Chapter 2
Test Bank for BUSN 7 7th edition by Kelly Williams
1.

An economy is both a social and a financial system.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER:
True
DIFFICULTY:
Difficulty: Easy
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: BUSN.KELL.15.02.01
NATIONAL STANDARDS: United States - BUSPROG: Analytic
TOPICS: A-Head: Economics: Navigating a Crisis KEYWORDS: Bloom's:
Knowledge

2.

Financial or social systems are not essential to the development of a strong economy.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER:
False
DIFFICULTY:
Difficulty: Easy
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: BUSN.KELL.15.02.01
NATIONAL STANDARDS: United States - BUSPROG: Analytic
TOPICS: A-Head: Economics: Navigating a Crisis KEYWORDS: Bloom's:
Comprehension

3.

The study of economics focuses on how people, businesses, and governments choose to
allocate resources.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER:
True
DIFFICULTY:
Difficulty: Easy
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: BUSN.KELL.15.02.01
NATIONAL STANDARDS: United States - BUSPROG: Analytic
TOPICS: A-Head: Economics: Navigating a Crisis KEYWORDS: Bloom's:
Knowledge
Page1


Chapter 2
A key economic goal is to provide a deep understanding of past choices that can be
used to guide future business decisions.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER:
True
DIFFICULTY:
Difficulty: Easy
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: BUSN.KELL.15.02.06
NATIONAL STANDARDS: United States - BUSPROG: Analytic
TOPICS:
A-Head: Evaluating Economic Performance:
What’s Working?

B-Head: Productivity
KEYWORDS:
Bloom's: Comprehension
5. An economic system is a structure for measuring gross domestic product.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER:
False
DIFFICULTY:
Difficulty: Easy
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: BUSN.KELL.15.02.01
NATIONAL STANDARDS: United States - BUSPROG: Analytic
TOPICS: A-Head: Economics: Navigating a Crisis KEYWORDS: Bloom's:
4.

Knowledge
6.

Microeconomics is the study of a country’s overall economic dynamics, such as the
employment rate, the gross domestic product, and taxation policies.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER:
False
DIFFICULTY:
Difficulty: Easy
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: BUSN.KELL.15.02.01
TOPICS:
A-Head: Economics: Navigating a Crisis


KEYWORDS: Bloom's: Knowledge
7. Macroeconomics issues directly affect one's day-to-day life, influencing key variables
such as what jobs will be available, how much cash one will actually take home after
taxes, or how much can one buy with that cash in any given month.
Page2


Chapter 2
a. True
b. False
ANSWER:
True
DIFFICULTY:
Difficulty: Easy
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: BUSN.KELL.15.02.01
NATIONAL STANDARDS: United States - BUSPROG: Analytic
TOPICS: A-Head: Economics: Navigating a Crisis KEYWORDS: Bloom's:
Knowledge
The study of economics falls into two broad categories called meta-economics and
econometrics.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER:
False
DIFFICULTY:
Difficulty: Easy
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: BUSN.KELL.15.02.01
NATIONAL STANDARDS: United States - BUSPROG: Analytic
TOPICS:
A-Head:

Economics:
Navigating a Crisis
KEYWORDS:
Bloom's: Knowledge
9. Luke is taking an economics class that focuses on decisions made by individual
business firms and consumers. Luke’s class is concerned with microeconomic issues.
8.

a. True
b. False

ANSWER:
True
DIFFICULTY:
Difficulty: Moderate
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: BUSN.KELL.15.02.01
NATIONAL STANDARDS: United States - BUSPROG: Analytic
TOPICS:
A-Head: Economics: Navigating a Crisis
KEYWORDS: Bloom's: Application
10. Microeconomics focuses on individual consumers, families, and individual businesses.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER:
True
Page3


Chapter 2
DIFFICULTY:

Difficulty: Easy
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: BUSN.KELL.15.02.01
TOPICS: A-Head: Economics: Navigating a Crisis KEYWORDS: Bloom's:
Comprehension
In 2011, the foreclosure rate dropped to the lowest level since 2007, when the recession
began.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER:
True
DIFFICULTY:
Difficulty: Easy
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: BUSN.KELL.15.02.01
NATIONAL STANDARDS: United States - BUSPROG: Analytic
TOPICS:
A-Head: Economics: Navigating a Crisis B-Head:
Global Economic Crisis: How Did This
Happen?
KEYWORDS:
Bloom's: Knowledge
12. Starting in the mid-2000s, amidst many regulation and government policies, financial
institutions maintained high reserves in case the mortgage-backed funds lost value.
11.

a. True
b. False

ANSWER:
False
DIFFICULTY:

Difficulty: Easy
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: BUSN.KELL.15.02.01
NATIONAL STANDARDS: United States - BUSPROG: Analytic
TOPICS:
A-Head: Economics: Navigating a Crisis
B-Head: Global Economic Crisis: How Did This Happen?
KEYWORDS:
Bloom's: Comprehension
13.

With a new administration, President Obama proposed, and Congress passed, an $825
billion economic stimulus package called the American Recovery and
Reinvestment Act..
a. True
b. False
ANSWER:
True
Page4


Chapter 2
DIFFICULTY:
Difficulty: Easy
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: BUSN.KELL.15.02.01
NATIONAL STANDARDS: United States - BUSPROG: Analytic
TOPICS:
A-Head: Economics: Navigating a Crisis
B-Head: Moving in a Better Direction
KEYWORDS:


Bloom's: Knowledge

The unemployment rate hit 9.6% in 2010, leading to total Great Recession job losses of
nearly 8 million. Many of these jobs will never come back as the economy continues to
change, and old skills become obsolete. a. True b. False
ANSWER:
True
DIFFICULTY:
Difficulty: Moderate
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: BUSN.KELL.15.02.01
NATIONAL STANDARDS: United States - BUSPROG: Analytic
TOPICS:
A-Head: Economics: Navigating a Crisis B-Head:
Global Economic Crisis: How Did This
Happen?
KEYWORDS:
Bloom's: Analysis
15. The $700 billion economic bailout package passed by Congress in 2008 was an
example of monetary policy.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER:
False
DIFFICULTY:
Difficulty: Easy
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: BUSN.KELL.15.02.01
NATIONAL STANDARDS: United States - BUSPROG: Analytic
TOPICS:
A-Head: Economics: Navigating a Crisis
B-Head: Moving in a Better Direction

14.

KEYWORDS:
16.

Bloom's: Comprehension

Fiscal policy is the government’s effort to influence the economy through taxation and
spending decisions to encourage growth and boost employment while curbing inflation.
a. True
b. False

ANSWER:

True
Page5


Chapter 2
DIFFICULTY:
Difficulty: Easy
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: BUSN.KELL.15.02.02
NATIONAL STANDARDS: United States - BUSPROG: Analytic
TOPICS: A-Head: Managing the Economy Through Fiscal and
Monetary Policy B-Head: Fiscal Policy
KEYWORDS:
Bloom's: Knowledge
17.

In fiscal strategies, most economists agree that higher taxes can boost the economy by

leaving more money with the government to spend or invest during economic crisis.
a. True
b. False

ANSWER:
DIFFICULTY:

False
Difficulty:
Easy
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: BUSN.KELL.15.02.02
NATIONAL STANDARDS: United States - BUSPROG: Analytic
TOPICS:
A-Head: Managing the Economy Through Fiscal and
Monetary Policy B-Head: Fiscal Policy
KEYWORDS:
Bloom's: Comprehension
18. The government experiences a budget surplus when its tax revenue exceeds its
expenditures.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER:
True
DIFFICULTY:
Difficulty: Easy
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: BUSN.KELL.15.02.02
NATIONAL STANDARDS: United States - BUSPROG: Analytic
TOPICS: A-Head: Managing the Economy Through Fiscal and Monetary Policy
B-Head: Debt Ceiling/Fiscal Cliff
KEYWORDS:

Bloom's: Knowledge
19.

The government incurs a budget deficit, if revenue is higher than spending and must
borrow money to cover the shortfall.
a. True
b. False
Page6


Chapter 2
ANSWER:
False
DIFFICULTY:
Difficulty: Easy
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: BUSN.KELL.15.02.02
NATIONAL STANDARDS: United States - BUSPROG: Analytic
TOPICS:
A-Head: Managing the Economy Through Fiscal and Monetary Policy
B-Head: Debt Ceiling/Fiscal Cliff
KEYWORDS:

Bloom's: Knowledge

The debt ceiling is the maximum amount Congress lets the government borrow.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER:
True
DIFFICULTY:

Difficulty: Easy
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: BUSN.KELL.15.02.02
NATIONAL STANDARDS: United States - BUSPROG: Analytic
TOPICS:
A-Head: Managing the Economy Through Fiscal and
Monetary Policy
B-Head: Debt Ceiling/Fiscal Cliff
KEYWORDS:
Bloom's: Knowledge
21. The sum of all the money borrowed over the years and not yet repaid is the total fiscal
debt.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER:
False
DIFFICULTY:
Difficulty: Easy
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: BUSN.KELL.15.02.02
NATIONAL STANDARDS: United States - BUSPROG: Analytic
TOPICS: A-Head: Managing the Economy Through Fiscal and Monetary Policy BHead: Debt Ceiling/Fiscal Cliff
KEYWORDS:
Bloom's: Knowledge
20.

22.

The debt ceiling is the maximum amount Congress lets the government lend to the
public.
a. True
b. False

Page7


Chapter 2
ANSWER:
False
DIFFICULTY:
Difficulty: Easy
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: BUSN.KELL.15.02.02
NATIONAL STANDARDS: United States - BUSPROG: Analytic
TOPICS:
A-Head: Managing the Economy Through Fiscal and Monetary Policy
B-Head: Debt Ceiling/Fiscal Cliff
KEYWORDS:

Bloom's: Knowledge

The 12 Federal Reserve Banks are regional banks, privately owned by the member
commercial banks in their individual districts.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER:
True
DIFFICULTY:
Difficulty: Easy
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: BUSN.KELL.15.02.02
NATIONAL STANDARDS: United States - BUSPROG: Analytic
TOPICS:
A-Head: Managing the Economy Through Fiscal and
Monetary Policy

B-Head: Monetary Policy
KEYWORDS:
Bloom's: Knowledge
24. The federal government does not own the Federal Reserve Banks.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER:
True
DIFFICULTY:
Difficulty: Easy
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: BUSN.KELL.15.02.02
NATIONAL STANDARDS: United States - BUSPROG: Analytic
TOPICS:
A-Head: Managing the Economy Through Fiscal and
Monetary Policy B-Head: Monetary Policy
23.

KEYWORDS:
25.

Bloom's: Knowledge

The Federal Reserve does not regulate banks; only state regulatory agencies perform
this function.
a. True
b. False
Page8


Chapter 2

ANSWER:
False
DIFFICULTY:
Difficulty: Easy
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: BUSN.KELL.15.02.02
NATIONAL STANDARDS: United States - BUSPROG: Analytic
TOPICS:
A-Head: Managing the Economy Through Fiscal and
Monetary Policy B-Head: Monetary Policy
KEYWORDS:
26.

Bloom's: Comprehension

State governments are actually the owners of the Federal Reserve Banks.
a. True
b. False

ANSWER:
False
DIFFICULTY:
Difficulty: Easy
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: BUSN.KELL.15.02.02
NATIONAL STANDARDS: United States - BUSPROG: Analytic
TOPICS:
A-Head: Managing the Economy Through Fiscal and
Monetary Policy
B-Head: Monetary Policy
KEYWORDS:
Bloom's: Knowledge

27. The Federal Reserve provides banking services to member banks and is the central
bank of the United States.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER:
True
DIFFICULTY:
Difficulty: Easy
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: BUSN.KELL.15.02.02
NATIONAL STANDARDS: United States - BUSPROG: Analytic
TOPICS:
A-Head: Managing the Economy Through Fiscal and
Monetary Policy B-Head: Monetary Policy
KEYWORDS:
Bloom's: Knowledge
28. The Fed is headed by a 50-member Board of Governors.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER:
False
Page9


Chapter 2
DIFFICULTY:
Difficulty: Easy
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: BUSN.KELL.15.02.02
NATIONAL STANDARDS: United States - BUSPROG: Analytic
TOPICS:
A-Head: Managing the Economy Through Fiscal and

Monetary Policy B-Head: Monetary Policy
KEYWORDS:

Bloom's: Knowledge

The Federal Reserve Bank is in charge of both fiscal and monetary policy.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER:
False
DIFFICULTY:
Difficulty: Easy
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: BUSN.KELL.15.02.02
NATIONAL STANDARDS: United States - BUSPROG: Analytic
TOPICS:
A-Head: Managing the Economy Through Fiscal and
Monetary Policy
B-Head: Monetary Policy
KEYWORDS:
Bloom's: Knowledge
30. Money supply refers specifically to the amount of paper bills and metal coins in our
overall economy.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER:
False
DIFFICULTY:
Difficulty: Easy
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: BUSN.KELL.15.02.02
NATIONAL STANDARDS: United States - BUSPROG: Analytic

TOPICS:
A-Head: Managing the Economy Through Fiscal and
Monetary Policy B-Head: Monetary Policy
29.

KEYWORDS:
31.

Bloom's: Knowledge

When the economy contracts, the Fed typically decreases the money supply.
a. True
b. False

ANSWER:

False
Page10


Chapter 2
DIFFICULTY:
Difficulty: Easy
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: BUSN.KELL.15.02.02
NATIONAL STANDARDS: United States - BUSPROG: Analytic
TOPICS:
A-Head: Managing the Economy Through Fiscal and
Monetary Policy B-Head: Monetary Policy
KEYWORDS:


Bloom's: Knowlegde

M1 and M2 are commonly used definitions for money supplies. If you use the debit
card connected to your checking account to make purchases, it would be referred to as
an M1.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER:
True
DIFFICULTY:
Difficulty: Moderate
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: BUSN.KELL.15.02.02
NATIONAL STANDARDS: United States - BUSPROG: Analytic
TOPICS:
A-Head: Managing the Economy Through Fiscal and
Monetary Policy
B-Head: Monetary Policy
KEYWORDS:
Bloom's: Comprehension
33. Ashley has decided to purchase a dress for the banquet using her credit card. Ashley
will be using a form of the money supply most often referred to as M2.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER:
False
DIFFICULTY:
Difficulty: Moderate
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: BUSN.KELL.15.02.02
NATIONAL STANDARDS: United States - BUSPROG: Analytic
TOPICS:

A-Head: Managing the Economy Through Fiscal and
Monetary Policy B-Head: Monetary Policy
32.

KEYWORDS:
34.

Bloom's: Comprehension

The Fed’s decision to buy and sell government securities is decided by the Federal
Open Market Committee.
a. True
Page11


Chapter 2
b. False

ANSWER:
True
DIFFICULTY:
Difficulty: Easy
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: BUSN.KELL.15.02.02
NATIONAL STANDARDS: United States - BUSPROG: Analytic
TOPICS:
A-Head: Managing the Economy Through Fiscal and
Monetary Policy B-Head: Monetary Policy
KEYWORDS:
35.


Bloom's: Knowledge

When inflation is a concern, the Fed buys securities.
a. True
b. False

ANSWER:
False
DIFFICULTY:
Difficulty: Easy
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: BUSN.KELL.15.02.02
NATIONAL STANDARDS: United States - BUSPROG: Analytic
TOPICS:
A-Head: Managing the Economy Through Fiscal and
Monetary Policy
B-Head: Monetary Policy
KEYWORDS:
Bloom's: Knowledge
36. Monetary policy is made by the Federal Open Market Committee.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER:
True
DIFFICULTY:
Difficulty:
Challenging
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: BUSN.KELL.15.02.02
NATIONAL STANDARDS: United States - BUSPROG: Analytic
TOPICS:
A-Head: Managing the Economy Through Fiscal and

Monetary Policy B-Head: Monetary Policy
KEYWORDS:
Bloom's: Synthesis
37.

When the economy is weak, the Fed sells government securities on the open market.
a. True
Page12


Chapter 2
b. False

ANSWER:
False
DIFFICULTY:
Difficulty: Easy
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: BUSN.KELL.15.02.02
NATIONAL STANDARDS: United States - BUSPROG: Analytic
TOPICS:
A-Head: Managing the Economy Through Fiscal and
Monetary Policy B-Head: Monetary Policy
KEYWORDS:

Bloom's: Knowledge

The discount rate is the interest rate the Fed charges on its loans to commercial banks.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER:

True
DIFFICULTY:
Difficulty:
Easy
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: BUSN.KELL.15.02.02
NATIONAL STANDARDS: United States - BUSPROG: Analytic
TOPICS:
A-Head: Managing the Economy Through Fiscal and
Monetary Policy
B-Head: Monetary Policy
KEYWORDS:
Bloom's: Knowledge
39. Capitalism is based on private ownership, economic freedom, and fair competition.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER:
True
DIFFICULTY:
Difficulty: Easy
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: BUSN.KELL.15.02.03
NATIONAL STANDARDS: United States - BUSPROG: Analytic
38.

TOPICS: A-Head: Capitalism: The Free Market System KEYWORDS: Bloom's:
Knowledge
40.

Capitalism places paramount importance on the need for the government to intervene in
the economy to ensure a fair and equitable distribution of income.
a. True

b. False
Page13


Chapter 2
ANSWER:
False
DIFFICULTY:
Difficulty: Moderate
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: BUSN.KELL.15.02.03
NATIONAL STANDARDS: United States - BUSPROG: Analytic
TOPICS: A-Head: Capitalism: The Free Market System KEYWORDS: Bloom's:
Comprehension
The fundamental rights of capitalism guarantee that businesses will be profitable and
taxes will be low, thus providing a strong motivation to start a business. a. True b. False
ANSWER:
False
DIFFICULTY:
Difficulty: Moderate
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: BUSN.KELL.15.02.03
NATIONAL STANDARDS: United States - BUSPROG: Analytic
TOPICS:
A-Head: Capitalism: The Free
Market System
B-Head: The Fundamental Rights of
Capitalism
KEYWORDS:
Bloom's: Comprehension
42. Everlene’s Bakery competes against many other bakeries in the same city. However,
each bakery uses different recipes and each claims to offer better products than their

rivals. For example, Everlene’s advertises that it produces the “World’s Best” chocolate
chip cookies. This suggests that Everlene’s Bakery is an example of pure competition.
a. True
41.

b. False

ANSWER:
DIFFICULTY:

False
Difficulty:
Challenging
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: BUSN.KELL.15.02.03
NATIONAL STANDARDS: United States - BUSPROG: Analytic
TOPICS: A-Head: Capitalism: The Free Market
System B-Head: Four Degrees of Competition
KEYWORDS:
Bloom's: Evaluation
43. Government policies promoting free trade are consistent with the right to free choice,
which is fundamental to capitalism.
a. True
Page14


Chapter 2
b. False

ANSWER:
True

DIFFICULTY:
Difficulty: Moderate
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: BUSN.KELL.15.02.03
NATIONAL STANDARDS: United States - BUSPROG: Analytic
TOPICS:
A-Head: Capitalism: The Free Market System
B-Head: The Fundamental Rights of Capitalism
KEYWORDS:

Bloom's: Comprehension

An entrepreneur with limited funds who wants to start a new business would probably
be most successful in an monopolistic market, because the amount of competition in
such markets is very limited.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER:
False
DIFFICULTY:
Difficulty: Moderate
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: BUSN.KELL.15.02.03
NATIONAL STANDARDS: United States - BUSPROG: Analytic
TOPICS:
A-Head: Capitalism: The Free
Market System
B-Head: Four Degrees of Competition
KEYWORDS:
Bloom's: Comprehension
45. A typical supply curve shows that an increase in the price of a good will cause
producers to decrease the quantity they supply.

a. True
b. False
ANSWER:
False
DIFFICULTY:
Difficulty: Easy
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: BUSN.KELL.15.02.03
NATIONAL STANDARDS: United States - BUSPROG: Analytic
TOPICS:
A-Head: Capitalism: The Free Market System
B-Head: Supply and Demand: Fundamental Principles of a Free Market System
KEYWORDS:
Bloom's: Knowledge
44.

46.

Federal law has made all types of monopolies illegal in the United States.
Page15


Chapter 2
a. True
b. False
ANSWER:
False
DIFFICULTY:
Difficulty: Moderate
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: BUSN.KELL.15.02.03
NATIONAL STANDARDS: United States - BUSPROG: Analytic

TOPICS: A-Head: Capitalism: The Free Market
System B-Head: Four Degrees of Competition
KEYWORDS:
Bloom's: Analysis
Consumers will see prices fall when the quantity demanded exceeds quantity supplied.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER:
False
DIFFICULTY:
Difficulty: Moderate
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: BUSN.KELL.15.02.03
NATIONAL STANDARDS: United States - BUSPROG: Analytic
TOPICS:
A-Head: Capitalism: The Free Market System
B-Head: Supply and Demand: Fundamental Principles of a Free
Market System
KEYWORDS:
Bloom's: Analysis
48. The price paid for goods and services will rise when the quantity demanded exceeds
quantity supplied.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER:
True
DIFFICULTY:
Difficulty: Moderate
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: BUSN.KELL.15.02.03
NATIONAL STANDARDS: United States - BUSPROG: Analytic
TOPICS:

A-Head: Capitalism: The Free Market System
B-Head: Supply and Demand: Fundamental Principles of a Free Market System
KEYWORDS:
Bloom's: Analysis
49. Brooklyn’s Beachfront Bed and Breakfast loses money due to a sharp drop in the
number of guests during the winter months. If Brooklyn’s demand curve is like most
47.

Page16


Chapter 2
demand curves, one way to attract more guests would be to offer lower rates during the
off-season.
a. True
b. False

ANSWER:
DIFFICULTY:

True
Difficulty:
Challenging
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: BUSN.KELL.15.02.03
NATIONAL STANDARDS: United States - BUSPROG: Analytic
TOPICS:
A-Head: Capitalism: The Free Market System
B-Head: Supply and Demand: Fundamental Principles of a Free Market System
KEYWORDS:
Bloom's: Evaluation

Morgan’s Moped and Bicycle Store is located on the property of a five­star resort in
southern Florida. Rental cost of the mopeds and bikes is based on one-hour increments.
Morgan lowers his standard prices to attract patrons during daily rainstorms in June and
August. This is an example of decreasing supply.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER:
False
DIFFICULTY:
Difficulty:
Challenging
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: BUSN.KELL.15.02.03
NATIONAL STANDARDS: United States - BUSPROG: Analytic
TOPICS:
A-Head: Capitalism: The Free Market System
B-Head: Supply and Demand: Fundamental Principles of a Free
Market System
KEYWORDS:
Bloom's: Evaluation
51. Demand refers to the quantity of products that consumers are willing to buy at different
market prices.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER:
True
DIFFICULTY:
Difficulty: Moderate
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: BUSN.KELL.15.02.03
50.


Page17


Chapter 2
NATIONAL STANDARDS: United States - BUSPROG: Analytic
TOPICS:
A-Head: Capitalism: The Free Market System
B-Head: Supply and Demand: Fundamental Principles of a Free Market System
KEYWORDS:

Bloom's: Comprehension

Market equilibrium identifies the price at which quantity supplied is equal to quantity
demanded.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER:
True
DIFFICULTY:
Difficulty: Moderate
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: BUSN.KELL.15.02.03
NATIONAL STANDARDS: United States - BUSPROG: Analytic
TOPICS:
A-Head: Capitalism: The Free Market System
B-Head: Supply and Demand: Fundamental Principles of a Free Market System

52.

KEYWORDS:
53.


Bloom's: Comprehension

In a planned economy, the government plays only a minor role in the operation of the
economy.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER:
False
DIFFICULTY:
Difficulty: Easy
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: BUSN.KELL.15.02.04
NATIONAL STANDARDS: United States - BUSPROG: Analytic
TOPICS: A-Head: Planned Economies: Socialism and Communism KEYWORDS:
Bloom's: Knowledge

54.

In capitalist economies, central government planning is paramount.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER:
False
DIFFICULTY:
Difficulty: Moderate
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: BUSN.KELL.15.02.04
NATIONAL STANDARDS: United States - BUSPROG: Analytic
Page18



Chapter 2
TOPICS:
A-Head: Planned Economies: Socialism and Communism
KEYWORDS:
Bloom's: Comprehension
55. Socialism is an economic system based on the principle that the government should
own and operate key enterprises that directly affect public welfare.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER:
True
DIFFICULTY:
Difficulty: Easy
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: BUSN.KELL.15.02.04
NATIONAL STANDARDS: United States - BUSPROG: Analytic
TOPICS:
A-Head: Planned Economies: Socialism and Communism
B-Head: Socialism
KEYWORDS:
Bloom's: Knowledge
56.

The North Korean and Cuban governments still own most of their nations’ enterprises
and actively control the performance of their nations’ economies.
a. True
b. False

ANSWER:
True
DIFFICULTY:

Difficulty: Moderate
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: BUSN.KELL.15.02.04
NATIONAL STANDARDS: United States - BUSPROG: Analytic
TOPICS:
A-Head: Planned Economies: Socialism and Communism
B-Head: Communism
KEYWORDS:
Bloom's: Analysis
57.

Communism is an economic and political system in which a strong central government
owns and controls almost all productive enterprises.
a. True
b. False

ANSWER:

True

DIFFICULTY:
Difficulty: Moderate LEARNING
OBJECTIVES: BUSN.KELL.15.02.04
Page19


Chapter 2
NATIONAL STANDARDS: United States - BUSPROG: Analytic
TOPICS:
A-Head: Planned Economies: Socialism and Communism
B-Head: Communism

KEYWORDS:
Bloom's: Comprehension
58. By the end of the 1980s, communism began to collapse across the Soviet Union and its
satellite nations.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER:
True
DIFFICULTY:
Difficulty: Easy
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: BUSN.KELL.15.02.04
NATIONAL STANDARDS: United States - BUSPROG: Analytic
TOPICS:
A-Head: Planned Economies: Socialism and Communism
B-Head: Communism
KEYWORDS:
Bloom's: Knowledge
The few nations that still rely on a communist economic system have actually seen
major improvements in their economic performance over the past decade.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER:
False
DIFFICULTY:
Difficulty: Moderate
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: BUSN.KELL.15.02.04
NATIONAL STANDARDS: United States - BUSPROG: Analytic
TOPICS:
A-Head: Planned Economies: Socialism and Communism
B-Head: Communism

KEYWORDS:
Bloom's: Analysis

59.

60.

Karl Marx envisioned communism as a system that would improve the lot of the
common worker.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER:
True
DIFFICULTY:
Difficulty: Easy
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: BUSN.KELL.15.02.04
Page20


Chapter 2
NATIONAL STANDARDS: United States - BUSPROG: Analytic
TOPICS:
A-Head: Planned Economies: Socialism and Communism
B-Head: Communism
KEYWORDS:
Bloom's: Knowledge
61. One problem that plagued many communist economies was that the absence of free
markets resulted in crippling shortages and surpluses of goods and services.
a. True
b. False

ANSWER:
True
DIFFICULTY:
Difficulty: Easy
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: BUSN.KELL.15.02.04
NATIONAL STANDARDS: United States - BUSPROG: Analytic
TOPICS: A-Head: Planned Economies: Socialism and Communism KEYWORDS:
Bloom's: Knowledge
62.

In the U.S. economy, various branches of government own major enterprises such as
the postal service, schools, parks, libraries, universities, and the military.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER:
True
DIFFICULTY:
Difficulty: Easy
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: BUSN.KELL.15.02.05
NATIONAL STANDARDS: United States - BUSPROG: Analytic
TOPICS: A-Head: Mixed Economies: The Story of the Future KEYWORDS: Bloom's:
Knowledge

63.

The U.S. federal government is the nation’s largest employer.
a. True
b. False

ANSWER:

True
DIFFICULTY:
Difficulty: Easy
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: BUSN.KELL.15.02.05
NATIONAL STANDARDS: United States - BUSPROG: Analytic
Page21


Chapter 2
TOPICS:

A-Head: Mixed Economies: The Story of the Future

KEYWORDS: Bloom's: Knowledge

Page22


Chapter 2
The federal government creates regulations that prohibit competition and
stimulate consumers to work.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER:
False
DIFFICULTY:
Difficulty: Easy
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: BUSN.KELL.15.02.05
NATIONAL STANDARDS: United States - BUSPROG: Analytic TOPICS:
A-Head: Mixed Economies: The Story of

the Future
KEYWORDS:
Bloom's: Knowledge
65. Privatization is the conversion of government-owned enterprises to private
ownership.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER:
True
DIFFICULTY:
Difficulty: Easy
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: BUSN.KELL.15.02.05
NATIONAL STANDARDS: United States - BUSPROG: Analytic
TOPICS: A-Head: Mixed Economies: The Story of the Future KEYWORDS:
64.

Bloom's: Comprehension
While the U.S. relies heavily on free markets, it is actually a mixed economy in
which the government owns several major enterprises and regulates many aspects
of business operations.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER:
True
DIFFICULTY:
Difficulty: Moderate
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: BUSN.KELL.15.02.05
NATIONAL STANDARDS: United States - BUSPROG: Analytic
TOPICS:
A-Head: Mixed Economies: The Story of the Future


66.

KEYWORDS: Bloom's: Analysis
Page23


Chapter 2

Competition encourages companies to operate efficiently and responsively. The
government does its part to stimulate fair competition by creating regulations to
protect consumers and workers.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER:
True
DIFFICULTY:
Difficulty: Moderate
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: BUSN.KELL.15.02.05
NATIONAL STANDARDS: United States - BUSPROG: Analytic

67.

TOPICS: A-Head: Mixed Economies: The Story of the Future KEYWORDS:
Bloom's: Analysis
Privatization is an important element of the movement toward a greater market
orientation in many nations.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER:

True
DIFFICULTY:
Difficulty: Moderate
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: BUSN.KELL.15.02.05
NATIONAL STANDARDS: United States - BUSPROG: Analytic TOPICS:
A-Head: Mixed Economies: The Story of
the Future
KEYWORDS:
Bloom's: Analysis
69. The economic restructuring necessary to move toward greater reliance on markets
has proven to be relatively easy for most previously planned economies to
achieve.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER:
False
DIFFICULTY:
Difficulty: Easy
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: BUSN.KELL.15.02.05
68.

Page24


Chapter 2
NATIONAL STANDARDS: United States - BUSPROG: Analytic
TOPICS:

A-Head: Mixed Economies: The Story of the Future


KEYWORDS: Bloom's: Comprehension
70. Many countries that have restructured to become more market-oriented have seen
dramatic increase in the standard of living for most of their people.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER:
True
DIFFICULTY:
Difficulty: Easy
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: BUSN.KELL.15.02.05
NATIONAL STANDARDS: United States - BUSPROG: Analytic
TOPICS: A-Head: Mixed Economies: The Story of the Future KEYWORDS:
Bloom's: Comprehension
71.

Gross Domestic Product (GDP) measures the total value of all final goods and
services produced within a nation’s physical boundaries over a given period of
time.

a. True
b. False

ANSWER:
True
DIFFICULTY:
Difficulty: Easy
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: BUSN.KELL.15.02.06
NATIONAL STANDARDS: United States - BUSPROG: Analytic
TOPICS:
A-Head: Evaluating Economic Performance:

What’s Working?
B-Head: Gross Domestic Product
KEYWORDS:
Bloom's: Knowledge
72. GDP tends to overstate the amount of output produced by a nation’s economy.
a. True
b. False

ANSWER:
False
DIFFICULTY:
Difficulty: Easy
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: BUSN.KELL.15.02.06
Page25