Test Bank for The Economy Today, 16th Edition by Bradley R. Schiller | Chapter 1 Practice Questions with Correct Answers & Detailed Rationales

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ANSWERS ARE LOCATED IN THE SECOND PART OF THIS DOCUMENT
TRUE/FALSE - Write 'T' if the statement is true and 'F' if the statement is false.
1) Scarcity results when available resources cannot satisfy all desired uses of those
resources.
1)

⊚ true
⊚ false

Question Details
AACSB : Reflective Thinking
Accessibility : Keyboard Navigation
Bloom's : Understand
Difficulty : 2 Medium
Topic : Scarcity: The Core Problem
Learning Objective : 01-01 What scarcity is.
Accessibility : Screen Reader Compatible



2) Critics of government regulation argue that government interference in the marketplace
stifles the "animal spirits" of entrepreneurship.
2)

⊚ true
⊚ false

Question Details
AACSB : Reflective Thinking
Accessibility : Keyboard Navigation
Bloom's : Understand
Difficulty : 2 Medium
Learning Objective : 01-05 How market and government approaches to economic problems differ.
Topic : The Mechanisms of Choice
Accessibility : Screen Reader Compatible



3) Opportunity cost is a theoretical concept with no practical application.
3)

⊚ true
⊚ false




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Question Details
AACSB : Reflective Thinking
Accessibility : Keyboard Navigation
Bloom's : Understand
Difficulty : 2 Medium
Topic : Scarcity: The Core Problem
Learning Objective : 01-02 How scarcity creates opportunity costs.
Accessibility : Screen Reader Compatible



4) Every time we use scarce resources in one way, we give up the opportunity to use them in
other ways.
4)

⊚ true
⊚ false

Question Details
AACSB : Reflective Thinking
Accessibility : Keyboard Navigation
Bloom's : Understand
Difficulty : 2 Medium
Topic : Scarcity: The Core Problem
Learning Objective : 01-02 How scarcity creates opportunity costs.
Accessibility : Screen Reader Compatible



5) Production possibilities in an economy decrease as more resources and better technology
are utilized.
5)

⊚ true
⊚ false

Question Details
AACSB : Reflective Thinking
Accessibility : Keyboard Navigation
Bloom's : Understand
Difficulty : 2 Medium
Topic : Production Possibilities
Learning Objective : 01-03 What the production-possibilities curve represents.
Accessibility : Screen Reader Compatible




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6) All output combinations that lie outside a production possibilities curve are attainable
with available resources and technology.
6)

⊚ true
⊚ false

Question Details
AACSB : Reflective Thinking
Accessibility : Keyboard Navigation
Bloom's : Understand
Difficulty : 2 Medium
Topic : Production Possibilities
Learning Objective : 01-03 What the production-possibilities curve represents.
Accessibility : Screen Reader Compatible



7) Output combinations that lie inside the production possibilities curve are characterized by
efficient use of resources.
7)

⊚ true
⊚ false

Question Details
AACSB : Reflective Thinking
Accessibility : Keyboard Navigation
Bloom's : Understand
Difficulty : 2 Medium
Topic : Production Possibilities
Learning Objective : 01-03 What the production-possibilities curve represents.
Accessibility : Screen Reader Compatible



8) If the economy is inside the production possibilities curve, then more output can be
produced using existing resources.
8)

⊚ true
⊚ false




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Question Details
AACSB : Reflective Thinking
Accessibility : Keyboard Navigation
Bloom's : Understand
Difficulty : 2 Medium
Topic : Production Possibilities
Learning Objective : 01-03 What the production-possibilities curve represents.
Accessibility : Screen Reader Compatible



9) All economies must make decisions concerning what to produce, how to produce it, and
for whom to produce.
9)

⊚ true
⊚ false

Question Details
AACSB : Reflective Thinking
Accessibility : Keyboard Navigation
Bloom's : Understand
Difficulty : 2 Medium
Learning Objective : 01-04 The three core economic questions that every society must answer.
Topic : Three Basic Decisions
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10) The essential feature of the market mechanism is the price signal.
10)

⊚ true
⊚ false

Question Details
AACSB : Reflective Thinking
Accessibility : Keyboard Navigation
Bloom's : Understand
Difficulty : 2 Medium
Learning Objective : 01-04 The three core economic questions that every society must answer.
Topic : The Mechanisms of Choice
Accessibility : Screen Reader Compatible




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