ECO 204 Week 1 Quiz | Assignment Help | Ashford University

ECO 204 Week 1 Quiz | Assignment Help | Ashford University 



Question 1

According to economic theory, people are forced to make choices because of

__________.

 

o   Pressure to conform

o   Legislation

o   Competition

o   Scarcity

 

 

Question 2

Which of the following is the study of “what is” rather than “what ought to be”?

 

o   Institutionalism

o   Subjectivism

o   Positive theory

o   Normative theory

 

 

Question 3

What is the focus of macroeconomics?

 

o   The interaction between producers and consumers of a particular service

o   The behavior of variables that describe the whole economy

o   The cost and price of anything that is abundant

o   The small details of large entities


Question 4

What government function or functions promote price steadiness and full employment?

 

o   Both allocation and redistribution

o   Stabilization

o   Allocation

o   Both allocation and stabilization

 

 

 

Question 5

If left alone, a market-directed economy will __________.

 

o   Avoid the production problems encountered in other economies

o   Invariably provide the correct economic choices

o   Provide the correct economic choices in many but not all cases

o   Generally protect consumers from monopoly

 

 

Question 6

Assume that Indiana levies a tax on gasoline and uses the proceeds to repair roads in low-income areas. Which government function(s) is (are) being carried out?

 

o   Both allocation and redistribution

o   Both allocation and stabilization

o   Stabilization

o   National defense


Question 7

All but which of the following factors could shift the supply curve for bicycles?

 

o   An increase in the price of bicycle

o   A new, cheaper way of producing bicycles

o   A union contract that raises the cost of bicycle labor

o   An increase in the price of aluminum used in bicycles

 

 Question 8

What does an economist suggest that efficient allocation of resources by the market means?

 

o   The products desired by a society are produced.

o   Producers determine what to produce, and consumers buy it.

o   Every individual who wants a product gets it.

o   Adam Smith’s “invisible hand” has been circumvented.

 

Question 9

When a price changes, one should expect a change in __________.

 

o   Demand

o   New technology

o   Supply

o   Quantity supplied

 

 Question 10

Following economic theory, demand for a good will always rise when __________.

 

o   The price of a substitute good falls

o   The price of a complementary good falls

o   The price of the good falls

o   The price of all goods falls

 

 

 

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