Test 1 Flashcards

(38 cards)

1
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What is not a resource?

A

cash

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2
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What is not a natural resource?

A

Machinery

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3
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Economics is primarily the study of what?

A

Choices

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4
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Opportunity cost

A

the loss of potential gain from other alternatives when one alternative is chosen.

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5
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Economies of scale

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the more you produce the cheaper it is to produce each unit (advantage of a small company rather than a large one)

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6
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Micro-economics vs Macro-economics

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Micro-eco of just like friends and family, individuals
vs
Macro-eco of the whole economy

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7
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What are the three aspects of the economic system

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What to produce, how to produce, and who gets it

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8
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What is an example of an absolute advantage?

A

Thailands edible birds nests

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9
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What is Fiat money?

A

Backed by the government

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10
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What is an advantage bitcoin has over real money?

A

Its more anonymous

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11
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What is a stock?

A

Part of the ownership

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12
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What is a bond?

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A loan

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13
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What is early stage financial capital?

A

Money new companies used to get started

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14
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Venture capital firms

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Companies that invest in new companies that have potential

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15
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What is initial public offering?

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First time stocks are publically traded

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16
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The situation in which average of all prices or products is called?

17
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How does the fed influence inflation?

A

By increasing interest rates

18
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Who prints money and controls the circulation

A

Federal reserve

19
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Out of these four things which are one of the things that the federal reserve can not do?

A

They cant control taxes

20
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When raising money for your startup, what step comes first?

A

Raising money from family and friends

21
Q

Which of the following describes establishing the standards of law?

A

Providing a guidepost for minimally accepted behavior in society

22
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Which of the following describes maintaining order purpose of law?

A

Providing semlets of peace and calm in society

23
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What is intellectual property?

A

Ideas you can protect through a patent trademark and copyright

24
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Put in the order of least to most

A

Legal, ethical, moral

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What are the parts of the economic cycle?
Expansion, Peak, Contraction, Trough
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Elasticity in prices
measure of the change in the demand for a product in relation to a change in its price.
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What makes a product more or less elastic?
If it's easy to find a substitute product when the price of a product increases, the demand will be more elastic. If there are few or no alternatives, demand will be less elastic.
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What is an absolute advantage?
an entity to produce a greater quantity of the same good or service with the same constraints than another entity.
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What is a comparative advantage?
an economy's ability to produce a particular good or service at a lower opportunity cost than its trading partners.
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What is a dividend?
a distribution of earnings, by a company to its shareholders in the form of cash or stock reinvestment.
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Commodity money
of objects having value or use in themselves (intrinsic value)
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Which of the following describes resolving disputes of the standards of law?
the court system
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Which of the following describes protecting liberties and rights of the standards of law?
from violations or unreasonable intrusions by persons, organizations, or government.
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bribery
the act of giving money, goods, or other forms of compensation to a recipient in exchange for an alteration of their behavior that the recipient would otherwise not alter
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Kickback
a form of negotiated bribery in which a commission is paid to the bribe-taker in exchange for services rendered.
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conflict of interest
an individual or organization is involved in multiple interests that are at odds with one another.
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Whistleblower
a person who exposes any kind of information or activity that is deemed illegal, unethical
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Corporate responsibility
the ethical role of the corporation in society.