This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Economics > Development > Growth > Economic Growth – Quiz 5 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Economic Growth Quiz 5 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. How does improving technology help the economy? A) It makes the overall economy more efficient and competitive. B) Technology creates many jobs for people. C) Technology allows people to work less. D) It helps increase the Gross Domestic Product of a country. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It makes the overall economy more efficient and competitive. 2. Which of the following will likely raise the GDP of a country? A) Picking trade partners. B) Tariffs and banking. C) Imports and exports. D) Investing in new technology. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Investing in new technology. 3. Improving the economic situation $\rightarrow$ better lives for people A) Urbanization. B) Economic Development. C) Industrialization. D) Modernization. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Economic Development. 4. GDP is a measure of A) The standard of living of a population. B) Human well being. C) The effectiveness of government economic management. D) That part of a nation's output than can be fairly accurately measured. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) That part of a nation's output than can be fairly accurately measured. 5. Which economy answers the basic economic questions by following customs and habits of the past? A) Command. B) Market. C) Traditional. D) Mixed. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Traditional. 6. What are the four types of economies? A) Command, demand, capitalist, communism. B) Traditional, command, market, mixed. C) Mixed, market, traditional, primary. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Traditional, command, market, mixed. 7. Increased financial rewards would be included in which measure of economic growth? A) Real Income/GDP. B) Productive capacity. C) Net social welfare. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Real Income/GDP. 8. Consequences of Import Substitution A) Lack of government intervention. B) Negative impacts on employment. C) Undervalued exchange rates. D) Improvement in the balance of payments and debt position. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Negative impacts on employment. 9. Spending by businesses replacing old machinery A) Government spending. B) Consumption. C) Exports. D) Investment. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Investment. 10. Fund that collects and invests income until payments are made A) Financial system. B) Pension fund. C) Pension. D) Credit union. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pension fund. 11. What is meant by economic growth? A) A decrease in the budget deficit. B) An increase in population. C) An increase in real GDP. D) An increase in budget surplus. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) An increase in real GDP. 12. The GDP (Gross Domestic Product) is: A) The total output of a firm. B) Number of products the country exports. C) The number of products purchased by an average household. D) The total output of a country. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The total output of a country. 13. If you traveled from London, England to Moscow, Russia, which two language families would you come in contact with? A) Romance/Germanic. B) Slavic/Romance. C) English/Romance. D) Germanic/Slavic. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Germanic/Slavic. 14. Which factor is being described in the following list:oil, plants, water, gold? A) Entrepreneur. B) Human resources. C) Natural resources. D) Capital goods. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Natural resources. 15. A state paying for a student to become a doctor to work in a local hospital is an example of ..... A) Investment in entrepreneurship. B) Investment in capital goods. C) Investment in natural resources. D) Investment in human capital. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Investment in human capital. 16. If someone says that Japan's citizens make an average of $ 48, 919 a year, they are describing Japan's ..... A) Natural resources. B) GDP. C) GDP per capita. D) Capital goods. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) GDP per capita. 17. If someone says that the country of China is worth over $ 12 trillion dollars, they are talking about their A) GDP. B) GDP per capita. C) Human capital. D) Capital goods. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) GDP. 18. Remaining after deducting taxes and other expenses. A) Productive. B) Net. C) Service. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Net. 19. The alternative combinations of final goods and services that could be produced, in a given time period with available resources and technology, are known as A) Production possibilities. B) Consumption possibilities. C) Real GDP. D) Nominal GDP. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Production possibilities. 20. If GDP increased from $ 3685 million to $ 3791 million in 1 year, what is the economic growth rate? (Note:the formula is the change divided by the original value, x 100.) A) 1.84%. B) 2.35%. C) 3.42%. D) 2.87%. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 2.87%. 21. Which country's economy is closest to a command economy? A) German. B) Russia. C) United States of America. D) United Kingdom. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Russia. 22. When a country invests in new machinery, technology, and factories, it is increasing its: A) Capital goods. B) Natural resources. C) Human capital. D) Entrepreneurship. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Capital goods. 23. This language family is spoken in Russia and other eastern European countries A) Slavic. B) Romance. C) Germanic. D) English. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Slavic. 24. The knowledge, skills, and relative health of a nation's labor force/ A) Human Capital. B) Capital Good. C) Literate. D) Standard of living. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Human Capital. 25. What does obsolete mean? This is what describes North Korea's capital goods. A) Perfect. B) New. C) Old. D) Modern. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Old. 26. In a recession, the curve of the GNP is A) Touches the Trend. B) In-Line with Trend. C) Above the Trend. D) Below the Trend. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Below the Trend. 27. Why may GDP not be a good measure to compare the living standard of two countries? A) It does not include government expenditure. B) It is based on sample basket of goods. C) It does not take account of population size. D) It only compares export prices with import prices. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It does not take account of population size. 28. What was the main source of making money for the people of Gulf between 19th and 20th century? A) Pearl diving and hunting. B) Pearl diving and fishing. C) Oil and natural gas. D) Fishing and petrolium. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pearl diving and fishing. 29. All of the following make up the human development index EXCEPT A) Life expectancy. B) Per capita income. C) Education level and literacy rate. D) Gender equality. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Gender equality. 30. The part of the economy owned and operated by private citizens. A) Capital Goods. B) Private Sector. C) Natural Resource. D) Public Sector. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Private Sector. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesDevelopment QuizzesEconomics QuizzesEconomic Growth Quiz 1Economic Growth Quiz 2Economic Growth Quiz 3Economic Growth Quiz 4Economic Growth Quiz 6Economic Growth Quiz 7Economic Growth Quiz 8Economic Growth Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books