Brue - essentials of economics - 3e, test bank 0073511455
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| 1. | Economic systems differ according to what two main characteristics? | A. | Ownership of resources and methods of coordinating economic activity. | | B. | Quantity of output produced and who receives the output. | | C. | Who produces the output and what technology is used to produce it. | | D. | The system of government and the quantity of natural resources available. | |
| AACSB: Analytic Blooms: Remember Brue - Chapter 02 #1 Difficulty: 2 Medium Learning Objective: 02-01 Differentiate between a command system and a market system. Topic: Economic systems
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| 2. | The private ownership of property resources and use of prices to direct and coordinate economic activity is characteristic of: |
| AACSB: Analytic Blooms: Remember Brue - Chapter 02 #2 Difficulty: 1 Easy Learning Objective: 02-01 Differentiate between a command system and a market system. Topic: Economic systems
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| 3. | In a capitalistic economy: | A. | consumers are not sovereign. | | B. | markets are not competitive. | | C. | there is a reliance on the market system. | | D. | the government owns the means of production. | |
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| 4. | Which statement best describes a capitalist economy? | A. | The production of goods and services is determined primarily by markets, but the allocation of goods and services is determined primarily by government. | | B. | The production of goods and services is determined primarily by government, but the allocation of goods and services is determined primarily by markets. | | C. | The production and allocation of goods and services is determined primarily through markets. | | D. | The production and allocation of goods and services is determined primarily through government. | |
| AACSB: Analytic Blooms: Remember Brue - Chapter 02 #4 Difficulty: 1 Easy Learning Objective: 02-01 Differentiate between a command system and a market system. Topic: Economic systems
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| 5. | Which statement best describes a command economy? | A. | The production of goods and services is determined primarily by markets, but the allocation of goods and services is determined primarily by government. | | B. | The production of goods and services is determined primarily by government, but the allocation of goods and services is determined primarily by markets. | | C. | The production and allocation of goods and services is determined primarily through markets. | | D. | The production and allocation of goods and services is determined primarily through government. | |
| AACSB: Analytic Blooms: Remember Brue - Chapter 02 #5 Difficulty: 1 Easy Learning Objective: 02-01 Differentiate between a command system and a market system. Topic: Economic systems
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| 6. | Which would not be characteristic of a capitalist economy? | A. | Government ownership of the factors of production. | | B. | Competition and unrestricted markets. | | C. | Reliance on the market system. | | D. | Free enterprise and choice. | |
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| 7. | A basic characteristic of a command system is that: | A. | wages paid to labor are higher. | | B. | government owns most economic resources. | | C. | markets function mostly free from government intervention. | | D. | government planners play a limited role in deciding what goods will be produced. | |
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| 8. | The market system is an economic system that: | A. | produces more consumer goods than capital goods. | | B. | produces more capital goods than consumer goods. | | C. | gives private individuals and institutions the right to own resources used in production. | | D. | gives the government the right to tax individuals and corporations for the production of capital goods. | |
| AACSB: Analytic Blooms: Remember Brue - Chapter 02 #8 Difficulty: 2 Medium Learning Objective: 02-01 Differentiate between a command system and a market system. Topic: Economic systems
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| 9. | Another term for capitalism is the: | D. | system of inputs and outputs. | |
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| 10. | Capitalism is an economic system that: | A. | produces more capital goods than consumer goods. | | B. | produces more consumer goods than capital goods. | | C. | is characterized by government control of markets. | | D. | gives private individuals and corporations the right to own productive resources. | |
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| 11. | The Soviet Union economy of the 1980s would best be classified as: | C. | laissez-faire capitalism. | |
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| 12. | The economy of Australia would best be classified as: |
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| 13. | The economy of North Korea would best be classified as: | A. | a laissez-faire economy. | |
| AACSB: Analytic Blooms: Remember Brue - Chapter 02 #13 Difficulty: 1 Easy Learning Objective: 02-01 Differentiate between a command system and a market system. Topic: Economic systems
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| 14. | The economy of Cuba most closely approximates: | A. | laissez-faire capitalism. | |
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| 15. | As of 2012, the economy of Hong Kong most closely approximates: |
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| 16. | The market system is characterized by: | A. | extensive government constraints on individual behavior. | | B. | private ownership of the means of production. | | C. | government control of all production decisions. | | D. | government rationing of all goods and services. | |
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| 17. | In a market system, well-defined property rights are important because they: | A. | reduce unnecessary investment. | | B. | limit destructive economic growth. | | C. | create economic problems. | | D. | encourage economic activity. | |
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| 18. | Which is a major feature of the market system? | A. | Government-established prices in all markets | | B. | Reallocation of all resources from private to public uses | | C. | The right to own private property and control resource uses | | D. | Central planning by government to provide goods and services | |
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| 19. | Legal and social rules that affect the ownership of property are: | B. | the coincidence of wants. | | C. | the division of labor. | | D. | the freedom of enterprise. | |
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| 20. | The institution of private property encourages: | A. | lack of maintenance because people are not forced by law to do it. | | B. | lack of easy exchange because ownership is sometimes hard to prove. | | C. | easy exchange of some property because a formal title or deed exists. | | D. | lack of incentives because the owner is responsible for maintenance costs. | |
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| 21. | Which is characteristic of the market system? | A. | Unselfish individuals. | | B. | Centralized decision making. | | C. | Free enterprise and choice. | | D. | Government ownership of the means of production. | |
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| 22. | By free enterprise, we mean that: | A. | products are provided free to those who cannot afford to buy them. | | B. | individual producers determine how to produce, but government agencies determine what will be produced. | | C. | individuals may obtain resources, organize production, and sell the resulting output in any legal way they choose. | | D. | individuals are free to produce those products that government agencies determine can be produced profitably. | |
| AACSB: Analytic Blooms: Remember Brue - Chapter 02 #22 Difficulty: 2 Medium Learning Objective: 02-02 List the main characteristics of the market system. Topic: Characteristics of the market system
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| 23. | Which statement is correct? | A. | The operation of a market system eventually results in an equal distribution of income. | | B. | Producers are "kings" in a market economy because they determine what is produced. | | C. | The market system is efficient at allocation of resources but not in getting consumer goods to their most valued uses. | | D. | Freedom of choice and enterprise are essential elements of the market system. | |
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| 24. | The maximization of profit and the minimization of losses is the primary factor affecting the economic decision making of: |
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| 25. | How do workers typically express self-interest? | A. | By minimizing the economic losses of other business firms. | | B. | By maximizing the economic profits of other business firms. | | C. | By seeking the highest price when purchasing a consumer product. | | D. | By seeking jobs with the best combination of wages and benefits. | |
| AACSB: Analytic Blooms: Remember Brue - Chapter 02 #25 Difficulty: 1 Easy Learning Objective: 02-02 List the main characteristics of the market system. Topic: Characteristics of the market system
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| 26. | In a market economy, entrepreneurs are most concerned with: | A. | maximizing utility or satisfaction from limited incomes. | | B. | increasing the wages and salaries of workers. | | C. | maximizing profits or minimizing losses. | | D. | the selfish pursuit of money. | |
| AACSB: Analytic Blooms: Remember Brue - Chapter 02 #26 Difficulty: 2 Medium Learning Objective: 02-02 List the main characteristics of the market system. Topic: Characteristics of the market system
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| 27. | Competition is more likely to exist when: | A. | there is free entry into and exit out of industries. | | B. | there is a single supplier of all goods and services. | | C. | the government purchases most goods and services. | | D. | products are produced by a few large firms. | |
| AACSB: Analytic Blooms: Remember Brue - Chapter 02 #27 Difficulty: 2 Medium Learning Objective: 02-02 List the main characteristics of the market system. Topic: Characteristics of the market system
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| 28. | Which condition will encourage competition? | A. | Government licensing requirements in order to enter an industry. | | B. | A small number of buyers and sellers in a market. | | C. | The freedom of sellers and buyers to enter or exit an industry. | | D. | The government serving as the only supplier of goods to consumers. | |
| AACSB: Analytic Blooms: Remember Brue - Chapter 02 #28 Difficulty: 2 Medium Learning Objective: 02-02 List the main characteristics of the market system. Topic: Characteristics of the market system
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| 29. | A competitive economy assumes each industry consists of a: | A. | large number of small firms facing a large number of small buyers. | | B. | few large firms facing a large number of small buyers. | | C. | large number of small firms facing a few large buyers. | | D. | few small firms facing a few small buyers. | |
| AACSB: Analytic Blooms: Remember Brue - Chapter 02 #29 Difficulty: 1 Easy Learning Objective: 02-02 List the main characteristics of the market system. Topic: Characteristics of the market system
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| 30. | Which statement is correct? | A. | In a market system, buyers and sellers must be in face-to-face contact with each other. | | B. | Prices affect the distribution of goods in a market system but not the allocation of resources. | | C. | In a market system, prices serve to ration goods and services to consumers. | | D. | The operation of a market system has little, if any, effect on the distribution of income in the economy. | |
| AACSB: Analytic Blooms: Remember Brue - Chapter 02 #30 Difficulty: 3 Hard Learning Objective: 02-02 List the main characteristics of the market system. Topic: Characteristics of the market system
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| 31. | A market system is best characterized by: | A. | extensive government intervention in economic activity. | | B. | the private production of most capital goods. | | C. | government regulation of all private markets. | | D. | central planning and control. | |
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| 32. | A characteristic of the market system is: | A. | frequent use of price controls. | | B. | frequent use of barter. | | C. | extensive use of capital goods. | |
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| 33. | Which is assumed to be most limited in scope under a market system? | A. | Freedom of enterprise. | |
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| 34. | All of the following accurately describe a market economy except: | A. | government establishes maximum and minimum prices for most goods and services. | | B. | prices serve as a signaling mechanism to buyers and sellers. | | C. | the allocation of resources is determined by their prices. | | D. | the actions of buyers and sellers establish a product's price. | |
| AACSB: Analytic Blooms: Remember Brue - Chapter 02 #34 Difficulty: 1 Easy Learning Objective: 02-02 List the main characteristics of the market system. Topic: Characteristics of the market system
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| 35. | Which statement best describes a capitalist economy? | A. | Society determines production and the allocation of goods and services only through markets. | | B. | Government policies determine the production and the allocation of goods and services. | | C. | Government policies determine the production, but not the allocation, of goods and services. | | D. | The role of individual self-interest is relatively unimportant because government makes most economic decisions. | |
| AACSB: Analytic Blooms: Remember Brue - Chapter 02 #35 Difficulty: 1 Easy Learning Objective: 02-02 List the main characteristics of the market system. Topic: Characteristics of the market system
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| 36. | The process in which workers do specialized tasks to make a product is referred to as: | A. | a coincidence of wants. | | B. | roundabout production. | |
| AACSB: Analytic Blooms: Remember Brue - Chapter 02 #36 Difficulty: 2 Medium Learning Objective: 02-02 List the main characteristics of the market system. Topic: Characteristics of the market system
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| 37. | How does human specialization contribute to an economy's output? | A. | It makes use of differences in abilities. | | B. | It is a process of creative destruction. | | C. | It works like an "invisible hand." | | D. | It decreases derived demand. | |
| AACSB: Analytic Blooms: Remember Brue - Chapter 02 #37 Difficulty: 2 Medium Learning Objective: 02-02 List the main characteristics of the market system. Topic: Characteristics of the market system
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| 38. | Specialization and trade are beneficial to society because: | A. | the output of economic goods may be increased with no increase in resources. | | B. | scarce resources are utilized more efficiently. | | C. | a division of labor lowers prices for products. | | D. | all of these are correct. | |
| AACSB: Analytic Blooms: Remember Brue - Chapter 02 #38 Difficulty: 1 Easy Learning Objective: 02-02 List the main characteristics of the market system. Topic: Characteristics of the market system
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| 39. | Advantages of specialization do not include: | A. | increased production of economic goods with no increase in resources. | | B. | the more efficient use of scarce resources. | | C. | increased ability to utilize the division of labor. | |
| AACSB: Analytic Blooms: Remember Brue - Chapter 02 #39 Difficulty: 3 Hard Learning Objective: 02-02 List the main characteristics of the market system. Topic: Characteristics of the market system
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| 40. | Which of the following does not explain why specialization increases output? | A. | Specialization capitalizes on differences in ability. | | B. | Specialization promotes self-sufficiency and independence. | | C. | Specialization fosters learning by doing. | | D. | Specialization saves time by eliminating shifting between tasks. | |
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| 41. | A prerequisite of specialization is: | A. | a capitalistic economic system. | | B. | a medium of exchange or money system. | |
| AACSB: Analytic Blooms: Remember Brue - Chapter 02 #41 Difficulty: 2 Medium Learning Objective: 02-02 List the main characteristics of the market system. Topic: Characteristics of the market system
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| 42. | Which is an example of barter? | A. | A person trading a desk for a box of tools. | | B. | A person buying clothes at a used clothing store. | | C. | A gift of tuition money from parents to their children. | | D. | The purchase of stock on the New York Stock Exchange. | |
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| 43. | An economic system in which money is not used is a: |
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| 44. | Which is necessary to make a trade in a barter economy? | D. | A coincidence of wants. | |
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| 45. | Consider a barter situation where you have pens and you want pencils. To achieve your objective there must be a(n): | B. | entry and exit from the market. | | C. | large number of sellers | |
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| 46. | The use of money for exchange: | A. | increases the use of barter. | | B. | reduces consumer sovereignty. | | C. | increases the importance of a coincidence of wants. | | D. | encourages more specialization in production. | |
| AACSB: Analytic Blooms: Remember Brue - Chapter 02 #46 Difficulty: 2 Medium Learning Objective: 02-02 List the main characteristics of the market system. Topic: Characteristics of the market system
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| 47. | Which is the main problem with the barter system of exchange? Barter: | A. | encourages self-interest and selfishness. | | B. | fosters specialization and division of labor. | | C. | requires a coincidence of wants. | | D. | undermines the right to leave property to one's heirs. | |
| AACSB: Analytic Blooms: Remember Brue - Chapter 02 #47 Difficulty: 2 Medium Learning Objective: 02-02 List the main characteristics of the market system. Topic: Characteristics of the market system
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| 48. | The direct exchange of goods for goods is: | D. | roundabout production. | |
| AACSB: Analytic Blooms: Remember Brue - Chapter 02 #48 Difficulty: 1 Easy Learning Objective: 02-02 List the main characteristics of the market system. Topic: Characteristics of the market system
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| 49. | Why might a company use barter rather than money to make a transaction? | A. | Barter is generally more efficient than money exchanges. | | B. | Barter can enable two firms to trade when their cash flows are limited. | | C. | Money requires a coincidence of wants but barter is more direct. | | D. | Money is economically efficient for large transactions, but barter is preferred for smaller transactions. | |
| AACSB: Analytic Blooms: Remember Brue - Chapter 02 #49 Difficulty: 2 Medium Learning Objective: 02-02 List the main characteristics of the market system. Topic: Characteristics of the market system
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| 50. | Consumer sovereignty and "dollar votes" are most related to which fundamental question about a competitive market system? | A. | What goods and services will be produced? | | B. | How will the goods and services be produced? | | C. | How will the system promote progress? | | D. | Who will get the goods and services? | |
| AACSB: Analytic Blooms: Remember Brue - Chapter 02 #50 Difficulty: 1 Easy Learning Objective: 02-03 Explain how the market system answers the four fundamental questions. Topic: Four fundamental questions
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| 51. | Economic efficiency would be primarily discussed with respect to which of the fundamental questions about a competitive market economy? | A. | What goods and services will be produced? | | B. | How will the goods and services be produced? | | C. | How will the system promote progress? | | D. | Who will get the goods and services? | |
| AACSB: Analytic Blooms: Remember Brue - Chapter 02 #51 Difficulty: 2 Medium Learning Objective: 02-03 Explain how the market system answers the four fundamental questions. Topic: Four fundamental questions
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| 52. | Issues of the distribution of goods and services and incomes in a competitive market system are the primary topic of which fundamental question? | A. | What goods and services will be produced? | | B. | How will the goods and services be produced? | | C. | How will the system promote progress? | | D. | Who will get the goods and services? | |
| AACSB: Analytic Blooms: Remember Brue - Chapter 02 #52 Difficulty: 2 Medium Learning Objective: 02-03 Explain how the market system answers the four fundamental questions. Topic: Four fundamental questions
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| 53. | Which fundamental question about a competitive market system primarily focuses on technological progress and capital accumulation? | A. | What goods and services will be produced? | | B. | How will the goods and services be produced? | | C. | How will the system promote progress? | | D. | Who will get the goods and services? | |
| AACSB: Analytic Blooms: Remember Brue - Chapter 02 #53 Difficulty: 1 Easy Learning Objective: 02-04 Discuss how the market system adjusts to change and promotes progress. Topic: Four fundamental questions
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| 54. | All economic systems must answer certain fundamental economic questions. Which is not one of these questions? | A. | Which actions should government take to reduce inflation? | | B. | How will the goods and services be produced? | | C. | What goods and services will be produced? | | D. | Who is to receive the output? | |
| AACSB: Analytic Blooms: Remember Brue - Chapter 02 #54 Difficulty: 2 Medium Learning Objective: 02-03 Explain how the market system answers the four fundamental questions. Topic: Four fundamental questions
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| 55. | Which is not one of the Four Fundamental Questions? | A. | How will goods and services be produced? | | B. | How should the system promote progress? | | C. | Who is to receive the output of the system? | | D. | What goods and services should be produced by government? | |
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| 56. | In 1999, McDonald's introduced the "Big Xtra" and it turned out to be a successful product. In the marketplace for fast-food products, this success would be an example of: | D. | roundabout production. | |
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| 57. | In 1997, McDonald's introduced the "55-cent special." It turned out to be an unsuccessful product. In the marketplace for fast-food products, this lack of success is an example of: |
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| 58. | The introduction in 1996 of "Arch Deluxe" was a hit product for McDonald's. This example shows that in the market for such fast-food products: | A. | normal profits are greater than economic profits. | | B. | the medium of exchange is more important than the message. | | C. | consumer sovereignty is less important than specialization. | | D. | the dollar votes of consumers determined which products succeed. | |
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| 59. | The process by which new products and technologies drive out existing products and techniques is known as: |
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| 60. | What to produce in a market economy is ultimately determined by the: | A. | output decisions of business firms. | | B. | income plans of households. | | C. | spending decisions of households. | | D. | workers' technical skills. | |
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| 61. | The term "consumer sovereignty" means that: | A. | consumers are controlled by the actions of the marketplace. | | B. | what is produced is ultimately determined by what consumers purchase. | | C. | there are no limits on what consumers may buy under capitalism. | | D. | businesses produce with tax minimization as their primary goal. | |
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| 62. | Within a market economy, some industries may be declining while other industries may be expanding. This indicates that: | A. | incomes are declining. | | B. | productive resources are being reallocated. | | C. | factors of production are scarce. | | D. | producers are not maximizing profits. | |
| AACSB: Analytic Blooms: Remember Brue - Chapter 02 #62 Difficulty: 2 Medium Learning Objective: 02-04 Discuss how the market system adjusts to change and promotes progress. Topic: Four fundamental questions
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| 63. | By consumer sovereignty we mean that: | A. | government is responsible for protecting consumer interests. | | B. | consumers determine what goods and services are produced. | | C. | businesses decide what the consumer will buy. | | D. | all goods and services are produced by consumers. | |
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| 64. | The market system is said to be characterized by "consumer sovereignty." This is because: | A. | a large number of consumer goods are produced. | | B. | the prices of consumer goods are regulated by government. | | C. | consumer goods are more profitable than investment goods. | | D. | of the major role of consumers in determining what goods are produced. | |
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| 65. | A major feature of a market system is that: | A. | there is economic equality. | | B. | there is consumer sovereignty. | | C. | there is full employment. | | D. | all producers make profits. | |
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| 66. | The failure of the McDonald's McLean burger was an example of: | A. | an increase in demand. | | C. | technological advances. | |
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| 67. | The term "dollar votes" means: | A. | inflation will occur if consumers do not spend wisely. | | B. | voters may be offered dollars to help elect certain political candidates. | | C. | government is responsible for determining what will be considered legal money. | | D. | consumers "vote" for certain products to be produced by how they spend their incomes. | |
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| 68. | From society's point of view, the economic function of profits is to: | B. | ensure that the rich get richer. | | C. | provide revenues to pay high wages. | | D. | direct resources in response to changes in the economy. | |
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| 69. | In a market economy, the money incomes of individuals depend primarily upon: | A. | government policies in setting wages and interest rates. | | B. | the value and amounts of the productive resources the individuals possess. | | C. | the amount of college education the individuals have. | | D. | who you know and how well you know them. | |
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| 70. | The idea that the desires of resource suppliers and producers to further their own self-interest will automatically further the public interest is known as: |
| AACSB: Analytic Blooms: Remember Brue - Chapter 02 #70 Difficulty: 2 Medium Learning Objective: 02-03 Explain how the market system answers the four fundamental questions. Topic: Four fundamental questions
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| 71. | Which best describes the "invisible hand" concept? | A. | Highly detailed central direction of an economy will maximize the public's best interests. | | B. | The market system works best when resources are highly substitutable. | | C. | The problem of scarcity can best be overcome in a system of mixed capitalism. | | D. | The desires of producers and resource suppliers to further their own self-interest will tend to promote the social interest. | |
| AACSB: Analytic Blooms: Remember Brue - Chapter 02 #71 Difficulty: 1 Easy Learning Objective: 02-03 Explain how the market system answers the four fundamental questions. Topic: Four fundamental questions
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| 72. | The idea that firms and resource suppliers, while seeking to further their own self-interests in a market economy, also promote the public interest describes: | A. | the guiding function of prices. | |
| AACSB: Analytic Blooms: Remember Brue - Chapter 02 #72 Difficulty: 1 Easy Learning Objective: 02-03 Explain how the market system answers the four fundamental questions. Topic: Four fundamental questions
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| 73. | The influential book written by Adam Smith was: | A. | Capitalism and Freedom. | | C. | The Age of the Economist. | | D. | The Wealth of Nations. | |
| AACSB: Analytic Blooms: Remember Brue - Chapter 02 #73 Difficulty: 1 Easy Learning Objective: 02-03 Explain how the market system answers the four fundamental questions. Topic: Four fundamental questions
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| 74. | The "invisible hand" concept to describe the guiding function of prices was developed by: |
| AACSB: Analytic Blooms: Remember Brue - Chapter 02 #74 Difficulty: 1 Easy Learning Objective: 02-03 Explain how the market system answers the four fundamental questions. Topic: Four fundamental questions
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| 75. | The development of the Internet and e-mail to often replace regular mail services is an example of: | A. | roundabout production. | |
| AACSB: Analytic Blooms: Apply Brue - Chapter 02 #75 Difficulty: 2 Medium Learning Objective: 02-03 Explain how the market system answers the four fundamental questions. Topic: Four fundamental questions
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| 76. | The development of CDs and DVDs, which significantly reduced the market for cassette tapes, is an example of: | C. | roundabout production. | |
| AACSB: Analytic Blooms: Understand Brue - Chapter 02 #76 Difficulty: 2 Medium Learning Objective: 02-03 Explain how the market system answers the four fundamental questions. Topic: Four fundamental questions
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| 77. | The basic economic argument for the market system is that it promotes: | A. | an efficient allocation of resources. | | B. | equality in the distribution of income. | |
| AACSB: Analytic Blooms: Remember Brue - Chapter 02 #77 Difficulty: 2 Medium Learning Objective: 02-03 Explain how the market system answers the four fundamental questions. Topic: Four fundamental questions
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| 78. | Command systems in the Soviet Union and pre-reform China failed primarily because of: | A. | coordination and incentive problems. | | B. | greater resource scarcity than in market systems. | | C. | the failure to accumulate and use capital. | | D. | the failure to specialize in production. | |
| AACSB: Analytic Blooms: Remember Brue - Chapter 02 #78 Difficulty: 2 Medium Learning Objective: 02-03 Explain how the market system answers the four fundamental questions. Topic: Four fundamental questions
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| 79. | Which of the following does not explain why the command systems of the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe failed? | A. | Coordination problems. | | B. | Prices and profits did not fluctuate to reflect wants for a different allocation of resources. | | D. | The failure to use money for most exchanges. | |
| AACSB: Analytic Blooms: Remember Brue - Chapter 02 #79 Difficulty: 2 Medium Learning Objective: 02-03 Explain how the market system answers the four fundamental questions. Topic: Four fundamental questions
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| 80. | In the circular flow model, households: | A. | buy products and resources. | | B. | sell products and resources. | | C. | buy products and sell resources. | | D. | sell products and buy resources. | |
| AACSB: Analytic Blooms: Remember Brue - Chapter 02 #80 Difficulty: 1 Easy Learning Objective: 02-05 Describe the mechanics of the circular flow model. Topic: Circular flow model
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| 81. | The circular flow model: | A. | assumes that central planning is taking place. | | B. | illustrates how natural resources are created. | | C. | illustrates how money is created by the banking system. | | D. | illustrates the interdependence of businesses and consumers. | |
| AACSB: Analytic Blooms: Remember Brue - Chapter 02 #81 Difficulty: 1 Easy Learning Objective: 02-05 Describe the mechanics of the circular flow model. Topic: Circular flow model
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| 82. | The simple circular flow model shows that workers, entrepreneurs, and the owners of land and capital offer their services through: |
| AACSB: Analytic Blooms: Remember Brue - Chapter 02 #82 Difficulty: 1 Easy Learning Objective: 02-05 Describe the mechanics of the circular flow model. Topic: Circular flow model
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| 83. | Markets in which firms sell their output of goods and services are called: |
| AACSB: Analytic Blooms: Remember Brue - Chapter 02 #83 Difficulty: 1 Easy Learning Objective: 02-05 Describe the mechanics of the circular flow model. Topic: Circular flow model
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| 84. | The circular flow model shows that the goods and services produced by business firms are sold through: |
| AACSB: Analytic Blooms: Remember Brue - Chapter 02 #84 Difficulty: 1 Easy Learning Objective: 02-05 Describe the mechanics of the circular flow model. Topic: Circular flow model
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| 85. | In a circular flow model consisting of the household sector, the business sector, product markets, and resource markets: | A. | households are sellers of products. | | B. | businesses are sellers of products. | | C. | households are buyers of productive resources. | | D. | resource markets are sellers of products. | |
| AACSB: Analytic Blooms: Remember Brue - Chapter 02 #85 Difficulty: 2 Medium Learning Objective: 02-05 Describe the mechanics of the circular flow model. Topic: Circular flow model
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| 86. | In the simple circular flow model: | A. | households are sellers of resources and demanders of products. | | B. | households are sellers of products and demanders of resources. | | C. | businesses are sellers of resources and demanders of products. | | D. | businesses are sellers of both resources and products. | |
| AACSB: Analytic Blooms: Remember Brue - Chapter 02 #86 Difficulty: 2 Medium Learning Objective: 02-05 Describe the mechanics of the circular flow model. Topic: Circular flow model
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| 87. | In product markets: | A. | households sell products to business firms. | | B. | households sell resources to business firms. | | C. | businesses sell resources to households. | | D. | businesses sell goods and services to households. | |
| AACSB: Analytic Blooms: Remember Brue - Chapter 02 #87 Difficulty: 2 Medium Learning Objective: 02-05 Describe the mechanics of the circular flow model. Topic: Circular flow model
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| 88. | The money income of households consists of the sum of: | A. | wages plus salaries plus benefits. | | B. | consumption expenditures plus profits. | | C. | wages plus rents plus interest plus profits. | | D. | consumption expenditures plus costs of resources. | |
| AACSB: Analytic Blooms: Remember Brue - Chapter 02 #88 Difficulty: 2 Medium Learning Objective: 02-05 Describe the mechanics of the circular flow model. Topic: Circular flow model
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| 89. | Which of the following would be primarily determined in the resource market? | A. | The price of compact discs. | | B. | The wage rates for electricians. | | C. | The number of automobiles produced. | | D. | The amount of money in circulation. | |
| AACSB: Analytic Blooms: Understand Brue - Chapter 02 #89 Difficulty: 2 Medium Learning Objective: 02-05 Describe the mechanics of the circular flow model. Topic: Circular flow model
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| 90. | The fact that expenditures on products and payments to owners of resources used to produce those products flow in opposite directions is known as: | A. | roundabout production. | | D. | the circular flow of income. | |
| AACSB: Analytic Blooms: Remember Brue - Chapter 02 #90 Difficulty: 2 Medium Learning Objective: 02-05 Describe the mechanics of the circular flow model. Topic: Circular flow model
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| 91. |  Refer to the above figure. If box B represents the resource market and flow (3) represents money income, then:
| A. | box A is the product market and box C is households. | | B. | box C is the product market and box A is households. | | C. | box D is the product market and box C is households. | | D. | box C is the product market and box D is households. | |
| AACSB: Analytic Blooms: Understand Brue - Chapter 02 #91 Difficulty: 2 Medium Learning Objective: 02-05 Describe the mechanics of the circular flow model. Topic: Circular flow model
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| 92. |  Refer to the above figure. If box A represents businesses and flow (7) represents goods and services, then:
| A. | box D is the product market and box B is the resource market. | | B. | box D is the product market and box B is households. | | C. | box B is the product market and box C is households. | | D. | box C is the product market and box B is the resource market. | |
| AACSB: Analytic Blooms: Understand Brue - Chapter 02 #92 Difficulty: 3 Hard Learning Objective: 02-05 Describe the mechanics of the circular flow model. Topic: Circular flow model
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| 93. | ![clip_image002[1] clip_image002[1]](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4Oe3vQyYD5wllLruGerVYqXS8Ny5aRV_HYBZVGRQgL7ZQmmxEj9YaBiHdfHxcM0YtMqquzgDhBhNStvHD6YCm90V_o3SBZbtbzGZcuGti9zXh74a8pg_VDSTOl-VE8SI3_viqHaLPPFE//?imgmax=800) Refer to the above figure. If flow (1) is the cost businesses pay to the resource market, then:
| A. | (2) is the flow of productive resources. | | B. | (4) is the flow of goods and services. | | C. | (6) is the flow of money income. | | D. | (7) is the flow of revenue. | |
| AACSB: Analytic Blooms: Understand Brue - Chapter 02 #93 Difficulty: 3 Hard Learning Objective: 02-05 Describe the mechanics of the circular flow model. Topic: Circular flow model
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| 94. | ![clip_image004[1] clip_image004[1]](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQhrEHifevu-pF7PXesolhnGSdtIBrrf2ijN_TE3g6EnAJdhGHoi2SZg2vWTwxxfLf8iryHxVInpjQQIBIjkei4eCZ-MgquaigLDgb36ygswgFyVGVDsTS87lf0ZCVw84EQhdmVVV6RxA//?imgmax=800) Refer to the above figure. If box D represents the product market and flow (6) represents consumption expenditures, then box C is:
| A. | households, flow (7) is revenue, and flow (8) is goods and services. | | B. | businesses, flow (7) is revenue, and flow (8) is goods and services. | | C. | households, flow (7) is goods and services, and flow (8) is revenue. | | D. | businesses, flow (7) is goods and services, and flow (8) is revenue. | |
| AACSB: Analytic Blooms: Understand Brue - Chapter 02 #94 Difficulty: 3 Hard Learning Objective: 02-05 Describe the mechanics of the circular flow model. Topic: Circular flow model
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| 95. | ![clip_image002[2] clip_image002[2]](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieGPYFR9C6Repr_mitfB8oJIS_87FU0WPm7YY8orzZz-HH94HSAkgAtxK8GDpgkAbUUKnxNWu9mtOU0LRZ9y1XA78_0YjyhGKxcfbXlHfDNLzQSUHnT4eOjPTy4K_mCJ1QFnmMm8JZWGU//?imgmax=800) Refer to the above figure. If box A represents businesses and box B represents the resource market in this circular flow model, then the real flow of goods, services, and economic resources would be represented by flows:
| A. | (1), (3), (6), and (8). | | B. | (7), (5), (4), and (2). | | C. | (1), (2), (3), and (4). | | D. | (5), (6), (7), and (8). | |
| AACSB: Analytic Blooms: Understand Brue - Chapter 02 #95 Difficulty: 2 Medium Learning Objective: 02-05 Describe the mechanics of the circular flow model. Topic: Circular flow model
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| 96. | ![clip_image004[2] clip_image004[2]](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKI3tno3BJt2xU5LgbBe8wi-R_Koo1XQYTKVoUwaKNOK_6nUj9DxIczzzW7RrYSbKdYbtRDSmVvCMqR1r9kDXiestx2r6NRZOoZ5NQIRL3eKQwcYxchpwaERzg3oJKI0lGHiY7CD-GzNA//?imgmax=800) Refer to the above figure. If box A represents businesses and box D represents the product market in this circular flow model, then money flow in the model would be represented by:
| A. | (1), (2), (3), and (4). | | B. | (5), (6), (7), and (8). | | C. | (1), (3), (6), and (8). | | D. | (7), (5), (4), and (2). | |
| AACSB: Analytic Blooms: Understand Brue - Chapter 02 #96 Difficulty: 2 Medium Learning Objective: 02-05 Describe the mechanics of the circular flow model. Topic: Circular flow model
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| 97. | ![clip_image002[3] clip_image002[3]](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuolEmaIRW4HcXRlHeuuDJvJFT0g1x-pPYwSt_JZHRPc8zeHjMEmYeIVSdCriAN0iW3Zvsk9iy657YglTU2GE2GNnfzkJG2BJYQ0_zvaOwBEm5wPpXd0cOzBHDjZ7mPFGWEib6rbJ4WaQ//?imgmax=800) Refer to the above figure. If you know that flow (8) is revenues and flow (4) is economic resources (land, labor, capital, and entrepreneurial ability), then box:
| A. | A is the resource market and box B is the product market. | | B. | B is the resource market and box A is the product market. | | C. | C is the product market and box B is the resource market. | | D. | D is the product market and box B is the resource market. | |
| AACSB: Analytic Blooms: Understand Brue - Chapter 02 #97 Difficulty: 2 Medium Learning Objective: 02-05 Describe the mechanics of the circular flow model. Topic: Circular flow model
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| 98. | Assume that rents flow clockwise in a circular economic flow diagram. This implies that land flows: | A. | clockwise and capital flows counterclockwise. | | B. | clockwise and profits flow counterclockwise. | | C. | counterclockwise and capital flows clockwise. | | D. | counterclockwise and profits flow clockwise. | |
| AACSB: Analytic Blooms: Understand Brue - Chapter 02 #98 Difficulty: 3 Hard Learning Objective: 02-05 Describe the mechanics of the circular flow model. Topic: Circular flow model
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| 99. | If goods and services flow clockwise in a circular economic flow diagram, then consumption expenditures flow: | A. | clockwise and firm revenues flow clockwise. | | B. | clockwise and firm revenues flow counterclockwise. | | C. | counterclockwise and firm revenues flow clockwise. | | D. | counterclockwise and firm revenues flow counterclockwise. | |
| AACSB: Analytic Blooms: Understand Brue - Chapter 02 #99 Difficulty: 3 Hard Learning Objective: 02-05 Describe the mechanics of the circular flow model. Topic: Circular flow model
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| 100. | In the circular economic flow diagram, households: | A. | make consumption expenditures and pay for land, labor, and capital. | | B. | make consumption expenditures and receive goods and services. | | C. | buy resources and receive goods and services. | | D. | receive money income and supply resources. | |
| AACSB: Analytic Blooms: Remember Brue - Chapter 02 #100 Difficulty: 1 Easy Learning Objective: 02-05 Describe the mechanics of the circular flow model. Topic: Circular flow model
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| 101. | As of 2012, approximately what percentage of U.S. firms are sole proprietorships? |
| AACSB: Analytic Blooms: Remember Brue - Chapter 02 #101 Difficulty: 2 Medium Learning Objective: 02-05 Describe the mechanics of the circular flow model. Topic: Circular flow model
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| 102. | According to the text, U.S. corporations generate approximately what percentage of total sales revenue? |
| AACSB: Analytic Blooms: Remember Brue - Chapter 02 #102 Difficulty: 2 Medium Learning Objective: 02-05 Describe the mechanics of the circular flow model. Topic: Circular flow model
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| 103. | According to the text, what is the largest source of earned income for U.S. households? |
| AACSB: Analytic Blooms: Remember Brue - Chapter 02 #103 Difficulty: 1 Easy Learning Objective: 02-05 Describe the mechanics of the circular flow model. Topic: Circular flow model
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| 104. | Over half of U.S. consumer expenditures are for what? |
| AACSB: Analytic Blooms: Remember Brue - Chapter 02 #104 Difficulty: 2 Medium Learning Objective: 02-05 Describe the mechanics of the circular flow model. Topic: Circular flow model
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| 105. | A durable consumer good is expected to last for at least how long? |
| AACSB: Analytic Blooms: Remember Brue - Chapter 02 #105 Difficulty: 2 Medium Learning Objective: 02-05 Describe the mechanics of the circular flow model. Topic: Circular flow model
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| 106. | As of 2012, approximately how many households are in the United States? |
| AACSB: Analytic Blooms: Remember Brue - Chapter 02 #106 Difficulty: 2 Medium Learning Objective: 02-05 Describe the mechanics of the circular flow model. Topic: Circular flow model
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| 107. | Which of the following is not considered a consumption expenditure? | A. | Purchases of services. | | C. | Purchases of nondurable goods. | | D. | Purchases of durable goods. | |
| AACSB: Analytic Blooms: Remember Brue - Chapter 02 #107 Difficulty: 2 Medium Learning Objective: 02-05 Describe the mechanics of the circular flow model. Topic: Circular flow model
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| 108. | Property rights have a positive effect in a market economy because they encourage owners to maintain their property. TRUE |
| AACSB: Analytic Blooms: Remember Brue - Chapter 02 #108 Difficulty: 1 Easy Learning Objective: 02-01 Differentiate between a command system and a market system. Topic: Characteristics of the market system
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| 109. | The institution of private property is supported by clear claims to ownership. TRUE |
| AACSB: Analytic Blooms: Remember Brue - Chapter 02 #109 Difficulty: 2 Medium Learning Objective: 02-01 Differentiate between a command system and a market system. Topic: Characteristics of the market system
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| 110. | Individual property rights are the right of the government to own, use, and dispose of resources in an economy. FALSE |
| AACSB: Analytic Blooms: Remember Brue - Chapter 02 #110 Difficulty: 1 Easy Learning Objective: 02-01 Differentiate between a command system and a market system. Topic: Characteristics of the market system
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| 111. | An important part of the market system is that producers and consumers consider the public interest in making production and consumption decisions. FALSE |
| AACSB: Analytic Blooms: Remember Brue - Chapter 02 #111 Difficulty: 3 Hard Learning Objective: 02-01 Differentiate between a command system and a market system. Topic: Characteristics of the market system
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| 112. | More specialization in a market economy generally leads to the more efficient use of its resources. TRUE |
| AACSB: Analytic Blooms: Remember Brue - Chapter 02 #112 Difficulty: 2 Medium Learning Objective: 02-01 Differentiate between a command system and a market system. Topic: Characteristics of the market system
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| 113. | Specialization in production can occur based on geographic advantages. TRUE |
| AACSB: Analytic Blooms: Remember Brue - Chapter 02 #113 Difficulty: 2 Medium Learning Objective: 02-01 Differentiate between a command system and a market system. Topic: Characteristics of the market system
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| 114. | A division of labor enhances society's output by permitting people to take advantage of existing differences in their abilities and skills. TRUE |
| AACSB: Analytic Blooms: Remember Brue - Chapter 02 #114 Difficulty: 1 Easy Learning Objective: 02-01 Differentiate between a command system and a market system. Topic: Characteristics of the market system
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| 115. | Exchange by barter requires a coincidence of wants. TRUE |
| AACSB: Analytic Blooms: Remember Brue - Chapter 02 #115 Difficulty: 1 Easy Learning Objective: 02-01 Differentiate between a command system and a market system. Topic: Characteristics of the market system
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| 116. | One of the most important economic resources is money. FALSE |
| AACSB: Analytic Blooms: Remember Brue - Chapter 02 #116 Difficulty: 3 Hard Learning Objective: 02-01 Differentiate between a command system and a market system. Topic: Characteristics of the market system
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| 117. | The concept of consumer sovereignty refers to situations in which consumers are represented on the board of directors of large corporations. FALSE |
| AACSB: Analytic Blooms: Remember Brue - Chapter 02 #117 Difficulty: 2 Medium Learning Objective: 02-03 Explain how the market system answers the four fundamental questions. Topic: Four fundamental questions
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| 118. | Economic efficiency entails getting the smallest amount of output from a given level of input of scarce resources. FALSE |
| AACSB: Analytic Blooms: Remember Brue - Chapter 02 #118 Difficulty: 1 Easy Learning Objective: 02-01 Differentiate between a command system and a market system. Topic: Characteristics of the market system
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| 119. | In the market system, prices tend to guide resources from less important to more important uses. TRUE |
| AACSB: Analytic Blooms: Remember Brue - Chapter 02 #119 Difficulty: 1 Easy Learning Objective: 02-01 Differentiate between a command system and a market system. Topic: Characteristics of the market system
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| 120. | In a competitive market economy, firms and resource suppliers will seek to further their own self-interest, but at the same time, as if guided by an "invisible hand," they will promote the public interest. TRUE |
| AACSB: Analytic Blooms: Remember Brue - Chapter 02 #120 Difficulty: 2 Medium Learning Objective: 02-01 Differentiate between a command system and a market system. Topic: Characteristics of the market system
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| 121. | It is generally agreed that a major advantage of the competitive price system is the achievement of greater efficiency. TRUE |
| AACSB: Analytic Blooms: Remember Brue - Chapter 02 #121 Difficulty: 1 Easy Learning Objective: 02-01 Differentiate between a command system and a market system. Topic: Characteristics of the market system
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| 122. | A market system is characterized by the private ownership of resources and the use of markets and prices to coordinate and direct economic activity. TRUE |
| AACSB: Analytic Blooms: Remember Brue - Chapter 02 #122 Difficulty: 1 Easy Learning Objective: 02-01 Differentiate between a command system and a market system. Topic: Characteristics of the market system
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| 123. | Command systems in the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe failed primarily because of a lack of resources. FALSE |
| AACSB: Analytic Blooms: Remember Brue - Chapter 02 #123 Difficulty: 2 Medium Learning Objective: 02-03 Explain how the market system answers the four fundamental questions. Topic: Four fundamental questions
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| 124. | Command systems in the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe failed primarily because of coordination and incentive problems. TRUE |
| AACSB: Analytic Blooms: Remember Brue - Chapter 02 #124 Difficulty: 2 Medium Learning Objective: 02-03 Explain how the market system answers the four fundamental questions. Topic: Four fundamental questions
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| 125. | In the circular flow model, households function on the selling side of the resource market and the buying side of product markets. TRUE |
| AACSB: Analytic Blooms: Remember Brue - Chapter 02 #125 Difficulty: 1 Easy Learning Objective: 02-05 Describe the mechanics of the circular flow model. Topic: Circular flow model
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| 126. | In the circular flow model, there is a money flow of economic resources and finished goods and services and a real flow of income and consumption expenditures. FALSE |
| AACSB: Analytic Blooms: Remember Brue - Chapter 02 #126 Difficulty: 1 Easy Learning Objective: 02-05 Describe the mechanics of the circular flow model. Topic: Circular flow model
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| 127. | The economy of the United States can best be described as pure capitalism. FALSE |
| AACSB: Analytic Blooms: Remember Brue - Chapter 02 #127 Difficulty: 1 Easy Learning Objective: 02-01 Differentiate between a command system and a market system. Topic: Economic systems
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| 128. | In the U.S. economy, corporations account for about 20 percent of the firms and about 84 percent of the total sales revenue. TRUE |
| AACSB: Analytic Blooms: Remember Brue - Chapter 02 #128 Difficulty: 1 Easy Learning Objective: 02-05 Describe the mechanics of the circular flow model. Topic: Circular flow model
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| 129. | In the U.S. economy, sole proprietorships account for over half the firms and over half of total sales revenue. FALSE |
| AACSB: Analytic Blooms: Remember Brue - Chapter 02 #129 Difficulty: 1 Easy Learning Objective: 02-05 Describe the mechanics of the circular flow model. Topic: Circular flow model
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| 130. | In the U.S. economy, rents are the smallest source of household income. TRUE |
| AACSB: Analytic Blooms: Remember Brue - Chapter 02 #130 Difficulty: 1 Easy Learning Objective: 02-05 Describe the mechanics of the circular flow model. Topic: Circular flow model
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| 131. | In the U.S. economy, services account for over half of all consumer expenditures. TRUE |
| AACSB: Analytic Blooms: Remember Brue - Chapter 02 #131 Difficulty: 2 Medium Learning Objective: 02-05 Describe the mechanics of the circular flow model. Topic: Circular flow model
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| 132. | In the U.S. economy, housing accounts for over half of all consumer expenditures. FALSE |
| AACSB: Analytic Blooms: Remember Brue - Chapter 02 #132 Difficulty: 2 Medium Learning Objective: 02-05 Describe the mechanics of the circular flow model. Topic: Circular flow model
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| 133. | Durable goods are expected to last for at least 10 years. FALSE |
| AACSB: Analytic Blooms: Remember Brue - Chapter 02 #133 Difficulty: 2 Medium Learning Objective: 02-05 Describe the mechanics of the circular flow model. Topic: Circular flow model
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ch2 Summary
| Category | # of Questions |
| AACSB: Analytic | 133 |
| Blooms: Apply | 1 |
| Blooms: Remember | 117 |
| Blooms: Understand | 15 |
| Brue - Chapter 02 | 133 |
| Difficulty: 1 Easy | 57 |
| Difficulty: 2 Medium | 65 |
| Difficulty: 3 Hard | 11 |
| Learning Objective: 02-01 Differentiate between a command system and a market system. | 30 |
| Learning Objective: 02-02 List the main characteristics of the market system. | 34 |
| Learning Objective: 02-03 Explain how the market system answers the four fundamental questions. | 29 |
| Learning Objective: 02-04 Discuss how the market system adjusts to change and promotes progress. | 4 |
| Learning Objective: 02-05 Describe the mechanics of the circular flow model. | 36 |
| Topic: Characteristics of the market system | 48 |
| Topic: Circular flow model | 36 |
| Topic: Economic systems | 16 |
| Topic: Four fundamental questions | 33 |
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