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The Three Questions of Economics Answers

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productionconsumptionusageexpenditures

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production
B
consumption
C
usage
D
expenditures
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Fantastic Snack Company has spent months developing a new type of snack chip, but the chips are not selling. Which of the following is the most likely mistake Fantastic Snack Company made?

A
conserving too valuable resources
B
spending capital it did not have
C
not researching production methods
D
not meeting the wants of its consumers
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Resources needed to provide goods or services are called

A
factors of production.
B
facets of production.
C
functions of production.
D
facts of production.
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Which factors are considered when deciding how to make goods and services? Choose three answers.determining who has the greatest needfinances of prospective buyersmethods traditionally used to make goodsways to produce items at a lower cost or higher qualityways to make the biggest profit

A
determining who has the greatest need
B
finances of prospective buyers
C
methods traditionally used to make goods
D
ways to produce items at a lower cost or higher quality
E
ways to make the biggest profit
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Which consideration must a society address when deciding for whom to produce a potentially scarce or limited resource?

A
Who can be most creative with the product?
B
Who has the largest resource pool?
C
Who has the greatest need?
D
Who can bring in the greatest profit?
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Which of the following best illustrates the importance of addressing the three questions of economics?

A
People’s desires and needs are always changing.
B
Businesses need to use limited resources wisely.
C
Traditional methods of production are outdated.
D
Businesses need to limit production.
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One of the main questions of economics involves deciding upon the method for

A
distributing goods and services.
B
creating goods and services.
C
pricing goods and services.
D
enhancing goods and services.
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One of the three economic questions deals with deciding

A
what goods and services should be produced.
B
what the costs of production should be.
C
how goods and services will be marketed.
D
how consumers will receive products.
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One of the three main questions of economics addresses who should

A
produce goods and services.
B
market goods and services.
C
receive goods and services.
D
distribute goods and services.

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