Personal Finance Study Questions 1

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Section 1 Study Questions (15.0 points) Answer each question fully. Complete sentences are not necessary. Lesson 1 (5.0 points) 1. What is scarcity? (1.0 points) A shortage of a supply or supplies 2. What is an economy? (1.0 points) A careful government based on managing supplies 3. What is a commodity? (1.0 points) A raw material or service that can be sold or bought 4. What is a producer? (0.5 points) A Company or individual who makes and sells goods 5. What is a consumer? (0.5 points) An individual buying the goods produced by the producer. 6. What is a good? (0.5 points) A product created for consumption or use 7. What is a service? (0.5 points) An action that helps the public’s needs Lesson 2 (5.0 points) 1. What is the difference between the public sector and the private sector? (1.0 points) Public: owned by the government. Private: owned by individuals 2. What is a market economy regulated by? (1.0 points) Interactions between producers and consumers 3. What is a planned economy regulated by? (1.0 points) The government 4. What is an entrepreneur? (1.0 points) The creator of a product or business 5. What is nonprice competition? (1.0 points) When a company tries to beat its competitors in a way unrelated to price Lesson 3 (5.0 points) 1. What are the factors of production? (1.0 points) Land, Labor, Capital, Entrepreneurship 2. What does the Law of Supply say? (1.0 points) If all factors are equal, the supply will increase and price will rise. 3. What is the Law of Demand? (1.0 points) If all factors are equal, demand will decrease and price will increase. 4. If supply increases, what is likely to happen to the price? (0.5 points) it will increase 5. If demand increases, what is likely to happen to the price? (0.5 points)

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