Economic Concepts and Events Quiz

Test your knowledge on GDP, market structures, inflation, and more with this macroeconomics quiz. Explore economic theories and terms!

#1

Which of the following is a characteristic of a command economy?

Private ownership of property
Centralized government control
Market-driven pricing
Decentralized decision-making
#2

What does GDP stand for in economics?

Gross Domestic Product
Government Debt Policy
General Distribution Plan
Goods and Services Production
#3

What is the term for a sustained increase in the general price level of goods and services in an economy over a period of time?

Deflation
Recession
Stagflation
Inflation
#4

What is the economic term for the total amount of money or assets owned by an individual or entity?

Income
Liabilities
Wealth
Budget
#5

Which of the following is a measure of the average prices of a basket of goods and services consumed by households?

Consumer Price Index (CPI)
Producer Price Index (PPI)
Retail Sales Index (RSI)
Gross Domestic Product (GDP)
#6

What is the term for the excess of government spending over government revenues during a certain period?

Budget deficit
National debt
Fiscal surplus
Trade deficit
#7

Which economic concept refers to the total value of goods and services produced within a country's borders in a specific time period?

Inflation
Gross National Product (GNP)
Gross Domestic Product (GDP)
Deflation
#8

What is the term for the maximum amount of a good that producers are willing and able to sell at a certain price during a given period?

Demand
Supply
Equilibrium
Scarcity
#9

What is the term for the measure of responsiveness of the quantity demanded or supplied of a good to a change in its price?

Utility
Elasticity
Surplus
Subsidy
#10

Which of the following is NOT a factor of production according to classical economics?

Land
Labor
Capital
Entrepreneurship
#11

What term refers to a situation where the production of one good increases, resulting in the opportunity cost of producing another good to rise?

Diminishing returns
Economies of scale
Trade-off
Production possibilities frontier
#12

Which economic concept suggests that as production of a good increases, the cost of producing each additional unit of that good decreases?

Law of demand
Law of supply
Law of diminishing returns
Economies of scale
#13

Which economic theory advocates for minimal government intervention in the economy, believing that markets will self-regulate?

Socialism
Keynesianism
Capitalism
Monetarism
#14

Which economic theory emphasizes the role of government spending, taxation, and monetary policy in influencing aggregate demand and solving economic problems?

Monetarism
Supply-side economics
Keynesianism
Fiscal conservatism

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