MIE 201 Test 1 Makanui/106
Exam Questions with Answers
business - -individuals or organizations who try to earn a profit by providing
products that satisfy people's needs
-products - -a good or service with tangible and intangible characteristics
that provide satisfaction and benefits
-profit - -the difference between what it costs to make and sell a product
and what a customer pays for it
-nonprofit organizations - -organizations that may provide goods or services
but do not have the fundamental purpose of earning profits
-stakeholders - -groups that have a stake in the success and outcomes of a
business
-economics - -the study of how resources are distributed for the production
of goods and services within a social system
-natural resources - -land, forests, minerals, water, and other things that
are not made by people
-human resources (labor) - -the physical and mental abilities that people
use to produce goods and services
-financial resources - -the funds used to acquire the natural and human
resources needed to provide products
-economic system - -a description of how a particular society distributes its
resources to produce goods and service
-communism - -first described by Karl Marx as a society in which the people,
without regard to class, own all the nation's resources
-socialism - -an economic system in which the government owns and
operates basic industries but individuals own most businesses
-capitalism (free enterprise) - -an economic system in which individuals own
and operate the majority of businesses that provide goods and services
, -free-market system - -pure capitalism, in which all economic decisions are
made without government intervention
-mixed economies - -economies made up of elements from more than one
economic system
-demand - -the number of goods and services that consumers are willing to
buy at different prices at a specific time
-supply - -the number of products-goods and services- that businesses are
willing to sell at different prices at a specific time
-equilibrium price - -the price at which the number of products that
businesses are willing to supply equals the amount of products that
consumers are willing to buy at a specific point in time
-competition - -the rivalry amount businesses for consumers' dollars
-pure competition - -the market structure that exists when there are many
small businesses selling one standardized product
-monopolistic competition - -the market structure exists when there are
fewer businesses than in a pure-competition environment and the
differences among the goods they sell are small
-oligopoly - -the market structure that exists when there are very few
businesses selling a product
-monopoly - -the market structure that exists when there is only one
business providing a product in a given market
-economic expansion - -the situation that occurs when an economy is
growing and people are spending more money; their purchases stimulate the
production of goods and services, which in turn stimulates employment
-inflation - -a condition characterized by a continuing rise in prices
-economic contraction - -a slowdown of the economy characterized by a
decline in spending and during which businesses cut back on products and
lay off workers
-recession - -a decline in production, employment, and income
-unemployment - -the condition in which a percentage of the population
wants to work but is unable to find jobs
Exam Questions with Answers
business - -individuals or organizations who try to earn a profit by providing
products that satisfy people's needs
-products - -a good or service with tangible and intangible characteristics
that provide satisfaction and benefits
-profit - -the difference between what it costs to make and sell a product
and what a customer pays for it
-nonprofit organizations - -organizations that may provide goods or services
but do not have the fundamental purpose of earning profits
-stakeholders - -groups that have a stake in the success and outcomes of a
business
-economics - -the study of how resources are distributed for the production
of goods and services within a social system
-natural resources - -land, forests, minerals, water, and other things that
are not made by people
-human resources (labor) - -the physical and mental abilities that people
use to produce goods and services
-financial resources - -the funds used to acquire the natural and human
resources needed to provide products
-economic system - -a description of how a particular society distributes its
resources to produce goods and service
-communism - -first described by Karl Marx as a society in which the people,
without regard to class, own all the nation's resources
-socialism - -an economic system in which the government owns and
operates basic industries but individuals own most businesses
-capitalism (free enterprise) - -an economic system in which individuals own
and operate the majority of businesses that provide goods and services
, -free-market system - -pure capitalism, in which all economic decisions are
made without government intervention
-mixed economies - -economies made up of elements from more than one
economic system
-demand - -the number of goods and services that consumers are willing to
buy at different prices at a specific time
-supply - -the number of products-goods and services- that businesses are
willing to sell at different prices at a specific time
-equilibrium price - -the price at which the number of products that
businesses are willing to supply equals the amount of products that
consumers are willing to buy at a specific point in time
-competition - -the rivalry amount businesses for consumers' dollars
-pure competition - -the market structure that exists when there are many
small businesses selling one standardized product
-monopolistic competition - -the market structure exists when there are
fewer businesses than in a pure-competition environment and the
differences among the goods they sell are small
-oligopoly - -the market structure that exists when there are very few
businesses selling a product
-monopoly - -the market structure that exists when there is only one
business providing a product in a given market
-economic expansion - -the situation that occurs when an economy is
growing and people are spending more money; their purchases stimulate the
production of goods and services, which in turn stimulates employment
-inflation - -a condition characterized by a continuing rise in prices
-economic contraction - -a slowdown of the economy characterized by a
decline in spending and during which businesses cut back on products and
lay off workers
-recession - -a decline in production, employment, and income
-unemployment - -the condition in which a percentage of the population
wants to work but is unable to find jobs
