Exam 2: Resource Utilization

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Statement I: In the modern global economy,if our steel industry were operating at full capacity we could easily get steel from other steel-producing countries. Statement II: The only constraints on our production possibilities frontier are physical constraints such as the number of steel factories available,etc.

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We could increase the production of both heart transplants and round-the-world trips if we moved to point T from point

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At point S,the economy is operating at approximately _______ percent unemployment.

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If our economy is operating at peak efficiency,it is on its __________________________.

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  -What is the opportunity cost of going from point C to point D? -What is the opportunity cost of going from point C to point D?

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  -If the economy were producing at point E and moved to point B the opportunity cost in terms of lost production of outboard motors would be -If the economy were producing at point E and moved to point B the opportunity cost in terms of lost production of outboard motors would be

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The study of the efficient allocation of the scarce means of production toward the satisfaction of human wants defines _____________.

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The production possibilities curve illustrates the basic principle that

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  -Statement I.Technological advance pushes a country's production possibilities frontier outward. Statement II.Our economic growth slowed down from the early 1970s compared to the two decades before the 1970s. -Statement I.Technological advance pushes a country's production possibilities frontier outward. Statement II.Our economic growth slowed down from the early 1970s compared to the two decades before the 1970s.

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If you own a building and you decide to use that building to open a restaurant,

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  -Assuming the inner curve is our current production possibilities frontier,points J,N and K represent -Assuming the inner curve is our current production possibilities frontier,points J,N and K represent

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Statement I: When the unemployment rate is five percent,we are inside our production possibilities frontier. Statement II: Full production means that the nation's resources are being allocated in the most efficient manner possible.

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Referring to a production possibilities curve and the goods being compared,depict the economic event.Widespread use of the assembly line revolutionizes U.S.industry in the early 20th century (capital vs.consumer goods).

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An inward shift in the entire production possibilities frontier

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In 1943-1945

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If our unemployment rate is 5% and our capacity utilization rate is 85-90%,our economy is at __________.

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Under the current economic situation,which point would represent an unattainable combination of resources?

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In our economy

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To raise our rate of economic growth,we need more and better _______ as well as more and better _______.

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Which point best represents our economy in a depression?

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