Economics
Teams
Business Structures
Government & the Economy
Getting Down to Business
100

_____ is the study of the production, distribution and consumption of goods and services.

What is Economics

100

____ is the exchange of information from a sender to a receiver.

What is communication

100

The sole supplier of satellite radio, Sirius, operates in a(n) _____ market.

What is monopolist

100

When the United States experiences a slowdown in economic activity and GDP goes down for two consecutive quarters, it is called a(n) _______.

What is a recession

100

____ involve(s) planning, organizing, directing, and controlling a company’s resources so that it can achieve its goals

What is Management

200

When we plot a supply curve and a demand curve for apples on one graph, the point at which the two points intersect is the _____

What is the Equilibrium Price

200

Mike will often talk too much and interrupt others. He is guilty of which blocking strategy?

What is dominating

200

Under the ____ form of ownership, any money borrowed by the business is loaned to the owner personally.

What is sole proprietorship

200

Under a system characterized by _____ competition, there are many consumers buying a standardized product from numerous small businesses.

What is perfect

200

As a functional area of business, _____ measures, summarizes, and communicates financial and managerial information and advises other managers on financial matters.

What is Accounting

300

A demand curve shows the _____ of a product that will be demanded at different prices.

What is the quantity

300

____ is often cited as a factor in the explosion of the space shuttle Challenger in January 1986

What is Groupthink

300

A _____ is entirely separate from the parties who own it.

What is a corporation

300

Because the cost of starting a business in an oligopoly is usually _____, the number of firms entering it is _____.

What is high and low

300

Businesses such as hospitals, insurance companies, financial institutions, and attorneys convert resources into _____ products.

What are intangible products

400

The term laissez-faire  means that:

What is that the government should leave business activities to function according to the laws of economics 

400

What kind of team would an organization create to manage team members from various states and countries

What is a virtual team

400

________ are earnings distributed to shareholders by a corporation.

What are dividends

400

The percentage change in a price index is also known as the _____ rate

What is inflation

400

When a fast-food chain responds to environmental concerns by eliminating Styrofoam containers, it shows a desire to be a ______.

What is a good corporate citizen

500

In a(n) _____ economy, the government controls selected major industries, such as transportation and health care, while allowing individual ownership of other industries.

What is a mixed market economy

500

What are the 5 stages of team development according to Tuckman

What are forming, storming, norming, performing, and adjourning

500

The purchase of one company by another with no new company being formed is called a(n) _____

What is an acquisition

500

The U.S. government uses _____ policy regulate the money supply and interest rates.

What is monetary

500

_____ involve(s) the design and management of the processes that transform resources into goods or services.

What is Operations.