UNT ECON 1100 EXAM 3 CERTIFICATION
EVALUATION 2026 STUDY GUIDE
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
◉ Business Cycle Expansion
Answer: growth phase in economy (also known as booms)
◉ Recession/Business Cycle Contraction
Answer: period marked by falling GDP over time (also known as
bust)
◉ Boom-Bust Cycle
Answer: another name for the business cycle
◉ Business Cycle Peak
Answer: highest level of GDP achieved during any cycle
◉ Business Cycle Trough
Answer: lowest level of GDP falls to during a recession
◉ Long-Term Trend
, Answer: average growth of the economy over many business cycles
◉ Depression
Answer: an economic downturn of greater depth and scope
◉ Extensive Growth
Answer: growth due to bringing new land into cultivation/building
new manufacturing facilities
◉ Capital/Labor Ratio
Answer: amount of capital available for each worker
◉ Intensive Growth
Answer: growth brought by increasing the productivity of workers
◉ Technology
Answer: application of scientific and engineering principles to the
problems of production
◉ Physical Capital
Answer: machines, factories
EVALUATION 2026 STUDY GUIDE
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
◉ Business Cycle Expansion
Answer: growth phase in economy (also known as booms)
◉ Recession/Business Cycle Contraction
Answer: period marked by falling GDP over time (also known as
bust)
◉ Boom-Bust Cycle
Answer: another name for the business cycle
◉ Business Cycle Peak
Answer: highest level of GDP achieved during any cycle
◉ Business Cycle Trough
Answer: lowest level of GDP falls to during a recession
◉ Long-Term Trend
, Answer: average growth of the economy over many business cycles
◉ Depression
Answer: an economic downturn of greater depth and scope
◉ Extensive Growth
Answer: growth due to bringing new land into cultivation/building
new manufacturing facilities
◉ Capital/Labor Ratio
Answer: amount of capital available for each worker
◉ Intensive Growth
Answer: growth brought by increasing the productivity of workers
◉ Technology
Answer: application of scientific and engineering principles to the
problems of production
◉ Physical Capital
Answer: machines, factories