Test 1

A  promote the equal distribution of real assets and wealth.

B  contribute to a more equal distribution of income.

C  reallocate resources from less desired to more desired uses.

D  achieve full employment and price level stability.

A  consumer sovereignty.

B  the invisible hand.

C  market failure.

D  derived demand.

A  capital goods.

B  property rights.

C  public goods.

D  human capital.

A  Full employment.

B  International specialization and trade.

C  Productive efficiency.

D  Full production.

A  that more output could be produced with the available resources.

B  that resources are imperfectly substitutable among alternative uses.

C  the presence of inflationary pressures.

D  the presence of technological change.

A  wants are virtually unlimited.

B  the originator of the idea drew it this way and modern economists follow this convention.

C  resources are not generally equally efficient in producing every good.

D  resources are scarce.

A  An increase in the quantity of a society’s labor force.

B  The reduction of unemployment.

C  An upgrading of the quality of a nation’s human resources.

D  The improvement of a society’s technological knowledge.

A  if all the resources of an economy are in use, more of one good can be produced only if less of another good is produced.

B  an economy will automatically obtain full employment of its resources.

C  the production of more of any one good will in time require smaller and smaller sacrifices of other goods.

D  an economy’s capacity to produce increases in proportion to its population size.

A  A farmer

B  Natural gas

C  An oil drilling rig

D  A machine for detecting earthquakes

A  A computer programmer

B  Silicon (sand) used to make computer chips

C  A corporate bond issued by a computer manufacturer

D  A piece of software used by a firm

A  objective and is based on facts

B  subjective and is based on a value judgment

C  derived by induction

D  derived by deduction

A  expect to exactly duplicate the real world

B  include all available information

C  make simplifying assumptions

D  must use mathematical equations

A  the scientific method

B  microeconomics

C  policy economics

D  the economic perspective

A  Principle

B  Comparison

C  Hypothesis

D  Anomaly

A  decided that the marginal benefit of running one more mile would outweigh the cost of the additional mile

B  was not very tired, so the marginal cost of the extra mile was very low

C  must be an avid runner

D  decided that the marginal cost of running one more mile would outweigh the benefit of the additional mile

A  rational self-interest because he is attempting to increase his own income by identifying and satisfying someone else’s wants.

B  irrational because some neighbors refused his offer

C  selfish because he is asking for a wage that is higher than others might charge

D  greedy because he is asking for a high wage that some of his neighbors can’t afford to pay

A  is an example of irrational behavior

B  implies that electronic media sources are displacing print sources for many consumers

C  implies that, for most people, the marginal benefit of reading a second newspaper is less than the marginal cost.

D  contradicts the economic perspective

A  most decisions do not involve sacrifices or trade-offs

B  households and businesses make rational decisions

C  the decision to engage in one activity means forgoing some other activity

D  wants are scarce relative to resources

A  imperfect information

B  opportunity costs.

C  normative economics

D  marginal benefits that exceed marginal costs

A  The distribution of income is the fairest.

B  Everyone receives an income that is as high as possible.

C  Everyone receives an income that is equal to the value of their productive contribution to society.

D  Everyone receives an equal income.

A  The firm is able to charge the highest price possible for the product.

B  The production of goods and services uses the most “capital intensive” techniques.

C  The firm uses the most labor intensive method of production.

D  Firms use “least cost” method of producing goods and services.

A  All industries are willing to pay the same price for all resources

B  All industries receive an equal amount of a particular resource.

C  Ditch diggers and doctors receive the same wage.

D  All industries are equally satiated with a particular resource

A  This is a normative statement.

B  The relationship between consumer spending and the unemployment rate is negative.

C  This is a positive statement

D  The line on a graph representing the relationship between these two variables would have a negative slope.

A  Discovery of a new supply of resources.

B  Technological progress

C  An increase in the population and technological progress.

D  An increase in the population, technological progress, and discovery of a new supply of resources.

A  It’s purpose is to produce material wealth.

B  The central processing unit is the price mechanism.

C  The accelerator/decelerator is the level of total spending. 

D  It’s fuel is money.

A  formulas

B  calculations

C  biases

D  models

A  continually increase their productivity through technological progress and better uses of society’s scarce resources.

B  respond quickly and accurately to the dollar votes of the consumer.

C  allocate and utilize society’s scarce resources as efficiently as they can.

D  Respond quickly and accurately to the dollar votes of the consumer, allocate and utilize society’s scarce resources as efficiently as they can, and continually increase their productivity through technological progress and better uses of society’s scarce resources.

A  the fact that the government is ruled by the consumer, which in turn is ruled by the corporation.

B  the fact that the consumer is king in a market economy, and this dictator will harshly punish any firm that does not quickly respond to his dollar votes.

C  the fact that corporations impose their own wills on the consumer in determining what will be produced.

D  the fact that the consumer is ruled by the corporation and must play by its set of rules.

A  becomes more curved.

B  becomes straighter.

C  starts to bow inward.

D  shifts outward.

A  operate at full employment.

B  avoid any waste or misallocation of resources.

C  Operate at full employment, allocate its resources efficiently and avoid any waste or misallocation of resources.

D  allocate its resources efficiently.

A  Economic resources are perfectly adaptable to alternative uses.

B  Economic resources are finite.

C  Economic resources are sometimes misallocated.

D  Economic resources are not completely adaptable to alternative uses.

A  The law of increasing opportunity costs

B  The law of diminishing costs

C  The law of increasing returns

D  Ockham’s Razor

A  Getting rich

B  How people deal with scarcity

C  Investing

D  Politics