This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Economics > Systems > Types > Economic Systems – Quiz 25 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Economic Systems Quiz 25 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which one is not a disadvantage of traditional economy. A) Discourages new ideas. B) Lack of progress. C) Low standard of living. D) No pollution. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) No pollution. 2. The words "producer goods" describe ..... A) The final product that a producer makes. B) The products made by all producers. C) The goods used to produce other goods. D) Equipment but not factories and offices. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The goods used to produce other goods. 3. Individuals can own businesses and resources in this type of economy A) Command. B) Market. C) Mixed. D) Traditional. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Market. 4. Mary Ann runs a car dealership selling only government produced cars and must give all of the money she has earned back to the government at the end of the month. What type of economy doe she work in? A) Traditional. B) Mixed. C) Free market. D) Command. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Command. 5. Monetary reward a business owner receives for taking the risk involved in investing in a business; income left once all expenses are paid A) Cost of Goods. B) Profit. C) Income. D) Expenses. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Profit. 6. What term describes the tools and technology used to make a product? A) Human capital. B) Capital goods. C) Exports. D) Imports. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Capital goods. 7. Economy where the government own some of the factors of production A) Traditional. B) Communist. C) Market. D) Socialist. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Socialist. 8. Public goods are paid for by the public. Ultimately, that means who pays for them? A) The government. B) The taxpayers. C) The Federal Reserve Bank. D) The society. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The taxpayers. 9. This system only can exist in small, more isolated societies today. A) Traditional Economy. B) Market Economy. C) Command Economy. D) Mixed Economy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Traditional Economy. 10. Resources found in nature like air, soil, sunshine, water, coal, plants, and animals. A) Natural Resources. B) Capital Resources. C) Human Resources. D) Nonrenewable Resources. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Natural Resources. 11. What was salt used for? A) Preserve foods. B) Flavor food. C) All of these. D) Give to the cattle. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) All of these. 12. What is the economy when you go hunt just like your father A) Traditional. B) Command. C) Mixed. D) Market. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Traditional. 13. A ..... economy is an economic system in which economic decisions are left up to individual producers and consumers. A) Mixed. B) Command. C) Traditional. D) Market. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Market. 14. Economic system that has some combination of command and market economies A) Traditional. B) Command. C) Socialism. D) Mixed. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mixed. 15. Among the reasons socialism never developed into a political movement in the United States was that trade unions ..... A) Secured workers' rights. B) Guaranteed health care. C) Broke up monopolies. D) Diversified the workforce. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Secured workers' rights. 16. An economic system in which the government owns most basic industries such as transportation, communications, banking. Nonbasic industries are privately owned. A) Capitalism. B) Communism. C) Socialism. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Socialism. 17. Ms. Hargrove owns a shoe store in Concord, NC. Her profits from the store are divided up and shared with the people of Concord. A) Capitalism. B) Socialism. C) Communism. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Socialism. 18. People that make a product A) Services. B) Producers. C) Goods. D) Consumers. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Producers. 19. Which of the following is not a type of economic system? A) Socialist. B) Communism. C) Free enterprise. D) Totalitarian. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Totalitarian. 20. Who or what answers the basic economic questions in a traditional economy? A) Individuals and Businesses. B) Government. C) Custom. D) Individuals, Businesses, and Government. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Custom. 21. Government tells workers where they will work A) Traditional economic system. B) Command economic system. C) Mixed economic system. D) Market economic system. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Command economic system. 22. Which is NOT a characteristic of a Market Economy? A) Property Rights. B) Competition. C) Total Government Control. D) Freedom of Enterprise. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Total Government Control. 23. The United States has a mixed economy that combines which two economic philosophies? A) Capitalism and Socialism. B) Capitalism and Laissez-Faire. C) Capitalism and Communism. D) Socialism and Communism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Capitalism and Socialism. 24. This economic system is based on supply and demand: A) Traditional. B) Command. C) Market. D) Mixed. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Market. 25. The Economist, Freidrich von Hayek, thought A) Government should not control the money supply. B) Competition is a regulatory force in the economy. C) Government intervention is necessary for stability. D) Less government intervention gives people more economic freedom. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Less government intervention gives people more economic freedom. 26. An example of a public good provided by the government would be: A) Phones. B) Cars. C) Interstate highway. D) Internet. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Interstate highway. 27. Which type of economic activity uses raw materials to produce something new? A) Primary. B) Quaternary. C) Tertiary. D) Secondary. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Secondary. 28. The money received by resource owners and by producers for supplying goods and services to customers A) Cost of Goods. B) Profit. C) Income. D) Expenses. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Income. 29. An economic system characterized by private or corporate ownership of capital goods. A) Communism. B) Free Enterprise. C) Mixed Economy. D) Socialism. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Free Enterprise. 30. Under a command system, who owns the factors of production? A) Consumers. B) Elders. C) Businesses. D) Government. 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