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.Management Sciences
Category: Introduction To Economics
Economics is the study of ?
A. how society manages its unlimited resource
B. how to reduce our wants until we are satisfied.
C. how to fully satisfy our unlimited wants
D. how to avoid having to make trade-offs
Raising taxes and increasing welfare payments ?
A. reduces market power
B. Proves that there is such a thing as a free lunch
C. improves efficiency at the expense of equity.
D. improves equity at the expense of efficiency.
A rational person does not act unless ?
A. the action is ethical
B. The action produces marginal costs that exceed marginal benefits.
C. The action produces marginal benefits that exceed marginal costs.
D. The action makes money for the person.
If a price increase of good A increases the quantity demanded of good B, then good B is a________________?
A. substitute good
B. complementary good
C. bargain
D. inferior good
Trade-offs are required because wants are unlimited, and resources are ?
A. economical
B. unlimited
C. Efficient
D. Scarce
Which of the following products would be least capable of producing an externality ?
A. inoculations against disease
B. cigarettes
C. food
D. education
E. stereo equipment
In the mixed economy________________?
A. economics problems are solved by the government and market
B. economic decisions are made by the private sector and free market
C. economic allocation is achieved by the invisible hand
D. economics s is solved by government departments
Human wants are_______________?
A. Always fixed
B. Limited
C. Unlimited
D. Likely to decrease over time
An increase in consumer income will increase demand for a _________ but decrease demand for a?
A. substitute good, inferior good
B. normal good inferior good
C. inferior good normal good
D. normal good, complementary good
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