What is an executive called who is brought in to turn a company around and make it profitable?
Correct answer B. Company doctor
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Economics MCQs
Page 100 of Economics multiple-choice questions with answers. Tap an option to check yourself.
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- Characteristics and Institutions of Developing Countries 24
- Oligopoly 23
- Consumer Theory vs. Real Consumers 20
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- Public Goods 20
- Balance of Payments, Aid and Foreign Investment 19
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- Comparative GDP 19
- Budget Deficits And The Trade Balance 18
- Macroeconomic Policy Tools 18
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- Application of Economics 16
- Production Factors 16
- Monopoly & Competition 15
- Capital Formation, Investment Choice, Information Technology, And Technical Progress 15
- Monetary, Fiscal And Incomes Policy, And Inflation 15
- Average And Total Cost 14
- Poverty, Malnutrition, And Income Inequality 12
- Monetary Union 10
What is a firm engaged in two or more unrelated businesses called?
Correct answer D. Conglomerate
What is a group of companies called that cooperate and share resources to achieve a common objective?
Correct answer A. Consortium
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Which type of risk concerns the ability of a national economy to generate enough interest and principal payments on its foreign debt?
Correct answer D. Country financial risk
What is the term for traders manipulating a market to create the illusion of active trading volume and attract investors?
Correct answer B. Daisy chain
What is the term for a default on debts and obligations by a major financial institution that disrupts the stability of the economic system?
Correct answer A. Debt bomb
What is the combined payment of interest plus repayments of principal to creditors called?
Correct answer A. Debt service
What is it called when government spending exceeds government revenue, so the government has to borrow?
Correct answer C. Deficit spending
Which theory explains inflation as the result of excess demand?
Correct answer D. Demand-pull inflation
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Deregulation reduces the government’s role in controlling markets. What results does it lead to?
Correct answer C. Both of them
What is the rebate of a tax or duty on imported goods that are later re-exported called?
Correct answer A. Drawback
What are investment funds set up to support institutions such as hospitals called?
Correct answer C. Endowment funds
What is a bank called that regularly accepts deposits denominated in foreign currencies and makes loans in foreign currencies?
Correct answer A. Eurobank
What is the mechanism by which members of the EMS kept their exchange rates within an agreed band against other member currencies?
Correct answer C. Exchange Rate Mechanism (ERM)
What is long-lived property that a firm owns and uses to produce its income called?
Correct answer D. Fixed asset
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What is a country’s decision to let its currency’s value change freely called?
Correct answer A. Floating exchange rate
What is the term for acquiring physical assets abroad when operating control remains with the parent corporation?
Correct answer C. Foreign Direct Investment (FDI)
What are a country’s basic systems of transport, communications and other physical facilities called?
Correct answer D. Infrastructure
What is a large payment to a senior employee who is forced to retire or is dismissed after a takeover or similar event called?
Correct answer B. Golden handshake
What is a mutual fund called that invests mainly in shares with a record of, and future potential for, capital gains?
Correct answer C. Growth fund