Academic Raceway 500 Econ Final Rules: 1. Groups (“Pit Crews” play on their white boards each...

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Academic Raceway 500 Econ Final

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Academic Raceway 500

Econ Final

Rules: 1. Groups (“Pit Crews” play on their white boards each round (0ne point for each correct answer)2. Points are doubled for the final round. Photo finish round is worth 5 points2. We will go around the room starting to my far right. You can CHOOSE A DRIVER OR PASS3. If your driver selects the correct answer:+ 5 points. Wrong answer: -5 points 4. Your TEAM DRIVERS get two wrong answers during the duration of game: CRASH and BURN: YOUR TEAM AUTOMATICALLY IS Disqualified (out for the rest of the race)

Round One (circle a car for each correct question answered-One point each):

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Round Two (circle a car for each correct question answered-Two points each:

Rules: 1. Groups (“Pit Crews” play on their white boards each round (0ne point for each correct answer)2. Points are doubled for the final round. Photo finish round is worth 5 points2. We will go around the room starting to my far right. You can CHOOSE A DRIVER OR PASS3. If your driver selects the correct answer:+ 5 points. Wrong answer: -5 points 4. Your TEAM DRIVERS get two wrong answers during the duration of game: CRASH and BURN: YOUR TEAM AUTOMATICALLY IS Disqualified (out for the rest of the race)

Round One (circle a car for each correct question answered-One point each):

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Round Two (circle a car for each correct question answered-Two points each:

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Driver ScoreCorrect answer: +5 (circle)

Wrong answer: -5 (Mark an X on ”Crash” and “Burn”) Two Xs and

Your team is disqualified CRASH BURN

Welcome to the Econ Final 500

Welcome to the Econ Final 500

Complete Three Races to Win the “Golden Plunger”

Qualifying LapAtlanta Motor Speedway

Indianapolis 500Econ Final 500

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Qualifying Lap

QUALIFYING LAP

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b. Natural Resources

a. Capital Resources

1. All the things in nature that can be used to produce goods & services are called:

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2. Economists use the circular flow model to show:

a. How resources, products and money payments are exchanged in the U.S.

b. How decisions are made by buyers and sellers in the market

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3. Which of the following is NOT one of the basic economic questions?

b. For whom shall goods be produced

a. Where shall goods be produced

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a. What is given up when a choice is made

b. The price of goods and services

4. Opportunity cost is defined by economists as

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b. Down

a. Up

5. When Price Goes up, supply goes:

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Congratulations! You’ve Qualified!

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Atlanta Motor Speedway

Atlanta Motor Speedway

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a. Related Goods

b. Resource Cost

6. The “R” in R-A-T-N-E-S-T stands for

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7. When the price of hot dogs goes up the:

b. The D for hot dog buns goes down

a. QD of hot dog buns goes up

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8. Jeans, toothpaste and batteries are examples of this type of market structure:

a. Perfect Competition

b. Monopolistic Competition

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a. The last item consumed is less satisfying than the previous one. b. As the price goes up; you will be less satisfied

9. According to the "law of diminishing marginal utility“:

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a. Left

b. Right

10. A new football league would move the supply curve(more football games) to the:

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Congratulations! You’ve Completed the First Race!

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Indianapolis 500

INDIANAPOLIS 500

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a. The technology of production improved

b. Resources used in production became more costly

11. The supply curve would shift to the right if:

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12. An increase in the tastes & preferences for Snickers will:

a. Increase demand, increase price, increase quantity

b. Increase demand, decrease price, increase quantity

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13. A certificate of ownership in a corporation is called:

a. Bond

b. Stock

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a. Perfect Competition

b. Pure Monopoly

14. Which market structure has the least control over prices?

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a. Fiscal Policy

b. Monetary Policy

15. Managing the economy by decreasing government spending & increasing taxes ("G"&"T") is an example of:

On to the Final Race: The Econ 500

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Econ Final 500

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a. Control imports and exports

b. Regulate the economy

16. The federal government uses fiscal & monetary policy to:

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ANSWER: b. Regulate the economy

16. The federal government uses fiscal & monetary policy to:

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a. Charge interest on loans

b. Give loans to people

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17. Banks create money when they:

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Answer: b. Give loans to people

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17. Banks create money when they:

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a. A “Tight Money” Policy

b. An “Easy Money” Policy

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18. To stimulate the economy during a recession, the Fed would likely adopt a(an):

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Answer: b. An “Easy Money” Policy

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18. To stimulate the economy during a recession, the Fed would likely adopt a(an):

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a. Cost-Push Theory

b. Demand-Pull Theory

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19. Inflation that results from an increase in labor cost is called:

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Answer: a. Cost-Push Theory

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19. Inflation that results from an increase in labor cost is called:

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a. CPI

b. GDP

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20. A market basket of 364 items that consumers buy that economists use to track inflation is:

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Answer: a. CPI

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20. A market basket of 364 items that consumers buy that economists use to track inflation is:

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