Financial Institutions
U.S. Economics
Career Readiness
Elections, Yesterday and Today
Setting Prices
100

Which is a responsible action to make with your money?

a. spend it

b. track it

c. give it all away

d. barter it

What is Track it.

100

What does Philanthropy mean?

a. the effort to increase the well-being of others through charitable giving

b. the effort to provide health care by the government

c. the ability to sell goods and services at a discount

d. the requirement to pay taxes as a citizen

What is the effort to increase the well-being of others through charitable giving.

100

A person who request or seeks something such as a job, is called a(n)?

a. explorer

b. coordinator

c. interviewer

d. applicant

What is an applicant.

100

What do you need for a representative democracy?

a. appointments

b. arguments

c. elections

d. amendments

What is Elections

100

Calculate the supply expense for the following: 

10 pitchers, $4.00 each

12 packs of lemonade powder, $0.50 each

a. $406.00

b. $140.00

c. $100.00

d. $46.00

What is $46.00

200

Making an electronic payment is one of several ways to do what?

a. use a savings account

b. check your bank balance

c. get money out of the bank

d. record a transaction in your money tracker

What is get money out of the bank.

200

Which term describes why people cannot have everything they want because of limited resources?

a. endorsement

b. institutions

c. economy

d. scarcity

What is scarcity.
200

Which phrase describes the data career type?

a. helping others

b. thinking about concepts

c. working with objects

d. analyzing information

What is analyzing information.

200

Read the scenario and then answer the question.

A new policy in a community is proposed to start a curfew at 9:00 p.m. for all young people under 

16 years old. Josie wants to get her friends together and tell the Town Council that they think the 

policy is a bad idea. What kind of meeting could Josie and her friends attend where the policy will 

be discussed?

a. private

b. public hearing

c. school committee

d. utility

 

What is to a public hearing

200

Two characteristics of a quality business are good customer service and _____________.

a. letting problems go

b. staying the same

c. successful sales

d. independence

What is Successful Sales

300

Which option lists financial institutions?

a. banks and credit unions

b. libraries and schools

c. clothing and food shops

d. credits and debits

What is banks and credit unions.

300

what is required of a responsible citizen?

a. to volunteer at a community center

b. to donate to charity

c. to pay taxes

d. to sign a contract

What is to pay taxes

300

A young man wants to be a famous actor after he graduates high school. He tells his school counselor but it does not sign up for any drama classes or learn about what actors do on a daily basis. What should this young man do if he wants to be successful?

a. make a financial plan

b. follow his counselor's advice

c. do what his parents want him to do

d. research what it takes to be a successful actor

What is research what it takes to be a successful actor.

300

It is important to be an informed voter because ________.

a. you are choosing representatives to run the country

b. voting is voluntary

c. your teacher thinks it is important

d. not all countries allow their citizens to vote

What is you are choosing representatives to run the country.

300

Why is a salary considered an operating cost?

a. because the business owner has to pay themselves first

b. because you can't run the business without paying employees

c. because it is required by the U.S. Constitution

d. because it is a fixed cost

What is because you can't run the business without paying employees

400

What is private property?

a. property that the government owns

b. property that is free

c. property that no one can see

d. property that you own

What is a property that you own.

400

Why are taxes required instead of voluntary?

a. not everyone was willing to pay their part

b. tax money is spent on private goods

c. Taxes can be automatically taken out of you paycheck

d. it was found to be illegal to have voluntary payments.

What is not everyone was willing to pay their part.
400

If your income for one week is $200 and your tax rate is 5 percent, what is your net pay?

200 – (0.05 × 200) = _____

a. $205

b. $195

c. $190

d. $100

What is $190

400

For citizens to participate in an election, what is the first step they need to take?

a. register to vote

b. learn about the candidates

c. go to the polls

d. attend a debate

What is to Register to vote

400

What is one way to decide the selling price of a product?

a. multiply items in inventory by cost of production

b. decide how much you want to make

c. determine the average cost of the item and add a little

d. calculate the cost per item and increase the price if the item is in high demand

What is Calculate the cost per item and increase the price if the item is high in demand.

500

Which action is required when depositing money into an account?

a. include your account number

b. list your income

c. swipe your credit card

d. sign your deposit ticket

What is include your account number.

500
Which part of the money tracker do you write in to record the amount when adding money into your bank account?

a. withdrawal

b. deposit

c. balance

d. description

What is deposit.

500

Which phrase describes the data career type?

a. helping others

b. thinking about concepts

c. working with objects

d. analyzing information

What is  Analyzing information

500

Which two forms of government do NOT usually allow their citizens to vote?

a. monarchy, anarchy

b. dictatorship, democracy

c. representative democracy, democracy

d. monarchy, dictatorship

What is Monarchy and Dictatorship

500

Which phrase correctly describes the relationship between revenue, costs, and profit?

a. as revenue increases, costs increase

b. as production costs increase, revenues increase

c. as production costs increase, profits decrease

d. None of these phrases correctly describes the relationship.

What is, as production costs increase, profits decrease