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Chapter6: Demand Relationships Among Goods
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The income effect refers to:
Select one:
a. changes in income because of changes in business investment.
b. changes in money or nominal income because of changes in wages.
c. a change in the quantity demanded of a good because of an implicit change in the buyer's income caused by a change in the price of a good or service.
d. a change in the quantity demanded of a good because of a change in the buyer's money income.
 

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Assume a market initially exhibits a shortage. Assuming that both prices and quantities are flexible, which of the following will be true after the market adjusts to equilibrium?
Select one:
a. Price is lower.
b. Quantity demanded is greater.
c. Quantity supplied is more.
d. Quantity supplied will be reduced.
 

Question 3

 

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The fundamental economic questions that every economic system must answer are:
Select one:
a. what, how, and for whom.
b. what, why, and for whom.
c. when, why, and for whom.
d. how, when, and how much.
 

Question 4

 

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If the price elasticity of supply is greater than 1, then:
Select one:
a. supply is price elastic.
b. supply is price inelastic.
c. supply is unit price elastic.
d. quantity supplied is relatively unresponsive to price changes.
 

Question 5

 

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After graduation from college you will receive a substantial increase in your income from a new job. If you decide that you will purchase more T-bone steak and less hamburger, then for you hamburger would be considered a/an:
Select one:
a. normal good.
b. substitute good.
c. complementary good.
d. inferior good.
 

Question 6

 

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Human effort that can be applied in the production process is called:
Select one:
a. natural resources.
b. technology.
c. labor.
d. specialization.
 

Question 7

 

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Demand for a normal good _______ with _______ in income.
Select one:
a. rises; decreases
b. falls; increases
c. rises; increases
d. stays the same; increases
 

Question 8

 

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If an increase in income leads to an increase in the demand for a good, then the good is said to be:
Select one:
a. normal.
b. a luxury.
c. inferior.
d. a staple or necessity.
 

Question 9

 

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Any point inside a production possibilities curve indicates:
Select one:
a. unemployment and/or inefficiency.
b. that the law of increasing opportunity costs is no longer valid.
c. that society doesn't want more of either good.
d. that economic growth is no longer possible.
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Question 10

 

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When moving along a production possibilities curve, the opportunity cost to society of getting more of the good on the horizontal axis:
Select one:
a. is constant.
b. is measured in dollar terms.
c. is measured by the amount of the other good that must be given up.
d. usually decreases.
 
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