ECO 204 Week 5 Quiz | Assignment Help | Ashford University

ECO 204 Week 5  Quiz | Assignment Help | Ashford University 

Question 1

 

The profit-maximizing firm equates the marginal benefit of labor to the marginal __________.

 

o   cost of labor

o   units of labor

o   profit

o   production

 

 

Question 2

What does the monopolist do to keep price high?

 

o   use more resources

o   restrict the quantity of output available

o   purchase low-quality resources

o   increase the number of workers

 

 

Question 3

The direct costs of pursuing a higher education do NOT include __________.

 

o   books and supplies

o   student fees

o   college tuition

o   opportunity costs

 

 

 

 

 

 

Question 4

What is the largest income redistribution program in the United States?

 

o   No Child Left Behind

o   Social Security

o   Temporary Assistance for Needy Families

o   Medicaid

 

 

Question 5

The personal distribution of income measures how income is divided __________.

 

o   Among a society’s disadvantaged and elderly

o   By a firm’s owner to his or her staff

o   By a firm’s financial officer to all employees Correct!

o   Among a society’s population

 

 

Question 6

In the United States, where do the poorest individuals tend to live?

 

o   in northern cities and the rural South You Answered

o   in southern cities

o   in the rural North

o   in the rural Southwest and Northeast

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Question 7

All but which of the following are likely goals of a government bureau manager?

 

o   ease of management

o   profit maximization

o   greater bureau output

o   budget maximization

 

 

Question 8

Public choice theory suggests that voters are more likely to adopt proposals with long-delayed benefits if the __________.

 

o   benefits favor one region over another, so that there is the opportunity for logrolling

o   benefits are dispersed rather than concentrated

o   costs are presented as present values

o   costs can be delayed or concealed

 

Question 9

All of the following are advantages of successful privatization EXCEPT __________.

 

 

o   privatization may encourage competition with its resulting efficiencies

o   privatization may remove government from labor negotiations and retirement commitments

o   privatization may enable smaller groups to combine for purchasing services

o   privatization may avoid taxes by moving revenue-consuming activities back to government

 

 

 

Question 10

Government failure typically occurs because __________.

 

o   the public’s interest is hard to define

o   politicians act in their own self-interest

o   no one gains from government action

o   large economies are difficult to manage

 

 

 

 

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