Sample Assessment Items

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  1. List the three basic economic questions and explain who, in an economy, answers each question.
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  2. Briefly describe a free market economy.
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  3. Briefly describe a command economy.
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  4. Which of the following indicators of economic performance is the total dollar value of all goods and services produced in a year?
    A. Consumer Price Index
    B. Gross Domestic Product*
    C. Product Revenue Index
    D. Economic Advantage List

  5. Productivity is measured by the
    A. amount of output per unit of input over a period of time.*
    B. total profit a company earns in a quarter.
    C. amount consumers purchase over a specified period of time.
    D. total amount of raw materials ordered by industry.

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