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An increase in the quantity of resources available:

1. moves the economy to a new point down along a given PPF. 

2. moves the economy to a new point up along a given PPF.

3. shifts the PPF rightward. 

4. shifts the PPF leftward.

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QUESTION 2

A production possibilities frontier shows

   

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QUESTION 3

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QUESTION 4

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the economy is producing at a point within its PPF.
   

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QUESTION 5

If a nation devotes a larger share of its current production to consumer goods, then

   

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QUESTION 6

A point on the production possibilities frontier reflects an

   

the attainable point with full employment of all resources.
   

attainable point without full employment of all resources.
   

unattainable point without full employment of all resources.
   

the unattainable point with full employment of all resources.

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QUESTION 7

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

   

the available factors of production and the state of technology
   

the amount of money in the economy
   

the prices of goods and services
   

the quantity of the goods and services that are produced

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QUESTION 8

As we move along the production possibilities frontier,

   

more of both goods can be produced.
   

the possibilities of tradeoffs diminish.
   

a tradeoff is not possible because nations need all goods.
   

the production of one good increases as the production of the other good decreases.

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QUESTION 9

Which of the following is an assumption used when drawing a production possibilities frontier?

i.Human wants and desires are limited to what is available.

ii. Only two goods are considered.

iii. The level of technology is fixed and unchanging.

   

I and iii
   

ii only
   

I, ii, and iii
   

I only

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QUESTION 10

To achieve gains from trade, a country

   

needs to have an absolute advantage in the production of all goods.
   

specializes in producing a good in which it has a lower opportunity cost.
   

must produce at a point beyond its PPF.
   

should produce at the midpoint of its PPF.

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QUESTION 11

Relative to Al, Joe has ________ if Joe can produce a good at a lower opportunity cost than Al.

   

a comparative advantage
   

more production efficiency
   

a marginal benefit
   

a comparative benefit

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QUESTION 12

Does economic growth depend upon which of the following?

i.Improving the quality of labor

ii. Technological advancement

iii. Increasing the amount of capital

   

iii only
   

ii only
   

I only
   

I, ii, and iii

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QUESTION 13

In one hour John can produce 20 loaves of bread or 18 cakes. In one hour Phyllis can produce 30 loaves of bread or 15 cakes. Which of the following statements is true?

   

John has a comparative advantage in producing cakes.
   

Phyllis has an absolute advantage in both goods.
   

Phyllis has a comparative advantage in producing cakes.
   

John has an absolute advantage in both goods.

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QUESTION 14

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 decreases.
   

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

It remains constant.
   

It increases.

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QUESTION 15

The production possibilities frontier illustrates the

   

goods and services that people want.
   

maximum combinations of goods and services that can be produced.
   

resources the economy possesses, but not it is the level of technology.
   

limits to people's wants.

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QUESTION 16

The United States produced approximately ________ worth of goods and services in 2007.

   

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$14 trillion
   

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$140 trillion

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QUESTION 17

The fact of increasing opportunity cost when moving on the PPF means that

   

to increase the production of one product requires smaller and smaller sacrifices of the other good.
   

to decrease the production of one product requires smaller and smaller sacrifices of the other good.
   

to increase the production of one product requires larger and larger sacrifices of the other good.
   

when the government forces a movement from one point on the PPF to another point, no production is lost.

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QUESTION 18

Other things equal, if India devotes more resources to educate its population than China,

   

China will grow faster than India.
   

India will be able to eliminate scarcity faster than China.
   

India will be able to eliminate opportunity cost faster than China.
   

India will grow faster than China.

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QUESTION 19

For Ireland to grow more potatoes, wool production must decrease. This situation is an example of

   

zero opportunity cost.
   

producing at a point that lies beyond the PPF.
   

opportunity benefit.
   

a tradeoff.

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QUESTION 20

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

   

increasing the production of both goods.
   

increasing the production of one good and decreasing the production of another.
   

holding the production levels of both goods constant.
   

decreasing the production of both goods.

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QUESTION 21

The United States is one of the richest nations in the world,

   

but it can still benefit from specialization and trade.
   

so does not need to trade with poor nations to achieve any gains from trade.
   

so might not have a comparative advantage in producing any goods.
   

so it must have a comparative advantage in the production of all goods.

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QUESTION 22

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

   

more of all goods than another person.
   

a good for a lower opportunity cost than another person.
   

a good for a lower dollar cost than another person.
   

more of a good than another person.

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QUESTION 23

The idea of increasing opportunity cost is reflected in the

   

the linear shape of the production possibilities frontier.
   

bowed in the shape of the production possibilities frontier.
   

bowed out the shape of the production possibilities frontier.
   

the positive slope of the production possibilities frontier.

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QUESTION 24

Suppose that after specializing according to comparative advantage, a country is trading with another nation that also specializes according to its comparative advantage. Which of the following statements are true for the first country?

i)It enjoys gains from trade.

ii)It must have an absolute advantage in the production of the good it produces.

iii)It is producing at a point beyond its PPF.

   

I only.
   

I and ii.
   

I and iii.
   

ii and iii.

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QUESTION 25

If society moves from a period of time with significant unemployment to a time with full employment, its production possibilities frontier will

   

shift rightward.
   

not shift because the society moves from one point on the frontier to a point inside the frontier.
   

not shift because the society moves from a point inside the frontier to a point on the frontier.
   

shift leftward.

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Part I. Multiple Choice Questions. Please circle the right answer (one mark each)

1. Which of the following are economic goods?

a. Atlantic Ocean sea water.

b. Iowa farm land.

c. California coast line.

d. All of the above.

e. All of the above, except a.

2. The three fundamental questions of economic organization are:

a. closely related to the concept of scarcity.

b. not nearly as important today as they were at the dawn of civilization.

c. what, how, and why.

d. land, labor, and capital.

e. all of the above.

3. Which of the following statements applies to a mixed economy?

a. There is confusion and a lack of organization.

b. The allocation of resources changes from production period to production period.

c. There are no real examples of truly mixed economies.

d. Mixed economies include aspects of both market and command economies.

e. None of the above statements apply.

4. Capital is:

a. the same as money.

b. the headquarters of economic planning.

c. both an input and an output.

d. all of the above.

e. none of the above.

5. Land, labor, and capital are:

a. available only in finite amounts.

b. used to produce outputs.

c. the primary factors of production.

d. combined with technology in the production process.

e. all of the above.

6. Which of the statements below does not apply to the production-possibility frontier, or PPF?

a. The PPF is closely related to the concept of scarcity.

b. Quantities of inputs are measured along the axes of the PPF.

c. The PPF may shift over time.

d. Movements along the PPF may occur as the allocation of resources changes.

e. Technology may change the shape of the PPF.

7. Which of the statements below is a reason why an economy might produce a level of output that is beneath its production-possibility frontier?

a. The available resources are not equally suited to the production of both outputs.

b. The available body of technological knowledge is not being fully utilized.

c. Society prefers one product over the other.

d. In reality, economies produce thousands of goods not just two.

e. There are no frontiers left anymore.

8. In order to shift the PPF out (above and to the right), an economy would have to:

a. somehow increase its stock of inputs.

b. remove some incompetent bureaucrats from their jobs.

c. eliminate the sources of significant abuse of monopoly power.

d. all of the above.

e. none of the above.

.

9. Sana notices that no matter how many paper cups she buys, she always pays the same price per cup. This means that the supply curve which confronts her is:

a. perfectly inelastic.

b. perfectly elastic.

c. unit-elastic.

d. elastic, but not necessarily perfectly elastic.

e. none of these things, necessarily

10. A perfectly inelastic supply curve would be shown in the ordinary supply-and-demand graph as a:

a. vertical line.

b. horizontal line.

c. straight line, but neither horizontal nor vertical.

d. curved line.

e. any of the above.

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