microeconomics unit 1
According to Exhibit 2-1, if Hans types one fewer page, how many loads of laundry can he do in the time saved on typing
2/3 of a load
It is possible for one person to have an absolute advantage in something even if she has no comparative advantage in anything
False
The economic question of "what to produce" is often referred to as the distribution question
False
The set of mechanisms and institutions that resolve the basic economic questions is called the
economic system
Someone who committed the association-is-causation fallacy might conclude that
event B, which follows event A, was caused by the event A
Natural resources are
included in the category of resources called gifts of nature
An economic model
is a simplification of the real world
If you enjoy playing golf, the opportunity cost of cleaning your room
is greater on sunny days than it is on rainy days
An economic model is useful if it
makes accurate predictions
All economic models must involve simplifications because
reality is too complex to understand in its entirety, so we must reduce it to a level that we can understand
If an economy is operating at a point inside the production possibilities frontier, then
some of the nation's resources are unemployed
One might commit the fallacy of composition by concluding that
what is good for the individual is necessarily good for the group
A fallacy of composition is to assume that
what is true for any individual component in a group is true for the group as a whole
Which of the following is an example of capital
all of the above
A good economic theory brings clarity to chaos
true
A point inside the production possibilities curve illustrates a situation in which resources are not fully employed
true