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Bus599 Intro to Quantitative Principles Multiple Choice Quiz. (if you're not sure of the answer, say "you think it's this one" and you'll still be rewarded)
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1. It can be said that the price of a product or service, the consumers' tastes, substitute products, and expectations affect equilibrium price. What if any other factor is missing from this list?
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A: Scarcity
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    B: Surplus
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    C: Consumer confidence
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    D: Consumers' income
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2. What fundamental difference can you identify between the philosophies of Adam Smith and Karl
Marx?
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 A: Marx believed the market would best answer the what, how and for whom questions; Smith believed in a
central planning system to answer these questions.
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      B: Smith believed the market would best answer the what, how and for whom questions; Marx believed in a
central planning system to answer these questions.
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      C: Marx believed the consumer should set prices; Smith did not.
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      D: Smith believed the government should control the factors of production; Marx did not.
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3. Bill has plenty of money to buy a new car, although he is reluctant to do so because he also wants
to pay cash for his vacation this year. What element of a market economy prevents Bill from buying
a new car in this scenario?
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     A: Equilibrium price
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     B: Ceteris paribus
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     C: Initial demand
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     D: Demand, because he is not also willing to purchase the car
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4. Which countries would you predict have the highest and lowest opportunity cost associated with
a strong military?
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     A: Highest-Mexico; Lowest-North Korea
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     B: Highest-North Korea; Lowest-Mexico
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     C: Countries with large armies will have the greatest opportunity cost
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    D: Countries with the small armies will have the greatest opportunity cost
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5. Which of the following expressions captures the meaning of opportunity cost?
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     A: A penny saved is a penny earned.
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    B: A fool and his money are soon parted.
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     C: A stitch in time saves nine.
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     D: There's no such thing as a free lunch.
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6. How would you paraphrase the definition of equilibrium price?
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     A: Equilibrium price occurs when supply and demand quantities meet.
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     B: Equilibrium price occurs when price and demand are consistent.
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     C: Equilibrium price is established when buyers' and sellers' price and quantity are the same.
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     D: Equilibrium price is established when buyers' and sellers' demand and production are the same.
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7. If someone told you that a demand curve is good, long-term evidence of the consumers' buying
activity, would you agree or disagree?
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     A: I would agree because of the correlation between demand and buying activity.
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    B: I would agree; consumers tend to buy according to their demand for extended periods of time.
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    C: I would disagree; the demand curve reflects only a willingness to buy only as long as the determinants of
demand remain unchanged.
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     D: I would disagree because there is no correlation between demand and buying activity.
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8. What example can you cite of the government's attempt to correct a market failure?
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     A: Automobile emissions standards
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     B: Union representation of workers
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     C: Trade associations
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     D: Gasoline price wars
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9. Which of the following statements best describes microeconomics versus macroeconomics?
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     A: Macroeconomics is to details as microeconomics is to the total.
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     B: Microeconomics is to inflation as macroeconomics is to product prices.
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    C: Macroeconomics is to the big picture as microeconomics is to details.
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     D: Macroeconomics is to the pieces as microeconomics is to the puzzle.
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10. If everyone were able to produce all the goods and services they wanted or needed with
unlimited resources, what impact would such a phenomenon have on economics?
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     A: There would be no product markets
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     B: There would be no money system
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     C: There would be more factors of production
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     D: There would be more goods and services
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