TEST BANK AND SOLUTIONS FOR ECONOMICS 14TH
EDITION BY ROGER ARNOLD|QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS 2024-2025|100% PASS
,1. A decrease in unemployment causes the PPF to shift outward (to the right).
a. True
b. False
ANSWER:
False
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Moderate
QUESTION TYPE: True / False
HAS VARIABLES: False
NATIONAL STANDA United States - BUSPROG: Analytic
RDS:
LOCAL STANDARD United States - OH - Default City - DISC: Scarcity, tradeoffs, and o - DISC: Scarcity,
S: tradeoffs, and opportunity cost
KEYWORDS: Bloom's: Comprehension
DATE CREATED: 7/20/2017 11:24 AM
DATE MODIFIED: 7/20/2017 11:24 AM
2. The law of increasing opportunity cost results from the varying ability of resources to adapt to the production of
different goods and it helps to explain why production possibilities curves are typically bowed outward.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Moderate
QUESTION TYPE: True / False
HAS VARIABLES: False
NATIONAL STANDA United States - BUSPROG: Analytic
RDS:
LOCAL STANDARD United States - OH - Default City - DISC: Scarcity, tradeoffs, and o - DISC: Scarcity,
S: tradeoffs, and opportunity cost
KEYWORDS: Bloom's: Comprehension
DATE CREATED: 7/20/2017 11:24 AM
DATE MODIFIED: 7/20/2017 11:24 AM
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, 3. Production possibilities curves can shift outward but they do not shift inward.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Easy
QUESTION TYPE: True / False
HAS VARIABLES: False
NATIONAL STANDA United States - BUSPROG: Analytic
RDS:
LOCAL STANDARD United States - OH - Default City - DISC: Scarcity, tradeoffs, and o - DISC: Scarcity,
S: tradeoffs, and opportunity cost
KEYWORDS: Bloom's: Knowledge
DATE CREATED: 7/20/2017 11:24 AM
DATE MODIFIED: 7/20/2017 11:24 AM
4. With respect to a PPF for goods X and Y, productive efficiency implies that in order to produce more of good X there
will be a reduction in production of good Y.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Easy
QUESTION TYPE: True / False
HAS VARIABLES: False
NATIONAL STANDARDS: United States - BUSPROG: Analytic
LOCAL STANDARDS: United States - OH - Default City - DISC: Efficiency and equity
KEYWORDS: Bloom's: Knowledge
DATE CREATED: 7/20/2017 11:24 AM
DATE MODIFIED: 7/20/2017 11:24 AM
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EDITION BY ROGER ARNOLD|QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS 2024-2025|100% PASS
,1. A decrease in unemployment causes the PPF to shift outward (to the right).
a. True
b. False
ANSWER:
False
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Moderate
QUESTION TYPE: True / False
HAS VARIABLES: False
NATIONAL STANDA United States - BUSPROG: Analytic
RDS:
LOCAL STANDARD United States - OH - Default City - DISC: Scarcity, tradeoffs, and o - DISC: Scarcity,
S: tradeoffs, and opportunity cost
KEYWORDS: Bloom's: Comprehension
DATE CREATED: 7/20/2017 11:24 AM
DATE MODIFIED: 7/20/2017 11:24 AM
2. The law of increasing opportunity cost results from the varying ability of resources to adapt to the production of
different goods and it helps to explain why production possibilities curves are typically bowed outward.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Moderate
QUESTION TYPE: True / False
HAS VARIABLES: False
NATIONAL STANDA United States - BUSPROG: Analytic
RDS:
LOCAL STANDARD United States - OH - Default City - DISC: Scarcity, tradeoffs, and o - DISC: Scarcity,
S: tradeoffs, and opportunity cost
KEYWORDS: Bloom's: Comprehension
DATE CREATED: 7/20/2017 11:24 AM
DATE MODIFIED: 7/20/2017 11:24 AM
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, 3. Production possibilities curves can shift outward but they do not shift inward.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Easy
QUESTION TYPE: True / False
HAS VARIABLES: False
NATIONAL STANDA United States - BUSPROG: Analytic
RDS:
LOCAL STANDARD United States - OH - Default City - DISC: Scarcity, tradeoffs, and o - DISC: Scarcity,
S: tradeoffs, and opportunity cost
KEYWORDS: Bloom's: Knowledge
DATE CREATED: 7/20/2017 11:24 AM
DATE MODIFIED: 7/20/2017 11:24 AM
4. With respect to a PPF for goods X and Y, productive efficiency implies that in order to produce more of good X there
will be a reduction in production of good Y.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Easy
QUESTION TYPE: True / False
HAS VARIABLES: False
NATIONAL STANDARDS: United States - BUSPROG: Analytic
LOCAL STANDARDS: United States - OH - Default City - DISC: Efficiency and equity
KEYWORDS: Bloom's: Knowledge
DATE CREATED: 7/20/2017 11:24 AM
DATE MODIFIED: 7/20/2017 11:24 AM
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