Test Bank – Foundations of Microeconomics (9th Edition, by Robin Bade & Michael Parkin)

, Test Bank for Foundations of Microeconomics 9th Edition Bade
Foundations of Microeconomics, 9e (Bade)
Chapter 1 Getting Started

1.1 Definition and Questions

1) Scarcity exists because
A) human wants exceed the resources available to satisfy them.
B) some individuals have low income.
C) the costs of production are high.
D) some people make bad economic decisions.
E) people take too much leisure time.
Answer: A
Topic: Scarcity
Skill: Level 1: Definition
Section: Checkpoint 1.1
Status: Old
AACSB: Reflective thinking

2) Scarcity
A) is the inability to satisfy all our wants.
B) leads to higher prices.
C) applies only to people living in poverty.
D) is not something that affects very rich people.
E) used to exist everywhere but has been eliminated in advanced economies.
Answer: A
Topic: Scarcity
Skill: Level 1: Definition
Section: Checkpoint 1.1
Status: Old
AACSB: Reflective thinking

3) Scarcity requires that we
A) produce efficiently.
B) learn to limit our wants.
C) have the most rapid economic growth possible.
D) have unlimited resources.
E) make choices about what goods and services to produce.
Answer: E
Topic: Scarcity
Skill: Level 1: Definition
Section: Checkpoint 1.1
Status: Old
AACSB: Reflective thinking

,4) Scarcity means that
A) what we can produce with our resources is greater than our material wants.
B) resources are unlimited.
C) wants are greater than what we can produce with our resources.
D) governments must make up for shortages in resources.
E) choices made in self-interest cannot be the same as those made in the social interest.
Answer: C
Topic: Scarcity
Skill: Level 1: Definition
Section: Checkpoint 1.1
Status: Old
AACSB: Reflective thinking

5) Because human wants are insatiable and unlimited while available resources are limited,
people are said to face the problem of
A) scarcity.
B) why to produce.
C) macroeconomics.
D) microeconomics.
E) social interest versus self-interest.
Answer: A
Topic: Scarcity
Skill: Level 1: Definition
Section: Checkpoint 1.1
Status: Old
AACSB: Reflective thinking

6) Which of the following statements BEST describes the study of economics? Economics
studies how
A) to organize production so that scarcity does not occur.
B) firms make profits.
C) we make choices in the face of scarcity.
D) to create incentives so that scarcity does not exist.
E) businesses reach decisions.
Answer: C
Topic: Scarcity
Skill: Level 1: Definition
Section: Checkpoint 1.1
Status: Old
AACSB: Reflective thinking

, 7) Scarcity forces people to
A) choose among available alternatives.
B) cheat and steal.
C) be unwilling to help others.
D) live at a low standard of living.
E) consume as much as they can as quickly as they can.
Answer: A
Topic: Scarcity
Skill: Level 2: Using definitions
Section: Checkpoint 1.1
Status: Old
AACSB: Reflective thinking

8) Scarcity means we must
A) consume less.
B) produce less.
C) make choices.
D) earn more.
E) work more.
Answer: C
Topic: Scarcity
Skill: Level 1: Definition
Section: Checkpoint 1.1
Status: Old
AACSB: Reflective thinking

9) What is the reason that all economic issues and problems occur?
A) All nations use some form of money to buy and sell goods and services.
B) Humans are always wasteful and inefficient in production and consumption.
C) Powerful governments are able to control production and consumption.
D) Human wants exceed the resources available to satisfy them.
E) People seek only their own self-interest.
Answer: D
Topic: Scarcity
Skill: Level 2: Using definitions
Section: Checkpoint 1.1
Status: Old
AACSB: Reflective thinking