Economics chapters 1 & 2 – Flashcards with Answers

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Recent changes occurring within the US healthcare system, including lower insurance reimbursement rates, have resulted in
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More medical practices being owned by hospitals than by individual doctors
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In economics, choices must be made because we live in a world of
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Scarcity
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Which of the following statements is true about scarcity
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Scarcity refers to the situation in which unlimited wants exceed limited resources
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The basic economic problem of ______ has always existed and will continue to exist
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Scarcity
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By definition, economics is the study of
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The choices people make to attain their goals, given their scarce resources
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An economic _____ is a simplified version of some aspect of economic life used to analyze an economic issue
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Model
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Where do economic agents such as individuals, firms and nations, interact with each other
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In any area that brings together buyers and sellers
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The term _____ in economics refers to a group of buyers and sellers of a product and the arrangement by which they come together to trade
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Market
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Economists assume that individuals
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Are rational and respond to incentives
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Economists assume that rational behavior is useful in explaining choices people make
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Even though people may not behave rationally at the time
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Economisits assume that rational people do all of the following except
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Undertake activities that benefit others and hurt themselves
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Economics does not study correct or incorrect behaviors but rather it assumes that economic agents behave _____ , meaning they make the best decisions given their knowledge of the costs and benefits
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Rationally
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Suppose that some teachers have decided that economic and financial uncertainty have made the prospect of retiring more risky, and therefore carry a higher cost than not retiring. By using all available information as they act to achieve their goals, these teachers are exemplifying economic idea that
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People are rational
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Suppose that some investors have decided that economic and financial uncertainty have made the prospect of investing in domestic stock markets more risky than investing in foreign stock markets, and therefore choose to invest in foreign markets. By using all available information as they act to achieve their goals, these investors are exemplifying the economic idea that
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People are rational
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Suppose the US government encouraged new medical school graduates to take over existing practices from doctors wishing to retire by paying both the new and retiring doctors $100,000. These doctors would be exemplifying the economic idea that
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People respond to economic incentives
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Suppose the US government encourage consumers to trade in their old automobiles for more efficient, new models by paying up to $5000 for the old automobiles. These consumers would be exemplifying the economic idea that
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People respond to economic incentives
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Holding all other personal characteristics-such as age, gender, and income-constant, economists would expect that
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People with health insurance will be more likely to be overweight than people without health insurance
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Since 1994, obesity rates in the United States
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Have increased in all 50 states
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In economics, the term ______ means "additional" or "extra."
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Marginal
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A grocery store sells a bag of potatoes at a fixed price of $2.30. Which of the following is a term used by economists to describe the money received from the sale of an additional bag of potatoes
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Marginal revenue
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Economists reason that the optimal decision is to continue any activity up to the point where the
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Marginal benefit equals the marginal cost
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Marginal analysis involves undertaking an activity
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Until it's marginal benefits equal marginal costs
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The revenue received from the sale of ____ of a product is a marginal benefit to the firm
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An additional unit
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Making optimal decisions "at the margin" requires
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Weighing the costs and benefits of a decision before deciding if it should be pursued
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Making "how much" decisions involve
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Determining me additional benefits and the additional costs of that activity
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The extra cost associated with undertaking an activity is called
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Marginal cost
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DeShawn's Detailing is a service that details cars at the customers homes are places of work. DeShawn's cost for a basic detailing package is $40, and he charges $75 for this service. For a total price of $90, DeShawn will also detail the cars engine, a service that adds an additional $20 to the total cost of the package. What is DeShawn's marginal benefit if he sells a basic detailing package
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$75
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Which of the following is an example of a "how much" decision
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Dinah's Diner is only open for breakfast and lunch. Dinah is trying to decide whether to open for dinner as well
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Scarcity refers to a situation in which unlimited wants exceed the limited resources available to fulfill those wants (T/F)
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True
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Scarcity is a problem that will eventually disappear as technology advances (T/F)
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False
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An economic model is a simplified version of reality used analyze real-world economic situations (T/F)
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True
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The sales revenue a seller receives from the sale of an additional unit of goods is called the marginal benefit (T/F)
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True
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Optimal decisions are made at the point where marginal cost equals zero (T/F)
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False
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If it costs Sinclair $300 to produce three suede jackets and $420 to produce four suede jackets, then the difference of $120 is the marginal cost of producing the fourth suede jacket (T/F)
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True
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Supposed the extra cost for a doctor to keep his office open for an extra hour is $200. Then, the doctor should stay open for the extra hour even if he can generate additional revenue of $200 for that hour (T/F)
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True
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All economic questions arise from the fact that resources are unlimited (T/F)
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False
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Even if the population declines, scarcity will still exist (T/F)
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True
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The term "market" refers to trading arrangements by which buyers and sellers come together (T/F)
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True
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The additional cost to a producer of hiring an additional unit of labor is called the marginal cost (T/F)
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True
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Marginal benefit refers to the additional benefit that your activity provides to you (T/F)
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True
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If it costs Danitra $225 to create four necklaces and $275 to create five necklaces, then $50 is the marginal cost of producing the fifth necklace (T/F)
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True
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Suppose the extra cost to a doctor of keeping his office open on Saturdays is $1200. Then, the doctor should stay open on Saturdays if keeping the office open brings an additional revenue of $1200 or more (T/F)
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True
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The three fundamental questions that any economy must address are
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What goods and services to produce, how will these goods and services be produced, and who receives them
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The idea that because of scarcity, producing more of one good or service means producing less of another good or service refers to the economic concept of
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Trade-off
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Society faces a trade-off in all of the following situations except
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When some previously unemployed workers find jobs
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The highest valued alternative that must be given up to engage in an activity is the definition of
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Opportunity cost
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The distribution of income primarily determines which of the fundamental economic questions
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Who will receive the goods and services produced
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Scarcity
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Stems from the incompatibility between limited resources and unlimited wants
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Tesla Motors manufacturers its cars at a plant in Fremont, California. At this plant, Tesla is able to take advantage of the high level of technical training possessed by its American workers, but it also sacrifices the ability to pay lower wages had it chosen to open its plant in a low-wage country such as Mexico, India, or China. In deciding to open the Fremont plant, Tesla
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Faced a trade-off between higher cost in lower precision
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The principle of opportunity cost is that
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The economic cost of using a factor of production is the alternative use of that factor that is given up
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The production possibilities frontier shows the ______ combinations of two products that may be produced in a particular time period with available resources
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Maximum attainable
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The production possibilities frontier model shows that
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If all resources are fully and efficiently utilized, more of one good can be produced only by producing less of another good
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The production possibilities frontier model assumes which of the following
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The economy produces only two products
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The attainable production points on a production possibilities curve are
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The points along and inside the production possibility frontier
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The points outside the production possibilities frontier are
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Unattainable
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In a production possibilities frontier model, a point _______ the frontier is productively inefficient
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Inside
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Bella can produce either a combination of 60 silk roses and 80 silk leaves or a combination of 70 silk roses 55 silk leaves. If she now produces 60 silk roses and 80 silk leaves, what is the opportunity cost of producing an additional 10 silk roses
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25 silk leaves
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Pierre can produce either a combination of 20 bowties and 30 neckties or a combination of 35 bowties and 15 neckties. If he now produces 35 bow ties and 15 neckties, what is the opportunity cost of producing an additional 15 neckties
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15 bow ties
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If the production possibilities frontier is ______ , then opportunity costs are constant as more of one good is produced
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Linear
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The Great Depression of the 1930s with a large number of workers and factories unemployed would be represented in a production possibilities frontier graph by
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A point inside the frontier
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The opportunity cost of taking a semester-long economics class is
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Equal to the highest value of an alternative use of the time and money spent on the class
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Suppose there is no unemployment in the economy and society decides that it wants more of one good. Which of the following statements is true
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It will have to give up production and consumption of some other good
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If society decides it wants more of one good and all resources are fully utilized, then
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It has to give up some of another good and incur some opportunity costs
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According to the production possibility model, if more resources are allocated to the production of physical and human capital, then which of the following is likely to happen
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Fewer goods will be produced for consumption today
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Suppose your expenses for this term are as follows: tuition: $10,000, room and board: $6000, books and other educational supplies: $1000. Further, during the term, you can only work part time and earned $8000 instead of your full-time salary of $20,000. What is the opportunity cost of going to College this term, assuming that your room and board expenses would be the same even if you did not go to college
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$23,000
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A decrease in the unemployment rate may be represented as a movement from a point on the production possibilities frontier to a point outside the frontier (T/F)
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False
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If a country is producing efficiently and is on the production possibilities frontier, the only way to produce more of one good is to produce less of the other (T/F)
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True
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Consider a country that produces only two goods: kayaks and coconuts. Suppose it is possible for this country to increase its production of kayaks without producing fewer coconuts. In this case, it's current output combination is efficient (T/F)
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False
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Any output combination outside a production possibility frontier is associated with unused or underutilized resources (T/F)
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False
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An increase in the labor force shifts the production possibility frontier inwards over time (T/F)
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False
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If additional units of a good could be produced at a constant opportunity cost, the production possibility frontier would be bowed outward (concave) (T/F)
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False
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On a diagram of a production possibility frontier, opportunity cost is represented by the production possibility frontier shifting outward (T/F)
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False
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To increase gas mileage, automobile manufacturers make cars small and light. Large cars absorb more of the impact of an accident than small cars but yield lower gas mileage. These facts suggest that a negative relationship exists between safety and gas mileage (T/F)
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True
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An increase in the unemployment rate may be represented as a movement from a point on the production possibilities frontier to a different point on the frontier (T/F)
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False
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If a country is producing efficiently and is on the production possibilities frontier, the country can produce more of one good without producing less of the other good (T/F)
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False
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You can have an absolute advantage whenever you
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Can produce more of something then others with the same resources
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Comparative advantage means the ability to produce a good or service
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At a lower opportunity cost than any other producer
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Specializing in the production of a good or service in which one has a comparative advantage enables the country to do all of the following except
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Produce a combination of goods that lies outside its own production possibilities frontier
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If the best surgeon in town is also the best at cleaning swimming pools, then according to economic reasoning, this person should
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Specialize in being a surgeon because its opportunity cost is lower
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Rayburn Reed is a highly talented photographer. He has chosen to specialize in photography because of all of the following except
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His opportunity cost of pursuing another career is very low
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Consider a country that produces only two goods: parrots and iguanas. Suppose it is impossible for this country to increase its production of parrots without producing fewer iguanas. In this case, its current output combination is efficient (T/F)
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True
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Any output combination along a production possibility frontier is associated with fully utilized resources (T/F)
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True
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A decrease in population shifts the production possibility frontier outwards over time (T/F)
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False
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If additional units of a good could be produced at an increasing opportunity cost, the production possibility frontier would be linear (T/F)
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False
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