Chapter 2:
Now that you have read through Chapter 2, answer the questions in the attached document. Submit your answers as a separate Word document and upload it through Canvas.
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The rubric that will be applied for this assignment is:
Submitted as a Word document, by the due date, with the answers in complete sentences and correct: 35 points.
Submissions that meet the above criteria but have some incorrect answers: Less than 35 points; depending on what is incorrect.
Late submissions that meet the first category: 25 points.
Late submissions that meet the second category: Less than 25 points; depending on what is incorrect.
For inclusivity, the questions are pasted below:
1. (4 points) What is a business?
2. (4 points)What is the difference between revenue and profit?
3. (4 points) Watch the video linked here and answer the question: Why is cash flow more important than profit?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cVh1i0inJhQ (Links to an external site.)
4. (4 points) Who are owners?
5. (4 points) Who are stakeholders?
6. (10 points) Briefly define the 5 functional areas.
7. (12 points) Briefly describe the components of PESTEL.
8. (3 points) Watch the video linked here – https://vtechworks.lib.vt.edu/handle/10919/88014 – and tell me which was a better learning experience for you, the text or this video. (Copy and paste the link into a browser if necessary.)
Chapter 3:
Now that you have read through Chapter 3, answer the questions in the attached document. Submit your answers as a separate Word document and upload it through Canvas.
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The rubric that will be applied for this assignment is:
Submitted as a Word document, by the due date, with the answers in complete sentences and correct: 52 points.
Submissions that meet the above criteria but have some incorrect answers: Less than 52 points; depending on what is incorrect.
Late submissions that meet the first category: 45 points.
Late submissions that meet the second category: Less than 45 points; depending on what is incorrect.
For inclusivity, the questions are pasted below:
1. (4 points) What is economics?
2. (4 points) What are resources and provide examples.
3. (5 points) Explain in your own words Figure 1.
4. (6 points) Briefly describe:
a. Planned Economic Systems
b. Free Market Economic Systems
c. Mixed Market Economic Systems
5. (2 points) Which system in question 4 describes the United States?
6. (4 points) Define perfect competition.
7. (6 points) Define these terms:
a. Monopolistic Competition
b. Oligopoly
c. Monopoly
8. (3 points) What are the 3 main goals of the worlds economies?
9. (2 points) What is meant by GDP?
10. (2 points) Whats considered to be the practical measurement of full employment?
11. (2 points) How is the unemployment rate measured?
12. (2 points) Why is price stability important?
13. (2 points) Whats the CPI?
14. (4 points) Whats the difference between Monetary Policy and Fiscal Policy, and what entities set them?
15. (4 points) Watch the video embedded in the link and briefly explain why it is important to start adopting a different view of capitalism? https://www.edx.org/course/sustainable-development-the-post-capitalist-order