Microeconomics, 14th edition Michael Parkin Test Bank

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Microeconomics, 14th edition Michael Parkin
Chapter 1-20

Chapter 1 What Is Economics?
1 Definition of Economics

1) All economic questions are about
A) how to make money.
B) what to produce.
C) how to cope with scarcity.
D) how to satisfy all our wants.
Answer: C
Topic: Scarcity
Skill: Recognition
Status: Old
AACSB: Reflective thinking

2) All economic questions arise because we
A) want more than we can get.
B) want more than we need.
C) have an abundance of resources.
D) have limited wants that need to be satisfied.
Answer: A
Topic: Scarcity
Skill: Recognition
Status: Old
AACSB: Reflective thinking

3) Economics is best defined as the study of how people, businesses, governments, and societies
A) choose abundance over scarcity.
B) make choices to cope with scarcity.
C) use their infinite resources.
D) attain wealth.
Answer: B
Topic: Scarcity
Skill: Conceptual
Status: Old
AACSB: Reflective thinking

4) Scarcity is a situation in which
A) people cannot satisfy all their wants.
B) most people can get only bare necessities.
C) people can satisfy all their wants.
D) some people can get all they want and some cannot.
Answer: A
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,Topic: Scarcity
Skill: Recognition
Status: Old
AACSB: Reflective thinking

5) Economists point out that scarcity confronts
A) neither the poor nor the rich.
B) the poor but not the rich.
C) the rich but not the poor.
D) both the poor and the rich.
Answer: D
Topic: Scarcity
Skill: Conceptual
Status: Old
AACSB: Ethical understanding and reasoning

6) Scarcity is
A) our inability to satisfy all our wants.
B) a situation that exists during economic recessions but not during economic booms.
C) eliminated by choices.
D) an economic problem only for poor people.
Answer: A
Topic: Scarcity
Skill: Recognition
Status: Old
AACSB: Reflective thinking

7) When an economist talks of scarcity, the economist is referring to the
A) ability of society to employ all of its resources.
B) ability of society to consume all that it produces.
C) inability of society to satisfy all human wants because of limited resources.
D) ability of society to continually make technological breakthroughs and increase production.
Answer: C
Topic: Scarcity
Skill: Recognition
Status: Old
AACSB: Reflective thinking

8) Fundamental economic problems basically arise from
A) the fact that society has more than it needs.
B) turmoil in the stock market.
C) the unequal distribution of income.
D) our wants exceeding our scarce resources.
Answer: D
Topic: Scarcity
Skill: Recognition
Status: Old
AACSB: Reflective thinking

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, 9) Scarcity exists because
A) society and people are greedy and wasteful.
B) our wants exceed the resources available to satisfy them.
C) of the inefficient choices we make.
D) poor people need more food and other goods.
Answer: B
Topic: Scarcity
Skill: Recognition
Status: Old
AACSB: Reflective thinking

10) Scarcity can be eliminated through
A) the use of market mechanisms.
B) exploration that helps us find new resources.
C) wise use of our resources.
D) None of the above because scarcity cannot be eliminated.
Answer: D
Topic: Scarcity
Skill: Recognition
Status: Old
AACSB: Reflective thinking

11) As an economic concept, scarcity applies to
A) both money and time.
B) money but not time.
C) time but not money.
D) neither time nor money.
Answer: A
Topic: Scarcity
Skill: Conceptual
Status: Old
AACSB: Reflective thinking

12) In every economic system, choices must be made because resources are ________ and our wants are
________.
A) unlimited; limited
B) limited; unlimited
C) unlimited; unlimited
D) limited; limited
Answer: B
Topic: Scarcity
Skill: Conceptual
Status: Old
AACSB: Reflective thinking




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