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Basic Economics MCQ

1. Quantitative easing is ____________.

Answer

Correct Answer: A monetary policy where central banks spur economic activity by buying a range of financial assets in the market

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2. The justice department most closely examines proposed __________ mergers.

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Correct Answer: Horizontal.

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3. The __________ of economics are the generally accepted theories about resource allocation.

Answer

Correct Answer: Principles

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4. The demand for plums is unit elastic if _____.

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Correct Answer: A 5 percent rise in the price of plums results in a 5 percent decrease in the quantity of plums demanded

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5. The concept of restrictive practices in the u.s. market economy is ____________________.

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Correct Answer: Continually evolving

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6. It is the __________________ that gives fiat money it value.

Answer

Correct Answer: Acceptance in transactions

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7. In an inflationary period the money supply can be restrained by the fed _______________ securities.

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Correct Answer: Selling

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8. In the classical monetary transmission mechanism any change in _______ will bring about ________.

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Correct Answer: M a direct proportionate change in P

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9. In the case of radio, the ______ problem is partly overcome through the use of advertising.

Answer

Correct Answer: Free rider problem

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10. In table 4.1 output at point _____ is an improvement toward pareto optimality relative to point d.

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Correct Answer: B

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11. In principle, burning biomass __________.

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Correct Answer: Is carbon neutral

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12. In europe, more than half of all cars run on diesel, primarily because ____.

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Correct Answer: Diesel engines are 40% more efficient

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13. Opponents of rent control believe that it causes _____.

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Correct Answer: -housing shortages

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14. Open market sales shrink the ________, thereby decreasing the _________.

Answer

Correct Answer: Eserves and the monetary base; the money

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15. Plantations emphasize _______ crops at the expense of ______ crops.

Answer

Correct Answer: Export; market gardening

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16. Photovoltaic electricity costs are __________ coal or nuclear-powered electricity.

Answer

Correct Answer: Coal or nuclear-powered electricity

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17. Per the acupcc, _____ out of seven target actions should be achieved.

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Correct Answer: Standards.

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18. People who want to invest speculatively in currencies can do so on the ____ exchange.

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Correct Answer: Forex

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19. People using the representative heuristic often ignore _____ when making decisions.

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Correct Answer: Base rates.

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20. People hold the same cash balances for _______________ regardless of the interest rate.

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Correct Answer: None of the above

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21. The best locations to install tidal electrical generating stations are places where ________.

Answer

Correct Answer: Differences in height between low and high tides are large

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22. The fastest growing source of electricity in the world today is from ________.

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Correct Answer: Wind power

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23. The existence of labor unions forces employers to deal with workers ________________________ .

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Correct Answer: Collectively, rather than as individuals

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24. The equilibrium price in the housing example is equal to __________ dollars/square foot.

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Correct Answer: $0.50

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25. The earnings gap in the u.s. labor market between black and white workers ___________________.

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Correct Answer: Has diminished since 1960, but a gap still remains

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26. The cruise market has accommodated about ________ of americans

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Correct Answer: 17%

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27. In economic terms, the recording industry is best described as ______.

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Correct Answer: An oligopoly

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28. In simple linear regression, r2 is the _____.

Answer

Correct Answer: Coefficient of determination

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29. Pollution from a factory that produces cleaners is a(n) _____ of the production process.

Answer

Correct Answer: Externality

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30. The demand for an asset rises if ________ falls.

Answer

Correct Answer: Risk relative to other assets

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31. The average used car costs about _______ less than the average new car.

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Correct Answer: $10,000.

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32. The avc of producing four brownies is $ _________ .

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Correct Answer: 0.075

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33. In an economy without price controls, market pressures _____ increase or decrease prices.

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Correct Answer: Can

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34. Reits, ginnie maes, and freddie macs are examples of ____________ real estate investments.

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Correct Answer: Indirect

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35. Real gdp per capita in the united states increased almost ______ between 1900 and 2010.

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Correct Answer: Eightfold

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36. Real gdp per capita for the united states is calculated by dividing real gdp by the _____.

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Correct Answer: Number of people living in the country

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37. Real gdp in 2002 was ______ .

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Correct Answer: $20

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38. Q 5.9: ________ has a normal credit balance.

Answer

Correct Answer: Sales Revenue.

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39. Q 5.12: ________ is shown on a multiple-step but not on a single-step income statement.

Answer

Correct Answer: Gross profit

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40. Pyrolysis is a way of producing ________ from ________.

Answer

Correct Answer: A liquid fuel; bioenergy

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41. Pure monopolies are said to be allocatively inefficient because ____.

Answer

Correct Answer: Price is greater than marginal cost

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42. Pure competition is important to economists because it is __________________ .

Answer

Correct Answer: All the above

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43. Purchasing state lottery tickets is reinforced with monetary winnings on a ________ schedule.

Answer

Correct Answer: Variable-ratio

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44. Producers want to charge prices that _____ and, they hope, earn profits.

Answer

Correct Answer: Cover their costs

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45. Private markets tend to underproduce the optimal quantity of public goods because of ________.

Answer

Correct Answer: Free riders

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46. Prices become higher when a unique and highly desirable item is auctioned ________.

Answer

Correct Answer: Demand is higher than the supply

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47. Prices are relatively more _________ at the upper end of a sloped demand line.

Answer

Correct Answer: Inelastic

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48. Price discrimination occurs when people are charged _____ prices for _____ products.

Answer

Correct Answer: Different, identical

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49. In the circular flow model of the economy, __________ are the suppliers of goods and services.

Answer

Correct Answer: Firms

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50. In our circular flow example we see the feds most powerful tool labeled as ______________ .

Answer

Correct Answer: Reserve Adjustments

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51. Rent control sets the _____ amount of rent that a property owner can charge.

Answer

Correct Answer: Highest

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52. ________ is defined as leaders diverting national resources for their personal gain.

Answer

Correct Answer: Kleptocracy

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53. Besides the shift of jobs to foreign countries, outsourcing has other drawbacks such as __________.

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Correct Answer: Questionable safety and quality issues with finished products

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54. When hydrogen is burned as a fuel, the primary waste product produced is ________.

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Correct Answer: H2O

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55. When charted on a graph, production possibilities frontiers tend to curve because they show _____.

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Correct Answer: The increasing costs resulting in increasingly less output.

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56. When banks borrow and lend reserves from each other, they are participating in the ______ market.

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Correct Answer: Federal funds

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57. Using high pressure liquids to extract oil from rocks such as oil shale is known as ________.

Answer

Correct Answer: Hydraulic fracturing

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58. U.s. real gdp per capita in 2010 was _____ as much per person as in 1900.

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Correct Answer: 758%

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59. Today, selection techniques that result in reject errors can open the organization to ________.

Answer

Correct Answer: Charges of employee discrimination

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60. The ____________ of money is determined by spending pressures in the economy.

Answer

Correct Answer: Multiplier

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61. Solar radiation makes several other energy sources possible, including ________.

Answer

Correct Answer: Wind energy

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62. When gross domestic product (gdp) increases, national income ________ and national output ________.

Answer

Correct Answer: Increases; increases

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63. ______________ is the economic or productive potential of employee knowledge and actions.

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Correct Answer: Human

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64. A building that uses 40% less energy than others in its class can be awarded the epa's __________.

Answer

Correct Answer: Energy Star label

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65. A disadvantage of a written essay for employee appraisal is that it tends to be biased by ________.

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Correct Answer: The writing skill of the evaluator

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66. A home equity loan may also be referred to as a ____________ mortgage.

Answer

Correct Answer: Second

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67. A flexible exchange rate is one that _______. it works _______.

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Correct Answer: Is determined by supply and demand in the foreign exchange market; with no direct intervention by the central bank

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68. A firm that is a price taker in a factor market faces a(n) __________ supply curve of factors.

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Correct Answer: Horizontal

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69. A decrease in ________ increases the money supply since it causes the ________ to rise.

Answer

Correct Answer: Reserve requirements; money multiplier

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70. A choice made ________ is a choice whether to do a little more or a little less of something.

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Correct Answer: At the margin

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71. A ________________________ is a form of incentive to purchase a product on a 30 day trial basis.

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Correct Answer: Money-back guarantee

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72. A _____ refers to background information about a jobs positive and negative qualities.

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Correct Answer: Realistic

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73. ________________ invested or made loans with 95 percent of the deposits that were being held.

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Correct Answer: Goldsmiths

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74. _______________ argue that fiscal policy is weak due to the crowding-out effect.

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Correct Answer: Monetarists

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75. ______________ believe that there is only a small amount of crowding-out if any at all.

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Correct Answer: Keynesians

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76. ________ leads the world in percentage of its electricity derived from hydropower.

Answer

Correct Answer: Norway

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77. _____ is found by dividing total output by the number of workers employed to produce that output.

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Correct Answer: Average cost

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78. _____ influence the kinds of job applicants an organization reaches.

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Correct Answer: Recruitment sources

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79. In 2010, americans had about _____________ outstanding in credit card debts not paid on time.

Answer

Correct Answer: $900 billion

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80. If the government sets a price on dog food that is below the equilibrium price, ______.

Answer

Correct Answer: A shortage of dog food occurs

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81. If the fed _____________________, the money supply will ultimately __________.

Answer

Correct Answer: A and b

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82. Business firms supply goods and services to ____ and purchase factors of production in ____.

Answer

Correct Answer: Product markets; factor markets

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83. Benchmark jobs are _____.

Answer

Correct Answer: Jobs that are found in many other organizations

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84. Before capital accumulation can take place, __________.

Answer

Correct Answer: Household savings must be converted into business investment

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85. Authority and ____ are synonymous terms.

Answer

Correct Answer: Power

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86. As of 2011, the nation leading in generating wind-power is ________.

Answer

Correct Answer: China

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87. An increase in the interest rate causes the aggregate _________ curve to shift _____.

Answer

Correct Answer: Demand; leftward

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88. Almost 72% of the world's reserves of oil shale are found in ____.

Answer

Correct Answer: US

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89. All of the following except ________ would result in improved energy-use efficiency.

Answer

Correct Answer: Buying more SUV motor vehicles

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90. A/an ________ is a device designed to remove particles and pollutant gases.

Answer

Correct Answer: Scrubber

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91. The least squares criterion is _____.

Answer

Correct Answer: Min Σ(y-ŷi)2

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92. When unemployment rises above the natural rate it reflects the existence of ____ unemployment.

Answer

Correct Answer: Frictional

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93. The lack of clearly assigned __________ contributes to __________ of common resources.

Answer

Correct Answer: Property rights, overuse

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94. When the holding period equals the maturity date, the ytm will be ______ the ret.

Answer

Correct Answer: Equal to

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95. When the federal reserve increases interest rates, investment spending ________ and gdp ________.

Answer

Correct Answer: Increases; increases

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96. The research arm of the federal reserve is the _____.

Answer

Correct Answer: Federal Advisory Council (FAC

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97. The reforms of chinas deng xiaoping that were introduced in 1976 have _____.

Answer

Correct Answer: Quadrupled the size of China's economy.

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98. The most prevalent form of the employment relationship is _________.

Answer

Correct Answer: Independent contractor

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99. The money demand curve relates ______ to the ________.

Answer

Correct Answer: The aggregate quantity of money demanded; nominal interest rate

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100. The largest problem with adopting the new technology of renewable resources is ________.

Answer

Correct Answer: That the startup costs may be high

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101. The inefficient market view holds that prices of financial instruments ________.

Answer

Correct Answer: Do not reflect all publicly available information

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102. The government uses ______________ to regulate the amount of money banks lend.

Answer

Correct Answer: Monetary policy

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103. The government imposes regulations that reduce pollution. its incentive is to _____.

Answer

Correct Answer: Protect the environment

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104. The global financial system is comprised of ______.

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Correct Answer: Banks and financial companies

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105. The federal reserve _____ interest rates to encourage economic growth. raises lowers

Answer

Correct Answer: Lowers

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106. The fed's monetary policies, like fiscal policy, are subject to _____ lags.

Answer

Correct Answer: All of the answers are correct.

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107. The fed's chief executive is ______ and the fed's main policy tools are ______.

Answer

Correct Answer: The Chairman of the Board of​ Governors; required reserve​ ratios,

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108. The fed regulates the money supply using __________ basic tools of operation.

Answer

Correct Answer: Three

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109. One ____________ of natural gas is that it is ____________ than either coal or oil.

Answer

Correct Answer: Disadvantage; harder to ship and store

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110. Oil provides about _____ of the worlds energy.

Answer

Correct Answer: Light oil

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111. Often used interchangeably with vision, a(n) _____ statement frequently has an inspirational theme.

Answer

Correct Answer: Mission

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112. Of the following countries, ________ would be affected most severely by another opec oil embargo.

Answer

Correct Answer: The US.

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113. Nuclear fusion is a(n) ____________ technology.

Answer

Correct Answer: Ideal but so far unachievable

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114. Most buyers face a situation of _____________________ when they invest in the stock market.

Answer

Correct Answer: Imperfect information.

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115. Monetary policy-makers can help smooth out the fluctuations of the business cycle by _____.

Answer

Correct Answer: Reacting to current trends.

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116. When the law of one price is violated, a(n) ________ opportunity arises.

Answer

Correct Answer: Arbitrage

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117. A nation's prosperity is sometimes measured in terms of ___________.

Answer

Correct Answer: GDP Per capita

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118. Staffing can be considered a cornerstone of human resource management because it ________.

Answer

Correct Answer: Determines the workforce representing the company

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119. During periods of deflation _____ will be hurt and _____ will be helped.

Answer

Correct Answer: Borrowers; lenders

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120. Built-in, or automatic, stabilizers work by changing ______ so that gdp changes are reduced.

Answer

Correct Answer: Taxes and government payouts

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121. Price gouging laws are types of _____ and often result in _____.

Answer

Correct Answer: Price ceilings

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122. ________ capital is the economic or productive potential of employee knowledge and actions.

Answer

Correct Answer: Human

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123. The first mover in an extensive-form game should use ________ to win the game.

Answer

Correct Answer: Backward induction

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124. The nash equilibrium of a prisoners' dilemma game is that ______.

Answer

Correct Answer: A player can achieve the desired outcome by not deviating from their initial strategy.

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

Answer

Correct Answer: Developing; emerging market

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126. The government protects the rights of inventors by issuing _____. copyrights patents trademarks

Answer

Correct Answer: Patents

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127. ________ were the centerpiece of george w. bushs economic policy.

Answer

Correct Answer: Tax cuts

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128. Going to a concert, getting a haircut, and going to the doctor are examples of _____ .

Answer

Correct Answer: Services

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129. Warehousing and ____ are substitutes for each other.

Answer

Correct Answer: Transportation

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130. The economic principles in play with the fate of u.s. wetlands have been governed by ________.

Answer

Correct Answer: Traditional neoclassical cost-benefit analysis, excluding environmental damage

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131. The _____ theory is the most influential in explaining pay-level differences.

Answer

Correct Answer: Human capital

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132. The ____ indicators tend to occur before a business cycle.

Answer

Correct Answer: Lagging

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133. Open market sales shrink ________ thereby lowering ________.

Answer

Correct Answer: Reserves and the monetary base; the money supply

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134. Open market purchases raise the ________ thereby raising the ________.

Answer

Correct Answer: Monetary base; money supply

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135. Mine tailings contain ________, which harms fish and other aquatic organisms.

Answer

Correct Answer: Sulfide

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136. Everything else held constant, an autonomous monetary policy easing ________ aggregate ________.

Answer

Correct Answer: Increases; demand

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137. Consumption depends positively on ______ and investment depends negatively on ______.

Answer

Correct Answer: Disposable income; the real interest rate

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138. For a purely competitive firm _______________; and for a uniform-price monopolist _______________ :

Answer

Correct Answer: P = MR = AR; P = AR > MR

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139. Open market sales ________ reserves and the monetary base thereby ________ the money supply.

Answer

Correct Answer: Lower; lowering

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140. ____ trade futures contracts for their own account.

Answer

Correct Answer: Floor traders

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141. Transportation efficiency refers specifically to ________.

Answer

Correct Answer: Employing more hybrid vehicle technology

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142. If a competitor reverse engineers a trade secret, then the competitor is ________.

Answer

Correct Answer: Allowed to use the trade secret but not the original trademark

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143. An external analysis, the second step of the strategic management process, helps identify ________.

Answer

Correct Answer: The organizational enviroment's opportunities and threats.

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144. Global competition forces firms to ________.

Answer

Correct Answer: Become lean, fast, and flexible

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145. Staples offers quality customer service and its own brand of products to establish a ___________.

Answer

Correct Answer: Competitive advantage

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146. A country's ability or intention to meet its financial obligations determines its ________.

Answer

Correct Answer: Economic Risk

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147. In monopolistic competition, the long-run equilibrium price _____ marginal cost because _____.

Answer

Correct Answer: Exceeds; firms face downward-sloping demand curves

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148. A giffen good is one in which the _____ curve is _____ sloped.

Answer

Correct Answer: Demand; positively

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149. Pure competition has a ____________ number of producers.

Answer

Correct Answer: Large

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150. The ultimate source of energy that drives wind power is __________.

Answer

Correct Answer: The sun

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151. The demand for ben & jerry's ice cream will likely be ________ the demand for dessert.

Answer

Correct Answer: More price elastic than

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152. The cost of producing a good and getting it to the customers is called the _____ .

Answer

Correct Answer: Accounting cost

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153. The amount of consumer surplus in the table above is ___________ .

Answer

Correct Answer: $1.50

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154. The _____ is the consumer's gain from an exchange.

Answer

Correct Answer: Consumer surplus

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155. Supply is provided by producers and demand is created by __________ .

Answer

Correct Answer: Consumers

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156. Specialization allows a society to produce _____________ goods.

Answer

Correct Answer: More

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157. Reserves in the banking system ______. banks ______ loans.

Answer

Correct Answer: Decline

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158. Price is the _____________ a consumer is willing to make to acquire a specific product or service.

Answer

Correct Answer: Overall sacrifice

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159. Market, planned, and mixed are three basic types of _____.

Answer

Correct Answer: Economic systems

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160. Marginal utility is the ________ satisfaction gained by consuming ________ of a good.

Answer

Correct Answer: Additional; one more unit

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161. Investment includes the amount of _________ that was produced for businesses.

Answer

Correct Answer: Capital (tools and equipment)

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162. Industrial products are also referred to as __________ products.

Answer

Correct Answer: B2B

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163. If a product goes up in price, and the demand for it drops, that product's demand is ____________.

Answer

Correct Answer: Elastic

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164. Firms ________ in output markets and ________ in input markets.

Answer

Correct Answer: Supply; demand

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165. Economists can predict what consumers in general will do because all humans seek __________.

Answer

Correct Answer: Benefit maximization

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166. Economics is the study of how a society _______________.

Answer

Correct Answer: Employs resources to produce goods and services and distribute them among competing groups and individuals.

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167. Markets distribute goods and services based on _____.

Answer

Correct Answer: Price

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168. ________ serves as an incentive for entrepreneurs. profit loss taxation the economy

Answer

Correct Answer: Profit

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169. As real gdp rises, tax revenues tend to ________ and government transfers tend to ________.

Answer

Correct Answer: Rise/fall

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170. A mixed economy has more _____ than a free market system does.

Answer

Correct Answer: Government involvement

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171. All of the following are fossil fuels except ________.

Answer

Correct Answer: Uranium

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172. Demand is said to be ____ when the quantity demanded changes the same proportion as the price.

Answer

Correct Answer: Unit elastic

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173. Consumers affect which goods and services are produced because they _____.

Answer

Correct Answer: Choose which goods and services to buy

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174. Consumers _______ factors of production in the _______ market.

Answer

Correct Answer: Sell; factor

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175. Consumer shopping on the web is often called ____.

Answer

Correct Answer: B2C

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176. Bartering is the exchange of goods and services without the use of _____.

Answer

Correct Answer: Money

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177. An inferior good is one for which a(n) _____ in buyers' income causes a(n) _____.

Answer

Correct Answer: Increase; decrease in demand

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178. An increase in the price of the product will change the supply line (shift ________).

Answer

Correct Answer: Non of the above

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179. ________ is the human resource that organizes labor, land, and capital.

Answer

Correct Answer: Entrepreneurship

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180. A(n)_____ refers to a reward given by another person.

Answer

Correct Answer: Extrinsic reward

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181. A place where people exchange goods and services is called a _____.

Answer

Correct Answer: Market

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182. The private benefit is ________, while the social benefit is ________.

Answer

Correct Answer: The benefit received by the consumer of a good or​ service;
The total benefits from consuming the good or service

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183. If demand is inelastic, a price ________ causes ________ in total revenue.

Answer

Correct Answer: Increase , decrease

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184. Gross domestic product (gdp) includes _____ goods and services.

Answer

Correct Answer: New

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185. _________ is considered by some to be the father of modern economics.

Answer

Correct Answer: Adam Smith

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186. The primary motivation to develop the new renewable energy sources comes from ________.

Answer

Correct Answer: Concerns over diminishing fossil fuel supplies and negative environmental impacts of fossil fuel use

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187. The market system is also known as ___, while the command system is also known as _____.

Answer

Correct Answer: Capitalism; Socialism

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188. If the price of a good falls and expenditure on the good rises, the demand for the good is _______.

Answer

Correct Answer: Elastic

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189. President reagan supported _______ economics tax proposals

Answer

Correct Answer: Federal

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190. Production creates _______ utility.

Answer

Correct Answer: Form

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191. Secondary extraction of petroleum ________.

Answer

Correct Answer: Uses solvents, water, or steam

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192. In game theory, strategies include _______.

Answer

Correct Answer: All possible actions of each player

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193. The __________ function will return the number of characters in a given string.

Answer

Correct Answer: Length_Of

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194. When a nation imports a good, its ________ surplus increases and its ________ surplus increases.

Answer

Correct Answer: Total, consumer

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195. When there are more substitutes for a product, the ________ for the product is ________.

Answer

Correct Answer: Demand; more price elastic

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196. Efficiency means _______

Answer

Correct Answer: Producing items using the least amount of resources

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197. Relative to al, joe has ________ if joe can produce a good at a lower opportunity cost than al.

Answer

Correct Answer: A comparative advantage

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198. A firm in perfect competition is a price taker because _______.

Answer

Correct Answer: It produces a tiny proportion of the total output of a particular good and buyers are well informed about the prices of other firms

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199. The national wildlife refuge supports _______ wildlife refuges.

Answer

Correct Answer: 550

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200. A factor that has a range of values is called a ____.

Answer

Correct Answer: Variable.

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201. The _____ adds up the money earned by producers plus taxes paid to the government.

Answer

Correct Answer: Expenditure Approach

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202. Real gross domestic product (gdp) is _____ adjusted for price changes.

Answer

Correct Answer: Nominal GDP

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203. The long-run phillips curve is ____________ and equal to ____________.

Answer

Correct Answer: Horizontal; the natural rate of unemployment

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204. An effective price floor in the market for good x will create ________ in that market.

Answer

Correct Answer: Supply surpplus

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205. The marginal social cost curve ________ when production involves negative externalities.

Answer

Correct Answer: Lies above the supply curve

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206. A monopoly has _____ seller(s), but perfect competition has _____ seller(s).

Answer

Correct Answer: One, many

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207. A monopoly firm has ______ supply curve(s).

Answer

Correct Answer: No

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208. A market structure with a large number of sellers who make differentiated products is called _____.

Answer

Correct Answer: Monopolistic competition

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209. The _________ measures how changes in a price affect the quantity of the product demanded.

Answer

Correct Answer: Price elasticity of demand

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210. Dave's opportunity cost of producing 1 pound of green beans is ______ pound(s) of corn.

Answer

Correct Answer: 2

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211. The tragedy of the commons occurs because some goods are ________ in consumption.

Answer

Correct Answer: Non-excludable but rival

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212. The hawthorne studies were designed to measure the effect of the work _______ on productivity.

Answer

Correct Answer: Enviornment

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213. The demand will be _______________ if the consumer has _________ substitute goods to choose from

Answer

Correct Answer: Elastic; more

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214. The demand for dvd players does not change when a change in _______ occurs.

Answer

Correct Answer: Price

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215. The area inside (within) the production possibilities frontier (ppf) contains ________ points.

Answer

Correct Answer: Inefficient points

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216. The "marginal tax rate" in going from $20, 000 to $30,000 of income is _________. Using the table below, answer the question that follows the table:

Answer

Correct Answer: 60%

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217. Supply is said to be ________ when the quantity supplied is very responsive to changes in price.

Answer

Correct Answer: Elastic

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218. Supply is _____, when all other influences on buying plans remain the same.

Answer

Correct Answer: The relationship between the quantity supplied of a good and the price of the good

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219. Purchasing power parity is better at predicting ________ exchange rates.

Answer

Correct Answer: Long-term

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220. Okun's law is the ______ relationship between real gdp and the ______.

Answer

Correct Answer: Negative; unemployment rate

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221. In the short run, ______ determines output, and in the long run ______ determines output.

Answer

Correct Answer: Total spending; Potential Output

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222. When the unemployment rate is ________ the natural unemployment rate, real gdp is ________ potential GDP.

Answer

Correct Answer: Is greater than; is less than

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223. A negative relationship between the quantity demanded and price is called the law of ______.

Answer

Correct Answer: Demand

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224. ____ perform an important ""middleman"" function by linking sellers and buyers overseas.

Answer

Correct Answer: Export intermediaries

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225. The interpersonal communication process begins with ________.

Answer

Correct Answer: The sender

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226. According to herzberg, _____ is an example of a hygiene factor.

Answer

Correct Answer: Pay

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227. A(n) _____ organization depends heavily on an informal structure of employee networks.

Answer

Correct Answer: Organic

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228. A price floor influences the outcome of a market if it is ______.

Answer

Correct Answer: Set above the equilibrium price

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229. A minimum wage set above the market equilibrium wage rate ______.

Answer

Correct Answer: Increases unemployment and decreases employment

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230. The problem of pollution typically arises in ______________ economies around the world.

Answer

Correct Answer: High or low income

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231. U.S domestic oil production peaked in the year ________.

Answer

Correct Answer: 1970

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232. Instead of only generating more electricity, rising energy demands may also be met by ________.

Answer

Correct Answer: Increasing the efficiency of energy consumption

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233. In economics, ________ are limited but ________ are unlimited.

Answer

Correct Answer: Resources; wants

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234. The global economy _____.

Answer

Correct Answer: Has eliminated some jobs in the United States

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235. A unit investment trust usually invests in ________ and an reit always invests in ________.

Answer

Correct Answer: Municipal bonds; real estate

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236. One of the problems with finding new fossil fuel deposits in developing countries is that ________.

Answer

Correct Answer: International companies move in to harvest the new deposit, and very little money or resource remains in the country

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237. Women need ________% essential fat for reproductive system-related fat deposits.

Answer

Correct Answer: 12

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238. When it arrived, i cashed your check immediately is an example of ________.

Answer

Correct Answer: Saying the obvious

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239. Today, high-paying service-sector jobs in the u.s. can be found in ___________________.

Answer

Correct Answer: Accounting

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240. The two main responsibilities of the federal reserve system are to ______ and to ______.

Answer

Correct Answer: Conduct monetary policy; oversee financial markets

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241. The total variable cost curve ________ because ________ as output increases.

Answer

Correct Answer: The cost of both variable ; fixed resources

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242. The time lag for monetary policy is typically ________________ the time lag for fiscal policy.

Answer

Correct Answer: Shorter than.

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243. The russian plain extends from ________ in the west to the ural mountains in the east.

Answer

Correct Answer: Belarus

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244. The real wage equals the nominal wage ________ the cpi, all times 100.

Answer

Correct Answer: Divided by

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245. Technological __________ in american agriculture has __________ other types of employment.

Answer

Correct Answer: Improvement; released labor to go to

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246. Tariff is a _____ imposed on a good when it is _____.

Answer

Correct Answer: Tax;imported

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247. Project repat is classified as a(n) ______ because only a few people own shares of its stock.

Answer

Correct Answer: Closed corporation

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248. Investment spending ________ during a recession, and ________ during an expansion.

Answer

Correct Answer: Declines; increases

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249. In the goods market, firms ________ and households ________.

Answer

Correct Answer: Supply goods and services; purchase goods and services

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250. In an economy without international trade, investment must equal ______ saving.

Answer

Correct Answer: National

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251. If a monopoly or a monopolistic competitor raises their prices, the quantity demanded ____________.

Answer

Correct Answer: Will decline

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252. Gdp does not include the sale of ________ products since these are not new production.

Answer

Correct Answer: Used

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253. Ceteris paribus, _______ can change without shifting the demand curve for jackets.

Answer

Correct Answer: The price of jackets

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254. Between the data lag and the legislative lag falls the __________ lag.

Answer

Correct Answer: Wait-and-see

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255. A ________ is a need that is sufficiently pressing to direct a person to seek satisfaction.

Answer

Correct Answer: Motive

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256. A clean floating exchange rate policy is a government policy to _____.

Answer

Correct Answer: Allow a currency's value to fluctuate according to the foreign exchange rate

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257. _____________ costs support the company as a whole.

Answer

Correct Answer: Facility-level

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258. __________ is based on a buyer’s perceptions of value rather than on the seller’s cost.

Answer

Correct Answer: Customer value-based pricing

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259. ________ involves undertaking an activity until its marginal benefits equal marginal costs.

Answer

Correct Answer: Marginal analysis

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260. ________ errors can occur as a result of a questionnaire that contains ambiguous questions.

Answer

Correct Answer: Non sampling

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261. ________ e-commerce is the online exchange between companies and individual consumers.

Answer

Correct Answer: Business-to-consumer

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262. ________ do not vary with the number of units produced.

Answer

Correct Answer: Fixed costs

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263. ________ costs are a function of time, not sales, and are typically contractual.

Answer

Correct Answer: Fixed

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264. ________ are the types of information systems capabilities needed to meet business objectives.

Answer

Correct Answer: System functionalities

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265. ________ are projected financial statements.

Answer

Correct Answer: Pro forma statements

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266. _____ is a private good, _____ is a public good, and _____ is a common resource.

Answer

Correct Answer: Car; freeway; oxygen

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267. As a business type, corporations ________ in the united states.

Answer

Correct Answer: Earn the majority of revenues

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268. Advertising is ________ promotion through media outlets.

Answer

Correct Answer: Paid

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269. A pure monopoly will find that marginal revenue _____.

Answer

Correct Answer: Is less than price

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270. A government buys its own securities on the open market when the ________.

Answer

Correct Answer: Inflation rate in the country is low

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271. A decrease in expected returns on investment will most likely shift the ad curve to the _____.

Answer

Correct Answer: Left because I will decrease

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272. A bank holds its reserves as ________ and ________.

Answer

Correct Answer: Vault cash; deposits at the Federal Reserve

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273. A ________ demand curve for shampoo would be caused by a change in the price of shampoo.

Answer

Correct Answer: Movement along

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274. ________ is the most common fraud, but ________ is the most expensive fraud.

Answer

Correct Answer: Misappropriation of​ assets; fraudulent financial reporting

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275. ________ is maximized in a competitive market when marginal benefit equals marginal cost.

Answer

Correct Answer: Economic surplus

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276. ________ is considered while choosing a cost allocation base for activity costs in abc costing.

Answer

Correct Answer: Availability of reliable data and measures

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277. ________ is an example of an inter-enterprise information system.

Answer

Correct Answer: ARES

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278. ________ a nation's production possibilities frontier represents economic growth.

Answer

Correct Answer: An outward shift of

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279. ____ is the actual, physical movement of goods and people between two points.

Answer

Correct Answer: Transportation

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280. ____ are the total demand for an item derived from all of its parents.

Answer

Correct Answer: Gross requirements

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281. ____ and ____ are the two basic organizational structures associated with logistics.

Answer

Correct Answer: Fragmented; unified

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282. A bulldozer is an example of ________.

Answer

Correct Answer: Equipment.

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283. Agreements such as the ________ are attempts to standardize international banking regulations.

Answer

Correct Answer: Basel Accord

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284. Accounting rules require that a bank's ____ equals its ____.

Answer

Correct Answer: Liabilities; assets minus equity capital

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285. In the years following the civil war, ________ became texas's economic mainstay.

Answer

Correct Answer: Cattle

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286. When a country lacks hard currency, it must use _____ to complete international trade.

Answer

Correct Answer: Countertrade

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287. Companies felt the need for virtualization because mainframe computers ________.

Answer

Correct Answer: Often wasted resources

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288. To find the price, a monopolist looks at the price _____ at the chosen quantity.

Answer

Correct Answer: Demanded

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