Test Bank for Economics (Arab.

Table of Contents Ch 1: Economics:Â Foundations and Models Ch 2: Trade-offs, Comparative Advantage, and the Market System Ch 3: Where Prices Come From: The Interaction of Demand and Supply Ch 4: Economic Efficiency, Government Price Setting, and Taxes Ch 5: Elasticity: The Responsiveness of Demand and Supply Ch 6: Consumer Choice and Behavioral Economics Ch 7: Technology, Production, and Costs Ch 8: Firms in Perfectly Competitive Markets Ch 9: Monopolistic Competition: The Competitive Model in a More Realistic Setting Ch 10: Oligopoly: Firms in Less Competitive Markets Ch 11: Monopoly and Antitrust Policy Ch 12: Pricing Strategy Ch 13: Externalities, Environmental Policy, and Public Goods Ch 14: Comparative Advantage and the Gains from International TradeMACRO NOTE that Ch1, Ch2 and Ch3 will also appear here in the split version of the book Ch 15: GDP: Measuring Total Production and Income Ch 16: Economic Growth, the Financial System, and Business Cycles Ch 17: Unemployment and Inflation Ch 18: The Markets for Labor and Other Factors of Production Ch 19: Output and Expenditure in the Short Run Ch 20: Aggregate Demand and Aggregate Supply Analysis Ch 21: Money, Banks, and the Central Bank Ch 22: Monetary Policy Ch 23: Fiscal Policy Ch 24: Inflation, Unemployment, and Central Bank Policy Ch 25: Macroeconomics in an Open EconomyChapter 1 Economics: Foundations and Models 1.1 Three Key Economic Ideas 1) Recent changes occurring within the U.S. health care system, including lower insurance reimbursement rates, have resulted in A) a growing number of doctor's choosing to open private practices. B) more medical practices being owned by hospitals than by individual doctors. C) a majority of hospitals closing routine medical practices in order to focus only on emergency care facilities. D) a majority of doctors working directly for insurance companies. Answer: B Diff: 2 Page Ref: 3 Topic: Scarcity Learning Outcome: Micro-1: Identify the basic principles of economics and explain how to think like an economist AACSB: Analytic thinking Special Feature: Chapter Opener: Is the Private Doctor's Office Going to Disappear? 2) In economics, choices must be made because we live in a world of A) unemployment. B) scarcity. C) greed. D) unlimited resources. Answer: B Diff: 1 Page Ref: 4 Topic: Scarcity *: Recurring Learning Outcome: Micro-1: Identify the basic principles of economics and explain how to think like an economist AACSB: Analytic thinking 3) Which of the following statements is true about scarcity? A) Scarcity refers to the situation in which unlimited wants exceed limited resources. B) Scarcity is not a problem for the wealthy. C) Scarcity is only a problem when a country has too large a population. D) Scarcity arises when there is a wide disparity in income distribution. Answer: A Diff: 1 Page Ref: 4 Topic: Scarcity *: Recurring Learning Outcome: Micro-1: Identify the basic principles of economics and explain how to think like an economist AACSB: Analytic thinking4) The basic economic problem of ________ has always existed and will continue to exist. A) scarcity B) efficiency C) inflation D) recession Answer: A Diff: 1 Page Ref: 4 Topic: Scarcity *: Recurring Learning Outcome: Micro-1: Identify the basic principles of economics and explain how to think like an economist AACSB: Analytic thinking 5) By definition, economics is the study of A) how to make money in the stock market. B) how to make money in a market economy. C) the choices people make to attain their goals, given their scarce resources. D) supply and demand. Answer: C Diff: 1 Page Ref: 4 Topic: Scarcity *: Recurring Learning Outcome: Micro-1: Identify the basic principles of economics and explain how to think like an economist AACSB: Analytic thinking 6) An economic ________ is a simplified version of some aspect of economic life used to analyze an economic issue. A) market B) trade-off C) variable D) model Answer: D Diff: 1 Page Ref: 4 Topic: Economic Models *: Recurring Learning Outcome: Micro-1: Identify the basic principles of economics and explain how to think like an economist AACSB: Analytic thinking7) Where do economic agents such as individuals, firms and nations, interact with each other? A) in public locations monitored by the government B) in any arena that brings together buyers and sellers C) in any physical location people where people can physically get together for selling goods, such as shopping malls D) in any location where transactions can be monitored by consumer groups and taxed by the government Answer: B Diff: 1 Page Ref: 4 Topic: Markets *: Recurring Learning Outcome: Micro-1: Identify the basic principles of economics and explain how to think like an economist AACSB: Analytic thinking 8) The term ________ in economics refers to a group of buyers and sellers of a product and the arrangement by which they come together to trade. A) collective B) cooperative C) market D) trade-off Answer: C Diff: 1 Page Ref: 4 Topic: Markets *: Recurring Learning Outcome: Micro-1: Identify the basic principles of economics and explain how to think like an economist AACSB: Analytic thinking 9) Economists assume that individuals A) behave in unpredictable ways. B) will never take actions to help others. C) prefer to live in a society that values fairness above all else. D) are rational and respond to incentives. Answer: D Diff: 1 Page Ref: 5 Topic: People Are Rational *: Recurring Learning Outcome: Micro-1: Identify the basic principles of economics and explain how to think like an economist AACSB: Analytic thinking