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Below are the questions for the exam with the choices of answers:
Question #1
A not enough information to answer
B Prices have a tendency to rise
C prices are constant
D prices are in equilibrium
E prices have a tendency to fall
Question #2
A Prices have a tendency to rise
B Quantity demanded will shift
C Prices have a tendency to fall
D Prices are in equilibrium
E Prices have a tendency to remain constant
Question #3
A Increase complexity and gain insights into that complexity.
B Gain an understanding of how economic variables converge by making the real world more complex, and making predictions based on the insights from the increased complexity.
C Gain an understanding of how economic variables converge and diverge from one another by making increased complexity an inherent part of the model.
D Gain an understanding of how economic variables interact by making simplifying assumptions, and making predictions based on the insights from the model.
Question #4
A No, due to the following reason: M B = 12 , 000 > M C = 5 , 000
B Yes, due to the following reason: M C = 12 , 000 > M B = 11 , 000
C Yes, due to the following reason: M B = 12 , 000 > M C = 11 , 000
Question #5
A MC=$5,000
MB=$12,000
B MC=$5,000+$6,000=$11,000
MB=$12,000
C MC=$5,000+$6,000=$11,000
MB=$12,000+$11,000=$23,000
D MC=$6,000
MB=$12,000
Question #6
A The cost of paying teacher’s salaries
B The investment in building educational facilities
C The foregone cost of education spending
D The foregone benefit of improved education outcomes
E The foregone net benefit from spending $50 billion on healthcare
Question #7
A The parking fees at the factory
B The net benefit that they could have received from working at their job
C The net benefit that they could have received by spending that 8 hours in college
D transportation costs
E Textbook costs
Question #8
A The total cost is greater than the total benefit
B All else being equal you are worse off from the activity
C All of the answers available are correct
D The marginal cost is greater than the marginal benefit
E marginal benefit is greater than the marginal cost
Question #9
A The fixed benefit of going to college over 4 years.
B The additional money a firm spends on purchasing a computer.
C The additional expense incurred by engaging in an activity.
D The additional revenue gained from selling an additional computer.
Question #10
A Can be recovered and thus are relevant to the decision at hand
B Cannot be recovered and thus are irrelevant to the decision at hand
C Are constant in the long run, but are variable in
D Are variable and change when you engage in some activity
E Are purely variable
Question #11
A Unemployment, which is primarily a topic studied under macroeconomics, can impact aggregate demand, which is a topic relegated primarily to microeconomics.
B Unemployment, which is primarily a topic studied under microeconomics, can impact aggregate demand, which is a topic relegated primarily to macroeconomics.
C Inflation, which is primarily a topic studied under microeconomics can impact aggregate demand, which is a topic relegated primarily to microeconomics.
D Inflation, which is primarily a topic studied under macroeconomics, can impact how individuals make consumption decisions, which is a topic relegated primarily to microeconomics.
Question #12
A the allocating of slots into Harvard based on who can afford the price of tuition
B the allocating of healthcare to those who can afford the price of care
C the allocating of Ferraris to those who can afford the price of Ferraris
D cost-benefit analysis
E the allocating of kidneys based on life expectancy
Question #13
A note enough information to answer
B social, cultural, and political means
C marginal costs
D marginal benefits
E the price mechanism
Question #14
A the allocating of kidneys based on life expectancy
B not enough information to answer
C the allocating of slots into U.C. Berkeley based on SAT scores
D the allocating of healthcare to those who are the best candidates for treatment
E the allocating Ferrraris to those who can afford the price of a Ferrari
Question #15
A the price mechanism
B social, political, and cultural means
C non-economic forces
D non-market rationing
E social forces
Question #16
A The fact that goods/services are limited by human ingenuity.
B The fact that there is infinite quantities of that good/service in an infinite amount of time.
C The fact that there is finite quantities of that good/service in a fixed amount of time.
D The fact that goods/services are highly desirable.