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  • The production possibilities curve illustrates the basic principle that


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  • A. if all the resources of an economy are in use, more of one good can be produced only if less of another good is produced.
  • B. the production of more of any one good will in time require smaller and smaller sacrifices of other goods.
  • C. an economy will automatically obtain full employment of its resources.
  • D. an economy's capacity to produce increases in proportion to its population size.

  • Correct Answer
  • if all the resources of an economy are in use, more of one good can be produced only if less of another good is produced. 

    Explanation

    A graph that describes the maximum amount of one good that can be produced for every possible level of production of the other good is nothing but a production possibilities curve.

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    • 1. Which of the following is a microeconomic statement?

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    • A. The price of personal computers declined last year.
    • B. Unemployment was 6.8 percent of the labor force last year.
    • C. The real domestic output increased by 2.5 percent last year.
    • D. The general price level increased by 4 percent last year.
    • Discuss
    • 2. In the expansion phase of a business cycle

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    • A. economy moves from peak to trough
    • B. economy moves from contraction to peak
    • C. economy moves from trough to peak
    • D. economy moves from trough to trough
    • Discuss
    • 3. Economic resources are also called
    • Discuss
    • 4. The law of demand states that other things equal

    • Options
    • A. as the price increases, the quantity demanded will decrease.
    • B. as the price increases, the quantity demanded will increase.
    • C. as the price decreases, the demand curve will shift to the right.
    • D. as the price increases, the demand will decrease.
    • Discuss
    • 5. An increase in the quantity demanded means that

    • Options
    • A. The demand curve shifted to right
    • B. Price of the product has declined
    • C. Increase in consumer income
    • D. All the above
    • Discuss
    • 6. A government subsidy to the producers of a product

    • Options
    • A. reduces product demand
    • B. increases product supply
    • C. reduces product supply
    • D. increases product demand
    • Discuss
    • 7. Which property would be classified as expendable?

    • Options
    • A. Food given to Army
    • B. Cement
    • C. Paint
    • D. All of the above
    • Discuss
    • 8. What was one outcome of laissez faire economic policies?

    • Options
    • A. Poverty traps that cannot be escaped through free choice
    • B. Monopoly power that emerges naturally in the market and allows businesses to exploit consumers
    • C. Businesses pay workers low
    • D. All of the above
    • Discuss
    • 9. Which of the following is not a prime cost?

    • Options
    • A. Supervisor's wages
    • B. Assembly line wages
    • C. Machine operators wages
    • D. Direct labor wages
    • Discuss
    • 10. The law of supply indicates that, other things equal

    • Options
    • A. sellers will offer more of a product at low prices than at high prices.
    • B. buyers will purchase less of a good at high prices than at low prices.
    • C. Sellers will offer more of a product at high prices than at low prices.
    • D. the product supply curve is downward sloping.
    • Discuss


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