ECO 204 Week 1 Quiz | Assignment Help | Ashford University

ECO 204 Week 1 Quiz | Assignment Help | Ashford University 


Week 1 – Quiz

 

Question 1

The primary reason that economists disagree over which economic policies to pursue is that they __________.

 

o   use expired data

o   have different values, methods, and priorities

o   make false assumptions

o   use irrelevant models

 

 

Question 2

Kalean goes to the University of Missouri. The opportunity cost of her education includes all but which of the following?

 

o   recreation time she is giving up in order to study

o   the cost of tuition and textbooks

o   the cost of food and clothing

o   income she could have earned instead of going to college

 

 

Question 3

What is the focus of macroeconomics?

 

o   the behavior of variables that describe the whole economy

o   the cost and price of anything that is abundant

o   the interaction between producers and consumers of a particular service

o   the small details of large entities

 

 

Question 4

 

In the simplified pure market economy described by the two-sector circular flow model, who are the only decision makers?

 

o   households and firms

o   commercial and government institutions

o   domestic and foreign countries

o   consumers and governments

 

 

Question 5

Productive resources include __________.

 

o   land, capital, and labor

o   land, labor, and services

o   labor, goods, and services

o   goodwill, entrepreneurship, and goods

 

 

Question 6

Ms. Greenwood took a course called “Choosing the Right Computer.” As a result, she purchased a laptop to use in her consulting business. What type of transactions did she complete?

 

o   first an investment in real capital, then an investment in monetary capital

o   first an investment in human capital, then an investment in physical capital

o   purchase of real capital in both cases

o   consumption of goods in both cases

 

 

Question 7

A rightward shift of an entire demand curve could be the result of an increase in __________.

o   the price of a substitute

o   the quantity demanded

o   the price of a complement

o   income, if the good is inferior

 

 

Question 8

When the supply of a product increases but the demand for the product remains unchanged, the equilibrium price of the product will __________.

o   fall, and the equilibrium quantity will decrease

o   first rise, and then return to the original level

o   rise, and the equilibrium quantity will increase

o   fall, and the equilibrium quantity will increase

 

 

Question 9

Which of the following is NOT a function of price in the market system?

 

o   producing

o   motivating

o   informing

o   directing

 

 

Question 10

The directing function of prices ensures that __________.

 

o   consumers know how to get correct market information

o   production will increase for goods with more intense demands

o   prices will always move in the right direction

o   consumers and businesses participate in proper markets

 

 

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