Edition Rittenberg
Chapter 2: Confronting Scarcity: Choices in Production
Multiple Choice
1. Economic resources used in the production process are called:
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A) free gifts of the natural environment.
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B) factors of production. T T
C) consumer items. T
D) money capital. T
Ans: B T
Difficulty: Easy T
2. An economic system is the set of rules that define
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A) resources; prices T
B) who gets to vote; when elections will be held
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C) market prices; factors of production
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D) how an economy's resources are to be owned; how decisions about the resources are to be made
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Ans: D T
Difficulty: Medium T
3. The model that shows the goods and services the economy is capable of producing is the model of:
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A) utility.
B) the fallacy of composition.
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C) production possibilities. T
D) scarcity.
Ans: C T
Difficulty: Easy T
4. Factors of production are:
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A) the resources the economy has available to produce goods and services.
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B) generally unlimited in modern economies. T T T T
C) always employed in modern economies.
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D) the knowledge that can be applied to the production of goods and services.
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Ans: A T
Difficulty: Easy T
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5. The three broad types of factors of production are:
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A) capital, labor, and natural resources.T T T T
B) money, profit, and interest. T T T
C) stocks, bonds, and financial assets.
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D) technology, human capital, and comparative advantage. T T T T T
Ans: A T T
Difficulty: Easy T
6. The three broad types of resources used to produce goods and services are also known
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as:
A) economic systems. T
B) factors of production. T T
C) production possibilities. T
D) financial capital. T
Ans: B T T
Difficulty: Easy T
7. Capital is best considered as:
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A) the natural environment.
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B) a factor of production that has been produced.
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C) financial assets. T
D) money.
Ans: B T T
Difficulty: Easy T
8. A factor of production that has been produced for use in the production of other goods
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and services is:
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A) labor.
B) money.
C) capital.
D) natural resources. T
Ans: C T T
Difficulty: Easy T
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9. Labor is the T that can be applied to production.
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A) the natural environment. T T
B) produced resources. T
C) financial assets. T
D) human effort. T
Ans: D T
Difficulty: Medium T
10. Any factor of production is capital if it:
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A) was produced and can be used to produce other goods and services.
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B) generates utility. T
C) uses human effort to produce goods and services.
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D) is included in financial capital.
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Ans: A T
Difficulty: Medium T
11. The factors of production are:
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A) money, labor, natural resources, and capital. T T T T T
B) technology, human capital, and natural resources. T T T T T
C) money, capital, and natural resources. T T T T
D) labor, capital, and natural resources. T T T T
Ans: D T T
Difficulty: Easy T
12. A factor of production that is produced in order to produce something else is called:
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A) money.
B) labor.
C) technology.
D) capital.
Ans: D T T
Difficulty: Easy T
13. Human effort that can be applied in the production process is called:
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A) natural resources. T
B) technology.
C) labor.
D) specialization.
Ans: C T T
Difficulty: Easy T
14. Resources from nature that can be used to produce other goods and services are called:
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A) money.
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B) natural resources. T
C) labor.
D) capital.
Ans: B T T
Difficulty: Easy T
15. For a factor of production to be called capital it must:
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A) be produced. T
B) occur in the natural environment. T T T T
C) be a part of human skill. T T T T T
D) be a result of a stock issue. T T T T T T
Ans: A T T
Difficulty: Easy T
16. Which of the following is an example of capital?
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A) a gravel truck T T
B) a savings account T T
C) a share of General Motors stock
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D) a lake T
Ans: A T
Difficulty: Medium T
17. To be considered capital, a factor of production must:
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A) have been produced. T T
B) occur naturally. T
C) be part of a factory or building. T T T T T T
D) be a skill or talent possessed by a person.
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Ans: A T
Difficulty: Medium T
18. One of the two criteria for a resource to be considered capital is that it must:
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A) occur naturally. T
B) be part of a factory or building. T T T T T T
C) be a skill or talent possessed by a person.
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D) be possible to use it to produce other goods and services.
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Ans: D T
Difficulty: Medium T
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