ECON 2000 Chapter Notes -Capital Accumulation, Investment Goods, Production Function

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When making a deposit in local bank, the bank might lend funds to those in your neighbourhood or a foreign company building a factory outside of your home country. Economy is integrated with many others around the world; consumers have more goods and services to choose from and savers have more opportunities to invest their wealth. Most economies export goods and services abroad. In canada, china and germany, international trade is central to economic development. Flow of goods and services across borders is always matched by equivalent flow of funds to finance capital accumulation. Protectionist trade policies: policies designed to protect domestic industries from foreign competitive. In an open economy, a country"s spending in any year does not need to equal its output of goods and services. Country can spend more than it produces by borrowing from abroad. Country can spend less than it produces and lend difference to foreigners.

Question 1

In 2003, the ________ ruled that U.S. tariffs on steel imported from the EU were unfair and allowed the EU to issue retaliatory tariffs on U.S. products.

World Trade Organization

United Nations

European Central Bank

International Human Rights Commission

Question 2

The idea of the U.S.-Canadian Free-Trade Agreement that ________ barriers to trade including tariffs and quotas between the United States and Canada by 1998 was to increase the amount that the United States exports to Canada and the amount that the United States imports from Canada.

increased all

removed some

removed all

increased some

Question 3

According to the theory of comparative advantage, a country should specialize and ________ goods with ________ opportunity cost.

import; the lowest

import; negative

export; the lowest

export; the highest

Question 4

A quota is a restriction on imports.

True

False

Question 5

If Holland decreases subsidies to its tulip growers, the price of tulips in the United States will rise.

True

False

Question 6

According to comparative advantage, trade between two countries allows ________ of the trading countries to use its resources most efficiently.

only the smaller

only the larger

neither

each

Question 7

________ U.S. president(s) who has/have held office since GATT was signed has argued for free-trade policies, yet each one has used his powers to protect various sectors of the economy.

Only one

No

Every

Only 3

Question 8

In 1991, the European Union began the process of forming the

		largest free-trade zone in the world.
		only continental military force in the world.
		first international trade agreement in the world.
		first unified currency in the world.

Question 9
1. The Smoot-Hawley tariff set off an international trade war in the
  
  1930s.
  
  1950s.
  
  1970s.
  
  1990s.
  
  Please help me with these questions Thank you.

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Q1. Import quotas are
a. methods for reducing imports by limiting the quantity of goods that can enter the country each year
b. voluntary agreements by exporting countries to limit sales in a foreign country
c. subsidies to foreign producers to encourage them to trade
d. none of these

Q2. Devices that set up multiple exchange rates between the currencies of two nations are known as
a. tariff quotas
b. export subsidies
c. exchange controls
d. variable currencies

Q3. The international organization that replaced the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) is the
a. World Bank
b. Export-Import Bank
c. World Trade Organization
d. International Monetary Fund

Q4. Dumping refers to the practice of
a. flooding a foreign market with large quantities of a good
b. selling a product abroad at a price below cost or below the domestic price
c. exporting inexpensive products to foreign countries
d. selling surplus goods abroad with counterfeit brand names

Q5. Countries engage in trade because
a. the exchange is mutually beneficial
b. governments force industries to exchange
c. international law dictates that exchange must take place
d. all of these

Q6. According to the U. S. Department of Commerce, all persons, unrelated or related, who occupy a housing unit comprise
a. a family unit
b. a household
c. an extended family unit
d. group living

Q7. A country with an equal distribution of income will have a higher standard of living than a country with a more unequal distribution of income.
a. true
b. false

Q8. Welfare caseloads tend to fluctuate with
a. business cycles
b. weather
c. stock markets
d. minimum wage rates

Q9. The official poverty threshold line is adjusted annually for
a. income taxes
b. inflation
c. average household size
d. average family size

Q10. For many welfare recipients, taking a job reduces income.
a. true
b. false

Q11. It is true that a stable economy occurs when
a. total injections into the circular flow are large enough to make up for government tax leakages
b. total leakages from the circular flow are great enough to offset the effects of government spending
c. total planned leakages from the circular flow are exactly equal to total planned injections into the circular flow
d. actual saving is equal to planned investment

Q12. The measure of income received by persons from all sources is known as
a. personal income
b. national income
c. gross domestic product
d. net national product

Q13. Discharges of chemicals from a paper plant that pollute a nearby river represent an example of
a. internal costs
b. the underground economy
c. social costs
d. transfer costs

coralrabbit244

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

1 point

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

1 point

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.

1 point

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.

1 point

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.

1 point

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.

1 point

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.

1 point

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.

1 point

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.

1 point

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.

1 point

QUESTION 12

A reason the production possibilities frontier exists is

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

1 point

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.

1 point

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.

1 point

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.

1 point

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.

1 point

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.

1 point

QUESTION 20

What is the opportunity cost of economic growth?

		Eliminate scarcity
		Land.
		Capital goods.
		Consumption of goods.

1 point

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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