Civics & Economics Goal 7 EOC Review

1. The payments for land, labor, capital, andentrepreneurial ability respectively are (7.01)

A rent, profit, wages, and interest

B profits, wages, interest, and rent

C rent, wages, interest, and profit

D wages, rent, profit, and interest

2. If a nation encourages entrepreneurship,then which of the following is likely tooccur? (7.01)

A very little change in overall production of goods and services

B the development of many new productsand process methods

C fewer applications to the United StatesPatent Office

D a decline in the number of new businesses started

3. Use the information from the scenariobelow to answer the following question.

Amanda decided to open a carpet cleaning business. She hired tenemployees, rented a small commercialoffice with storage, and took out abusiness loan to buy three vans andcarpet cleaning equipment. Two ofAmanda’s employees ordered suppliesand processed the paperwork; oneemployee was responsible for marketingand the rest actually cleaned carpets.After one year, Amanda’s CarpetCleaning cleared $40,000 after expenses.

Which of the following BEST representscapital investment? (7.01)

A renting commercial office space

B marketing the business

C purchasing carpet cleaning equipment

Dhiring ten employees

4. Entrepreneurship and labor interact inwhich of the following ways? (7.01)

A Entrepreneurship makes decisions about the use of labor.

B Labor makes decisions about the use ofentrepreneurship.

C Both entrepreneurship and labor receive payment in the form of interest.

D Both entrepreneurship and labor receivepayments in the form of rent.

5. An individual decides to pay $8 to see amovie instead of buying an $8 meal. Whatis the opportunity cost of the movie? (7.03)

A the satisfaction missed by not eating the meal

B the $8 paid to see the movie

C the time spent watching the movie

D the satisfaction received by going to the movie

6. The MOST important factor affectingconsumer spending is (7.04)

A the level of current consumer debt

B the amount of assets held by consumers such as homes, cars, stocks, or bonds

C the expectations of consumers of what the economy will be in the future

D the level of current consumer income

7. Kim works on an automobile assemblyline. Kim’s job illustrates a productionprocess that relies on (7.04)

A autonomous work groups

B team decision making

C quality circles

D division of labor

8. Which of the following is an example ofan investment in human capital? (7.05)

A A company builds a new factory.

B A state puts in a new highway.

C A person goes to college.

D A country builds new schools.

9. Country X is currently investing heavilyin research and development (R&D),mainly in the areas of information andcommunications technologies. All of thefollowing are predictable results of theseinvestments EXCEPT (7.05)

A future economic growth

B future increases in labor productivity

C the creation of labor-intensive industries

D the creation of advanced capital goods

10. In which economic system does thegovernment own the means ofproduction? (7.06)

A traditional

B mixed

C market

Dcommand

11. The idea that producers make goods thatconsumers like and are willing to pay foris a principle of which of the following economic systems? (7.06)

A traditional

B command

C market

Dsocialism

12. In the American economy, the goal ofeconomic equity is MOST connected with (7.06)

A giving participants a fair chance to succeed

B restoring laissez-faire capitalism

C creating limits on corporate profits

Dsubsidizing businesses that would otherwise fail

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