This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Systems > Types > Economic Systems – Quiz 8 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Economic Systems Quiz 8 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. 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). 2. 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. 3. 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. 4. 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. 5. 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. 6. Which type of economy is controlled by the government? A) Command. B) Market. C) Mixed. D) Democratic. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Command. 7. 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. 8. Which type of economy has the government making all decisions? A) Market. B) Mixed. C) Traditional. D) Command. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Command. 9. Resources that are made by people to make other things. A) Renewable Resources. B) Capital Resources. C) Human Resources. D) Natural Resources. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Capital Resources. 10. This includes the customers & locations a business wants to serve. A) Island. B) Market. C) Supply. D) Area. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Market. 11. 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. 12. Tax placed on an imported good A) Tariff. B) Duty. C) Import. D) Export. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tariff. 13. In a traditional economy, information about the way goods are produced is passed from one generation to the next by the- A) Family. B) Legal system. C) Public schools. D) Government. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Family. 14. An advantage of this economic system is:that goods are usually privately owned, and privately owned goods last longer than goods owned by others. A) Traditional. B) Command. C) Capitalism/Market. D) Mixed. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Capitalism/Market. 15. An economic system in which business are allowed to produce any goods and services they wish is referred to as ..... A) A centrally planned economy. B) A pure market capitalist economy. C) A mixed market capitalist economy. D) A socialist economy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A pure market capitalist economy. 16. In which economic system does the government answer all three of the big economic questions? (What to produce? How to produce? For whom to produce?) A) Command. B) Socialism. C) Market. D) Traditional. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Command. 17. What type of economy is described below:"the government tends to own major industries like utilities, health care and major manufacturing industries; however, individuals own most small businesses." A) Command. B) Mixed. C) Market. D) Traditional. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mixed. 18. How are goods and services exchanged in a traditional economy? A) Through prices and wages. B) Through government regulation. C) Through bartering. D) Through shortages and surpluses. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Through bartering. 19. China, until the 1980's-90's was viewed as a planned economy, is now categorized as this economic system. A) Traditional Economy. B) Market Economy. C) Command Economy. D) Mixed Economy. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mixed Economy. 20. Which of the following economic systems gives PEOPLE all the power in the economy? A) Market economy. B) Mixed economy. C) Traditional economy. D) Command economy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Market economy. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesSystems QuizzesEconomic Systems Quiz 1Economic Systems Quiz 2Economic Systems Quiz 3Economic Systems Quiz 4Economic Systems Quiz 5Economic Systems Quiz 6Economic Systems Quiz 7Economic Systems Quiz 9Economic Systems Quiz 10 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books