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Below are the questions for the exam with the choices of answers:
Question #1
A unknown due to insufficient information.
B increasing by 20%
C increasing by 15%
D increase by 5%
E increasing by 11%
Question #2
A supply and demand explains how prices are set in competitive markets
B prices are used to allocate goods in markets
C markets are used to allocate resources in centrally-planned socialist economic systems
D markets can vary in geographical size
E markets are used to allocate resources in market systems
Question #3
A it shows 8 is intercept for the linear equation
B it shows that its slope is equal to 8.
C it suggests that x depending on the changes of y.
D it suggests that it’s a time-series analysis
E it’s a non-linear equation.
Question #4
A y is an independent variable
B b is an independent variable
C m=change of y over change of x.
D y is the intercept for the linear slope
E b=change of y over change of x.
Question #5
A study recession and boom
B study money
C study supply and demand
D study the market changes
E study how to efficiently allocate scare resources to maximize societal goals.
Question #6
A determining whether the government should reduce poverty
B determining the impact of government spending on the actual level of total employment
C determining whether too many luxury goods are being produced
D determining the best level of immigration into the country
E determining the ideal level of immigration to the country
Question #7
A increase in demand
B increasing in market price
C increasing in monetary cost
D increasing opportunity cost
E rising in resource (input) prices
Question #8
A a drop in the nation’s unemployment rate
B an increase in the price of the Ford Focus GT
C a general rise in national interest rates
D an increase in total production in the United States
E a drop in inflation
Question #9
A to produce more of one thing, we must produce less of something else
B to produce more of one thing, we must produce more of everything
C costs of production are sky rocketing
D when an individual obtains more of a good, he may not be fully satisfied
Question #10
A government decree
B prices
C economic planning
D voter consensus
E tradition
Question #11
A the government, producers, and consumers work together and allocate resources while prices allocate goods and services
B prices determine what consumers buy while the government determines what firms produce
C prices determine what firms produce while the government determines what consumers buy
D the government allocates resources while prices allocate goods and services
E prices determine both what firms produce and what consumers buy
Question #12
A a decrease in the price of new college textbooks
B a decrease in the wealth of college students
C an increase in the price of used college textbooks
D a decrease in the population of college students
Question #13
A the current price exceeds the equilibrium price
B the entire supply curve must shift to the left in order to attain equilibrium
C the market will not be able to approach equilibrium
D the problem of scarcity has been solved in that market
Question #14
A determining whether too many luxury goods are being produced
B determining the best level of immigration into the country
C determining whether the government should reduce poverty
D determining the impact of government spending on the actual level of total employment
Question #15
A both the demand and supply curve typically slope upward
B both the demand and supply curves typically slope downward
C the demand curve typically slopes upward; the supply curve typically slopes downward
D the demand curve typically slopes downward; the supply curve typically slopes upward
Question #16
A quantity supplied equals quantity demanded
B supply follows demand
C price and quantity supplied are directly related
D price and quantity supplied are inversely related
Question #17
A decrease in the quantity demanded of cranberry juice
B increase in the demand for cranberry juice
C increase in the demand for orange juice
D increase in the quantity demanded of orange juice
Question #18
A they both show a relationship between quantity and price
B they both usually slope upward
C neither of them is influenced by the size of the population
D they both usually slope downward
Question #19
A increase in demand
B increase in supply
C increase in quantity demanded
D increase in quantity supplied
Question #20
A what is sacrificed to pursue that action
B limited to the out-of-pocket cost incurred
C irrelevant to economic theory
D what we gain in the process of consumption