Question 1

What type of statement is a prescriptive statement about how the world ought to be?

Accepted Answer

The answer of What type of statement is a prescriptive...

Question 2

Which of the following is an example of a positive, as opposed to normative, statement?

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A)  Inflation is more harmful to the economy than unemployment is. 
B)  If welfare payments increase, the world will be a better place. 
C)  Prices rise when the government prints too much money. 
D)  When public policies are evaluated, the benefits to the economy of improved equality should be considered more important than the costs of reduced efficiency. 
A)  Inflation is more harmful to the economy than unemployment is. 
B)  If welfare payments increase, the world will be a better place. 
C)  Prices rise when the government prints too much money. 
D)  When public policies are evaluated, the benefits to the economy of improved equality should be considered more important than the costs of reduced efficiency.

Question 3

Which of the following statements is correct?

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A)  Few economic models incorporate assumptions. 
B)  Different economic models employ different sets of assumptions. 
C)  Good economic models attempt to mimic reality as closely as possible. 
D)  Economic models, to be accepted, must be tested by conducting experiments. 
A)  Few economic models incorporate assumptions. 
B)  Different economic models employ different sets of assumptions. 
C)  Good economic models attempt to mimic reality as closely as possible. 
D)  Economic models, to be accepted, must be tested by conducting experiments.

Question 4

How did the influential economist John Maynard Keynes explain his remark that though economics is an easy subject compared with the higher branches of philosophy or pure science, it is a subject at which few excel?

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A)  Most people who study economics are not very bright. 
B)  Good economists must possess a rare combination of gifts. 
C)  Economics is quite boring; hence, people tend to lose interest in it before mastering it. 
D)  Good thinkers become frustrated with economics because it does not make use of the scientific method. 
A)  Most people who study economics are not very bright. 
B)  Good economists must possess a rare combination of gifts. 
C)  Economics is quite boring; hence, people tend to lose interest in it before mastering it. 
D)  Good thinkers become frustrated with economics because it does not make use of the scientific method.

Question 5

In building economic models, economists often omit

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A)  assumptions. 
B)  theories. 
C)  details. 
D)  equations. 
A)  assumptions. 
B)  theories. 
C)  details. 
D)  equations.

Question 6

Table 2-6
  
-Refer to Table 2-6. Consider the production possibilities table for an economy that produces only mobile phones and pizzas. Describe the shape of the production possibilities frontier.

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The answer of Table 2-6
  
-Refer to Table 2-6....

Question 7

Figure 2-3  
-Refer to Figure 2-3. What do the inner arrows represent in the figure?

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flow of in

Question 8

The scientific method is

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A)  the use of modern technology to understand the way the world works. 
B)  the use of controlled laboratory experiments to understand the way the world works. 
C)  the dispassionate development and testing of theories about how the world works. 
D)  the search for evidence to support preconceived theories about how the world works. 
A)  the use of modern technology to understand the way the world works. 
B)  the use of controlled laboratory experiments to understand the way the world works. 
C)  the dispassionate development and testing of theories about how the world works. 
D)  the search for evidence to support preconceived theories about how the world works.

Question 9

Economists build economic models by

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A)  generating data. 
B)  conducting controlled experiments in a lab. 
C)  making assumptions. 
D)  reviewing statistical forecasts. 
A)  generating data. 
B)  conducting controlled experiments in a lab. 
C)  making assumptions. 
D)  reviewing statistical forecasts.

Question 10

Figure 2-10
Panel a) Panel b)
    
-Refer to Figure 2-10, Panel a). Production is

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A)  possible at points V, W, Y, and Z, but efficient only at points V, W, and Z. 
B)  possible at points V, W, Y, and Z, but efficient only at point Y. 
C)  possible at points U, V, W, and Z, but efficient only at points V, W, and Z. 
D)  possible at points U, V, W, and Z, but efficient only at point U. 
A)  possible at points V, W, Y, and Z, but efficient only at points V, W, and Z. 
B)  possible at points V, W, Y, and Z, but efficient only at point Y. 
C)  possible at points U, V, W, and Z, but efficient only at points V, W, and Z. 
D)  possible at points U, V, W, and Z, but efficient only at point U.

Question 11

Since economists cannot use natural experiments offered by history, they must use carefully constructed laboratory experiments instead.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

Which of the following statements applies to economics, as well as to other sciences such as physics?

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A)  Experiments are considered valid only when they are conducted in a laboratory. 
B)  Good theories do not need to be tested. 
C)  Real-world observations often lead to theories. 
D)  Economics, as well as other sciences, is concerned primarily with abstract concepts. 
A)  Experiments are considered valid only when they are conducted in a laboratory. 
B)  Good theories do not need to be tested. 
C)  Real-world observations often lead to theories. 
D)  Economics, as well as other sciences, is concerned primarily with abstract concepts.

Question 13

An economy's production of two goods is efficient if

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A)  all members of society consume equal portions of the goods. 
B)  the goods are produced using only some of society's available resources. 
C)  it is impossible to produce more of one good without producing less of the other. 
D)  the opportunity cost of producing more of one good is zero. 
A)  all members of society consume equal portions of the goods. 
B)  the goods are produced using only some of society's available resources. 
C)  it is impossible to produce more of one good without producing less of the other. 
D)  the opportunity cost of producing more of one good is zero.

Question 14

Which of the following is an example of a normative, as opposed to positive, statement?

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A)  Following the most recent recession, the economy is recovering at a slower than usual pace. 
B)  To stimulate the economy during the most recent recession, the federal government increased spending. 
C)  In response to the most recent recession, the federal government extended the duration of unemployment benefits. 
D)  The federal government's responses to the most recent recession were insufficient. 
A)  Following the most recent recession, the economy is recovering at a slower than usual pace. 
B)  To stimulate the economy during the most recent recession, the federal government increased spending. 
C)  In response to the most recent recession, the federal government extended the duration of unemployment benefits. 
D)  The federal government's responses to the most recent recession were insufficient.

Question 15

Figure 2-12  
-Refer to Figure 2-12. The shift of the production possibilities frontier from A to B can best be described as

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A)  a downturn in the economy. 
B)  economic growth. 
C)  an enhancement of equality. 
D)  an improvement in the allocation of resources. 
A)  a downturn in the economy. 
B)  economic growth. 
C)  an enhancement of equality. 
D)  an improvement in the allocation of resources.

Question 16

Figure 2-14   Consider the production possibilities curve for a country that can produce sweaters, apples in bushels), or a combination of the two.
-Refer to Figure 2-14. Which points) on the graph show unemployment of resources?

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The answer of Figure 2-14   Consider the production...

Question 17

Figure 2-22  
-Refer to Figure 2-22. What are the coordinates of point C?

Accepted Answer

The answer of Figure 2-22  
-Refer to Figure 2-22....

Question 18

A duty of economists at the Department of Labor is to

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A)  analyze data on workers. 
B)  schedule federal holidays. 
C)  enforce the nation's antitrust laws. 
D)  All of the above are correct. 
A)  analyze data on workers. 
B)  schedule federal holidays. 
C)  enforce the nation's antitrust laws. 
D)  All of the above are correct.

Question 19

A macroeconomist - as opposed to a microeconomist - might study the effect of

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A)  changes in the money supply on the inflation rate. 
B)  an increase in the gas tax on fuel consumption. 
C)  a technological advance on the natural gas industry. 
D)  a hurricane on prices in the orange industry. 
A)  changes in the money supply on the inflation rate. 
B)  an increase in the gas tax on fuel consumption. 
C)  a technological advance on the natural gas industry. 
D)  a hurricane on prices in the orange industry.

Question 20

The effects of foreign competition on the U.S. textile industry would be studied by a microeconomist rather than a macroeconomist.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Exam 2: Thinking Like an Economist

What type of statement is a prescriptive statement about how the world ought to be?

Which of the following is an example of a positive, as opposed to normative, statement?

Which of the following statements is correct?

How did the influential economist John Maynard Keynes explain his remark that though economics is an easy subject compared with the higher branches of philosophy or pure science, it is a subject at which few excel?

In building economic models, economists often omit

Table 2-6 -Refer to Table 2-6. Consider the production possibilities table for an economy that produces only mobile phones and pizzas. Describe the shape of the production possibilities frontier.

Figure 2-3 -Refer to Figure 2-3. What do the inner arrows represent in the figure?

The scientific method is

Economists build economic models by

Figure 2-10 Panel a) Panel b) -Refer to Figure 2-10, Panel a). Production is

Since economists cannot use natural experiments offered by history, they must use carefully constructed laboratory experiments instead.

Which of the following statements applies to economics, as well as to other sciences such as physics?

An economy's production of two goods is efficient if

Which of the following is an example of a normative, as opposed to positive, statement?

Figure 2-12 -Refer to Figure 2-12. The shift of the production possibilities frontier from A to B can best be described as

Figure 2-14 Consider the production possibilities curve for a country that can produce sweaters, apples in bushels), or a combination of the two. -Refer to Figure 2-14. Which points) on the graph show unemployment of resources?

Figure 2-22 -Refer to Figure 2-22. What are the coordinates of point C?

A duty of economists at the Department of Labor is to

A macroeconomist - as opposed to a microeconomist - might study the effect of

The effects of foreign competition on the U.S. textile industry would be studied by a microeconomist rather than a macroeconomist.

Ten Principles of Economics

Interdependence and the Gains From Trade

The Market Forces of Supply and Demand

Elasticity and Its Application

Supply, Demand, and Government Policies

Consumers, Producers, and the Efficiency of Markets

Application: The Costs of Taxation

Application: International Trade

Externalities

Public Goods and Common Resources

The Costs of Production

Firms in Competitive Markets

Monopoly

Measuring a Nations Income

Measuring the Cost of Living

Production and Growth

Saving, Investment, and the Financial System

The Basic Tools of Finance

Unemployment

The Monetary System

Money Growth and Inflation

Aggregate Demand and Aggregate Supply

The Influence of Monetary and Fiscal Policy on Aggregate Demand

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