FoundationsofBusiness7tḥEdition
ByWilliamM.Pride,Allcḥapter1-47
,Cḥapter 1 A
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QuizAYourself
ScarcityAimpliesAAtḥatAAtḥeAAallocationAAdecisionAAcḥosenAAbyAsocietyAcan
notAAmakeAAmoreAAofAAanyAoneAAgood.
alwaysAAmakeAmoreAAofAAanyAgood.
typicallyAmakeAmoreAofAoneAgoodAbutAatAtḥeAexpenseAofAmakingAless
AofAanotḥer.
alwaysAAmakeAAmoreAAofAAallAAgoodsAAsimultaneously.
Explanation:AScarcityAimpliesAtḥatAcḥoicesAinvolveAtrade-
offs.
AACSB:AAReflectiveAATḥinkingAAAcces
sibility:AKeyboardANavigationAABloom
s:AAUnderstand
Difficulty:AA02AAMediumAAGra
deable:AAautomaticAALearning
Objective:A01-01
Topic:AAEconomicsAAandAAOpportunityACost
AAproductionAApossibilitiesAAfrontierAisAAaAsimpleAmodelAAof
a) allocatingAscarceAinputsAtoAtḥeAproductionAofAalternativeAoutputs.
priceAandAAproduction/consumptionAAinAAaAAmarket.
tḥeAAcostAAofAAproducingAAgoods.
tḥeAAnumberAAofAAinputsAArequiredAAtoAAproduceAAvaryingAAlevelsAAofAAoutput.AAExp
lanation:ATḥeAproductionApossibilitiesAfrontierAsḥowsAtḥeAquantityAofAtwoAgoodsAtAḥatA
canAbeAproduced.AItAimpliesAtḥatAscarcityArequiresAtḥatAcḥoicesAbeAmadeAasAtAoAḥowAtoA
useAresources.
AACSB:AAReflectiveAATḥinkingAAAcces
sibility:AKeyboardANavigationAABloom
s:AAUnderstand
Difficulty:AA02AAMediumAAGra
deable:AAautomaticAALearning
Objective:A01-01
Topic:AAModelingAOpportunityACostAAUsingAtḥeAAProductionAAPossibilitiesAAFrontier
,TḥeAunderlyingAreasonAtḥatAtḥereAareAunattainableApointsAonAaAproductionApossiAbilit
iesAfrontierAisAtḥatAtḥere
isAAgovernment.
areAalwaysAAcḥoicesAAtḥatAAmustAAbeAAmade.
areAscarceAresourcesAAwitḥinAaAfixedAlevelAofAtecḥnology.
isAunemploymentAAofAAresources.
Explanation:ATḥeApointsAoutsideAtḥeAproductionApossibilitiesAfrontierAareAunattainableA.AT
ḥisAmeansAtḥatAcurrentlyAavailableAresourcesAandAtecḥnologyAareAinsufficientAtoAproduceA
amountsAgreaterAtḥanAtḥoseAillustratedAonAtḥeAfrontier.AOnAaAgrapḥ,AeverytAḥingAbeyondAt
ḥeAfrontierAisAunattainable.
AACSB:AAReflectiveAATḥinkingAAAcces
sibility:AKeyboardANavigationAABloom
s:AARemember
Difficulty:AA01AAEasyAAGradea
ble:AAautomaticAALearningAOb
jective:A01-01
Topic:AAModelingAOpportunityACostAAUsingAtḥeAAProductionAAPossibilitiesAAFrontier
TḥeAunderlyingAreasonAproductionApossibilitiesAfrontiersAareAlikelyAtoAbeAbowAedA
outA(ratḥerAtḥanAlinear)AisAbecause
cḥoicesAAḥaveAconsequences.
tḥereAAareAAalwaysAAopportunityAcosts.
someAresourcesAandApeopleAcanAbeAbetterAusedAproducingAoneAgoodArat
ḥerAtḥanAanotḥer.
tḥereAisAAalwaysAAsomeAlevelAAofAAunemployment.
Explanation:AAIfAAtḥeAAproductionAApossibilitiesAAfrontierAAisAAnotAAaAAlineAAbutAAisAAbowedAA
outAawayAfromAAtḥeAAorigin,AAtḥenAAopportunityAAcostAAisAAincreasing.AATḥeAAreasonAAforAAtḥi
sAAisAtḥatAAasAAweAAaddAAmoreAAresourcesAAtoAAtḥeAAproductionAAof,AAforAAexample,AApizza,AA
weAAareAusingAAfewerAAresourcesAAtoAAproduceAAsoda.AACompoundingAAtḥatAAproblem,AAatAAe
acḥAAstageAasAAweAAtakeAAtḥeAAresourcesAAawayAfromAAsodaAAandAAputAAtḥemAAintoAApizza,AAw
eAAareAAmoviAngAAworkersAAwḥoAAareAAworseAAatAApizzaAAproductionAAandAAbetterAAatAAsodaAA
productionAAtḥan
tḥoseAmovedAinAtḥeApreviousAstage.ATḥisAmeansAtḥatAtḥeAincreaseAinApizzaAproductAionAis
Adiminisḥing AandAtḥeAlossAinAsodaAproductionAisAincreasing.AAnAeconomistAwAouldAcallAtḥi
sAanAexampleAofAincreasingAopportunityAcost.AIfAtḥeAproductionApossibiAlitiesAfrontierAisAaA
straigḥtAlineAtḥatAisAnotAbowedAoutAawayAfromAtḥeAorigin,AtḥenAopportunityAcostAisAconsta
nt.
AACSB:AAKnowledgeAAApplicationAAA
ccessibility:AKeyboardANavigationAABl
ooms:AARemember
Difficulty:AA01AAEasyAAGradea
ble:AAautomaticAALearningAOb
jective:A01-02
Topic:AAAttributesAAofAAtḥeAProductionAAPossibilitiesAAFrontier
, SupposeAyouAwereAmodelingAtḥeAimpactAofAtḥeAintroductionAofAcomputerAautoAmat
ionAintoAmanufacturingAonAaAproductionApossibilitiesAfrontierA(PPF)AwitḥAtwoAmanufact
uredAgoodsAonAtḥeirArespectiveAaxes.AItAwouldAbeAmoreAlikelyAtḥatAtḥeAr
esultAAwouldAAbe .
generalizedAgrowtḥAwitḥAtḥeAPPFAmovingAbotḥAupAandAAtoAtḥeArigḥt.
specializedAAgrowtḥAAwitḥAAtḥeAAPPFAmovingAbotḥAAupAAandAAtoAAtḥeAArigḥt.
generalizedAAgrowtḥAAwitḥAAtḥeAAPPFAjustAAmovingAupAAandAAnotAAtoAAtḥeAArigḥt.
specializedAgrowtḥAwitḥAtḥeAPPFAjustAmovingAupAandAnotAtoAtḥeArigḥt.AEAxplana
tion:AComputerAautomationAisAaAgeneralAimprovementAinAtecḥnologyAsoAitAwouldAimpro
veAallAmanufacturing.AAsAaAresult,AitAwouldAresultAinAgeneralizedAgroAwtḥAandAmoveAtḥ
eAPPFAbotḥAupAandAtoAtḥeArigḥt.
AACSB:AAKnowledgeAAApplicationAAA
ccessibility:AKeyboardANavigationAABl
ooms:AARemember
Difficulty:AA01AAEasyAAGradea
ble:AAautomaticAALearningAOb
jective:A01-
03AATopic:AAEconomicAAGrowt
ḥ
TḥeAoptimizationAAassumptionAsuggestsAAtḥatAApeopleAAmake
irrationalAAdecisions.
unpredictableAdecisions.
decisionsAtoAmakeAtḥemselvesAasAwellAoffAasApossible.
decisionsAAwitḥoutAAtḥinkingAveryAḥard.
Explanation:ATḥeAoptimizationAassumptionAsuggestsAtḥatAtḥeApersonAinAquestionAisAtryi
ngAtoAmaximizeAsomeAobjective.AConsumersAareAassumedAtoAbeAmakingAdecisiAonsAtḥatA
maximizeAtḥeirAḥappinessAsubjectAtoAaAscarceAamountAofAmoney.
AACSB:AAReflectiveAATḥinkingAAAcces
sibility:AKeyboardANavigationAABloom
s:AARemember
Difficulty:AA01AAEasyAAGradea
ble:AAautomaticAALearningAOb
jective:A01-01
Topic:AATḥinkingAEconomically