ECON 1050 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1-2: Marginal Cost, Marginal Utility, Opportunity Cost

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Chapter 1: what is economics (and chapter 2) Microeconomics - study of how the choices made by individual firms and households solve the economic problem in a market economy and the incentives that influence the decisions to make those choices. Economics: a social science that studies why people make choices and how to deal with scarcity. Inside the frontier: can be produced but uses it inefficiently (can produce more without reducing the other) On the frontier: production at efficiency (no more additional products can be produced without giving up one of the products) Additional cost to produce more of one product (marginal cost) is defined by the gradient of the slope at the point in consideration. Fundamental economic problem **scarcity: the inability to get everything we want. Incentive: a reward that encourages an action or a penalty that discourages an action. Macroeconomics: study of the performance of a nation or the global economy.

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A bowed out PPF reflects which of the following ideas?

i.increasing opportunity cost

ii. resources are not equally productive in all activities

iii. prices of goods increase over time

		I only
		I and iii
		ii and iii
		I and ii

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QUESTION 2

With no international trade, a country ________ consume at a point outside of its PPF; with international trade, a country ________ consume at a point outside of its PPF.

		can; cannot
		cannot; can
		cannot; cannot
		can; can

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QUESTION 3

If the production possibilities frontier between two goods is a straight line, then the

		the line does not qualify as a production possibilities frontier because the unattainable production points are too close to the inefficient production points.
		opportunity cost is not a ratio.
		increasing opportunity costs.
		resources are equally productive in both goods.

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QUESTION 4

As an economy produces more of one of the goods on a bowed out production possibilities frontier, what happens to the opportunity cost of producing the good?

		It might increase, decrease, or remain constant depending on how much people value the additional units of the good.
		It decreases.
		It increases.
		It remains constant.

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QUESTION 5

"Comparative advantage" is defined as a situation in which one person can produce

		more of a good than another person.
		a good for a lower dollar cost than another person.
		a good for a lower opportunity cost than another person.
		more of all goods than another person.

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QUESTION 6

When a production possibilities frontier is bowed outward, as more of one good is produced, its opportunity cost

		increases.
		decreases.
		might increase, decrease, or remain constant depending on how much people value the additional units of the good.
		remains constant.

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QUESTION 7

A bowed out production possibility frontier shows that the

		opportunity cost relationship is linear.
		the opportunity cost of a good is constant as more of the good is produced.
		the opportunity cost of a good increase as more of the good is produced.
		the opportunity cost of a good decrease as more of the good is produced.

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QUESTION 8

Which of the following statements is correct?

		The production possibilities frontier shows that there are no limits to production.
		Any point on or within the PPF is production efficient.
		If capital is idle, the economy is producing at its full potential.
		A tradeoff is a limit that forces an exchange or a substitution of one thing for something else.

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QUESTION 9

A major earthquake occurs in the central part of the United States. What impact would this have on the nation's production possibilities frontier and why?

		A tradeoff would occur to replace the resources and goods destroyed.
		It would shift inward because some of the nation's resources, such as capital and labor, would be destroyed.
		It would shift outward because unemployment would be reduced.
		Nothing would happen because the nation would still have the same capabilities.

1 point

QUESTION 10

When a nation is producing on its production possibilities frontier, if more resources are used to produce one good, then the production of other goods

		must increase.
		must decrease.
		must remain the same.
		must change but they might increase or decrease.

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QUESTION 11

Moving along a country's PPF, a reasonable opportunity costs increase is that

		unemployment increases as a country produce more and more of one good.
		unemployment decreases as a country produces more and more of one good.
		some resources are better suited for producing one good rather than the other.
		technology declines as a country produce more and more of one good.

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QUESTION 12

A reason the production possibilities frontier exists is

		scarcity of resources and unlimited technology.
		unemployment.
		scarcity of resources.
		unlimited resources and technology.

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QUESTION 13

Moving from one point to another on a production possibilities frontier implies

		increasing the production of one good and decreasing the production of another.
		increasing the production of both goods.
		decreasing the production of both goods.
		holding the production levels of both goods constant.

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QUESTION 14

Specialization and trade make a country better off because with trade the country can consume at a point

		outside its production possibilities frontier.
		on its trading partner's production possibilities frontier.
		inside its production possibilities frontier.
		on its production possibilities frontier.

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QUESTION 15

The production possibilities frontier is the

		the boundary between the combinations of goods and services that can be produced and the combinations that cannot be produced when technology is changing.
		the minimum output that can be produced when resources are used inefficiently.
		the boundary between the combinations of goods and services that can be produced and the combinations that cannot be produced, given the available factors of production and the state of technology.
		maximum output that can be produced at an opportunity cost of zero.

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QUESTION 16

The opportunity cost of economic growth is ________ and the benefit of economic growth is ________.

		decreased current consumption; decreased future consumption
		decreased current consumption; increased future consumption
		increased current consumption; increased future consumption
		increased current consumption; decreased future consumption

1 point

QUESTION 17

In terms of a nation's production possibilities frontier, what impact does international trade have?

		International trade shifts the nation's production possibilities frontier outward.
		International trade shifts the production possibilities frontier outward for the goods that are exported and inward for the goods that are imported.
		International trade shifts the nation's production possibilities frontier inward.
		International trade allows the nation to consume at a point outside its production possibilities frontier.

1 point

QUESTION 18

The production possibilities frontier illustrates the

		goods and services that people want.
		limits to people's wants.
		resources the economy possesses, but not it is the level of technology.
		maximum combinations of goods and services that can be produced.

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QUESTION 19

As we move along the production possibilities frontier,

		the possibilities of tradeoffs diminish.
		the production of one good increases as the production of the other good decreases.
		more of both goods can be produced.
		a tradeoff is not possible because nations need all goods.

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QUESTION 20

What is the opportunity cost of economic growth?

		Eliminate scarcity
		Land.
		Capital goods.
		Consumption of goods.

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QUESTION 21

Which of the following statements is correct?

i.As the economy grows, the opportunity costs of economic growth decrease.

ii. Economic growth has no opportunity cost.

iii. The opportunity cost of economic growth is current consumption forgone.

		ii only
		iii only
		I only
		I and iii

1 point

QUESTION 22

Does economic growth depend upon which of the following?

i. Increasing the quantity of labor.

ii. Lowering the prices of goods and services.

iii. Advancing technology.

		ii only.
		I only.
		I and iii.
		iii only.

1 point

QUESTION 23

When drawing a production possibilities frontier, which of the following is held constant?

		the amount of money in the economy
		the prices of goods and services
		the quantity of the goods and services that are produced
		the available factors of production and the state of technology

1 point

QUESTION 24

To increase its economic growth, a nation should

		encourage spending on goods and services.
		increase in current consumption.
		encourage education because that increases the quality of labor.
		limit the number of people in college because they produce nothing.

1 point

QUESTION 25

The opportunity cost of one more slice of pizza in terms of sodas is the

		some pizza slices we have to give up to get one extra soda.
		the total number of sodas that we have divided by the total number of pizza slices that we have.
		the total number of pizza slices that we have divided by the total number of sodas that we have.
		the number of sodas we have to give up to get one extra pizza slice.

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Consider a production possibilities frontier (PPF) that is concave (bowed outward from the origin). Such a PPF displays increasing opportunity costs, meaning that the cost of producing additional units of both goods rises. What is the reason for increasing opportunity costs?

A. Market forces do not lead to equality between price and opportunity cost.
B. Management is disorganized and production is inefficient.
C. Some resources and skills cannot easily be adapted from their current uses to alternative uses.
D. As more of a good is produced, the inputs used to produce that good will increase in price.

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113. A production possibilities frontier shows the
A) the maximum attainable combinations of two goods that can beproduced with the available resources.
B) combinations of two goods that consumers desire most.
C)maximum output of two goods that can be produced with an unlimitedquantity of resources.
D) demand for two goods.

114. Being on the production possibilities frontier implies thatmore of one good can be produced only by
A) decreasing the quantity of the other good produced.
B)increasing the quantity of the other good produced.
C) lowering the price of the good.
D) raising the price of the good.
E) None Of The Above

116. An output combinationis technically efficient if
A) it is possible to produce more of all goods.
B) it is possible toproduce more of one good without producing less ofanother.
C) it is not possible to produce more of one good without producingless of another.
D) it is not possible to produce more of one good at any cost.

117. Suppose in an economysome resources are not utilized in their most productive use. Ifsociety decides that it wants more of onegood,
A) it will have to increase the quantity of resources in theeconomy.
B) it will have to give up production and consumption of some othergood.
C) it can only do so iftechnology advances.
D) it can achieve this without giving up another good by employingthe under-utilized resources. E) None Of TheAbove

118. In the productionpossibilities frontier framework, unemployment is representedby
A) an inward shift of thecurve.
B) a point located inside the curve.
C) a point located outside the curve.
D) a point located on the curve

119. Which of the followingwould not shift a nation's production possibilities frontier?
A) a liberal immigrationpolicy that welcomes foreign labor
B) an increase in a nation's capital stock
C) discovery of oil, a vital input in the production process
D) an increase in the general price level.

132. If the price of SUVswere to increase, we would expect:
A) the demand for gasoline to increase.
B) the demand for gasoline to decrease.
C) the supply of gasoline to increase.
D) the supply of gasoline to decrease.
E) both B and D to occur.

E) None Of TheAbove

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