The Three Questions of Economics Answers

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One of the three economic questions deals with deciding

A
what goods and services should be produced.
B
what the costs of production should be.
C
how goods and services will be marketed.
D
how consumers will receive products.
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Which of the following will be accomplished by efficient allocations of the factors of production?

A
guaranteeing economic success
B
understanding whether a product will fail
C
fulfilling many needs and wants of society
D
replenishment of limited resources
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Which of the following is an example of a labor resource?

m
money available to be invested in a company
w
water held in a reservoir
a
a city’s population
e
electricity produced by a nearby power plant
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productionconsumptionusageexpenditures

A
production
B
consumption
C
usage
D
expenditures
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Which consideration must a society address when deciding for whom to produce a potentially scarce or limited resource?

A
Who can be most creative with the product?
B
Who has the largest resource pool?
C
Who has the greatest need?
D
Who can bring in the greatest profit?
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Which factors are considered when deciding how to make goods and services? Choose three answers.determining who has the greatest needfinances of prospective buyersmethods traditionally used to make goodsways to produce items at a lower cost or higher qualityways to make the biggest profit

A
determining who has the greatest need
B
finances of prospective buyers
C
methods traditionally used to make goods
D
ways to produce items at a lower cost or higher quality
E
ways to make the biggest profit
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A society decides that it needs to produce more corn to feed the growing population. What must it do before it begins the production process?

a
analyze existing resources, such as water availability
d
determine how people will receive the surplus crops
s
study the profitability of increasing corn production
u
understand who is in a position of authority to produce more
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One of the main questions of economics involves deciding upon the method for

A
distributing goods and services.
B
creating goods and services.
C
pricing goods and services.
D
enhancing goods and services.
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Fantastic Snack Company has spent months developing a new type of snack chip, but the chips are not selling. Which of the following is the most likely mistake Fantastic Snack Company made?

A
conserving too valuable resources
B
spending capital it did not have
C
not researching production methods
D
not meeting the wants of its consumers
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Resources needed to provide goods or services are called

A
factors of production.
B
facets of production.
C
functions of production.
D
facts of production.
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If a specific economy has extra capital resources available, it will

A
be able to produce top-quality goods and services.
B
continually look to expand and invest.
C
be able to produce more goods and services needed and wanted by society.
D
have additional labor available to focus on production.
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Failure to address the three questions of economics will have what kind of impact on an economy?

A
It will have no consequences.
B
It will help meet citizens’ needs and wants.
C
It will have negative consequences.
D
It will help contribute to the success of the society.
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Which consideration must a society address when deciding for whom to produce a potentially scarce or limited resource?

A
Who can be most creative with the product?
B
Who has the largest resource pool?
C
Who has the greatest need?
D
Who can bring in the greatest profit?
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The questions of economics address which of the following? Choose three answers.whowhatwherewhenwhyhow

A
who
B
what
C
where
D
when
E
why
F
how
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Which of the following will be accomplished by efficient allocations of the factors of production?

g
guaranteeing economic success
u
understanding whether a product will fail
f
fulfilling many needs and wants of society
r
replenishment of limited resources
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One of the three economic questions deals with deciding

A
what goods and services should be produced.
B
what the costs of production should be.
C
how goods and services will be marketed.
D
how consumers will receive products.

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