Economics Quiz 27

1 / 50

How are presidential programs funded ?

By Congress

By government investments

By withdrawals from the Treasury Department

By foreign nations

2 / 50

Which of the following best describes the rate of growth in productivity in the United states over the last fifty years ?

Productivity growth has been steady over the last 50 years

Productivity has been growing more slowly every decade since world War II

Productivity grew quickly in the 1950s and 1960s more slowly from the early 1970s through 1995 and then quickly again

Productivity grew slowly from the 1950s through the 1970s and then began to accelerate probably due to advances in computer technology

3 / 50

Suppose a wave of investor and consumer pessimism in the USA causes a reduction in spending If the US federal Reserve (Which has a broader remit than the Bank of England Which is charged only with controlling inflation) chooses to engage in activist stabilization policy it should ?

decrease the money supply

Increase government spending and decrease taxes

decrease interest rates

decrease government spending and increase taxes

4 / 50

For perfect competition to work there must be ?

a standard product

all of the above

many buyers and sellers

free entry and exit

5 / 50

In terms of the demand for money the interest rate represents ?

the price of borrowing money

the return on money that is saved for the future

the rate at which current consumption can be exchanged for future consumption

The opportunity cost of holding money

6 / 50

One of the perceived advantages of suburban living is_______________________?

larger variety of cultural resources

greater safety from crime

concentration of apartments

older more gracious housing

7 / 50

Total land area of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa comprises of 10.2 mha (25.20 million acres), out of which nearly ________ are cultivated?

20% or 3.93 mha

29% or 5.93 mha

35% or 7.93 mha

10% or 1.93 mha

8 / 50

If a firm has some degree of market power, then output price ?

is determined by the actions of other firms in the industry

is guaranteed to be above a firm?s average cost.

becomes a decision variable for the firm

no longer influences the amount demand of the firm?s product

9 / 50

Economic profit is equal to total revenue minus ?

explicit costs

variable costs

marginal costs

implicit costs

10 / 50

The economic participant who decides how to use the factors of production and for what purpose in called a________________?

market

firm

household

product

11 / 50

Net taxes are ?

Taxes paid by firms and households to the government plus transfer payments made to firm and households

government expenditures minus government revenues

Taxes paid firms and households to the government minus the transfer payments made to firms and household

taxes paid by firms and households to the government minus the cost of collecting the taxes

12 / 50

Durkheim,s approach to religion involved the opposed concepts of_________________?

children of light and children of darkness

natural and supernatural

sacred and profane

good and evil

13 / 50

Which of the following iron has got the highest carbon content ?

Stainless Steel

Wrought Iron

Mild Steel

Cast Iron

14 / 50

The poverty trap refers to ?

a situation in which those receiving state benefits may be almost no better off if they choose to work more to earn more because doing so will reduce the amount of benefit income to which they are entitled and increase the amount to tax

a situation in which those receiving state benefits are discriminated against by employers and so find it more difficult to find jobs.

a situation in which those receiving state benefits may be almost no better off if they choose to work more to earn more income for themselves and their families because doing so will mean they have to pay back the benefits they have previously received

a situation in which workers are unable to find jobs.

15 / 50

The merging of majority and minority groups as happened in Brazil is called_______________?

accommodation

acculturation

amalgamation

segregation

16 / 50

According to the differential association theory deviant acts are_________________?

learned through interaction with others

caused by abnormal chromosomes

the result of social deprivation

considered normal by some antisocial individuals

17 / 50

To maintain its economic position, Japan has often limited the number of cars or the quantity of farm products that the United States can sell in Japan Japan has imposed these limits to develop ?

an equality of trade position

a more open market

a favorable balance of trade

a belief system

18 / 50

Refer to Exhibit 4. If a tax is placed on the product in this market, producer surplus is the area?

A + B + E

A + B + C + D

19 / 50

The social sciences have no laws because ?

social science research techniques are flawed

none of the above

the various disciplines squabble among themselves

social scientists are a lawless group

20 / 50

James Pickett J.Forsyth, and N. S McBain on the basis of field research in Africa, concluded that business people often want to use the most advanced design without knowing that it may not be the most profitable. They attribute this attitude to ?

maximum capital absorption

engineering mentality

factor price distortions

intermediate technology

21 / 50

The marginal rate of tax paid is ?

Change in income / change in tax paid

Change in the tax paid / change in income

The total tax paid / total income

Total income / total tax paid

22 / 50

There is method by which one currency is bought, sold or valued in terms of other currencies, gold or accounting units such as the Special Drawing Right of IMF. What is it called ?

Currency value

Exchange rate

Currency value

Currency exchange

23 / 50

The Bank of England and the Federal Reserve ?

are central banks

loan money to most of LDC commercial banks

use fiscal policy to influence GDP

are branches of commercial banks

24 / 50

The poorest region of the World is ?

the Middle East

Asia

Latin America

Sub Saharan Africa

25 / 50

Annual GNP growth of 6% poverty reduced by 1% point of the population Balance of payments deficit not in excess of $200 million For a planner, the above are ?

achieved only through socialism

bound by soft budget

target variables

recurrent expenditures

26 / 50

A higher GDP per capita may not means that the quality of life has really improved because ?

It does not measure the quality of the items produced

It measures Gross Domestic Product

It measures wealth not income

It is only measured every five years:

27 / 50

Suppose the economy is initially in long run equilibrium Then suppose there is a drought that destroys much of the wheat crop if policymakers allow the economy to adjust to long-run equilibrium on its own, according to the model to aggregate demand and aggregate supply what happens to prices and output in the long run ?

Output and the price level are unchanged from their initial values

Prices fall; output is unchanged from its initial value

Output rises; prices are unchanged from the initial value

Output falls; prices are unchanged from the initial value

28 / 50

A perfectly competitive market has ?

many buyers and sellers.

only one seller.

firms that set their own prices

at least a few sellers.

29 / 50

Externalities are a problem only if ?

all firms are monopolistic

the externalities are negative

decision makers do not take them into account

all firms are perfectly competitive

30 / 50

Which statistical factor is used to convert current currency purchasing power into inflation adjusted purchasing power ?

Purchasing power parity

Inflator

Deflation

Deflector

31 / 50

The demand for which of the following is likely to be the most price inelastic ?

bus tickets

airline tickets

taxi rides

transportation

32 / 50

A contraction in supply occurs when ?

Demand shifts outwards

The supply curve shifts inwards

The quantity supplied falls when the price falls

The supply curve shifts outwards

33 / 50

Which of the following country did not experience large capital flights from 1976 to 1984 ?

Mexico

Canada

Argentina

Venezuela

34 / 50

Refer to Exhibit 4. If a tax is placed on the product in this market consumer surplus is the area ?

A + B + E

A + B +C + D

35 / 50

If the Keynesian consumption function is C = 10 + 0.8 Td when disposable income is Rs1000 the marginal propensity to consume is what ?

0.8

810

0.81

800

36 / 50

A graph showing all the combinations of capital and labor that can used to produce a given amount of output is ?

an indifference curves.

an isocost line

an isoquant.

a production functions

37 / 50

One source of inefficiency in monopolistic competition is that since price is above marginal cost, some units are not produced that buyers value in ?

monopolistically competitive firms earn economic profits in the long run

excess of the cost of production and this causes a deadweight loss.

monopolistically competitive firms produce beyond their efficient scale

Since price is above marginal cost surplus is redistributed from buyers to sellers

38 / 50

An increase in the price of beef providers information which ?

tells consumers to buy less pork

tells producers to produce more beef.

provides no information because prices in a market system are managed by planning boards.

tells consumers to buy more beef.

39 / 50

Menu costs in relation to inflation refers to ?

Costs of altering price lists

Costs of money increasing its value

Costs of revaluing the currency

Costs of finding better rates of return

40 / 50

If a person who works in coal mine gets paid more than a person with a similar background and skills who works in a safer job, then ?

coal miners must be more attractive than other workers

coal miners must have greater human capital than others

we have observed a compensating differential

we have evidence of discrimination against workers outside the coal mine

41 / 50

History is often NOT considered a social science because_______________?

historians do not use computers

its primary concern is to record events of the past

it is not based on evidence

it does not study people

42 / 50

According to Supply-side economists. if taxes are cut so that people have an increased incentive to work and businesses have an increased incentive to invest ?

aggregate supply will increase will increase aggregate output will increase and the price level will decrease

both aggregate supply and demand will increase will increase and the price level will increase

aggregate supply will increase will increase aggregate demand will decrease and the price level will decrease

aggregate supply will increase will increase aggregate output will increase and the price level will increase

43 / 50

Which of the following is an agricultural produce of Taiwan ?

Rice

None of the above

Coffee

Maize

44 / 50

Macroeconomics is the study of ?

the relationship between different sectors on the economy

household purchase decisions

individual building blocks in the economy

the economy as a whole

45 / 50

If the marginal revenue is Positive ?

Selling another unit will increase average revenue

Selling another unit will increase costs

Selling another unit will increase profits

Selling another unit will increase total revenue

46 / 50

If Pakistan?s incomes rise faster than those in most other countries the the exchange value will tend to ?

appreciate

depreciate

not be affected

fluctuate more than it would do otherwise

47 / 50

Conflicts between different levels of the same channel of distribution are referred to as ?

vertical conflicts

horizontal conflicts

layer-based conflicts

parallel conflicts

48 / 50

The Choice between high markups and high volume is part of which of the following retailer marketing decisions ?

Promotion decisions

Pricing decisions

Target market decisions

Produced assortment and services decisions

49 / 50

Aggregate demand in an economy trading internationally with a government sector can be written as ?

AD = C + I + G + X ? Z

AD = C + I + G

AD = C + I

AD = C + I + G + X + Z

50 / 50

An increase in investment is most likely to be caused by ?

A decrease in the marginal propensity to consume

Lower national income

Lower interest rates

An increase in withdrawals

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