This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Economics > Systems > Types > Economic Systems – Quiz 5 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Economic Systems Quiz 5 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Using goods and services by consumers A) Consumption. B) Production. C) Distribution. D) Scarcity. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Consumption. 2. An economic system in which the government controls the factors of production and makes all of the economic decisions is called: A) Socialism. B) Democracy. C) Anarchy. D) Communism. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Communism. 3. Based on habits, customs and beliefs A) Traditional economic system. B) Command economic system. C) Mixed economic system. D) Market economic system. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Traditional economic system. 4. An disadvantage of this economic system is:it does not provide for everyone. Some people may be too young, too old, or too sick to earn a living or to care for themselves. These people would have difficulty surviving A) Traditional. B) Command. C) Capitalism/Market. D) Socialist. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Capitalism/Market. 5. What is the conversion of state owned factories and other property to private ownership? A) Black market. B) Privatization. C) Vouchers. D) Collectivization. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Privatization. 6. What is an entrepreneur? A) A worker in a factory. B) A leader of a country. C) A student in college. D) A person who starts a new business. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A person who starts a new business. 7. This economic system is described as "the old way" . A) Command. B) Market. C) Traditional. D) Mixed. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Traditional. 8. What type of economic system allows the government to decide what to produce, how to produce and for whom to produce? A) Market. B) Mixed. C) Command. D) Traditional. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Command. 9. What did Adam Smith believe about economic systems? A) Karl Marx was right about societies. B) Command Economy is the best. C) All societies should return to using traditional economies. D) Economies work best when there is no government involvement. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Economies work best when there is no government involvement. 10. Which economy is dictated by supply and demand and the buyers and sellers? A) Market. B) Socilaism. C) Mixed. D) Command. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Market. 11. A system for producing and distributing goods, and services to fulfill people's wants A) Economy. B) Politics. C) Communism. D) Distribution. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Economy. 12. Basic economic problems exist because of A) Needs. B) Economic resources. C) Scarcity. D) Capital resources. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Scarcity. 13. Which of the following is a potential problem in market economies? A) Total government control. B) Financial loss. C) Production quotas for businesses. D) No competition. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Financial loss. 14. What can the three basic economic questions determine? A) What kind of government a country has. B) What kind of economic system a country has. C) Whether or not most people live in poverty. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) What kind of economic system a country has. 15. A person who owns a business is called ..... A) An entrepreneur. B) A representative. C) An educator. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) An entrepreneur. 16. The Country of Korea, who has a dictator that makes most of the econmic decisions is what kind of economy? A) Traditional. B) Market. C) Command. D) Centrally Planned. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Command. 17. This exists when wants exceed resources available to satisfy those wants. A) Scarcity. B) Mixed economy. C) Economics. D) Market economy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Scarcity. 18. Which of the following is one of the four factors of production? A) Wheat. B) Entrepreneurship. C) Technology. D) Phones. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Entrepreneurship. 19. People sell their crops in village markets for items they need is an example of ..... A) Market. B) Command. C) Traditional. D) Mixed. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Traditional. 20. The United States is this type of system A) Mix of socialism and capitalism (mixed economy). B) Purely capitalist. C) Purely socialist. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mix of socialism and capitalism (mixed economy). 21. The way in which an economic system answers the basic economic questions depends upon the country's: A) Supply. B) Government. C) Demand. D) Products. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Government. 22. The power of consumers to decide what gets produced. A) Market. B) Consumer Sovereignty. C) Command Economy. D) Specialization. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Consumer Sovereignty. 23. This economic system is based on individual freedom. A) Traditional. B) Command (Communism). C) Free Market. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Free Market. 24. Socialism is a system that relies on the use of ..... A) Competition and Choice. B) Government Mandates. C) Wealth Redistribution. D) Customs and Beliefs. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Wealth Redistribution. 25. Which type of economy is controlled by the government? A) Command. B) Market. C) Mixed. D) Democratic. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Command. 26. Disadvantages of this economic system are frequent shortages, lack of consumer choice, lack of competition and lack of efficiency. A) Traditional. B) Market. C) Mixed. D) Command. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Command. 27. Which type of economy has the government making all decisions? A) Market. B) Mixed. C) Traditional. D) Command. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Command. 28. Resources that are made by people to make other things. A) Human Resources. B) Capital Resources. C) Renewable Resources. D) Natural Resources. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Capital Resources. 29. This includes the customers & locations a business wants to serve. A) Island. B) Market. C) Supply. D) Area. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Market. 30. What type of economic system is based cultural or religious beliefs and is often referred to as a subsistence economy? A) Market economy. B) Traditional economy. C) Mixed economy. D) Command economy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Traditional economy. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesSystems QuizzesEconomics QuizzesEconomic Systems Quiz 1Economic Systems Quiz 2Economic Systems Quiz 3Economic Systems Quiz 4Economic Systems Quiz 6Economic Systems Quiz 7Economic Systems Quiz 8Economic Systems Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books