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TRUE/FALSE - Write 'T' if the statement is true and 'F' if the statement is false.
1) Scarcity results when available resources cannot satisfy all desired uses of those
resources.
1) ______

⊚ true
⊚ false

Question Details
AACSB : Reflective Thinking
Accessibility : Keyboard Navigation
Bloom's : Understand
Difficulty : 2 Medium
Topic : Scarcity: The Core Problem
Learning Objective : 01-01 What scarcity is.
Accessibility : Screen Reader Compatible



2) Critics of government regulation argue that government interference in the marketplace
stifles the "animal spirits" of entrepreneurship.
2) ______

⊚ true
⊚ false

Question Details
AACSB : Reflective Thinking
Accessibility : Keyboard Navigation
Bloom's : Understand
Difficulty : 2 Medium
Learning Objective : 01-05 How market and government approaches to economic problems differ.
Topic : The Mechanisms of Choice
Accessibility : Screen Reader Compatible



3) Opportunity cost is a theoretical concept with no practical application.
3) ______

⊚ true
⊚ false




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Question Details
AACSB : Reflective Thinking
Accessibility : Keyboard Navigation
Bloom's : Understand
Difficulty : 2 Medium
Topic : Scarcity: The Core Problem
Learning Objective : 01-02 How scarcity creates opportunity costs.
Accessibility : Screen Reader Compatible



4) Every time we use scarce resources in one way, we give up the opportunity to use them in
other ways.
4) ______

⊚ true
⊚ false

Question Details
AACSB : Reflective Thinking
Accessibility : Keyboard Navigation
Bloom's : Understand
Difficulty : 2 Medium
Topic : Scarcity: The Core Problem
Learning Objective : 01-02 How scarcity creates opportunity costs.
Accessibility : Screen Reader Compatible



5) Production possibilities in an economy decrease as more resources and better technology
are utilized.
5) ______

⊚ true
⊚ false

Question Details
AACSB : Reflective Thinking
Accessibility : Keyboard Navigation
Bloom's : Understand
Difficulty : 2 Medium
Topic : Production Possibilities
Learning Objective : 01-03 What the production-possibilities curve represents.
Accessibility : Screen Reader Compatible




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6) All output combinations that lie outside a production possibilities curve are attainable
with available resources and technology.
6) ______

⊚ true
⊚ false

Question Details
AACSB : Reflective Thinking
Accessibility : Keyboard Navigation
Bloom's : Understand
Difficulty : 2 Medium
Topic : Production Possibilities
Learning Objective : 01-03 What the production-possibilities curve represents.
Accessibility : Screen Reader Compatible



7) Output combinations that lie inside the production possibilities curve are characterized by
efficient use of resources.
7) ______

⊚ true
⊚ false

Question Details
AACSB : Reflective Thinking
Accessibility : Keyboard Navigation
Bloom's : Understand
Difficulty : 2 Medium
Topic : Production Possibilities
Learning Objective : 01-03 What the production-possibilities curve represents.
Accessibility : Screen Reader Compatible



8) If the economy is inside the production possibilities curve, then more output can be
produced using existing resources.
8) ______

⊚ true
⊚ false




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