Question 1

In a market system,

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A) firm owners and employees share business risk more or less equally. 
B) a firm's employees and suppliers are largely shielded from risk, relative to business owners. 
C) employees and suppliers face the greatest risks, because firms can shut down without notice and leave them unpaid. 
D) a firm's owners are largely shielded from risk because they can walk away from the business at any time. 
A) firm owners and employees share business risk more or less equally. 
B) a firm's employees and suppliers are largely shielded from risk, relative to business owners. 
C) employees and suppliers face the greatest risks, because firms can shut down without notice and leave them unpaid. 
D) a firm's owners are largely shielded from risk because they can walk away from the business at any time.

Question 2

The market system is said to be characterized by "consumer sovereignty." This is because

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A) a sovereign government determines which consumer goods will be produced. 
B) the prices of consumer goods are regulated by a sovereign government. 
C) firms must match their production decisions to the consumers' choices. 
D) consumer goods are considered to be more important than capital goods. 
A) a sovereign government determines which consumer goods will be produced. 
B) the prices of consumer goods are regulated by a sovereign government. 
C) firms must match their production decisions to the consumers' choices. 
D) consumer goods are considered to be more important than capital goods.

Question 3

The major virtues of the market system include all of the following, except

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A) it promotes an efficient allocation of resources. 
B) it leads to equality in the distribution of income. 
C) it provides incentives for greater production and higher incomes. 
D) it emphasizes the freedom to pursue self-interest. 
A) it promotes an efficient allocation of resources. 
B) it leads to equality in the distribution of income. 
C) it provides incentives for greater production and higher incomes. 
D) it emphasizes the freedom to pursue self-interest.

Question 4

In a command economy like the old Soviet Union, one is able to improve one's lot and get ahead in society largely through

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A) entrepreneurship and risk-taking. 
B) innovation and profits. 
C) participating in the political hierarchy. 
D) getting high prices for one's products and resources. 
A) entrepreneurship and risk-taking. 
B) innovation and profits. 
C) participating in the political hierarchy. 
D) getting high prices for one's products and resources.

Question 5

Which of the following is not a consequence of government subsidized flood insurance?

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A) More people will choose to live in areas susceptible to flooding. 
B) Taxpayers will have to help pay for the rebuilding of flooded properties. 
C) It makes actual risks of flooding look artificially low. 
D) More people will choose to live and work on higher ground. 
A) More people will choose to live in areas susceptible to flooding. 
B) Taxpayers will have to help pay for the rebuilding of flooded properties. 
C) It makes actual risks of flooding look artificially low. 
D) More people will choose to live and work on higher ground.

Question 6

What role does freedom play in capitalism? How important is it to the operation of a competitive market economy?

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Within legal limitations, freedom of ent

Question 7

According to the circular flow model, product markets are where

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A) households earn their money incomes. 
B) households acquire economic resources from businesses. 
C) businesses acquire their inputs from households. 
D) businesses earn their revenues from households. 
A) households earn their money incomes. 
B) households acquire economic resources from businesses. 
C) businesses acquire their inputs from households. 
D) businesses earn their revenues from households.

Question 8

Which of the following is one of the Five Fundamental Questions?

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A) Which products will be in scarce supply and which in excess supply? 
B) Who should appoint the head of the central bank? 
C) How much should society save? 
D) What goods and services will be produced? 
A) Which products will be in scarce supply and which in excess supply? 
B) Who should appoint the head of the central bank? 
C) How much should society save? 
D) What goods and services will be produced?

Question 9

An economic system in which money is not used as a medium of exchange is a

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A) planned economy. 
B) market economy. 
C) mixed economy. 
D) barter economy. 
A) planned economy. 
B) market economy. 
C) mixed economy. 
D) barter economy.

Question 10

According to the concept of the "invisible hand," if Susie opens and operates a profitable childcare center, then

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A) government should regulate the business to ensure quality. 
B) the profit Susie earns indicates that she is overcharging for her services. 
C) she has served society's interests by providing a desired good or service. 
D) this demonstrates that consumer sovereignty is not present in this market. 
A) government should regulate the business to ensure quality. 
B) the profit Susie earns indicates that she is overcharging for her services. 
C) she has served society's interests by providing a desired good or service. 
D) this demonstrates that consumer sovereignty is not present in this market.

Question 11

Even if prices are fixed and competition is restricted by the government, the invisible hand will still work in the economy and lead to economic efficiency.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

With specialization in a market economy, individual

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A) firms produce a wide range of products. 
B) producers consume little or none of the products they produce. 
C) producers consume most of the output that they produce. 
D) consumers have to produce most of what they consume. 
A) firms produce a wide range of products. 
B) producers consume little or none of the products they produce. 
C) producers consume most of the output that they produce. 
D) consumers have to produce most of what they consume.

Question 13

Refer to the provided figure. If box A represents households, B the product market, and C businesses, and if flow (3)represents revenues, then flow (1)would represent

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A) costs. 
B) money income. 
C) consumption expenditures. 
D) resources. 
A) costs. 
B) money income. 
C) consumption expenditures. 
D) resources.

Question 14

An economic system

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A) requires a grouping of private markets linked to one another. 
B) is a particular set of institutional arrangements and a coordinating mechanism used to respond to the economizing problem. 
C) requires some sort of centralized authority (such as government)to coordinate economic activity. 
D) is a plan or scheme that allows a firm to make money at some other firm's expense. 
A) requires a grouping of private markets linked to one another. 
B) is a particular set of institutional arrangements and a coordinating mechanism used to respond to the economizing problem. 
C) requires some sort of centralized authority (such as government)to coordinate economic activity. 
D) is a plan or scheme that allows a firm to make money at some other firm's expense.

Question 15

Which of the following does not foster innovation and technological advance?

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A) competition in markets 
B) freedom of choice and enterprise 
C) self-interest and personal rewards 
D) fear and avoidance of risk 
A) competition in markets 
B) freedom of choice and enterprise 
C) self-interest and personal rewards 
D) fear and avoidance of risk

Question 16

If the total costs of producing 1,500 units of output is $15,000 and this output sold to consumers for a total of $16,500, then the firm would earn economic profits of

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A) $31,500. 
B) $16,500. 
C) $1,500. 
D) $15,000. 
A) $31,500. 
B) $16,500. 
C) $1,500. 
D) $15,000.

Question 17

The fundamental economic question regarding the distribution of output in the economy is equivalent to the question of who will produce the output.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

In a market system, resources will move away from an industry when

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A) profits of firms in the industry are rising. 
B) demand for the industry's product is decreasing. 
C) the production of output in the industry is rising. 
D) profits of firms in other industries are falling. 
A) profits of firms in the industry are rising. 
B) demand for the industry's product is decreasing. 
C) the production of output in the industry is rising. 
D) profits of firms in other industries are falling.

Question 19

In a market system, which of the following is a major benefit of making the firm's owners and investors exclusively shoulder the business risk?

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A) Those who deeply dislike business risk will not have anything to do with the business. 
B) This allows firms to more easily attract labor and other suppliers of inputs. 
C) This reduces the business risk in the economy. 
D) It makes it easier for the government to monitor and manage the business risk. 
A) Those who deeply dislike business risk will not have anything to do with the business. 
B) This allows firms to more easily attract labor and other suppliers of inputs. 
C) This reduces the business risk in the economy. 
D) It makes it easier for the government to monitor and manage the business risk.

Question 20

Specialization may expand total output even though the individuals involved may have identical abilities.

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A) True 
 B)False

Exam 2: The Market System and the Circular Flow

In a market system,

The market system is said to be characterized by "consumer sovereignty." This is because

The major virtues of the market system include all of the following, except

In a command economy like the old Soviet Union, one is able to improve one's lot and get ahead in society largely through

Which of the following is not a consequence of government subsidized flood insurance?

What role does freedom play in capitalism? How important is it to the operation of a competitive market economy?

According to the circular flow model, product markets are where

Which of the following is one of the Five Fundamental Questions?

An economic system in which money is not used as a medium of exchange is a

According to the concept of the "invisible hand," if Susie opens and operates a profitable childcare center, then

Even if prices are fixed and competition is restricted by the government, the invisible hand will still work in the economy and lead to economic efficiency.

With specialization in a market economy, individual

Refer to the provided figure. If box A represents households, B the product market, and C businesses, and if flow (3)represents revenues, then flow (1)would represent

An economic system

Which of the following does not foster innovation and technological advance?

If the total costs of producing 1,500 units of output is $15,000 and this output sold to consumers for a total of $16,500, then the firm would earn economic profits of

The fundamental economic question regarding the distribution of output in the economy is equivalent to the question of who will produce the output.

In a market system, resources will move away from an industry when

In a market system, which of the following is a major benefit of making the firm's owners and investors exclusively shoulder the business risk?

Specialization may expand total output even though the individuals involved may have identical abilities.

Limits, Alternatives, and Choices

Demand, Supply, and Market Equilibrium

Market Failures Caused by Externalities Asymmetric Information

Public Goods, Public Choice, and Government Failure

Elasticity

Utility Maximization

Behavioral Economics

Businesses and the Costs of Production

Pure Competition in the Short Run

Pure Competition in the Long Run

Pure Monopoly

Monopolistic Competition

Oligopoly and Strategic Behavior

Technology, RD, and Efficiency

The Demand for Resources

Wage Determination

Rent, Interest, and Profit

Natural Resource and Energy Economics

Public Finance: Expenditures and Taxes

Antitrust Policy and Regulation

Agriculture: Economics and Policy

Income Inequality, Poverty, and Discrimination

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