This document contains a 10 question quiz on basic economics concepts. The questions cover topics like supply and demand, factors that influence satisfaction levels, sources of government income, definitions of economic terms like recession and depression, what makes markets work, characteristics of monopoly, what businesses aim to maximize, necessary properties of money, factors of production, and which type of company operates in the primary sector.
2. • 1. Under normal circumstances, when the
price of a commodity falls, the quantity
demanded will _______________
• decrease
• increase
• remain unchanged
• nobody knows
3. • 2. Initially, when you consume more and
more of a commodity continuously, your
TOTAL satisfaction level will increase.
• True
• False
4. • 3. What usually constitutes the main source
of a government's income?
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Loans
Taxes and levies
Profits from business undertakings
Grants from World Bank
5. • 4. When the economic activity in an economy
is on the decline, then it is called a _______ ?
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boom
recession
deflation
depression
6. • 5. What is the single most important factor
that makes the markets work?
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 kapital
 Markets don't work
 Raw materials
 Money
7. • 6. Monopoly is when there is a single
_______?Â
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game
 buyer
 seller
 market
8. • 7. A business firm tries to maximize its
________ ?Â
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profits
 revenue
 sales
 job retrenchment