ECO Chapter 1 Module

Which of the following is a positive economic statement?

If minimum wage rates rise, then unemployment will rise.

In what type of economy does the government decide how economic resources will be allocated?

a centrally planned economy

Tangible products like cars and televisions are referred to as __________.

goods

When you think of an arrangement or institution that brings buyers and sellers of a good or service together, what are you thinking of?

A market

Macroeconomics can be used to understand all of the topics listed below, except:

how a consumer decides between the purchase of two different cars

What is the name given to the development of a new good?

Invention

Which of the following countries has an economy where most of the resource allocation is determined by a central planning authority?

North Korea

Which of the following is not a possible opportunity cost of attending college?

The cost of housing

Economics:

is concerned with how people respond to incentives

The stock of computers, factory buildings and machine tools used to produce goods is known as:

physical capital

__________ goods and services are those bought by businesses to be used to increase efficiency or enhance production.

Capital

According to the rationality assumption, people:

Do not intentionally make decisions that would leave them worse off.

Jim declined to take part in a health study on a free basis but changed his mind after being offered $1,000 to participate in the study. Jim's behavior best illustrates which economic principle?

People respond to economic incentives.

One of the first steps in deciding whether to complete your education is to:

evaluate the marginal cost and marginal benefit of that decision.

Economists believe that an individual or firm should continue any activity until:

marginal benefit is equal to marginal cost.

The United States economy is best classified as a:

mixed economy.

The resources provided by nature and used to produce goods and services are also known as:

natural resources

Macroeconomics is concerned with all of the following except:

political party affiliation

Economics is the study of choice under conditions of:

scarcity

Economic decisions are made at every level in society. When we try to decide which production method to use among several alternatives, which of the following key economic questions are we trying to answer?

How do we produce the products?

The principle of opportunity cost evolves from the concept of:

scarcity