Solution Manual
Foundations of Business 7th Edition
by William M. Pride, All chapter 1 - 47
,Chapter 1
End of Chapter Questions
Quiz Yourself
1. Scarcity implies that the allocation decision chosen by society can
a) not make more of any one good.
b) always make more of any good.
c) typically make more of one good but at the expense of making less of
another.
d) always make more of all goods simultaneously.
Explanation: Scarcity implies that choices involve trade-offs.
AACSB: Reflective Thinking
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Blooms: Understand
Difficulty: 02 Medium
Gradeable: automatic
Learning Objective: 01-01
Topic: Economics and Opportunity Cost
2. A production possibilities frontier is a simple model of
a) allocating scarce inputs to the production of alternative outputs.
a) price and production/consumption in a market.
b) the cost of producing goods.
c) the number of inputs required to produce varying levels of output.
Explanation: The production possibilities frontier shows the quantity of two goods that
can be produced. It implies that scarcity requires that choices be made as to how to use
resources.
AACSB: Reflective Thinking
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Blooms: Understand
Difficulty: 02 Medium
Gradeable: automatic
Learning Objective: 01-01
Topic: Modeling Opportunity Cost Using the Production Possibilities Frontier
,3. The underlying reason that there are unattainable points on a production possibilities
frontier is that there
a. is government.
b. are always choices that must be made.
c. are scarce resources within a fixed level of technology.
d. is unemployment of resources.
Explanation: The points outside the production possibilities frontier are unattainable. This
means that currently available resources and technology are insufficient to produce
amounts greater than those illustrated on the frontier. On a graph, everything beyond the
frontier is unattainable.
AACSB: Reflective Thinking
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Blooms: Remember
Difficulty: 01 Easy
Gradeable: automatic
Learning Objective: 01-01
Topic: Modeling Opportunity Cost Using the Production Possibilities Frontier
4. The underlying reason production possibilities frontiers are likely to be bowed out
(rather than linear) is because
a. choices have consequences.
b. there are always opportunity costs.
c. some resources and people can be better used producing one good rather
than another.
d. there is always some level of unemployment.
Explanation: If the production possibilities frontier is not a line but is bowed out away
from the origin, then opportunity cost is increasing. The reason for this is that as we add
more resources to the production of, for example, pizza, we are using fewer resources to
produce soda. Compounding that problem, at each stage as we take the resources away
from soda and put them into pizza, we are moving workers who are worse at pizza
production and better at soda production than those moved in the previous stage. This
means that the increase in pizza production is diminishing and the loss in soda production
is increasing. An economist would call this an example of increasing opportunity cost. If
the production possibilities frontier is a straight line that is not bowed out away from the
origin, then opportunity cost is constant.
AACSB: Knowledge Application
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Blooms: Remember
Difficulty: 01 Easy
Gradeable: automatic
Learning Objective: 01-02
Topic: Attributes of the Production Possibilities Frontier
, 5. Suppose dyou dwere dmodeling dthe dimpact dof dthe dintroduction dof dcomputer
dautomation dinto dmanufacturing don da dproduction dpossibilities dfrontier d(PPF) dwith
dtwo dmanufactured dgoods don dtheir drespective daxes. dIt dwould dbe dmore dlikely dthat
dthe dresult dwould dbe d .
a) generalized dgrowth dwith dthe dPPF dmoving dboth dup dand dto dthe dright.
b) specialized dgrowth dwith dthe dPPF dmoving dboth dup dand dto dthe dright.
c) generalized dgrowth dwith dthe dPPF djust dmoving dup dand dnot dto dthe dright.
d) specialized dgrowth dwith dthe dPPF djust dmoving dup dand dnot dto dthe dright.
dExplanation: dComputer dautomation dis da dgeneral dimprovement din dtechnology dso dit
dwould dimprove dall dmanufacturing. dAs da dresult, dit dwould dresult din dgeneralized
dgrowth dand dmove dthe dPPF dboth dup dand dto dthe dright.
AACSB: dKnowledge dApplication
dAccessibility: dKeyboard dNavigation
dBlooms: dRemember
Difficulty: d01 dEasy
dGradeable: dautomatic
dLearning dObjective: d01-03
dTopic: dEconomic dGrowth
6. The doptimization dassumption dsuggests dthat dpeople dmake
a. irrational ddecisions.
b. unpredictable ddecisions.
c. decisions dto dmake dthemselves das dwell doff das dpossible.
d. decisions dwithout dthinking dvery dhard.
Explanation: dThe doptimization dassumption dsuggests dthat dthe dperson din dquestion dis
dtrying dto dmaximize dsome dobjective. dConsumers dare dassumed dto dbe dmaking
ddecisions dthat dmaximize dtheir dhappiness dsubject dto da dscarce damount dof dmoney.
AACSB: dReflective dThinking
dAccessibility: dKeyboard dNavigation
dBlooms: dRemember
Difficulty: d01 dEasy
dGradeable: dautomatic
dLearning dObjective: d01-01
Topic: dThinking dEconomically
Foundations of Business 7th Edition
by William M. Pride, All chapter 1 - 47
,Chapter 1
End of Chapter Questions
Quiz Yourself
1. Scarcity implies that the allocation decision chosen by society can
a) not make more of any one good.
b) always make more of any good.
c) typically make more of one good but at the expense of making less of
another.
d) always make more of all goods simultaneously.
Explanation: Scarcity implies that choices involve trade-offs.
AACSB: Reflective Thinking
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Blooms: Understand
Difficulty: 02 Medium
Gradeable: automatic
Learning Objective: 01-01
Topic: Economics and Opportunity Cost
2. A production possibilities frontier is a simple model of
a) allocating scarce inputs to the production of alternative outputs.
a) price and production/consumption in a market.
b) the cost of producing goods.
c) the number of inputs required to produce varying levels of output.
Explanation: The production possibilities frontier shows the quantity of two goods that
can be produced. It implies that scarcity requires that choices be made as to how to use
resources.
AACSB: Reflective Thinking
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Blooms: Understand
Difficulty: 02 Medium
Gradeable: automatic
Learning Objective: 01-01
Topic: Modeling Opportunity Cost Using the Production Possibilities Frontier
,3. The underlying reason that there are unattainable points on a production possibilities
frontier is that there
a. is government.
b. are always choices that must be made.
c. are scarce resources within a fixed level of technology.
d. is unemployment of resources.
Explanation: The points outside the production possibilities frontier are unattainable. This
means that currently available resources and technology are insufficient to produce
amounts greater than those illustrated on the frontier. On a graph, everything beyond the
frontier is unattainable.
AACSB: Reflective Thinking
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Blooms: Remember
Difficulty: 01 Easy
Gradeable: automatic
Learning Objective: 01-01
Topic: Modeling Opportunity Cost Using the Production Possibilities Frontier
4. The underlying reason production possibilities frontiers are likely to be bowed out
(rather than linear) is because
a. choices have consequences.
b. there are always opportunity costs.
c. some resources and people can be better used producing one good rather
than another.
d. there is always some level of unemployment.
Explanation: If the production possibilities frontier is not a line but is bowed out away
from the origin, then opportunity cost is increasing. The reason for this is that as we add
more resources to the production of, for example, pizza, we are using fewer resources to
produce soda. Compounding that problem, at each stage as we take the resources away
from soda and put them into pizza, we are moving workers who are worse at pizza
production and better at soda production than those moved in the previous stage. This
means that the increase in pizza production is diminishing and the loss in soda production
is increasing. An economist would call this an example of increasing opportunity cost. If
the production possibilities frontier is a straight line that is not bowed out away from the
origin, then opportunity cost is constant.
AACSB: Knowledge Application
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Blooms: Remember
Difficulty: 01 Easy
Gradeable: automatic
Learning Objective: 01-02
Topic: Attributes of the Production Possibilities Frontier
, 5. Suppose dyou dwere dmodeling dthe dimpact dof dthe dintroduction dof dcomputer
dautomation dinto dmanufacturing don da dproduction dpossibilities dfrontier d(PPF) dwith
dtwo dmanufactured dgoods don dtheir drespective daxes. dIt dwould dbe dmore dlikely dthat
dthe dresult dwould dbe d .
a) generalized dgrowth dwith dthe dPPF dmoving dboth dup dand dto dthe dright.
b) specialized dgrowth dwith dthe dPPF dmoving dboth dup dand dto dthe dright.
c) generalized dgrowth dwith dthe dPPF djust dmoving dup dand dnot dto dthe dright.
d) specialized dgrowth dwith dthe dPPF djust dmoving dup dand dnot dto dthe dright.
dExplanation: dComputer dautomation dis da dgeneral dimprovement din dtechnology dso dit
dwould dimprove dall dmanufacturing. dAs da dresult, dit dwould dresult din dgeneralized
dgrowth dand dmove dthe dPPF dboth dup dand dto dthe dright.
AACSB: dKnowledge dApplication
dAccessibility: dKeyboard dNavigation
dBlooms: dRemember
Difficulty: d01 dEasy
dGradeable: dautomatic
dLearning dObjective: d01-03
dTopic: dEconomic dGrowth
6. The doptimization dassumption dsuggests dthat dpeople dmake
a. irrational ddecisions.
b. unpredictable ddecisions.
c. decisions dto dmake dthemselves das dwell doff das dpossible.
d. decisions dwithout dthinking dvery dhard.
Explanation: dThe doptimization dassumption dsuggests dthat dthe dperson din dquestion dis
dtrying dto dmaximize dsome dobjective. dConsumers dare dassumed dto dbe dmaking
ddecisions dthat dmaximize dtheir dhappiness dsubject dto da dscarce damount dof dmoney.
AACSB: dReflective dThinking
dAccessibility: dKeyboard dNavigation
dBlooms: dRemember
Difficulty: d01 dEasy
dGradeable: dautomatic
dLearning dObjective: d01-01
Topic: dThinking dEconomically
