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Question #1

The opportunity cost of any action is

A. what we gain in the process of consumption

B. limited to the out-of-pocket cost incurred

C. what is sacrificed to pursue that action

D. irrelevant to economic theory

Question #2

A decrease in the price of a commodity results in a(n)

A. increase in supply

B. increase in demand

C. increase in quantity supplied

D. increase in quantity demanded

Question #3

What do supply and demand curves have in common?

A. they both show a relationship between quantity and price

B. neither of them is influenced by the size of the population

C. they both usually slope upward

D. they both usually slope downward

Question #4

Orange juice and cranberry juice are substitute goods. An increase in the price of orange juice results in a(n)

A. increase in the demand for orange juice

B. decrease in the quantity demanded of cranberry juice

C. increase in the quantity demanded of orange juice

D. increase in the demand for cranberry juice

Question #5

The law of supply says that

A. quantity supplied equals quantity demanded

B. price and quantity supplied are directly related

C. supply follows demand

D. price and quantity supplied are inversely related

Question #6

Which of the following statements is correct?

A. both the demand and supply curve typically slope upward

B. the demand curve typically slopes downward; the supply curve typically slopes upward

C. the demand curve typically slopes upward; the supply curve typically slopes downward

D. both the demand and supply curves typically slope downward

Question #7

Which of the following is most closely associated with positive economics?

A. determining the impact of government spending on the actual level of total employment

B. determining the best level of immigration into the country

C. determining whether the government should reduce poverty

D. determining whether too many luxury goods are being produced

Question #8

An excess supply of rice in a competitive market would indicate that

A. the problem of scarcity has been solved in that market

B. the entire supply curve must shift to the left in order to attain equilibrium

C. the market will not be able to approach equilibrium

D. the current price exceeds the equilibrium price

Question #9

Which of the following would shift the demand curve for new college textbooks to the right?

A. an increase in the price of used college textbooks

B. a decrease in the population of college students

C. a decrease in the price of new college textbooks

D. a decrease in the wealth of college students

Question #10

Under a market system of resource allocation

A. prices determine both what firms produce and what consumers buy

B. the government allocates resources while prices allocate goods and services

C. the government, producers, and consumers work together and allocate resources while prices allocate goods and services

D. prices determine what firms produce while the government determines what consumers buy

E. prices determine what consumers buy while the government determines what firms produce

Question #11

Under market economy (capitalism), resources are allocated primarily through

A. economic planning

B. tradition

C. voter consensus

D. prices

E. government decree

Question #12

All production involves an opportunity cost because

A. to produce more of one thing, we must produce more of everything

B. to produce more of one thing, we must produce less of something else

C. costs of production are sky rocketing

D. when an individual obtains more of a good, he may not be fully satisfied

Question #13

Which of the following would be strictly a microeconomic topic?

A. a drop in the nation's unemployment rate

B. a general rise in national interest rates

C. an increase in the price of the Ford Focus GT

D. an increase in total production in the United States

E. a drop in inflation

Question #14

The principle of increasing cost is also called as

A. rising in resource (input) prices

B. increasing in market price

C. increasing opportunity cost

D. increase in demand

E. increasing in monetary cost

Question #15

Which of the following is most closely associated with positive economics?

A. determining whether too many luxury goods are being produced

B. determining the ideal level of immigration to the country

C. determining the best level of immigration into the country

D. determining whether the government should reduce poverty

E. determining the impact of government spending on the actual level of total employment

Question #16

What is economics?

A. study the market changes

B. study supply and demand

C. study money

D. study how to efficiently allocate scare resources to maximize societal goals.

E. study recession and boom

Question #17

Given y = mx + b, which of the following statement is correct?

A. y is the intercept for the linear slope

B. b is an independent variable

C. m=change of y over change of x.

D. b=change of y over change of x.

E. y is an independent variable

Question #18

Given y=8+9x, which of the following is correct?

A. it's a non-linear equation.

B. it shows 8 is intercept for the linear equation

C. it shows that its slope is equal to 8.

D. it suggests that x depending on the changes of y.

E. it suggests that it's a time-series analysis

Question #19

Which of the following statements about markets is false?

A. markets are used to allocate resources in market systems

B. supply and demand explains how prices are set in competitive markets

C. markets are used to allocate resources in centrally-planned socialist economic systems

D. markets can vary in geographical size

E. prices are used to allocate goods in markets

Question #20

If Irene graduated from Channel Island State U. and found a $45,000 annual income job in 2017 and she projected that her 2018 income will be $50,000. What's Irene's income growth rate from 2017 to 2018? (round up the answer if needed)

A. unknown due to insufficient information.

B. increasing by 15%

C. increasing by 20%

D. increasing by 11%

E. increase by 5%

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