ECON 2100 Midterm: ECON 2100 Kennesaw State ECON2100 Summer2015 Exam1A

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Econ 2100 (summer 2015 sections 07 and 08) Amanda states that, tickets to the nba finals are selling for ,500 per game on stubhub. None of the above answers are correct, since the claim does provide a reasonable explanation for why a rational person would never purchase the tickets at such a high price. Wladimir klitschko is the best professional boxer of all-time. Food from del taco tastes better than food from taco bell. Neither a nor b is a positive statement. Suppose that good z is an inferior good. The ____________________ states that people have unlimited needs/wants but a limited amount of resources, implying that people face tradeoffs (i. e. , having more of one thing means getting by with less of something else). For questions 8 through 10, consider a society with the piecewise linear production possibilities. The slope between points a and b is 8. The slope between points b and e is 15.

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QUESTION 1

Jeff McMahan contends that objections to screening and selection aren't strong enough to show that it is wrong.

True

False

2 points

QUESTION 2

According to James Rachels, Jones behaved better, morally speaking, than Smith.

True

False

2 points

QUESTION 3

Utilitarians (aka consequentialists) are likely to see a moral difference between killing and letting die.

True

False

2 points

QUESTION 4

According to Winston Nesbitt, being prepared to let someone die is morally equivalent to being prepared to kill someone.

True

False

2 points

QUESTION 5

Which of the following are common critiques of eugenics? More than one answer my be correct.

		Conventionally positive traits such as "beauty," "intelligence," or "creativity" are not likely the result of a single gene, but are rather the results of complex genetic factors as well as social and environmental conditions. So, selecting for these positive traits would not be very easy or effective.
		Most people carry recessive genes for hereditary diseases, so counseling couples who both have a particular defective gene will not eliminate that gene from the population.
		If we have the ability to improve the human race, then we ought to do it.
		Some genetic conditions, like Down syndrome, hereditary deafness, and autism provide valuable diversity to the world and should therefore not be eliminated from the population.

2 points

QUESTION 6

Which of the following is not true about the Affordable Care Act (ACA)?

		The ACA requires almost all Americans to carry health insurance to avoid a tax penalty.
		Under the ACA, if an employer's insurance plan costs an employee more than 9.5% of the employee's income, he or she may opt to do an ACA exchange and purchase their own insurance.
		The ACA has achieved its goal of expanding coverage to all Americans.
		The ACA prohibits insurers from denying coverage to applicants due to preexisting conditions.

2 points

QUESTION 7

Y and Z argue that, in their case, letting them die is morally the same as killing them.

True

False

2 points

QUESTION 8

The Survival Lottery denies an absolute right to life in exchange for increasing everyone's chances of living a long life.

True

False

2 points

QUESTION 9

According to Winston Nesbitt, our moral evaluation of a person should not only be based on what the person in question does, but what they are prepared to do.

True

False

2 points

QUESTION 10

Oregon's Death With Dignity Act permits physicians to administer lethal drugs to their terminally ill patients.

True

False

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