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the economy is not only about money but also about

a. the people who are most important to an individual's sense of self.

b. a collection of people who have something in common, believe that it is meaningful and interact with one another.

c. the production, distribution and consumption of goods and services

d. the socialization of children into the values and norms of their social group

e. rituals and beliefs that divide the world into the sacred and the profane.

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1. Which of the following groups of countries are all advanced economies?

		Hong Kong, Japan, France, and the United Kingdom
		Italy, the United States, China, and Russia
		Singapore, Russia, France, and Chad
		Australia, Brazil, and the United States

QUESTION 2

1. The most people live in ________ economies and the fewest people live in ________ economies.

		developing; emerging market
		advanced; emerging market
		emerging market; developing
		advanced; developing

QUESTION 3

1. Households and firms in the U.S. economy interact with those in the rest of the world in the ________ market and the ________ market.

		goods; financial
		government; goods
		goods; factor
		financial; factor

QUESTION 4

1. As a factor of production, oil reserves are counted as

		labor.
		capital.
		entrepreneurship.
		land.

QUESTION 5

1. ________ the owners of the factors of production, while ________ what amounts of those factors to hire.

		Households are; the government determines
		Firms are; households that determine
		The government is; firms determine
		Households are; firms that determine

QUESTION 6

1. The emerging market economies are

		the nations that are currently agricultural in nature.
		most of the nations of Western Europe.
		the largest grouping including the nations of China and India.
		in the transition from state-owned production to free markets.

QUESTION 7

1. In the United States, the productive factor that, as a group, receives the largest fraction of the nation's total income was

		consumption of goods and services.
		entrepreneurship.
		capital.
		labor.

QUESTION 8

1. Items bought by individuals to provide personal enjoyment are termed

		personal goods.
		consumption of goods.
		consumption or investment goods.
		standard goods.

QUESTION 9

1. In the advanced economies, ________ of the factories use advanced capital equipment and in the developing economies ________ of the factories use advanced capital equipment

		virtually all; none
		some; some
		virtually all; virtually all
		virtually all; some

QUESTION 10

1. The productive resource that includes all the "gifts of nature" is called

		land.
		labor.
		entrepreneurship.
		capital.

QUESTION 11

1. What would be an example of government good?

		Donald Trump purchases furniture for his office.
		Antonio, the manager of the local Taco Hut, purchases a new deep fryer.
		The local driver's license office purchases a new digital camera and printer.
		Jake buys an iPhone.

QUESTION 12

1. The world population is approximately ________ people.

		2 trillion
		680 million
		6.8 billion
		6.8 million

QUESTION 13

1. Computers and insurance coverage produced in the United States and sold to people in other nations are categorized as

		U.S. exports of goods and services.
		U.S. government goods and services.
		foreign capital goods.
		U.S. consumer goods and services.

QUESTION 14

1. Of the following, the federal government obtains most revenue from

		corporate income taxes.
		excise taxes.
		sales taxes.
		social security taxes.

QUESTION 15

1. Items bought by businesses to help produce other goods and services are called

		capital goods.
		government goods and services.
		consumption of goods and services.
		exports of goods and services.

QUESTION 16

1. The majority of the income earned in the United States is paid in

		profit.
		interest.
		rent.
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QUESTION 17

1. Dan missed class the day the professor covered the circular flow model. Dan asked his friend Joan to explain markets to him. Joan correctly stated that a market

		must include a written contract between buyers and sellers.
		requires a physical location for buyers and sellers to get together.
		is only a place to purchase groceries.
		is an arrangement that brings buyers and sellers together.

QUESTION 18

1. The United States possesses a large amount of human capital. As a result of this fact, in the United States, there is a

		highly skilled and educated labor force.
		a large number of kind and generous humans.
		a large number of people and a great deal of land.
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QUESTION 19

1. Which of the following correctly lists the categories of factors of production?

		labor, machines, buildings, capital, and entrepreneurship
		land, buildings, capital, and entrepreneurship
		land, labor, capital, and entrepreneurship
		forests, fish, buildings, capital, and entrepreneurship

QUESTION 20

1. Which of the following correctly lists the categories of factors of production?

		capital, money, and labor
		hardware, software, land, and money
		land, labor, capital, and entrepreneurship
		machines, buildings, land, and money

QUESTION 21

1. In the United States, the poorest 20 percent of households receive roughly ________ percent of total income.

		10
		3
		15
		20

QUESTION 22

1. What would be an example of a consumption service?

		Jake buys an iPhone.
		The local driver's license office purchases a new digital camera and printer.
		Antonio, the manager of the local Taco Hut, purchases a new deep fryer.
		Rhianna gets a haircut.

QUESTION 23

1. The total value of capital in the United States is around

		$47 trillion.
		$10 trillion.
		$100 trillion.
		$79 trillion.

QUESTION 24

1. An export good is a good produced

		by foreigners in the United States and purchased by U.S. households.
		in another country and purchased by U.S. residents.
		in the United States and sold to foreigners living in the United States.
		in the United States and sold in other countries.

QUESTION 25

1. ________ paid for the use of land; ________ paid for the services of labor; and ________ paid for the use of capital.

		Interest is; wages are; profit is
		Rent is; wages are; interest is
		Rent is; interest is; wages are
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		Hong Kong, Japan, France, and the United Kingdom
		Italy, the United States, China, and Russia
		Singapore, Russia, France, and Chad
		Australia, Brazil, and the United States

QUESTION 2

1. The most people live in ________ economies and the fewest people live in ________ economies.

		developing; emerging market
		advanced; emerging market
		emerging market; developing
		advanced; developing

QUESTION 3

1. Households and firms in the U.S. economy interact with those in the rest of the world in the ________ market and the ________ market.

		goods; financial
		government; goods
		goods; factor
		financial; factor

QUESTION 4

1. As a factor of production, oil reserves are counted as

		labor.
		capital.
		entrepreneurship.
		land.

QUESTION 5

1. ________ the owners of the factors of production, while ________ what amounts of those factors to hire.

		Households are; the government determines
		Firms are; households determine
		The government is; firms determine
		Households are; firms determine

QUESTION 6

1. The emerging market economies are

		the nations that are currently agricultural in nature.
		most of the nations of Western Europe.
		the largest grouping including the nations of China and India.
		in the transition from state-owned production to free markets.

QUESTION 7

1. In the United States, the productive factor that, as a group, receives the largest fraction of the nation's total income was

		consumption of goods and services.
		entrepreneurship.
		capital.
		labor.

QUESTION 8

1. Items bought by individuals to provide personal enjoyment are termed

		personal goods.
		consumption of goods.
		consumption or investment goods.
		standard goods.

QUESTION 9

1. In the advanced economies, ________ of the factories use advanced capital equipment and in the developing economies ________ of the factories use advanced capital equipment

		virtually all; none
		some; some
		virtually all; virtually all
		virtually all; some

QUESTION 10

1. The productive resource that includes all the "gifts of nature" is called

		land.
		labor.
		entrepreneurship.
		capital.

QUESTION 11

1. What would be an example of government good?

		Donald Trump purchases furniture for his office.
		Antonio, the manager of the local Taco Hut, purchases a new deep fryer.
		The local driver's license office purchases a new digital camera and printer.
		Jake buys an iPhone.

QUESTION 12

1. The world population is approximately ________ people.

		2 trillion
		680 million
		6.8 billion
		6.8 million

QUESTION 13

1. Computers and insurance coverage produced in the United States and sold to people in other nations are categorized as

		U.S. exports of goods and services.
		U.S. government goods and services.
		foreign capital goods.
		U.S. consumer goods and services.

QUESTION 14

1. Of the following, the federal government obtains most revenue from

		corporate income taxes.
		excise taxes.
		sales taxes.
		social security taxes.

QUESTION 15

1. Items bought by businesses to help produce other goods and services are called

		capital goods.
		government goods and services.
		consumption of goods and services.
		exports of goods and services.

QUESTION 16

1. The majority of the income earned in the United States is paid in

		profit.
		interest.
		rent.
		wages.

QUESTION 17

1. Dan missed class the day the professor covered the circular flow model. Dan asked his friend Joan to explain markets to him. Joan correctly stated that a market

		must include a written contract between buyers and sellers.
		requires a physical location for buyers and sellers to get together.
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		is an arrangement that brings buyers and sellers together.

QUESTION 18

1. The United States possesses a large amount of human capital. As a result of this fact, in the United States, there is a

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		a large number of kind and generous humans.
		a large number of people and a great deal of land.
		a large amount of machinery and equipment.

QUESTION 19

1. Which of the following correctly lists the categories of factors of production?

		labor, machines, buildings, capital, and entrepreneurship
		land, buildings, capital, and entrepreneurship
		land, labor, capital, and entrepreneurship
		forests, fish, buildings, capital, and entrepreneurship

QUESTION 20

1. Which of the following correctly lists the categories of factors of production?

		capital, money, and labor
		hardware, software, land, and money
		land, labor, capital, and entrepreneurship
		machines, buildings, land, and money

QUESTION 21

1. In the United States, the poorest 20 percent of households receive roughly ________ percent of total income.

		10
		3
		15
		20

QUESTION 22

1. What would be an example of a consumption service?

		Jake buys an iPhone.
		The local driver's license office purchases a new digital camera and printer.
		Antonio, the manager of the local Taco Hut, purchases a new deep fryer.
		Rhianna gets a haircut.

QUESTION 23

1. The total value of capital in the United States is around

		$47 trillion.
		$10 trillion.
		$100 trillion.
		$79 trillion.

QUESTION 24

1. An export good is a good produced

		by foreigners in the United States and purchased by U.S. households.
		in another country and purchased by U.S. residents.
		in the United States and sold to foreigners living in the United States.
		in the United States and sold in other countries.

QUESTION 25

1. ________ paid for the use of land; ________ paid for the services of labor; and ________ paid for the use of capital.

		Interest is; wages are; profit is
		Rent is; wages are; interest is
		Rent is; interest is; wages are
		Mortgages are; interest is; wages are

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1. A reason why there is more competition in the restaurant industry than in the music streaming industry is that restaurants

A.unlike music streaming? companies, have to abide by government sanitation rules.

B.have to cater to a variety of consumer tastes while music streaming companies do not.

C.have more elastic demand for their product compared to music streaming companies.

D.unlike music streaming? companies, do not have significant economies of scale.

2. Why would a government use a patent to block entry to some markets if this hinders competition especially when governments generally promote? competition?

A.Patents are justified because they are an important means for creating network externalities.

B.Patents encourage firms to spend money on research necessary to create new products.

C.Politicians sometimes succumb to pressure from lobbyists to grant favors to businesses for political reasons.

D.Patents are an important source of government revenue.

3.Suppose we can divide all the goods produced by an economy into two? types: consumption goods and capital goods. Capital? goods, such as? machinery, equipment, and? computers, are goods used to produce other goods.

Suppose a technological advance occurs that affects the production of consumption goods but not capital goods.

If a technological advance occurs that affects the production of consumption goods but not capital?goods, then the production possibilities frontier will

A.remain unchanged.

B.shift outward along the consumption goods axis.

C. shift outward along the capital goods axis.

D. shift outward along both axes.

The new production possibilities frontier will indicate that with the technological? advance, more (CAPITAL GOODS /// CONSUMPTION GOODS /// OF BOTH GOODS) can be produced.

4. Market failure is best described as

A.All of the above.

B.when consumption occurs at low social benefit.

C.when the market fails to produce the efficient level of output.

D.when the market fails to produce deadweight loss.

E.when production occurs at high social cost.

The market will fail when which of the following? happen????(Check all that? apply.)

A.When property rights are incomplete.

B.When there is a market surplus.

C.When there is scarcity.

D.When it is difficult to enforce property rights.

E.When there is a market shortage

5.In which of the following market structures is price discrimination? possible?

??????a. perfect competition

??????b. monopoly

??????c. oligopoly

??????d. monopolistic competition

A.?b, c, and d only

B.?a, b,? c, and d

C.c and d only

D.b and c only

6. How do market economies ultimately determine what goods and services are? produced, how the goods and services will be? produced, and who will receive the goods and? services?

A.The government determines what goods and services are? produced, how to produce? them, and who will receive them.

B.Firms determine what goods and services are produced and how to produce? them, and markets determine who will receive them.

C.Consumers determine what goods and services are? produced, firms determine how to produce? them, and equity determines who will receive them.

D.Consumers determine what goods and services are? produced, firms determine how to produce? them, and markets determine who will receive them.

E.Firms determine what goods and services are? produced,technology determines how to produce? them, and consumers determine who will receive them.

7. For monopolistically competitive firms is it always likely in the? long-run to have? zero-economic profit?

Monopolistically competitive firms in the? long-run

A.may continue to earn profit by convincing consumers their products are differentconvincing consumers their products are different.

B.will not continue to earn profit because the cost of production will rise as new firms enter the market.

C.will not continue to earn profit because monopolistically competitive firms produce identical products.

D.will continue to earn profit due to barriers to new firms entering the market.

E.may continue to earn profit by instead beginning to produce a product identical to competitors.

8. In monopolistically competitive? markets, what is a factor under a? firm's control that determines whether it will be? successful?

A. Upper A firm's ability to differentiate its productA firm's ability to differentiate its product.

B.Consumer preferences.

C.Factors that affect all firms in a market.

D.Chance events.

E.Both a and b.

9. From the list? below, select the necessary condition in order to achieve successsful price discrimination.

A. The seller must possess market power.

B. Buyers must have identical inelastic demands.

C. Transactions costs must be zero.

D.The buyer must possess market power.??

10.Suppose Dell is currently selling 3,000,000 computers per year. However, managers at Dell are considering whether to increase production by 300,000 computers. One manager explains that after increasing production by this? amount, total profit would be? $100 million. Given this? information, should Dell increase production by 300,000 computers??

A.?Yes, because Dell would earn a profit.

B.Information about the additional cost incurred from producing 300,000additional computers is required to answer this question.

C.?No, because increasing production by 300,000 computers would decrease the price of computers.

D.Information about the additional revenue earned and the additional cost incurred from producing 300,000 additional computers is required to answer this question.

E. Information about the total revenue earned and the total cost incurred from producing 3,300,000 computers is required to answer this question.

11. The Majestic box office sells tickets for the same play at different? prices: a lower price to those who opt for the seats at the back of the theatre and a higher price for those who purchase seats in the? front, around the stage. Which of the following statements is? true?

A. This is an example of product differentiation not price discrimination.

B. The theatre practices first degree price discrimination by setting prices based on willingness to pay.

C. Charging two different prices is an effective way to avoid an excess demand for play? tickets; the higher price lowers quantity demanded to some extent.

D. Since the cost of producing the play does not change with the seating? configuration, this is evidence of price discrimination based on market segmentation.

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