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Quiz von Michaela Juric-Donlan, aktualisiert more than 1 year ago
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What is the reason that all economic issues and problems occur?
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People seek only their own self-interest.
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All nations use some form of money to buy and sell goods and services.
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Humans are always wasteful and inefficient in production and consumption.
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Powerful governments are able to control production and consumption.
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Human wants exceed the resources available to satisfy them.
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The characteristic from which all economic problems arise is
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providing a minimal standard of living for every person.
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how to make a profit.
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hunger.
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the nature of political decisions.
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scarcity.
Frage 3
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Mothers Against Drunk Drivers (MADD) campaigned to increase the legal penalties of drunk driving. This successful campaign ________ of drunk driving.
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decreased the marginal benefit
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decreased the marginal cost
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increased the marginal benefit
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had no effect on the marginal cost or marginal benefit but did affect the total benefit
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increased the marginal cost
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The production possibilities frontier is the boundary between the
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affordable and unaffordable combinations of production.
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rational and irrational choices facing a society.
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wanted and unwanted combinations of goods and services.
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goods and services the economy can produce.
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attainable and unattainable combinations of goods and services.
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Which of the following statements is a positive statement?
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We need to spend less on luxury items for the wealthy, and more on necessities for the less fortunate.
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Too many people are unemployed.
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There should be a computer in every primary school classroom.
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Our country must increase military spending.
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Online shopping increased by 50 per cent last Christmas season.
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The figure above shows the production possibilities frontier for a country. A combination of 4 million litres of milk and 4 million litres of ice cream is
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unattainable.
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attainable and production efficient.
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attainable and production inefficient.
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unattainable and production efficient.
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More information is needed to determine if the point is attainable or not.
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Huey and Steve can grow potatoes or tomatoes. The table above shows the kilograms of potatoes and tomatoes Huey and Steve can grow in a week. Based on the table, Huey's opportunity cost of producing one kilogram of tomatoes is
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0, because he has an absolute advantage in it.
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1.0 kilogram of potatoes.
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1.5 kilograms of potatoes.
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0.66 kilograms of potatoes.
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0, because he has a comparative advantage in it.
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Suppose Puerto Rico and Hawaii currently have the same production possibilities so that the above figure is the PPF for hotels and consumption goods in the two areas. Hotels are a capital good that, once built, will help produce still more consumption goods. If Puerto Rico produces more hotels than Hawaii,
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Hawaii's PPF will shift outward further than Puerto Rico's PPF.
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Puerto Rico's PPF will not shift.
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Puerto Rico's PPF will shift outward further than Hawaii's PPF.
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Hawaii's PPF will shift inward.
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Puerto Rico's and Hawaii's PPF will shift outward by the same amount.
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In the table above, how many jackets must Mary forgo for every dress she makes?
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8 jackets
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12 jackets
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2/3 of a jacket
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3/4 of a jacket
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1 1/2 jackets
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The figure above shows a production possibilities frontier. In the figure, when the economy moves from point C to point B, what is the opportunity cost of a DVD?
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2 million cell phones
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2 cell phones
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0.5 million cell phones
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0.5 cell phones
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Zero
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