Economics Quiz 16

1 / 50

When one country provides most favored nation status (normal trade relations) for another, it agrees to ?

charge that nation?s products a tariff rate no higher than that on any other nation

charge the nation?s products a lower tariff than any other nation?s

exports to that nation any products that it wants to purchase

charge that nation?s products a higher tariff than any other nation?s

2 / 50

The golden-rule saving rate is the rate of saving that ?

maximizes the level of long-run consumption

maximizes human capital

maximizes the level of long-run investment

gets the highest rate of interest

3 / 50

Which province of Pakistan is the largest tobacco producing province ?

Baluchistan

Punjab

Sindh

K.P.K

4 / 50

Macroeconomics is the branch of economics that deals with ?

Only the long run adjustments to equilibrium in the economy

imperfectly competitive markets:

the economy as a whole

The functioning of individual industries and the behavior of individual decision-making units business firms and households

5 / 50

Relatively high real interest rates in the United States tend to ?

decrease the foreign demand for dollars causing the dollar to appreciate

increase the foreign demand for dollars causing the dollar to depreciate

decrease the foreign demand for dollars causing the dollar to depreciate

increase the foreign demand for dollars causing the dollar to appreciate

6 / 50

Social scientists explain the incest taboo as_______________?

a religious universal

all of the above

way of reducing family conflict

biologically programmed

7 / 50

Using government regulations to force a natural monopoly to charge a price equal to his marginal cost will ?

improve efficieny

attract additional firms to enter the market

raise the price of good

Cause the monopolist to exit the market

8 / 50

A common resource is ?

neither rival nor excludable

both rival and excludable

rival but not excludable

not rival but excludable

9 / 50

Group of Singapore, Hong, Kong, Taiwan, and south Korea is called?

Four Tigers

Little Tigers

Four Dragons

All of these

10 / 50

Which of the following is not true about how people make decisions ?

People are always rational maximizers

people give too much weight to a small number of vivid observations

People are sometimes too sure of their own abilities

All of these answers are actually true statements about how people make decisions.

11 / 50

A(n) _____ is a retail store that carries a narrow product line with a deep assortment within that line ?

specialty store

shopping goods store

department store

convenience store

12 / 50

Social life is organized and structured through____________?

all of the above

group situations and the positions of individuals

patterns of actions

rules and regulations

13 / 50

A state planning ideology arose in LDCs as a reaction to nationalist perceptions of ?

minimizing public spending in the rural areas

Keeping balanced budget, a price target

western countries, nation-state ideology

slow economic growth under colonial capitalism

14 / 50

For the Central bank to keep the interest rat unchanged as the government increase spending, the Central Bank must continue to ?

increase the money supply

increase the demand for money

decrease the demand for money

decrease the money supply

15 / 50

The purpose of the Bill of Rights is to_________________?

make revolution impossible

restrict the power of the government

weaken the government

give more power to the government

16 / 50

The most common form of marriage today is_______________?

polyandry

polygyny

none of these

polygamy

17 / 50

All of the following are types of imperfect competition except ?

oligopoly

monopolistic competition

monopoly

unfair competition

18 / 50

The most recent social movements________________?

are community and locality based?

none of the above

attract the underclass rather than the working class

focus more on economic issues

19 / 50

Secularization will_______________?

finally destroy religion in the United States

promote secular humanism

be punished by God

stimulate new sects and cults to overcome the secularization process

20 / 50

What is called the price that a potential buyer is willing to pay for a security ?

Offer price

Bid

Quote price

None of these

21 / 50

Privatisation is the transfer out ?

corporately owned businesses to individuals

Privately owned business to the government sector

Publicly held stock to private individuals

government businesses to the private sector

22 / 50

Cotton accounts for 11.5 percent of value added in agriculture. How much it accounts in GDP ?

20%

2.70%

3.50%

23 / 50

Suppose that 40 percent of the voting population wish to spent Rs1,000 for artwork in City Hall, 25 percent wish to spent Rs20,000 and 35 percent wish to spend Rs 22,000 What is the median preferred outcome, the average preferred outcome and the modal preferred outcome ?

Rs20,000; Rs13,100; Rs1,000

Rs1,000; Rs20,000; Rs22,000

Rs20,000; Rs20,000; Rs22,000

Rs1,000; Rs14,333; Rs1,000

24 / 50

Arguments for free trade are sometimes disregarded by politicians because ?

Maximizing domestic efficiency is not considered imports

There exist sound economic reasons for keeping one?s economy isolated from other economies

Economists tend to favor high protected domestic markets

Maximizing consumer welfare may not be a chief priority

25 / 50

When did the United States government begin to function as a cohesive unit ?

Both B and C

At the signing of the Declaration of Independence

At the Inauguration of George Washington in 1789

After the Constitutional Convention of 1788

26 / 50

Nominal GNP measures income ?

corrected for changes in interest rates

At current prices

At the present time

corrected for tax changes

27 / 50

When firms enter a monopolistically competitive market and the business-stealing externality is larger than the product-variety externality then ?

The only way to improve efficiency in this market is for the government to regulate it like a natural monopoly.

there are too many firms in the market and market efficiency could be increased if firms exited the market

There are too few firms in the market and market efficiency could be be increased with additional entry

the number of firms in the market is optimal and the market is efficient

28 / 50

Economics say that there has to be some from of rationing whenever ?

merit goods are produced

there is excess demand

there are externalities

inflation occurs

29 / 50

If a buyer?s willingness to pay for a new Honda is Rs20,000 and she is able to actually buy it for Rs18,000 her consumer surplus is ?

Rs20,000

Rs2,000

Rs18,000

Rs0.

30 / 50

Because supply and demand conditions for primary products are very price inelastic their prices ?

have been steadily rising in recent decades

have been more stable than the prices of manufactured goods

tend to be very unstable from year to year

fluctuate about as much as the prices of manufactured goods

31 / 50

The Phillips curve shows the relationship between inflation and what ?

The rate of growth in an economy

Unemployment

The rate of price increase

The balance of trade

32 / 50

Which of the following is a normative statement in economics ?

Higher taxes lead to less desire to work

The Pakistan?s economy is growing fast relative to other SAARC members

More spending by the government reduces poverty

The government should concentrate on reducing unemployment

33 / 50

Which one of the following types of Unemployment results from the wage being held above the competitive equilibrium wage ?

None of these answers

Frictional Unemployment

Cyclical Unemployment

Structural unemployment

34 / 50

According to the quantity theory of money an increase in the money supply is most likely to lead to inflation if ?

The number of transaction decrease

There is deflation

The velocity of circulation decrease

The velocity of circulation and the number of transactions is constant

35 / 50

An increase in costs will ?

Shift aggregate supply

Shift aggregate demand

Increase the productivity of employees

Reduce the natural rate of unemployment

36 / 50

When an international seller sells a plant equipment or technology to another country and agrees to take payment in the resulting products, it is called?

buy-back

counterpurchase

barter

like-value-exchange

37 / 50

When supply and demand are essentially equal the economy is said to be in________________?

a recession

equilibrium

equivalence

abeyance

38 / 50

Deadweight loss is greatest when ?

both supply and demand are relatively inelastic

demand is elastic, and demand is perfectly inelastic

supply is elastic, and demand is perfectly inelastic

both supply and demand are relatively elastic

39 / 50

If nominal GDP in 2005 exceeds nominal GDP in 2004, then the production of output ?

must have fallen

may have risen fallen, or stayed the same because there is not enough information to determine what happened to real output

must have risen

must have stayed the same

40 / 50

The annual requirement of edible oil is nearly ?

1.7 million tones

1.9 million tones

1.6 million tones

1.5 million tones

41 / 50

Abraham Maslow and Carl Rogers are associated with the following theories of personality.

environmental determinism

stressing self-concept and self-actualization

psychoanalytic

development

42 / 50

Name the scale for measuring the average share price and percentage change of 30 major US industrial companies ?

Nikki Index

Major Index

NASDAQ

Dow Jones Index

43 / 50

In countries such as Iran and Iraq the Moslem religion is a(n)_______________?

sect

ecclesia or universal church

cult

denomination

44 / 50

A form of treatment for severe mental disorders that has been largely abandoned is_____________?

psychosurgery

hypnotherapy

psychotherapy

electroconvulsive shock therapy

45 / 50

When gathering data, the scientist is required to exhibit all BUT which one of the following traits ?

Patience

Social involvement

Ethical neutrality

Courage

46 / 50

In the present national power is based on________________?

specific combinations of attributes

location and population

political ideology and wealth

size and resources

47 / 50

High and persistent inflation is caused by ?

OPEC raising the price of oil too much

governments increasing the quantity of money too much

unions increasing wages too much

regulations raising the cost of production too much

48 / 50

Which of the following would fit Charles Horton Cooley?s classification of a primary group ?

Tourists visiting a resort

A married couple

A sales clerk and a customer

Redheads

49 / 50

Concerning dumping, which of the following is true ?

dumping can never be a profit-maximizing strategy for U.S firms to pursue

U.S firms can obtain protection from foreign dumping, even though this protection tends to harm overall U.S welfare

predatory dumping represents the most common form of dumping by U.S firms

U.S firms rarely if ever, engage in distress dumping or persistent dumping

50 / 50

Form society?s point of view, society would be better off if a monopolist ?

produced more and charged a lower price

produced less and charged a higher price

produced less and charged a lower price.

produced more and charged a higher price

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