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1. AldecreaselinlunemploymentlcauseslthelPPFltolshiftloutwardl(tolthelright).
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Moderate
NATIONALlSTANDARDS:l UnitedlStatesl-lBUSPROG:lAnalytic
LOCALlSTANDARDS: UnitedlStatesl-lOHl-lDefaultlCityl-lDISC:lScarcity,ltradeoffs,landlol-
lDISC:lScarcity,ltradeoffs,landlopportunitylcost
KEYWORDS: Bloom's:lComprehension
2. Thellawloflincreasinglopportunitylcostlresultslfromlthelvaryinglabilityloflresourcesltoladaptltolthelproductionlofldiffer
entlgoodslandlitlhelpsltolexplainlwhylproductionlpossibilitieslcurveslareltypicallylbowedloutward.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Moderate
NATIONALlSTANDARDS:l UnitedlStatesl-lBUSPROG:lAnalytic
LOCALlSTANDARDS: UnitedlStatesl-lOHl-lDefaultlCityl-lDISC:lScarcity,ltradeoffs,landlol-
lDISC:lScarcity,ltradeoffs,landlopportunitylcost
KEYWORDS: Bloom's:lComprehension
3. Productionlpossibilitieslcurveslcanlshiftloutwardlbutltheyldolnotlshiftlinward.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Easy
NATIONALlSTANDARDS:l UnitedlStatesl-lBUSPROG:lAnalytic
LOCALlSTANDARDS: UnitedlStatesl-lOHl-lDefaultlCityl-lDISC:lScarcity,ltradeoffs,landlol-
lDISC:lScarcity,ltradeoffs,landlopportunitylcost
KEYWORDS: Bloom's:lKnowledge
4. WithlrespectltolalPPFlforlgoodslXlandlY,lproductivelefficiencylimplieslthatlinlorderltolproducelmoreloflgoodlXltherelwilllbel
alreductionlinlproductionloflgoodlY.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Easy
NATIONALlSTANDARDS:l UnitedlStatesl-lBUSPROG:lAnalytic
LOCALlSTANDARDS: UnitedlStatesl-lOHl-lDefaultlCityl-lDISC:lEfficiencylandlequity
KEYWORDS: Bloom's:lKnowledge
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5. IflthelPPFlforltwolgoodslislaldownward-
slopinglstraightlline,lthelresourceslusedltolproducelthoselgoodslarelequallylwelllsuitedltolthelproductionloflbothlgoods.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Moderate
NATIONALlSTANDARDS:l UnitedlStatesl-lBUSPROG:lAnalytic
LOCALlSTANDARDS: UnitedlStatesl-lOHl-lDefaultlCityl-lDISC:lScarcity,ltradeoffs,landlol-
lDISC:lScarcity,ltradeoffs,landlopportunitylcost
KEYWORDS: Bloom's:lComprehension
6. Inlalsituationlwhereltwolgoodslcanlbelproducedlbyltwoldifferentlpeople,litlislpossiblelforlonelpersonltolhavelalcomparati
veladvantagelinlthelproductionloflbothlgoodslandlthelotherlpersonltolhavelthelcomparativeladvantagelinlthelproductionlofln
eitherlgood.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Moderate
NATIONALlSTANDARDS:l UnitedlStatesl-lBUSPROG:lAnalytic
LOCALlSTANDARDS: UnitedlStatesl-lOHl-lDefaultlCityl-lDISC:lScarcity,ltradeoffs,landlol-
lDISC:lScarcity,ltradeoffs,landlopportunitylcost
KEYWORDS: Bloom's:lComprehension
7. AldecreaselinlthelquantityloflresourceslavailablelcauseslalmovementldownlalonglalgivenlPPF.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Easy
NATIONALlSTANDARDS:l UnitedlStatesl-lBUSPROG:lAnalytic
LOCALlSTANDARDS: UnitedlStatesl-lOHl-lDefaultlCityl-lDISC:lScarcity,ltradeoffs,landlol-
lDISC:lScarcity,ltradeoffs,landlopportunitylcost
KEYWORDS: Bloom's:lComprehension
8. ThellawloflincreasinglopportunitylcostlhelpsltolexplainlwhylPPF’slareltypicallylbowed-outward.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Moderate
NATIONALlSTANDARDS:l UnitedlStatesl-lBUSPROG:lAnalytic
LOCALlSTANDARDS: UnitedlStatesl-lOHl-lDefaultlCityl-lDISC:lScarcity,ltradeoffs,landlol-
lDISC:lScarcity,ltradeoffs,landlopportunitylcost
KEYWORDS: Bloom's:lComprehension
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9. InlalPPFlgraphloflgoodslXlandlY,lpointslthatllielbeyondl(tolthelrightlof)lthelPPFlrepresentlcombinationslofltheltwolgoodslt
hatlarelcurrentlylunattainable.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Easy
NATIONALlSTANDARDS:l UnitedlStatesl-lBUSPROG:lAnalytic
LOCALlSTANDARDS: UnitedlStatesl-lOHl-lDefaultlCityl-lDISC:lScarcity,ltradeoffs,landlol-
lDISC:lScarcity,ltradeoffs,landlopportunitylcost
KEYWORDS: Bloom's:lKnowledge
10. Alproductionlpossibilitieslfrontierlseparateslanlattainablelregionlfromlanlunattainablelregion.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Moderate
NATIONALlSTANDARDS:l UnitedlStatesl-lBUSPROG:lAnalytic
LOCALlSTANDARDS: UnitedlStatesl-lOHl-lDefaultlCityl-lDISC:lScarcity,ltradeoffs,landlol-
lDISC:lScarcity,ltradeoffs,landlopportunitylcost
KEYWORDS: Bloom's:lKnowledge
11. Itlislpossiblelthroughltradelforlalcountryltolconsumelalcombinationloflgoodslthatllieslbeyondlitslproductionlpossi
bilitieslfrontier.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Easy
NATIONALlSTANDARDS:l UnitedlStatesl-lBUSPROG:lAnalytic
LOCALlSTANDARDS: UnitedlStatesl-lOHl-lDefaultlCityl-lDISC:lScarcity,ltradeoffs,landlol-
lDISC:lScarcity,ltradeoffs,landlopportunitylcost
KEYWORDS: Bloom's:lComprehension
12. Whenlanleconomylislnotlusinglallloflitslresources,litlislproducinglatlalpointlbelowlitslproductionlpossibilitieslfrontier.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Moderate
NATIONALlSTANDARDS:l UnitedlStatesl-lBUSPROG:lAnalytic
LOCALlSTANDARDS: UnitedlStatesl-lOHl-lDefaultlCityl-lDISC:lScarcity,ltradeoffs,landlol-
lDISC:lScarcity,ltradeoffs,landlopportunitylcost
KEYWORDS: Bloom's:lComprehension
NOTES: New
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MultiplelChoice
13. Pointslthatllieloutsidel(orlbeyond)lthelPPFlare
a. attainable.
b. unattainable.
c. efficient.
d. inefficient.
ANSWER: b
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Easy
NATIONALlSTANDARDS:l UnitedlStatesl-lBUSPROG:lAnalytic
LOCALlSTANDARDS: UnitedlStatesl-lOHl-lDefaultlCityl-lDISC:lScarcity,ltradeoffs,landlol-
lDISC:lScarcity,ltradeoffs,landlopportunitylcost
KEYWORDS: Bloom's:lComprehension
14. Whichloflthelfollowinglstatementslisltrue?
a. Inlalworldloflefficientlylusedlscarcelresources,lmoreloflonelgoodlnecessarilylmeansllessloflsomelotherlgood.
b. Thellawloflincreasinglopportunitylcostslassumeslthatlalllpeoplelhavelthelsamelabilityltolproducelgoods.
c. Efficiencylimplieslthatlitlislimpossibleltolgetlmoreloflonelgoodlwithoutlgettingllessloflanother.
d. Evenliflalcountrylhaslunemployedlresources,litlcanlstilllbeloperatinglonlitslproductionlpossibilitieslfrontierl(PPF
).
e. alandlc
ANSWER: e
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Challenging
NATIONALlSTANDARDS:l UnitedlStatesl-lBUSPROG:lAnalytic
LOCALlSTANDARDS: UnitedlStatesl-lOHl-lDefaultlCityl-lDISC:lEfficiencylandlequity
KEYWORDS: Bloom's:lComprehension
15. Throughlwar,lmanyloflthelfactorieslinlcountryl1lareldestroyedlandlmanyloflitslpeoplelarelkilled.lAslalresult,lthelcountr
y's
a. productionlpossibilitieslfrontierl(PPF)lafterlthelwarlhaslprobablylshiftedltolthelrightlcomparedltolitslPPFlpriorltolthe
lwar.
b. PPFlafterlthelwarlhaslprobablylshiftedltolthelleftlcomparedltolitslPPFlpriorltolthelwar.
c. PPFlafterlthelwarlislprobablylthelsamelPPFlaslbeforelthelwar.
d. abilityltolproducelgoodslandlserviceslhaslincreased.
e. blandld
ANSWER: b
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Moderate
NATIONALlSTANDARDS:l UnitedlStatesl-lBUSPROG:lAnalytic
LOCALlSTANDARDS: UnitedlStatesl-lOHl-lDefaultlCityl-lDISC:lScarcity,ltradeoffs,landlol-
lDISC:lScarcity,ltradeoffs,landlopportunitylcost
KEYWORDS: Bloom's:lApplication
16. TheleconomylmoveslfromlpointlA,lwherelitlproducesl100lunitsloflXlandl200lunitsloflY,ltolpointlB,lwherelitlproducesl200luni
tsloflXlandl150lunitsloflY.lItlfollowslthat
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