation A) Real income will fall. B) Increase in prices of produced goods. C) More jobs will be created. D) Living standard will fall. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) More jobs will be created. 22. ..... demand forecasting is related to the business conditions prevailing in the economy as a whole A) Macro level. B) Industry level. C) Firm level. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Macro level. 23. The current economic system in the U.S. is ..... A) Mixed (Market/Command). B) Mixed (Market/Traditional). C) Command. D) Traditional. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mixed (Market/Command). 24. The quantity of a good or service that producers are willing and able to offer for sale at a particular price during a specific time period. A) Supply. B) Demand. C) Price. D) Production Cost. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Supply. 25. Macro economics is derived from the Greek word A) Mikros. B) Micro. C) Makros. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Makros. 26. A science that examines how goods and services are produced, sold, and used. A) Profit. B) Economics. C) Capitalism. D) Factors of Production. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Economics. 27. What is microeconomics? A) Economics that looks at the behavior of people and organizations in particular markets. B) Very tiny economics. C) Economics that looks at the operation of a nation's economy as a whole. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Economics that looks at the behavior of people and organizations in particular markets. 28. A ..... is business owned and run by a single individual. A) Partnership. B) Franchise. C) Corporation. D) Sole Proprietorship. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sole Proprietorship. 29. Micro economics approaches the study of economics from the view point of A) World Markets. B) Economy wide effects. C) Individual or specific markets. D) The national economy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Individual or specific markets. 30. A ..... is a form of business organization recognized by law as a separate legal entity with all the rights of an individual. A) Partnership. B) Proprietorship. C) Franchise. D) Corporation. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Corporation. 31. I sell 10 bowls of cereal at $ 5 each, my revenue is A) $ 50. B) $ 5. C) $ 10. D) $ 15. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) $ 50. 32. An increase in the labor force would cause the PPF to A) Do nothing. B) Turn into a straight line. C) Shift inward. D) Shift outward. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Shift outward. 33. Large business are usually able to negotiate lower repayments on loans. What economy of scale is this? A) Financial. B) Purchasing. C) Marketing. D) Managerial. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Financial. 34. Who is called the father of economics? A) Max Muller. B) Karl Marx. C) Adam Smith. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Adam Smith. 35. Which of these is not a major macroeconomic objective of governments? A) Low and stable inflation. B) Increasing pofitability of companies. C) Full employment. D) High and sustainable growth. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Increasing pofitability of companies. 36. Bulk buying for discount is which type of economy of scale? A) Technical. B) Managerial. C) Financial. D) Purchasing. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Purchasing. 37. ..... refers to a general rise in the price level of goods and services over time. A) Escalation. B) Inflation. C) Acceleration. D) Recession. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Inflation. 38. Which of the following is NOT one of the 6 basic business activities A) Generate Ideas. B) Buy Goods and Services. C) Maintain Records. D) Compete with other businesses. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Compete with other businesses. 39. What is a disadvantage of the economic system in the previous question? A) Inequities in wealth. B) Lack of current technologies. C) Weak social network. D) Strong social network. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lack of current technologies. 40. What happens as a person's or economy's income rises? A) They save proportionately less. B) They save proportionately more. C) They spend proportionately more. D) They spend less. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They save proportionately more. 41. Which business depends on just one person for the skills and talents to run the business? A) Limited Company. B) Franchise. C) Partnership. D) Sole Trader. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sole Trader. 42. What implication(s) does resource scarcity have for the satisfaction of wants? A) Not all wants can be satisfied. B) We will never be faced with the need to make choices. C) We must develop ways to decrease our individual wants. D) The discovery of new natural resources is necessary to increase our ability to satisfy wants. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Not all wants can be satisfied. 43. Alfred Marshall 's Master piece "The Principles of Economics" in ..... A) 1776. B) 1932. C) 1969. D) 1890. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 1890. 44. What is NOT a factor affecting consumer choice (of which g/s to buy)? A) Their taste and preference. B) Their income. C) The price of substitutes or complements. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 45. Which of the following products will be most likely affected by an increase in income tax? A) Petrol. B) Bread. C) Jewellery. D) Salt. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Jewellery. 46. What you make when you give something up to have something else. A) Trade-off. B) Demand. C) Needs. D) Wants. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Trade-off. 47. A person who buys and uses goods and services. A) Trade-off. B) Consumer. C) Market Economy. D) Wants. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Consumer. 48. A charter is a government document that gives permission to create a ..... A) Corporation. B) Franchise. C) Proprietorship. D) Partnership. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Corporation. 49. Asda would be classified as ..... A) Small. B) Small/medium. C) Large. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Large. 50. In every economic system, scarcity imposes limitations on A) Households, business firms, governments, and the nation as a whole. B) Households and business firms, but not the governments. C) Local and state governments, but not the federal government. D) Households and governments, but not business firms. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Households, business firms, governments, and the nation as a whole. 51. Marginal utility approach was given by: A) J.R. Hicks. B) Alfred Marshall. C) Robbins. D) A.C. Pigou. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Alfred Marshall. 52. Advantages of this type of business include:easy to start, and you can rely on a good company name and expertise. A) Sole Proprietorship. B) Partnership. C) Franchise. D) Corporation. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Franchise. 53. This business takes raw materials and mass produces goods. Usually it uses robots, computers, assembly lines, and human labor to make goods. A) Proprietorship. B) Partnership. C) Merchandising Business. D) Manufacturing Business. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Manufacturing Business. 54. Which of the following is a possible cause of diseconomies of scale? A) Similar businesses in the area. B) Easy access to suppliers. C) Greater distance between senior staff and shop floor workers. D) Abundance of skilled labour. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Greater distance between senior staff and shop floor workers. 55. A country with a strong business activity that includes advanced technology and a highly educated population. A) Developing country. B) Less-developed country. C) Industrialized country. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Industrialized country. 56. What is a corporate structure in the United States whereby the owners are not personally liable for the company's debts or liabilities? A) Hybrid Business. B) Corporation. C) Limited Liability Company. D) Manufacturing business. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Limited Liability Company. 57. ..... utility is added when a business changes the form of a good or service to make it more useful. A) Time. B) Form. C) Possession. D) Place. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Form. 58. Xiaomi launches $ 10bn Hong Kong stock market listing. A) Economic news. B) Business news. C) Microeconomics. D) Macroeconomics. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Business news. 59. In Economics, we use the term scarcity to mean; A) Absolute scarcity and lack of resources in less developed countries. B) Relative scarcity i.e. scarcity in relation to the wants of the society. C) Scarcity during times of business failure and natural calamities. D) Scarcity caused on account of excessive consumption by the rich. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Relative scarcity i.e. scarcity in relation to the wants of the society. 60. Australia's biggest trading partner is ..... A) Mongolia. B) USA. C) Japan. D) China. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) China. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesEconomy QuizzesGeneral Knowledge QuizzesBusiness Economics Quiz 1Business Economics Quiz 3Business Economics Quiz 4Business Economics Quiz 5Business Economics Quiz 6Business Economics Quiz 7Business Economics Quiz 8Business Economics Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books