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Contents
1 ECONOMIC GROWTH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
1.1 ECONOMIC GROWTH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
1. ECONOMIC GROWTH
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1.1 ECONOMIC GROWTH
1. Define economic growth grees.What type of investment is de-
scribed?
A. an increase in real GDP or the real
quantity of goods and services produced
over a period of time (typically a year),
and is usually expressed as a percentage
change in real GDP or GDP/capita over a
period of time
B. refers to the natural rate of unemploy-
ment, or unemployment of labour that pre-
vails when the economy is producing po- A. entrepreneurship
tential output, or real GDP, determined by
the position of the LRAS curve (long run B. capital goods
equilibrium) C. human capital
C. refer to the maximum output of combi- D. Specialization
nation of two goods that can be produced
in an economy with fixed resources and 3. What are the 4 factors that lead to a coun-
technology, provided there is full or max- try’s economic growth?
imum employment of resource and effi-
ciency in production, implying zero unem-
ployment
D. levels of income, wealth and consump-
tion of goods and services, including
healthcare and education
2. The Kenyan government has begun a new A. investment in human capital, invest-
policy of giving away scholarships to stu- ment in physical capital, land (natural re-
dents looking to pursue engineering de- sources), entrepreneurship
1. A 2. C 3. A
1.1 ECONOMIC GROWTH 3
B. good international relations, a demo- 8. What are the things that influence labor
cratic president, strict laws, freedom of productivity growth?
press
7. In the context of economic growth, what is B. giving legal protections to new techno-
the significance of reallocating resources? logical developments
A. It leads to inflation. C. providing tax credits for research and
B. It hinders economic growth. development
C. It improves efficiency and economic D. offering subsidies fo r college educa-
growth. tion
D. It causes a decline in GDP. E. encouraging investment in industry
12. What is the correct correlation (relation- 17. Why should countries invest in developing
ship) between natural resources and GDP? human capital?
A. GDP goes down when there is an abun-
dance of natural resources.
B. GDP goes up when there is an abun-
dance of natural resources.
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to an A. it leads to lower literacy rate
A. increase in GDP B. investment in the education and skills
training of people creates a smarter and
B. decrease in GDP
more productive workforce, which relates
C. no change in GDP to a higher GDP.
D. none of above 18. the economic growth
14. What are the different types of industries A. economic growth
that contribute to economic growth? B. economic development
A. Manufacturing, agriculture, services, C. economic growth
and technology D. economic security
B. Finance, entertainment, and hospital-
19. A country with an aging population is
ity
MOST LIKELY to face rapidly rising costs
C. Education, healthcare, and transporta- for which of the following?
tion
A. refugees
D. Construction, mining, and retail B. pensions
15. a measure of the material aspects of an C. pollution
economy (includesthe level of wealth and D. unemployment
material comfort available to people)
20. a. an decrease in quantity and quality of
A. literacy
education
B. literacy rate A. Increase economic growth
C. standard of living B. Decrease economic growth
D. Balkans C. No change in economic growth
16. The concept of economic growth is D. none of above
A. Identical with the concept of economic 21. What does a Sheriff do to help govern a
development city?
B. Narrower than the concept of eco- A. Makes decisions about what laws
nomic development should be made.
C. Wider as compared to that of eco- B. -Main Jailer for the county-Enforces
nomic development laws-Ensures Peace
D. Unrelated to the concept of economic C. Tells the deputy to get to work
development D. Tells weather a person is guilty or not
22. A policy promoting education and skills D. Increase and decrease of prices of
training impacts inclusive economic growth goods and services in relation to the value
by: of money
A. When a country invests in human cap- 27. The development of national housing (pe-
ital it has the ability to foster more en- rumnas) carried out by the government is
trepreneurs, the more entrepreneurs a an example of national development.
country has the higher the GDP.
B. When a country invests in human cap-
ital it has the ability to foster more en-
trepreneurs, the more entrepreneurs a
country has the lower the GDP.
22. C 23. A 23. D 24. A 25. D 26. C 27. A 28. A 28. B 28. D
1.1 ECONOMIC GROWTH 6
29. How does literacy influence economic B. Reduced poverty rates, increased gov-
growth? ernment revenue, enhanced economic
competitiveness
A. People that can read and write can-
C. Environmental degradation, depletion
not get better jobs and will not earn more
of natural resources, income inequality,
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money
and economic instability.
B. People that can read and write, can se-
D. Stable economic growth, balanced re-
cure better jobs and make more money.
gional development, increased foreign in-
They can then spend that money
vestment
C. People with low literacy can work bet-
ter jobs and make more money 33. Which of the following does the dimen-
sion of enhancing technology adoption and
D. none of above
stimulating innovation belong to?
30. How does entrepreneurship influence eco- A. Pagbabago (enhancing the social fab-
nomic growth? ric)
B. Caring (reducing inequality)
C. Enhancing growth potential
D. none of above
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jobs than illiterate people and increase
economic activity. A. Land
D. Literate people are less likely than il- B. Capital
literate people to look for work outside of C. Labour
their home country.
D. Entrepreneurship
48. High levels of GDP per capita indicate
53. How does a rise in oil prices contribute to
A. Higher levels of happiness a recession?
B. Higher standard of living A. It leads to deflation.
C. Equal levels of wealth B. It causes a decline in unemployment.
D. Self-sufficient communities C. It triggers inflation and lower purchas-
ing power.
49. How long did it take for Thailand’s popu- D. It promotes sustainable growth.
lation to double the share of oldsters from
7% to 14%? 54. Argentinean tourists spending money in
A. 2 years Brazil?
A. BRAZIL trade balance increases
B. 24 years
B. ARGENTINA trade balance decreases
C. 72 years
C. none of the options are correct
D. Over a century
D. both options are correct
50. We have lower levels of foreign invest-
55. Countries need to fill jobs within the
ment compared to ASEAN countries be-
economy
cause of stricter laws regarding foreign
ownership. A. highly-skilled workforce
A. TRUE B. skilled workers
B. FALSE C. different kinds
D. different set of skills
51. Economic development is defined as
E. education
A. the process by which a nation im-
proves the economic, political, and social 56. Balanced growth implies
well-being of its people A. Simultaneous development of a variety
B. an increase in the amount of goods of activities, which support one another
and services produced per head of the B. Equal allocation of resources to differ-
population over a period of time ent sectors
47. C 48. B 49. A 50. A 51. A 52. C 53. C 54. D 55. B 56. C 57. A
1.1 ECONOMIC GROWTH 9
C. Different sectors growing at their nat- 62. What is the Economic Freedom Index (EFI)
ural rates of growth of Japan?
57. B 57. D 58. C 59. A 60. B 61. A 62. B 63. B 64. D 65. B
1.1 ECONOMIC GROWTH 10
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67. What is the formula for calculating real B. By the increase in a country’s popula-
GDP per capita? tion
A. C+I+G+Xn C. By the growth in real Gross Domestic
B. P x Q Product (GDP)
C. r%= i%-π D. By the unemployment rate
D. real gdp/population
73. What is important to keep a country grow-
68. How many levels of education are there? ing?
A. 1 A. economic growth
B. 2
B. technological growth
C. 3
C. economic and technological growth
D. 4
D. economic and technological decline
69. An economy has a MPC of 0.8. If invest-
ment were to rise by $40m, what would 74. Improvements in technology would be
be the change in GDP? included in which measure of economic
A. Increase by $40m growth?
B. Increase by $50m A. Real Income/GDP
C. Increase by $200m B. Productive capacity
D. Increase by $320m C. Net social welfare
70. GDP per capita means D. none of above
A. real GDP per household
75. What accounts for MOST of the variation
B. real GDP per head
in GDP per capita?
C. real GDP per worker
A. openness to trade
D. none of above
B. proportion of the population engaged
71. Investment in better machines, updated in producti on
factories, and new technology leads to
being produced C. labor force participation rate
66. D 67. D 68. D 69. C 70. B 71. D 72. C 73. C 74. B 75. E 76. D
1.1 ECONOMIC GROWTH 11
76. Why is a low literacy rate bad for a coun- 81. GDP per capita is
try’s economy?
A. GDP per a household
77. B 78. A 79. A 80. A 81. B 82. A 83. D 84. C 85. C 86. B
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87. Which of the following are markets in- B. Gross National Income (GNI)
volved in the circular flow model?
C. Real GDP
A. Factor Market and Resource Market
D. Human Development Index (HDI)
B. Labor Market and Product Market
C. Factor Market and Product Market 93. What is the accumulated knowledge (from
education and experience), skills, and ex-
D. Resource Market and Labor Market
pertise that the average worker in an econ-
88. In what year did Ireland last experience omy possesses?
recession? A. Human Capital
A. 2018 B. Labor Productivity
B. 2008
C. Physical Capital
C. 2012
D. Technological Change
D. 1998
94. Why was barbed wire considered a prob-
89. What can affect economic growth if a coun-
lem for cattle drives?
try is overpopulated?
A. Cowboys could no longer guide their
A. Limiting purchases
cattle north through open prairies.
B. Decline in economy
B. Barbed wire was too expensive for
C. All of the above cowboys to purchase.
D. Increase in unemployment rates C. There was not enough barbed wire in
90. A downturn in the economy in which when Texas.
businesses aren’t doing so well for an ex- D. It got in the way of farming.
tended period of time
A. Extermination 95. What did the term ‘laissez-faire’ refer to
in the economic context?
B. Recession
A. Equal distribution of wealth
C. Procession
B. Government ownership of all indus-
D. Confession
tries
91. Which of the following is NOT a reason for C. Government control of all economic ac-
the growth of the PPF? tivities
A. Accumulation of capital D. Hands-off approach to government in-
B. Decrease in population tervention in the economy
96. Why is most of Nigeria’s population living 102. Which of the following is the reason for
in poverty when the country exports more an actual economic growth to occur?
than 3 million barrels of oil each day?
97. is the effect of inflation remove from 103. What are the immediate causes of why
the current GDP figures. some countries are rich and others are
A. Nominal wage poor?
C. CPI B. Incentives
99. If Real GDP has grown by 3 per cent, then C. Capital goods
the economy is producing 3 per cent more D. Entrepreneurship
goods and services after adjusting for in-
flation when compared with the previous 105. What is industrial growth?
year. A. Decrease in the production and expan-
A. True sion of industries within an economy
B. False B. Increase in the production and expan-
sion of industries within an economy
100. Literate C. Stagnation in the production and ex-
A. Ability to read and write pansion of industries within an economy
B. Level of wealth and comfort D. Increase in the production and expan-
sion of agriculture within an economy
101. National income can be measured in
A. 3 ways 106. Which factor of economic growth is all of
the skills, talents, education, and abilities
B. 4 ways that human workers possess and the
C. 2 ways value thatthey bring to the marketplace?
D. 1 way A. Natural Resources
B. Human Capital
C. Capital Goods
D. Entrepreneurship
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B. Entrepreneurship B. They are an economic system that
C. Natural resources hampers the privitization of businesses.
116. ideas and organization, board of educa- 120. A nation’s productive resources deter-
tion, Mrs. Mason, God, Kendall Brantley mine the strength of its economy.
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A. Purchase goods from the businesses. B. Their population decreased and were
sold to other countries.
B. Take risks and start a new business.
C. They contribute to the unemployment C. The Transcontinental Railroad had no
rate. impact on their populations.
129. Which country is an example of an emerg- 133. What are capital goods?
ing economy? A. goods that are produced in the capital
A. Brazil B. goods that are produced without natu-
B. United Kingdom ral resources
C. the factories, machinery, and technol- C. a person who takes a risk to start a
ogy used to produce goods and services new business
A. Efficient
B. Unattainable / impossible
A. Abundance of oil, but a scarcity of wa-
ter C. Inefficient
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A. Oil
C. population growth
B. Education
D. none of above
C. Ovens
D. Cars 148. Which factor of production would you
consider a cow?
E. Workers
158. Labor, talent and skills of people. 164. Which of the following were goals of the
Knights of Labor? Select all that apply!
A. Human Capital
A. Shorten the workday
B. Capital Goods
B. Get rid of child labor
C. Natural Resources
C. Increase worker efficiency
D. Standard of Living
D. Help government take over factories
159. Physical capital used in a factory to pro-
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duce is 165. Who was the first African American gov-
ernor in the United States?
A. An output
A. L. Douglas Wilder
B. An input
B. Arthur Ashe
160. Which among the following countries C. Harry F Byrd
would probably have the lowest HDI?
D. Linwood Holton
A. Philippines
166. The Human Development Index uses all
B. Singapore
these indicators to measure the human
C. Thailand standard of living EXCEPT:
D. Malaysia A. level of education (mean years of
schooling)
161. Choose the correct option
B. life expectancy
C. per capita income (GDP divided by pop-
ulation)
D. electricity access
C. refer to the maximum output of combi- C. tools that make other goods
nation of two goods that can be produced
D. none of above
in an economy with fixed resources and
technology, provided there is full or max-
181. Which of the following is the reason for
imum employment of resource and effi-
an potential economic growth to occur?
ciency in production, implying zero unem-
ployment A. Improvement to quality of education in
D. levels of income, wealth and consump- the country
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tion of goods and services, including B. Better technology used in production
healthcare and education in the country
177. How does human capital influence eco- C. Fall in prices of raw materials
nomic growth? Explanation:recall:what is potential
growth and how is potential growth
A. When a workforce is trained for their
achieved.
job, more people will buy goods or ser-
vices from the business D. none of above
B. When a workforce is trained for their
job, less people will buy goods and prod- 182. which of the following is an injection into
ucts from the business the circular flow of income?
B. Overcame disillusionment and failure. C. giving workers more time off to rest
C. Never struggled. D. training workers to do their jobs better
D. Remained enthusiastic about their en- 190. Which headline below would MOST
terprise. LIKELY be used to describe a country that
186. What are some challenges to achieving will experience future economic growth?
economic development in developing coun- A. “Country experiences population re-
tries? duction.”
A. Lack of infrastructure, limited access B. “Inflation rate hits new highs.”
to capital and financial services, political
C. “Government to offer new educational
instability, corruption, inadequate educa-
opportunities.”
tion and healthcare systems, and high lev-
els of poverty and inequality. D. “Central bank to raise interest rates.”
B. Lack of market opportunities, inade-
191. Which of the following is the reason for
quate infrastructure, cultural barriers
an actual economic growth to occur?
C. High population growth, inadequate
government policies, lack of skilled work- A. Quality of education improved
force B. Better technology used
D. Lack of natural resources, limited ac- C. Household’s income level increase
cess to technology, lack of foreign invest-
ment D. Discovery of new resources
187. Which of the following is the equation for 192. Mercantile law and the development of
the multiplier? business forms
A. 1 / MPT A. Mercantile law had no roots from the
medieval times
B. 1 / MPW
B. The rules became law
C. 1 / MPC
D. 1 / MPX + MPM C. When individuals contravene the code
they were kicked out by fellow traders
188. What is a recommended policy for ad- D. The rules were accepted by local and
dressing inequality? international governments and protected
A. Conditional cash transfer programs both parties to the trading contract
193. Iron, minerals, coal and plants are exam- 199. How has Russia worked to improve its
ples of which productive resource? GDP per capita in recent years?
A. Land A. Focusing on saving, not spending
B. Labour B. Spending billions to train its workforce
C. Entrepreneurship and update its factories
D. Capital C. Spending billions to build defenses for
possible wars.
194. Which population has the LOWEST human
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D. none of above
capital?
A. Egypt 200. healthcare
B. Nigeria A. public health
C. South Africa B. food and water security
D. Sudan C. farming policy
D. health benefits
195. The diagram that illustrates the set of in-
teractions between the major sets of eco- 201. What is human capital?
nomic actors in our economy is called the
A. circular flow model
B. business model
C. economic agent model
D. household model
E. agent-principal model A. the value of a person’s skills and edu-
196. something that comes from Earth or na- cation, scientists, doctors, or workers
ture that is useful to humans B. aperson who takes a risk to start a
A. human capital new business
B. capital goods C. goodsusedto make other goods
C. natural resources D. giftsofthe earth
D. none of the above 202. When inflation is high the of the dol-
lar decreases
197. What did eager consumers use to pur-
chase goods during the 1920s? A. cost value
A. Credit cards B. purchasing power
B. Bartering C. importance
C. Installment plans D. validity
D. Cash payments 203. What value is assigned to the “base
year” of a price index?
198. True or False-A country will always have
a strong economy if it has one valuable re- A. 100
source. B. 90
A. True C. 120
B. False D. 1
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D. double C. Corporation
215. How does technological advancement im- D. Populist Party
pact industrial and economic growth? 219. Which of the following equations repre-
A. It only benefits a few industries and sents Aggregate Demand
has no overall impact on economic growth A. GDP = X + I + C + (Y-Z)
B. It leads to decreased efficiency and B. GDP = C + I + G + (X-M)
productivity in industries, hindering eco-
C. GDP = C + I + X + (G-T)
nomic growth
D. GDP = (1/MPS)*G + I + C
C. It leads to increased efficiency, pro-
ductivity, and innovation in industries, 220. In which year was Akbar born?
driving economic growth. A. 1500
D. It has no impact on industrial and eco- B. 1542
nomic growth
C. 1674
216. What is GDP per capita? D. 1951
221. The countries of Europe’s southeastern
Balkan peninsula.
A. Europe
B. Northern Europe
C. Balkans
D. Germany
A. a country’s GDP divided by its imports 222. What event led to a decrease in labor
and exports union membership?
B. a country’s GDP divided by its total A. Haymarket Riot
population
B. Triangle Fire
C. a country’s GDP divided by its goods C. Invention of light bulb
and services
D. none of above
D. none of above
223. If the national income increases from one
217. What is likely to happen to unemploy- year to another then economic growth oc-
ment during a recession? curs
A. Remain low A. True
B. Increase B. False
233. Who started and owned the largest Cat- C. Goods and tools manufactured in a
tle Ranch in Texas? country rather than bought by businesses
A. Oliver Loving D. Goods and tools shipped globally
rather than being exported internationally
B. Richard King
C. Charles Goodnight 237. Take off stage’ in an economy means
A. steady growth begins
D. Bill Pickens
B. economy is stagnant
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234. What are the different types of capital C. economy is about to collapse
goods?
D. all controls are removed
A. Machinery, equipment, vehicles, and
buildings 238. The word Vigilante means:
A. People who didn’t obey the law
B. Raw materials, labor, and technology
B. People who obeyed the law
C. Consumer goods, services, and natu-
ral resources C. People who kept a lookout for Indian
attacks
D. Money, stocks, and bonds
D. People who took the law into their own
235. How does investment in human capital hands
generally lead to economic growth? 239. What is economic growth
A. The total value of all finished goods in
an economy over a year.
B. The growth of a firm’s factory.
C. The growth of a government’s tax.
D. The growth of unemployment.
240. Nominal GDP can rise in value because of
two of the below reasons. Which reason
A. by enabling governments to collect is not correct?
higher taxes from citizens A. The output of the country increases
B. by enabling consumers to have greater B. The general level of prices in the coun-
access to foreign-made goods try decreases
C. by enabling businesses to charge C. The general level of prices in the coun-
higher prices for goods they produce try increases
D. by enabling workers to be more pro- D. none of above
ductive and earn more money
241. What was the purpose of raising protec-
236. What is Capital Goods? tive tariffs during the 1920s?
A. Lower consumer prices
A. Goods and tools that are used in pro-
ducing other goods, rather than being B. Protect domestic industries from for-
bought by consumers eign competition
B. Good and tools purchased rather than C. Promote free trade agreements
imported to another country D. Encourage foreign investment
242. High interest rates will benefit 246. If there is an improvement in technology
then the
A. borrowers
B. Increased development of western 248. What are the two ways you can invest in
lands. human capital?
C. Decreased conflicts between Ameri- A. education and training
can Indians and white settlers. B. training and capital goods
D. Decreased economic opportunities for C. education and healthcare
easterners.
D. none of above
244. Which of the following statements accu-
249. What is an unavoidable cost of long-run
rately describes Demand-side sources of
economic growth?
economic growth?
A. an increase in inflation
A. Demand-side sources of growth focus
on increasing the factors of production, B. an increase in the working hours of the
such as labor and capital. population
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fluences other countries.
strict regulations on businesses, limiting
international trade, cutting funding for ed- 257. Point A is the initial economic equilibrium
ucation and training programs and then the economy moves to point B,
B. investment in infrastructure, tax incen- this is described as a:
tives for businesses, deregulation, trade
policies, education and training programs
268. Which of the following would be an ex- A. the place where the most people live
ample of a Natural Resource? within a country
B. the place where the most work is per-
formed within a country
C. the people who perform labor (work)
D. the building where most people work
in a country or state
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A. Opals from a mine in Coober Pedy, Aus-
272. The Japanese government spends mil-
tralia
lions of dollars each year on technology for
B. Opals made in to earrings at the store its computer industry.
C. Opal customers who demand the prod-
A. human capital
ucts
D. Opal miners in Australia near Coober B. physical capital
Pedy
273. The word key in the passage is closest in
269. When economy outlook is good and more
meaning to
foreign companies are opening up, there
will be a/an: A. Historical
A. increase in labour demand B. Many
B. decrease in labour demand
C. Important
C. increase in labour supply
D. decrease in labour supply D. Hidden
270. The table shows the figures for consump- 274. What are the two main industries that
tion, capital formation and depreciation in generate the most employment in Mexico?
four economies, all measured in US $.As-
suming that the state of technology re-
mains unchanged, which economy is most
likely to experience economic growth?
A. 100; 20; 30
B. 500; 200; 200
C. 1000; 1400; 1200
D. 20, 000; 5, 000; 6, 000
271. What does human capital mean?
275. Which will likely raise the GDP of a coun- C. Physical Capital
try? D. Technology
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C. Macroeconomics concerns the perfor-
mance of households. A. Human capital or human resources
287. What is economic growth? 291. What was the total income of the BRIC
countries in 2001 as a percentage of the
A. A decrease of wealth produced over world income?
time
A. 8%
B. An increase of wealth produced over
B. 23%
time
C. 40%
C. An increase of prices over time
D. 60%
D. A decrease of unemployment over
time 292. What is GDP?
C. the total value of all goods and ser- B. it is closer to the surface
vices produced in a country in one year
C. It is not easier than mining gold.
A. Barbed Wire
A. 9 million tons of paper
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B. Wooden Fence
B. 16 million tons of paper
C. Metal Fence
C. 2 million tons of steel
D. Wooden Post
D. zero
302. What is NOT an example of human capi-
tal? 306. If a reporter interviewed a member of the
A. YouTube channel skills General Assembly, what question might
he ask?
B. reading skills
C. math skills A. How do you make sure the state laws
are carried out?
D. musical abilities
B. How do you decide what should be-
303. Which factor has been least associated come a new law?
with the rapid growth of many economies
C. How long have you been the leader of
recently?
Virginia?
A. high savings rates as a percentage of
D. Do you enjoy working as a Supreme
national income
Court Justice?
B. more efficient mechanisms for trans-
mitting funds from savers to investors 307. What are natural resources?
C. more emphasis on detailed govern- A. resources that are gone from nature
ment planning
B. resources that are considered worth-
D. more openness to foreign trade and in- less
vestment
C. resources that are manufactured for
304. A firm purchases a new photocopier for the environment
its printing room. Which of the following
D. materials or substances that occur in
components of aggregate demand would
nature and can be used for economic gain.
increase?
A. Imports 308. What would be most likely to stimulate
B. Exports long-run growth in an economy?
309. The services included in economic infras- B. Stage 2:Pre-Condition for Take-Off
tructure is/ are
C. Stage 3:Take-Off
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and income per capita will increase. shrinking
322. All of the following are reasons why 327. To boost economic growth the govern-
early European settlers came to Carolina ment is most likely to
and the new world, EXCEPT: A. Increase interest rates
A. To gain religious freedom B. Increase taxation rates
B. To find silver and gold C. Provide incentives to invest
C. To establish colonies D. Provide incentives to save
D. To civilize the Indians Explanation:real GDP = C + I + G + (X-
M)
323. What can we do to fix some of the is-
sues? 328. It is an increase in a country’s real level
of national output.which can be caused by
A. Cry an increase in the quality of resources (by
B. Provide youth the best opportunity to education etc.), increase in the quantity of
transition to a decent job resources & improvements in technology
or in another way an increase in the value
C. invest in bitcoin and start your own
of goods and services produced by every
business
sector of the economy.
D. give up unfair jobs
A. Economic Growth
324. What 2 things can GDP tell you? B. Economic Development
333. An example of human capital is 338. Russia has a high literacy rate (99%),
A. Job training and education just like United Kingdom and Germany.
However, the GDP of Russia is lower
B. New factories and technology than that of United Kingdom and Germany.
C. Natural resources Which factors of production could Russia
invest in to increase their GDP? (you will
D. Value of all goods and services pro-
select more than one)
duced in a year
A. capital goods
334. What do firms receive in return for sell-
ing goods and services? B. human capital
A. expenditures C. natural resources
B. rent D. entrepreneurship
339. Human resources MUST be (a) if citizens A. countries that have a lot of natural re-
are to be (b), happy and (c) . sources are able to use them to produce
A. a developed goods and services cheaper than a coun-
try that has to import them. Therefore,
B. b healthy a country with a lot of natural resources
C. c productive usually has a greater GDP than a country
D. skilled with little natural resources.
E. talented B. they cannot become communist
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340. Evaluate the table above. Based on the 343. What are the consequences of economic
information provided in the table, what is recession?
the relationship of literacy rates to stan-
dard of living? A. Tax revenue may increase
B. Unemployment may decrease
C. Negative economic growth rate for at
least 2 quarters
D. Government spending on benefits may
A. Countries with more money per person decrease
and greater life expectancy have higher lit-
eracy rates. 344. Real Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is:
B. The higher the literacy rate, the worse A. GDP adjusted for terms of trade
off people in the country are.
B. GDP at market prices adjusted for the
C. There is little impact of literacy rates effects of inflation
to standard of living for a country or to life
expectancy. C. A measure of production at current
prices
D. Population has more affect on stan-
dard of living than literacy rates. D. The total market value of final goods
and services
341. What happened as a result of the discov-
ery of Oil in Spindletop? 345. Long-run economic growth is also known
A. demand for lumber as potential growth
B. demand for kerosene A. Yes, I understand this from the notes
C. shipping B. No, I don’t understand this from the
D. boomtowns notes
C. No, I don’t understand this, as I have
342. Why is it beneficial for a country to have
not read the notes
an abundance of natural resources?
D. none of above
B. No, I don’t understand this from the 351. Why is it important for a country to in-
notes vest in human capital?
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A. Grows negatively If she now produces 60 silk roses and 80
B. Grows slowly silk leaves, what is the opportunity cost
C. Grows by 0% of producing an additional 10 silk roses?
A. You can only find natural resources 369. GDP is the total value of goods and ser-
along the coast of Brazil vices
B. Natural resources are not important to A. produced all over the world
Brazil. B. produced in one month
C. Only Brazil relies on natural resources C. produced within a nation’s borders
to help their economy.
D. produced by a singl company
D. Natural resources are a very impor-
tant part of Brazil’s economy. 370. How do we know if a country has eco-
nomic growth?
366. When economy outlook is good and more
foreign companies are opening up, there
will be a/an:
A. increase in labour demand
B. decrease in labour demand
C. increase in labour supply
D. decrease in labour supply
A. If it has low unemployment rate.
367. Which diagram shows economic growth? B. If it has high population growth.
C. If its GDP(Gross Domestic Product) is
A. growing.
D. If it has lots of inmigrants year after
year.
371. Germany has a system of universal 375. How does entrepreneurship contribute to
higher education, meaning that everyone economic growth?
in the country can attend a university to A. Entrepreneurship leads to higher un-
earn an academic degree for free. For employment rates and lower productivity.
what economic reason does Germany have
a system of universal higher education? B. Entrepreneurship has no impact on
economic growth.
A. Germany lacks a large industrial labor
force C. Entrepreneurship contributes to eco-
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nomic growth through job creation, inno-
B. German people do not like to work in
vation, and increased productivity.
the industrial sector
C. A well-educated population generates D. Entrepreneurship only benefits a few
a high gross domestic product individuals and does not contribute to
overall economic growth.
D. The government wants to encourage
people to get jobs in other countries 376. Benefits of economic growth include
which of the following? Choose 2
372. United states:$54, 541
A. Increase employment
A. True
B. False B. Higher inflation
C. Improve living standards
373. What is the vertical line called on the
AD/AS Model? D. Lower tax revenues
A. short-run aggregate supply 377. Discuss the role of government policies in
B. aggregate demand promoting industrial and economic growth.
C. long run aggregate supply A. Government policies have no impact
D. r GDP on industrial and economic growth
B. Government policies only benefit large
374. What does point B represent?
corporations and not small businesses
C. Government policies provide incen-
tives, infrastructure development, trade
policies, and regulations to support busi-
nesses and industries.
D. Government policies are too restric-
tive and hinder economic growth
379. Productive resources are used to make C. increase in people’s life expectancy
what? D. none of above
380. What will result in the short run from ris- B. GDP
ing unemployment in an economy? C. GNI
A. The government’s budget deficit will D. GNE
fall.
385. The United Kingdom has large deposits of
B. Any existing inflationary pressure will coal, petroleum, natural gas, iron ore, lead,
be reduced. zinc, and gold. The country will use these
C. Potential output will fall. items to create products to sell. Which fac-
D. The economy’s production possibility tor of production is being used to increase
curve will shift inwards the GDP?
A. capital goods
381. Economic growth in a country is NOT
measured by the country’s Gross Domes- B. human capital
tic Product (GDP) in one year. C. natural resources
A. I agree D. entrepreneurship
B. I disagree 386. The percentage of adults who can read
and write
382. What is the definition of Gross Domestic
Product (GDP)? A. standard of living
A. The sum of all the goods and services B. literacy rate
a country produces in a year C. natural resources
B. The sum of all goods imported within a D. human capital
year
387. How is economic growth calculated
C. The sum of taxes collected in a year
A. GDP
D. The sum of all goods produced by en-
trepreneurs in a year B. GDP per capita
C. GNI
383. The benchmark for economic growth is
D. HDI
388. Better roads and railroads allowed all of
the following EXCEPT
A. Virginia’s cities to grow.
B. Virginia is able to export coal and to-
bacco.
A. increase in consumption C. Tobacco farming and products became
B. reduction in poverty rates important again.
D. Virginia’s economy changes from in- 393. What do we call the phase in an economic
dustrial to agricultural. cycle when the economy is doing really
well?
389. What must be present for an economy to A. An explosion
be measured?
B. A boom
A. some form of measurement
C. A recession
B. a nation watching D. A trough
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C. a union 394. What is an entrepreneur?
D. trade barriers A. a person who takes a risk to start a
new business
390. Mass production led to:
B. gifts from nature
A. Products being more superior in qual- C. the value that people bring to the work
ity force
B. goods became less expensive D. none of above
C. laborers received higher wages 395. A country experiencing a high rate of eco-
D. industries moved to rural areas nomic growth may take some of the bene-
fits in the form of increased
391. What are natural resources? A. mobility
B. leisure
C. net investment
D. per head
E. non replaceable
396. Economic growth is measured through
GDP while human development is mea-
A. Resources that are gone from nature sured through levels of education, health-
B. Resources that are manufactured for care and other quality of life measures.
the environment A. TRUE
C. Resources that are considered worth- B. FALSE
less 397. Which of the following BEST completes
D. Materials or substances that occur in Box 1 in the diagram above?
nature and can be used for economic gain
398. What role does education play in eco- 403. What is the latest scientific method and
nomic growth? production technique that helps increase
productivity?
408. Using the chart under Data analysis, (on D. An increase in consumer confidence
page 51) Which country has the lowest lit-
eracy rate? 413. In a production possibilities frontier
model, a point the frontier is produc-
A. Brazil tively inefficient.
B. Haiti A. along
C. Mexico B. inside
D. All the above C. outside
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409. When an economy produces more output D. at either intercept of
per capital the economy is said to be hav-
414. Apple has invented a phone that is im-
ing
planted in our eyes and is controlled using
A. Inflation our brain waves. Will economic growth
B. Economic growth occur? Which growth factor contributed is
C. Economic planning the cause? (If none, only select one an-
swer)
D. Living standard
A. Growth will occur
410. An economic recession is defined as B. Growth will not occur
A. two consecutive quarters of economic C. Technology
contraction
D. Human Capital
B. two consecutive weeks of economic
E. Economic Environment
contraction
C. two consecutive months of economic 415. Which of the following is NOT a form of
contraction capital?
D. two consecutive years of economic A. knowledge
contraction B. machinery
411. What will generally happen to the aggre- C. tools
gate demand curve when consumer confi- D. workers
dence is too low?
416. What are the costs of economic growth
A. AD Curve shifts left
for consumers?
B. No change in the AD curve
A. Increase in inequality
C. AD Curve slopes up
B. Increase in consumer confidence
D. AD Curve shifts right
C. Decrease in demand-pull inflation
412. Which of the following events will in- D. Decrease in shoe leather costs
crease the Aggregate Demand in the econ-
omy. (mark 3) 417. Which country has invested capital good
toward telecommunications?
A. The government increasing Income
Tax A. Russia
B. lowering interest rates B. Germany
C. an increase in people’s income in an- C. United Kingdom
other country D. none of above
418. What measures could help India take ad- 423. The (value of exports-value of imports)
vantage of Western efforts to shift supply is also used to calculate GDP.
chains out of China?
D. creation
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such as land, forests, minerals, water,
etc. expect to see?
432. A country that wants to focus on policies 437. What is meant by Low Capital Forma-
promoting economic growth should priori- tion?
tize ? A. low public desire to start a business
A. Restricting trade with other nations B. people prefer to spend their money
B. Investing in education and training abroad
C. Reducing the size of its population C. low public desire to save and invest
D. Maintaining high interest rates D. none of above
C. labour, capital and technological 451. What term best describes this image?
progress
D. none of above
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A. spider
B. the terminator
C. entrepreneur
A. Yes
B. No D. Freddy Krueger
C. Both Physical and Human Capital 452. Given MPM = 0.3, MPS = 0.2, and MPT
D. none of above = 0.2 Given an injection of £20 million in
exports.Find the FINAL GDP increase.
448. What is the main policy to deal with eco-
nomic recession? A. £27.6 million
455. Which of the following is TRUE? 459. Water, fish, and trees are all examples
A. Economic growth can occur without of
463. the knowledge and skills of the people in 467. The knowledge, skills, and relative
the workforce within a country health of a nation’s labor force/
A. investment A. Human Capital
B. GDP B. Capital Good
C. Literate
C. GDP per capita
D. Standard of living
D. human capital
468. A period of macroeconomic expansion or
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E. relationship
growth, followed by a period of contrac-
464. Which of the following is not part of tion, or decline.
an import substitution development strat- A. Business Cycle
egy? B. Circular Flow
A. Tax incentives to encourage FDI C. Equilibrium
B. Tariffs on imported manufactured D. GDP
goods
469. What do we use National Income for?
C. Subsidies to domestic manufacturing A. To predict the weather patterns
businesses
B. To determine the best vacation spots
D. Low-interest loans to domestic indus-
C. To measure the economic perfor-
tries
mance of a country and compare the stan-
Explanation:FDI is not part of import sub-
dard of living between different countries.
stitution. Import substitution relies on do-
mestic producers. D. To calculate the population growth
rate
465. What negative effect did gold and silver
470. Why did the baker switch from rolling the
mining have on the West?
bread by hand to rolling by using a ma-
A. Tent cities near the mines fostered chine(in regards to GDP)?
criminals as long-term residents.
B. Ghost towns were left behind after the
mines stopped producing.
C. Mining camps were sources of many
contagious diseases. A. the bread rolled by machine tastes bet-
D. Mass migration from the East Coast ter, so people will buy more and thus de-
led to social tension among merchants. crease GDP
B. the bread rolled by hand process is
466. Which government agency is responsible much faster, so less bread will be made
for creating plans for and coordinating eco- and thus decrease GDP
nomic development across all sectors? C. the bread rolled by machine process is
A. NEDA much faster, so more bread will be made
and thus increase GDP
B. DPWH
D. the bread rolled by hand process is
C. Department of Finance
much slower, so more bread will be sold
D. none of above and thus increase GDP
C. Higher levels of income inequality 484. How many parts is the General Assembly
divided into?
D. Short-term economic gains without
long-term consequences A. 2
B. 3
479. You don’t need formal education to de-
velop your human resources. C. 4
A. true D. 5
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B. false 485. Which of these examples would describe
growth due to technology?
480. Why might supply-side policies alone not
solve the problem of deficient aggregate A. Harvard College was founded in 1636
demand during a recession? and is still open to this day.
A. Because supply-side policies increase B. German inventor Johannes Gutenberg
demand invented the printing press
B. Because supply-side policies take time C. The U.S funded the building of the
to have an effect and do not directly stim- Panama Canal, completed in 1914.
ulate demand D. NAFTA was created to promote trade
C. Because supply-side policies immedi- among the North American countries
ately solve the problem of deficient aggre-
gate demand 486. Level 3A. Ecological Environment:The
growing awareness in the worldB. Politi-
D. None of the above cal and Legal Environment:Supply and De-
mand
481. An increase in income tax will cause what
change?
A. Increase in AD
B. Decrease in AD
C. Increased AS
D. Decrease in AS
488. What is the term for a good that is impos- 493. Supports strong tertiary, quaternary,
sible to prevent people from accessing? and quinary sectors.
498. A country’s literacy rate is the percent- C. She went with her cattle on the trail
age of adults who drive to the market.
A. can read & write D. She ate a lot of hamburgers.
B. material comfort
503. The Japanese economy has to make up
C. educated and skilled
for the country’s lack of:
D. pays a higher salary
A. Education
E. standard of living
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B. Population
499. Which of the following is not a determi-
nant of aggregate demand? C. Natural resources
D. general domestic percentage 505. Which diagram best fits the following
501. The global unemployment rate in 2017 change:large cuts in government spending
was: on education and healthcare lowers level
of health and education in a population
A. 5.6 %
B. 7%
C. 10% A.
D. 6%
513. What is the main subtopic of the article? 518. The higher the literacy rate
A. The main subtopic of the article is fash- A. The lower the standard of living
ion trends.
B. The higher the standard of living
B. The main subtopic of the article is cli-
mate change. C. The lower the GDP
C. The main subtopic of the article is his- D. The higher the unemployment level
torical events.
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D. The main subtopic of the article is cook- 519. A benefit of economic growth is that un-
ing recipes. employment will fall and incomes increase
514. What is the main measure of economic A. Yes, I understand this from the notes
growth used worldwide?
B. No, I don’t understand this from the
A. GDP per capita notes
B. Gross National Income (GNI)
C. No, I don’t understand this, as I have
C. Real GDP not read the notes
D. Green GDP
D. none of above
515. Which one of the following is NOT a
method of calculating real GDP? 520. Which type(s) of growth does this
A. income method AD/AS diagram represent?
B. savings method
C. expenditure method
D. none of above
522. What does Real GDP measure? 527. Which of the following is NOT a cause of
economic growth?
A. GDP measured at their current market
525. Which two groups of people are repre- 530. Which of the following was an economic
sented in the circular flow model? impact from the growth of the railroad?
Select all that apply!
A. Buyers and Sellers
A. Decreased the cost of shipping.
B. Producers and Consumers
B. Provided businesses access to more
C. Government and Private Individuals places.
D. Households and Businesses C. Created jobs in construction and busi-
nesses connected to the railroad.
526. An economic exchange in which all sides
agree to participate because they expect D. none of above
to benefit. 531. According to paragraph 7, until the eigh-
A. International Trade teenth century, it was the principal func-
tion of which of the following to provide
B. Voluntary Trade
funds for the state?
C. Economy
A. A type of partnership based on English
D. Trade barrier law
B. A type of agreement negotiated in En- 536. The Cold War created a sense of friend-
glish ship in both countries.
C. An arrangement found only in England A. True
D. A new development introduced by the B. False
English
537. The percentage of the population that can
532. Which best describes standard of living? read and write is called
A. money & material comforts available A. Literacy rate
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to citizen within their country
B. Life expectancy
B. A nation watching for new comforts to
become available C. Death rate
C. A Union of workers demanding for im- D. Birth rate
proved rights
538. short run growth is known as actual
D. Trade Barriers limited material com- growth
forts from entering the nation
A. Yes, I understand this from the notes
533. remaining after deducting taxes and B. No, I don’t understand this from the
other expenses. notes
A. productive C. No, I don’t understand this, as I have
B. net not read the notes
C. service D. none of above
D. none of above
539. True or False-Uranium is radioactive?
534. How does technology contribute to eco- A. True
nomic growth?
B. False
A. Technology only benefits large corpo-
rations and does not contribute to overall 540. can be measured by an increase in a
economic growth. country’s GDP
B. Technology contributes to economic A. Economic Growth
growth through increased productivity, ef- B. Economic Development
ficiency, innovation, job creation, and
global trade. 541. What are capital goods?
C. Technology leads to higher unemploy-
ment rates and lower economic growth.
D. Technology has no impact on economic
growth.
535. A country can increase its human capital
by investing in
A. education for its citizens
A. the value of a person’s skills and edu-
B. new machinery for technology cation, scientists, doctors, or workers
C. railroads and airports B. a person who takes a risk to start a
D. none of the above new business
C. goods used to make other goods, like B. Indonesia’s Golden Pathway toward
machines Sustainable Growth
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B. Negative
A. employment 51.3%. C. Shift in PPC curve
B. unemployment 10.2%.
D. Movement towards PPC curve
C. unemployment 17.2%.
D. employment 55.3%. 556. An example of a skilled worker is a:
568. Countries are divided into two cat- economy, and it can promote economic
egories based on economic develop- growth by increasing government spend-
ment:developing or developed nations. ing or reducing taxes to boost aggregate
A. True demand.
B. False C. Fiscal policy is the use of government
regulations to control the supply of money
569. To reduce an inflationary gap, a central in the economy.
bank might:
D. Fiscal policy involves the management
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A. Inject more money into the economy of interest rates by the government to
B. Lower the reserve requirement for stimulate economic growth.
banks
C. Quantitative Tightening 573. Which policy is most effective in promot-
ing inclusive growth?
D. Encourage consumer borrowing
A. Implementing regressive tax systems
570. A cost to economic growth is a deficit in
the balance of payments B. Developing universal healthcare and
education
A. Yes, I understand this from the notes
C. Privatizing all public services
B. No, I don’t understand this from the
notes D. Increasing tariffs on imports
C. No, I don’t understand this, as I have
574. Inflation is most likely to occur during
not read the notes
which phase of the business cycle
D. none of above
A. Expansion
571. How does economic growth impact soci-
B. Contraction
ety?
A. Economic growth leads to decreased 575. Major technological advancements leads
employment opportunities to rapid growth in the textile and food in-
B. Economic growth can lead to higher dustries.
standards of living, increased employ- A. Stage 1:Traditional Society
ment opportunities, and improved infras-
tructure and public services. B. Stage 2:Pre-Condition for Take-Off
C. Economic growth has no impact on so- C. Stage 3:Take-Off
ciety D. Stage 4:Drive to Maturity
D. Economic growth results in lower stan-
E. Stage 5:High Mass Consumption
dards of living
572. Explain the concept of fiscal policy and its 576. Capital goods are the people use to
role in promoting economic growth. produce goods and services.
A. Fiscal policy is the process of pri- A. Raw materials
vatizing government-owned industries to B. Factories machines, & technology
boost economic growth.
C. Skills, knowledge, and experience
B. Fiscal policy is the use of government
spending and taxation to influence the D. none of the above
579. Land, forests, minerals, water, etc. are 584. Which formula is the correct way to mea-
examples of: sure economic growth rate?
A. Human capital A. Original GDP / Change in GDP x 100
B. Entrepreneurship B. Original GDP-Change in GDP x 100
C. Natural resources C. Change in GDP / Original GDP x 100
D. Capital goods D. Change in GDP-Original GDP x 100
580. In the context of economic growth, what 585. Which of the following best describes the
does a ‘black swan event’ refer to? term “strong” in the context of strong and
A. Expected and predictable events. sustainable economic growth?
586. How does an outward shift of the Pro- 591. Why, despite the fact that there was no
duction Possibility Curve (PPC) relate to major damage, did the Stono Rebellion be-
economic growth? come such a major concern for the white
A. It indicates a recession. population?
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D. It has no relation to economic growth. concerned about the African slaves but
they were worried that the event might
587. Which policy might not promote economic
motivate local Native American tribes to
growth?
rebel
A. Decreasing interest rates C. One of the men killed during the Rebel-
B. Increasing taxes on all goods and ser- lion was Thomas Broughton, governor of
vices South Carolina
C. Investing in infrastructure D. Several of the prominent white citi-
D. Promoting technological research zens of Charleston had secretly helped the
slaves organize the Rebellion
588. As per Leibenstein’s theory of critical min-
592. In a boom
imum effort, every economy is influenced
by two forces A. Unemployment is likely to fall
A. Demand and supply B. Prices are likely to fall
B. Savings and investment C. Demand is likely to fall
C. Cost and Revenue D. Imports are likely to fall
D. Stimulants and shocks 593. What are some environmental conse-
quences of economic growth?
589. Which of the following are injections into
the circular flow of income? A. Increased biodiversity, improved air
quality, and enhanced ecosystem ser-
A. Household spending, wages and rent vices.
B. Government spending, investment and B. Decreased pollution, reforestation,
imports conservation of natural resources, and
C. Savings, capital and exports climate stability.
D. Investment, government spending and C. Increased pollution, deforestation, de-
exports pletion of natural resources, and climate
change.
590. What is the primary goal of expansion-
D. No environmental consequences, eco-
ary monetary policies?
nomic growth is beneficial for the environ-
A. Reduce inflation. ment.
B. Increase interest rates. 594. Which developing country is aging even
C. Boost consumer spending. faster than Thailand?
D. Promote economic growth. A. Vietnam
B. India B. Southeastern
C. Indonesia C. Northern
595. What can affect economic growth if a 600. What is physical capital in economics?
country is at war? A. Tools in the mind or the stuff in peo-
A. All of the above ple’s heads
B. Limiting purchases B. Tools in the broadest sense like shov-
els and tractors
C. Decline in economy
C. Knowledge about how the world works
D. Increase in unemployment rates
D. The best technological knowledge
596. How does income inequality affect eco-
nomic growth? 601. The most determining economic factor in
economic development is
A. Income inequality only affects the
wealthy and not the overall economy.
B. Income inequality always leads to eco-
nomic growth.
C. Income inequality has no impact on
economic growth.
A. technology
D. Income inequality can have both pos-
itive and negative effects on economic B. modal
growth. C. sdm
597. What is an important factor in the D. sda
economies of Saudi Arabia and the UAE? 602. Comparing prices adjusted for inflation is
A. Water shows the
B. Oil A. nominal value
C. Metals B. real value
D. Climate C. deflated value
D. contraction
598. What is considered one cause of infla-
tion? 603. Which of the following is NOT a focus of
A. Demand and supply are in equilibrium. the Updated Philippine Development Plan
for 2017-2022?
B. Producers raise prices to meet in-
creased costs. A. building a high-trust society
C. Employment is increased. B. creating foundations for sustainable
development
D. The money supply decreases.
C. increasing economic equity
599. What part of Europe has high literacy D. practicing degrowth strategies to pro-
rates? tect the environment more than the econ-
A. Southern omy
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curs due to increase in quantity or qual-
ity of resources, resulting in shift to the
right of PPC curve, also referred to as
long-term growth
607. The level of private consumption spend- 610. What is one way to measure average la-
ing (C) and the rate of economic growth bor productivity
are likely to fall if there was a:
A. output per employed worker
A. rise in consumer confidence
B. the output of the best workers
B. fall in household savings
C. rise in household income C. the output of the median worker
A. literacy rate
B. GDP
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B. Higher income and improved living
standards
C. Stagnant income and unchanged living
standards
A. More money was spent to locate and
harvest natural resources near Nation Z’s D. Decreased income and worsened liv-
capital during this time. ing standards
B. Likely, more money was spent develop- 624. According to Rostow’s stages of eco-
ing machinery and technology from 2002 nomic growth model, what is the first
to 2004. stage of development?
C. Workers were producing efficiently un-
A. Preconditions for Takeoff
til 2002 and then they became less produc-
tive. B. Traditional Society
D. There was a decrease in capital invest- C. Takeoff
ment between 2001 and 2004.
D. Drive to Maturity
620. What are the characteristics of a boom in
the business cycle? 625. A labor force of 20 million people has
18.5 million people employed. Find the un-
A. Negative economic growth
employment rate.
B. Low inflation rates
A. 10%
C. Near full capacity or positive output
gaps B. 8.5%
630. was a leader in the RR and shipping 635. According to the data, which country has
industries. most likely invested the most in capital
goods?
A. Rockefeller
B. Walker
C. Carnegie
D. Morgan
E. Vanderbilt
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B. Gross Domestic Processes
C. Great Domestic Product
D. Get Domest Products
637. Most people in developing nations earn A. In the short term Underemployment is
their living by- increasing and unemployment is decreas-
A. farming. ing
B. working in offices and companies. B. In the short term Underemployment is
C. working in manufacturingindustries. increasing and unemployment is increas-
D. working in service industries. ing
638. A cost to economic growth is that finite C. In the short term Underemployment is
resources may be used up decreasing and unemployment is increas-
ing
A. Yes, I understand this from the notes
D. In the short term Underemployment is
B. No, I don’t understand this from the
decreasing and unemployment is decreas-
notes
ing
C. No, I don’t understand this, as I have
not read the notes 642. Which of the following is NOT a factor of
D. none of above production?
639. Which of the following is not a compo- A. Land
nent of aggregate demand?
B. Labour
A. Investments
C. Capital
B. Savings
C. Consumption D. Goods and services
D. Government spending
643. Recession caused by demand shock will
640. The things that nations invest in to cause:(Select 2 options)
increase productivity and manufacture
A. AD to shift left
things more efficiently are
A. natural resources B. LRAS to shift left
B. capital goods C. a movement of a point on PPF towards
C. trade barriers a point inside
D. Gross Domestic Product D. inward shift of PPF
644. A cost to economic growth is income in- 649. What is the impact of having natural re-
equality sources on a country’s GDP?
C. No, I don’t understand this, as I have B. the total amount of goods and services
not read the notes produced in a country in one year
C. more natural resources allows you to
D. none of above
make more goods. more goods equals
645. What are net exports? more profit, and more profit equals an in-
crease in GDP
A. The difference between the quantity of
exports and the quantity of imports. D. tools that make other goods
B. The quantity of total exports in an econ- 650. What are the 4 factors that lead to a
omy. country’s economic growth?
C. The value of total exports in an econ- A. nvestment in human capital, invest-
omy. ment in physical capital, land (natural re-
D. The difference between export rev- sources), entrepreneurship
enue and import expenditure. B. a powerful military, strong dictatorial
leadership, communist regime, little per-
646. If someone says that the country of China
sonal freedom
is worth over $12 trillion dollars, they are
talking about their C. good international relations, a demo-
cratic president, strict laws, freedom of
A. human capital press
B. GDP D. a monarchy, the World Bank, a parlia-
C. capital goods mentary democracy, personal freedom
D. GDP per capita 651. An economy is most likely to be in the
647. If we create real economic growth, boom phase of the economic cycle when
should we see price increases? there is a rise in
A. No, because the long-run and short- A. the household savings ratio
run curves both shift to the right. Prices B. the demand for imports
should minimally stay the same C. the budget (fiscal) deficit
B. Yes because the long-run curve shifts D. the level of house repossessions
to the right and that meets supply at a
higher price point 652. Why might Net Social Welfare be a better
measure of growth than real GDP?
648. S + T + M > I + G + X means that the
A. It includes inflation
national income will
B. It shows how incomes are distributed
A. Fall in the economy
B. Increase C. It includes economic and non eco-
C. Stay the same nomic factors
D. none of above D. It only includes non-economic factors
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654. What are the rights of a trade union? A. high literacy rate and high standard of
A. Hold meetings with employees outside living
working hours B. low literacy rate and low standard of
living
B. Call a strike or stay-away
658. If Mrs. Sherman’s family find oil in her
C. Enter and recruit members during
back yard, how can she invest in capital
business trading hours
goods to help her make money off of her
D. Organize reasonable leave, including newfound oil?
possible paid leave, for their office bear- A. She can pay for her kids to be trained
ers in the oil refinery industry.
B. She can sell it to the highest investor
655. a product sent and sold to another coun- at a bank.
try.
C. She can buy machines that will allow
A. export her to take the oil out of the ground and
refine it.
B. net
D. She can pay to have it inspected by an
C. import agency.
D. none of above 659. Which is an example of investment in hu-
man capital?
656. GDP is A. trucks
A. the amount of goods and services pro- B. factories
duced
C. education
B. the amount of goods and services pro- D. highways
duced by a country over a year
660. The closer the HDI is to 0, the devel-
C. the value of goods and services pro- oped the country is.
duced by a country over a year
A. less
D. great domestic product
B. more
657. Countries with a low GDP Per Capita usu- 661. Your friend and you decide to open a
ally have a snow cone stand. The training you give
to the people you hire to run the stand are A. the value of an asset decreases over
examples of which factor of production? time
669. Best description of the artists views on 673. What does sustainable development
trusts. means?
A. sustained rise in real GDP
B. reducing inequality and unemployment
C. exploitation of natural resources
D. sustainable growth that doesn’t harm
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the environment
C. Parliament sets a price for all goods in 690. How much money do the businesses in
the country. Dharavi contribute to Mumbai’s economy
D. Prices for goods are set based on cus- per year?
toms and beliefs of the Aborigines. A. £100 million
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industry?
A. Coastal Plain (Tidewater) 691. The measurement of the annual income of
citizens in a country
B. Valley and Ridge
A. investment
C. Blue Ridge Mountains
B. GDP
D. Appalachian Plateau
C. GDP per capita
688. Natural Resources
D. human capital
A. the total dollar value of all goods and
E. relationship
services produced by a country in one
year 692. What was the goal of the Dawe’s Act?
B. the materials that come from nature, A. Encourage Native Americans to be-
such as land, forests, minerals, water, come farmers and accept white culture.
etc.
B. To provide Native Americans with pay-
C. a physical object that is sold to make ment for all the mistreatment they re-
money ceived.
D. the man-made materials that are C. To return all the gold that was stolen
needed to produce goods and services from them by the U.S. government.
689. What is the trend of GDP in this graph? D. none of above
C. There is not change over the long term 694. Which factor is NOT a cause of potential
D. Trend is falling in the short term and economic growth?
falling in the long term A. Discovery of natural resources.
706. Skills, education, and experience of 710. When economists look at inflation, the fo-
workers-labor, cook, librarian, teachers, cus is on the
coach
A. changes in the price of a certain good
A. natural resources B. changes in the prices of all goods
B. capital goods C. changes in the prices of all services
C. human capital D. changes in the prices of all goods and
D. entrepreneurship services
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707. What is a country investing in if they 711. Which one IS NOT a natural resource?
spend money on solar energy to power A. cars
government offices?
B. oil
A. people/human capital
C. lumber
B. natural resources
D. gold and silver
C. infrastructure/capital
D. entrepreneurship 712. The HDI calculates the 4 indicators to give
a score between what?
708. Just doubling the amount of L under con- A. 0-100
stant returns to scale:
B. 0-1
A. we double the production of the prod-
C. 0-10
uct of intensity L.
D. 1-2
B. we more than double the production of
the product of intensity L. 713. the activity of creating a new business
C. we double the output of the product of A. entrepreneurship
intensity K.
B. chief executive officer
D. we leave the output of the intensity
product K unchanged. C. secretary of the tresury
D. the boss
709. Which of the following can BEST be in-
ferred from this map? 714. What is the definition of GDP?
A. The Northern Pacific Railroad helped A. The total market value of all final
establish many prosperous cities. goods and services provided within an
B. Denver and Kansas City benefited from economy.
the growing railroad system of the United B. The total output of a country at a given
States. time period
C. The Southern Pacific Railroad con- C. The total market value of all intermedi-
tributed to the growth of cities including ate goods and services provided within an
San Francisco and Los Angeles. economy by its factors of production in a
given period of time.
D. The connection of the Central Pacific
and Union Pacific Railroads led to the de- D. The total output of a country over a pe-
velopment of a major city. riod of 10 years
715. At which stage of the economic cycle 720. A place where business pay little or no
would you expect to see demand for goods tax.
and services begin to rise again?
C. is the lack of both money and the 730. Why have the Israelis made a big invest-
basic necessities needed for life, includ- ment in human capital?
ing:food, water, shelter, healthcare
A. They need capital tools to extract the
D. the amount of babies that die before abundance of oil profits.
their first birthday per year
B. Investing in human capital will de-
725. What is the state in which a country’s suc- crease the standard of living an overall
cesses become the norm, or habit, accord- quality of life.
ing to Rostow’s model?
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C. They have to bring in workers (labor)
A. Traditional Society from other countries.
B. Preconditions for Takeoff
D. They need well trained workers be-
C. Drive to Maturity cause their economy is diversified with ad-
D. High Mass Consumption vanced technology.
734. What type of investment do the images B. Households feel pessimistic about fu-
reflect? ture employment prospects and fear that
they may soon become unemployed.
743. How does Bangladesh’s wealth impact its B. Gross domestic product only deals
citizens? with the amount of investment in factories
A. It has no impact on its citizens and machinery.
B. It only affects the government officials C. The role of entrepreneurs is the only
factor affecting gross domestic product.
C. It can affect their standard of living,
access to education and healthcare, and D. There is no relationship between ed-
overall quality of life. ucation and training and gross domestic
product.
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D. It leads to increased crime rates
749. Which of the following are NOT benefits
744. John learns a skill
of economic growth? (Select ALL that ap-
A. Capital Goods ply)
B. Entrepreneur A. Increased consumption and living
C. Human Capital standards
D. Natural Resources B. More government spending due to low
tax levels
745. A, B, C, D?
C. Less spending on capital
A. A
D. Redistributes income from the poor to
B. B
the rich
C. C
E. Using more clean green energy
D. D sources
746. People that are willing to take risks and 750. Amiyah opens a hair shop
start new businesses or invent new items
help to stimulate their countries economies. A. Capital Goods
What factor of production does this repre- B. Entrepreneur
sent?
C. Human Capital
A. capital goods
D. Natural Resources
B. human capital
C. natural resources 751. Gustavus Swift invented the
D. entrepreneurship A. refrigerated RR car
B. airplane
747. oil refinery is an industrial process where
crude oil is transformed into more useful C. telephone
products such as petroleum. D. light bulb and electricity power plant
A. True
752. Farm helpers are unemployed when the
B. False
cropping season is over.
748. What is the relationship between educa- A. frictional
tion and training in a country and the coun-
B. cyclical
try’s gross domestic product (GDP)?
A. Countries with a high level of educa- C. structural
tion and training have a higher GDP. D. seasonal
753. country has a high ratio of investment to 757. is the total value of all goods pro-
GDP and rapid economic growth. If the net duced by a country in one year.
capital inflow from abroad is zero, what
761. Which two countries depend on oil as C. the seasonal nature of certain occupa-
their most important natural resource? tions.
D. long-term changes in the pattern of de-
mand for the products of particular indus-
tries.
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A. industrial
A. Israel and Turkey B. agricultural
B. Israel and Iran 766. Brazil is the sixth largest country in the
C. Saudi Arabia and Turkey world
D. Iran and Saudi Arabia
769. What is economic growth? 773. Why do government experts track the
business cycle?
A. The increase in the inflation rate of a
B. United States, Great Britain, and Aus- D. Increased equity, increased equality
tralia
776. Which of the following are challenges
C. India, Brazil, and Russia that Russia’s economy has faced since the
D. Germany, France, and Italy collapse of the Soviet Union? Select all
that apply.
772. What is the main drawback of long term
A. Untrained/Unskilled workforce
loans as a form of development aid?
B. Outdated technology
A. It leads to income equality
C. Unemployment is low
B. It reduces demand for skilled workers
D. Unemployment is high
C. It encourages domestic production
D. It increases the debt burden on the re- 777. What Factor of Economic Growth is being
cipient country described in the image?
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left.
C. Standard of Living
D. None of the choices are correct.
D. Capital Goods
783. Human capital includes the people use
778. Education, training, skills and health care to produce goods and services.
of the workers in a business or country.
A. Raw materials
A. capital goods
B. Factories machines, & technology
B. none of these
C. Skills, knowledge, and experience
C. human capital
D. none of above
D. natural resources
784. drove cattle from ranches to the rail-
779. What has happened to the income of the heads.
BRIC countries since 2001?
A. Cowboys
A. It has decreased
B. Explorers
B. It has remained the same
C. Railroad officials
C. It has increased rapidly D. Meat dealers
D. It has fluctuated
785. More people in an economy will normally
780. Governments aim to achieve sustainable result in
and inclusive growth. What does sustain- A. Lower GDP per Capita
able growth include?
B. Lower capital
A. Actual growth
C. Capital Increase
B. Broad-based growth
D. More land per person
C. Sustainable use of resources
D. Potential growth 786. In summary and in relation to the infor-
mation in Peru, did the pandemic directly
E. Full employment affect Peru’s GDP?
781. Virginia’s economy is greatly dependent
on
A. sheep
B. gravel
C. tourism
D. timber
A. improve human resources (HR) 794. How far the aggregate demand shifts
to the right depends upon the marginal
B. making Indonesia a world trade center propensity to consume and thus the size
C. create a just and prosperous society of the multiplier effect
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800. Those who risk their own money and re-
African leaders to be apart of the govern-
sources to create a new business or ser-
ing process of the colonies.
vice.
C. Imperialism in Africa ended.
A. Literacy Rate
D. Europeans divided Africa into colonies
B. Standard of living
without considering the cultural and eth-
nic differences of the African people. C. Entrepreneur
804. What has been an important factor in eco- 809. The ability to read and write.
nomic growth since the Industrial Revolu- A. literate
tion?
814. Humans are needed to operate machines 819. Recession caused by supply shock will
and fix them. cause:(Select 2 options)
A. true A. AD to shift left
B. false B. LRAS to shift left
C. a movement of a point on PPF towards
815. According to the Circular Flow chart, a point inside
which of the following statements is true?
D. inward shift of PPF
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A. Government receives its revenue only
from the factor market 820. Which of these is not a new development
built around Cambridge?
B. Government receives its revenue only
from the product market A. Eddington
B. Queen’s Hills
C. Government receives its revenue from
transfer payments C. Clay Farm
D. Government receives its revenue from D. Trumpington Meadows
direct tax (households) and indirect tax 821. Which diagram best fits the following
(firms) change:a vaccine for contagious diseases
is invented
816. how to things are connected
A. investment
B. GDP A.
C. GDP per capita
D. human capital
E. relationship
A. refrigerated RR car
B. airplane
C. telephone C.
D. light bulb and electricity power plant
822. A country with many natural resources D. the man-made materials that are
will most likely have a needed to produce goods and services
D. Finds new natural & physical re- A. Yes, I understand this from the notes
sources B. No, I don’t understand this from the
notes
825. Why did the ONU give this proposal?
C. No, I don’t understand this, as I have
A. Because they wanted to not read the notes
B. For freedom D. none of above
C. Because they want a planet with no 830. The part of the economy owned and op-
contamination erated by private citizens.
D. Sustained and inclusive economic A. Private Sector
growth can drive progress, create decent
B. Public Sector
jobs for all and improve living standards
C. Natural Resource
826. Capital Goods D. Capital Goods
A. the materials and labor used to create
831. Which of the following is a true represen-
goods and services
tation of aggregate demand?
B. includes the skills and knowledge of its
A. AD = C-I-G + X-M
people that support the economy
B. AD = C + I-G-X + M
C. the total dollar value of all goods and
services produced by a country in one C. AD = C + I + G-X-M
year D. AD = C + I + G + X-M
832. What are the costs of economic growth the level of education, so that the av-
for the government? erage person would have a four-year-
A. Increase in government spending on college bachelor’s degree, would increase
welfare payments output still further, but the marginal in-
crease would again be smaller. A simi-
B. Increase in consumer confidence lar lesson holds for physical capital. If
C. Decrease in government tax revenues the quantity of physical capital available
to the average worker increases, by, say,
D. Improvement in government budget
$5, 000 to $10, 000 (again, while holding
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833. The AD curve slopes downwards because all other inputs constant), it will increase
the level of output. An additional increase
A. At high prices less is consumed in an from $10, 000 to $15, 000 will increase
economy output further, but the marginal increase
B. At higher prices more is sold in an will be smaller.
economy
A. Aggregate Production
C. The AS slopes upwards
B. Capital Deepening
D. All of these reasons
C. Convergence
834. What basic amenities do people living in D. Productivity
Mumbai’s squatter settlements have ac-
cess to? 836. What is one conclusion you can draw
from the chart?
A. Water, electricity, and televisions
B. Water and electricity only
C. Electricity and televisions only
D. Water and televisions only
C. Macroeconomic stability, human capi- 843. Paragraph 4 supports the idea that in-
tal, and infrastructure creased agricultural production was impor-
tant for the expansion of industry primar-
842. Which of the following is NOT a factor of 846. An increase in which of the following is
economic growth? most likely to promote economic growth?
A. natural resources A. Consumer spending
B. human capital B. Investment tax credits
C. entrepreneurs C. Real interest rates
D. capital humans D. Natural rate of unemployment
E. capital goods E. Trade fails
847. How does a County Commissioner help 851. What is Not an example of Capital
govern a city? goods?
A. Adopts ordinances like laws for cities A. Tools
B. Ensures smooth running of daily oper- B. Food
ations C. Equipment
C. Tells what is in high demand for the D. Technology
market
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852. The following shift in the AD could be
D. Tells what the weather is going to be
caused by what?
like for the next year
D. Real GDP is calculated quarterly, while 860. Type of unemployment that occurs as a
Nominal GDP is calculated annually. result of harvest schedules, or lack of ho-
tel bookings in winter.
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C. Income D. highly skilled
D. Expenditure 872. On a Production Possibility Curve (PPC),
how is economic growth illustrated?
867. Where is nearly one-half of the world’s
A. An inward shift of the PPC
gold reserve located?
B. A point inside the PPC
A. Nigeria
C. An outward shift of the PPC
B. Kenya
D. None of the above
C. South Africa
873. A country with a (a) tends to have a
D. Sudan
higher standard of living.
868. Doubling L with trade in a small L- A. a higher GDP per capita
sufficient country: B. lower GDP per capita
A. reduces the welfare of representative
874. The Image reflects the amount of human
citizens.
and physical capital per worker increases
B. hampers the country’s terms of trade. as you move from left to right, from C1 to
C. reduces trade volume. C2 to C3. The diagram’s vertical axis mea-
sures per capita output. Considering the
D. reduces national consumption. lowest line in this diagram, labeled Tech-
869. The late 1800’s civil rights leader that nology 1. What relationship associated
believed in the “talented tenth” becoming with output does the line show when mea-
leaders through an intellectual academic sured along the aggregate production func-
pursuit at university was tion and the level of technology is held con-
stant?
A. Booker T. Washington
B. Ida B. Wells
C. W.E.B. DuBois
D. George Washington Carver
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885. Inflationary gaps often lead to:
to produce goods and services.
A. Price stability
C. Measure an economy’s potential
B. Decreased cost of living
D. none of above
C. Higher inflation rates
890. What is Not an example of a Natural Re-
D. Increased saving rates
source?
886. What is a key policy tool for inclusive A. land
growth?
B. computer
A. monetary policy
C. water
B. trade policy
D. sun
C. education policy
891. Which country has invested capital goods
D. fiscal policy
in the automotive industry?
887. The a country’s GDP, the better the A. Russia
country’s standard of living. B. Germany
C. United Kingdom
D. none of above
894. A material on or in the earth that has eco- 900. Division of labour reduces productivity
nomic value. A. True
897. What type of transportation in Virginia 903. Why is it beneficial for a country to have
helped cities grow? an abundance of natural resources?
A. streetcars
B. railroads
C. roads
D. all of the above
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B. 4, 2, 1, 3 D. natural resources
C. 2, 4, 1, 3 E. economy
914. Which of the following explains the term 918. 35 year old project manager who was let
economic growth go because his employer went bankrupt.
He’s applied for several similar jobs but
915. If a mass immigration occurs, the produc- D. Not Applicable / Not Counted
tion possibilities curve can shift 919. What is the primary purpose of calculat-
A. No shift ing GDP per capita?
B. To the left A. To measure inflation.
B. To determine potential economic
C. To the right
growth.
D. Outward on one axis only
C. To assess the average output per per-
son in an economy.
916. Number 7. on the picture represents
which sustainable goal? D. To estimate government spending.
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B. living standards in terms of health, ed- B. something that comes from Earth or
ucation, life expectancy nature that is useful to humans
925. Which is not an example of education? 931. True or False:Usually the higher a coun-
tries Literacy Rate the higher their Stan-
A. A child using a computer dard of Living.
B. A person reading a book A. True
C. A person reading a newspaper B. False
D. A person attending a online class 932. What is the advantage of having a bulge
in a country’s working-age population?
926. Increases in real GDP always result in in-
A. Higher economic growth
creases in living standards
B. Decreased productivity gains
A. True
C. Increased dependency ratio
B. False
D. Lower savings and investment
927. What country in Europe has a high liter-
933. the percentage of adults who can read
acy late, but a low standard of living?
and write
A. France A. literacy rate
B. Poland B. numbers graph
C. Italy C. STAR reading
D. Russia D. reading chart
934. Why is real GDP a poor indicator of eco- 939. Machinery is an example of
nomic growth?
A. a natural resource
937. Economists of a country’s economy by 941. What is the correct correlation (relation-
its gross domestic product (GDP) ship) between entrepreneurs and GDP?
A. measure the health
A. The more entrepreneurs a country has
B. goods & services produced the higher the GDP.
C. others do not
B. The more entrepreneurs a country has
D. per person the lower the GDP.
E. weaker economies
942. What is the impact of oil production on
938. What is productivity? the economy of Middle Eastern countries?
A. working on products A. It has no impact
B. goods that are produced
B. It decreases the economy
C. amount of goods or services workers
can produce in a period of time C. It increases the economy
D. none of above D. It fluctuates the economy
943. The Knights of Labor disagreed with the 948. What is the purpose of the OECD Guide-
violent actions of the anarchists during lines for Multinational Enterprises?
what event? A. To promote environmental damage
A. the Haymarket Riot B. To encourage local capacity building
B. the Pullman Strike
C. To increase trade diversion
C. the American Federation of Labor
D. To reduce access to research and de-
D. the International Ladies’ Garment velopment
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Workers’ Union
949. What aspect of an economy usually in-
944. Native American boarding schools creases when the Literacy Rate of the
stamped out their culture by country increases?
A. cutting their hair
B. giving them English names
C. forcing them to speak another tribal
language
D. forcing them to practice Christianity
945. Increased financial rewards would be
included in which measure of economic
growth? A. Ecotourism
A. Real Income/GDP B. Standard of Living
B. Productive capacity C. Autocracy
C. Net social welfare D. Natural Resources
D. none of above
950. Economic growth often results in:
946. Which of the following represents an in- A. a fall in the quality of air, the extinc-
vestment in human capital? tion of native plants and animals, and the
A. creating a robot destruction of healthy rivers and oceans.
B. paving roads B. greater consumer choice, better
C. purchasing new Chromebooks health and longer life expectancy.
D. learning to read and write C. the growth of cities and of urban prob-
lems such as traffic congestion and waste
947. A closed economy has both a private disposal.
sector and a public sector.Gross Domes-
D. All of the above.
tic Product (GDP) consists of total con-
sumer expenditure plus gross investment 951. What is Literacy Rate?
plus net exports plus
A. The number of people in a county over
A. the value of exports. the age of 18 who attended college
B. the value savings. B. The number of people in a county over
C. total government expenditure. the age of 15 who can read and write
D. total government expenditure minus C. The number of people in a country over
total taxation. the age of 10 who can read and write
953. Entrepreneurs benefit society by 957. The helps people to live comfortably.
A. lowering the standard of living A. Money
B. making billions of dollars in revenue B. Buildings
C. polluting the environment C. Infrastructure
D. providing jobs for workers D. Mall
954. What is a potential drawback of technical 958. What is the impact of lacking natural re-
progress in terms of employment? sources on a country’s GDP?
A. Decreased productivity. A. You would have to import the natural
resources which could be expensive so
B. Rise in unemployment.
GDP would decrease
C. Lower GDP.
B. You would have to export the natural
D. Reduced inflation. resources which could be expensive so
GDP would increase
955. Some countries have a high GDP, while
C. If you invest money, you will make
more money and then GDP would increase
A. productive resources
B. goods & services produced D. none of above
C. others do not
959. The Theory of Big Push is based on the
D. per person
idea of
E. weaker economies
A. External Economies of Scale
956. What is the difference between actual B. Small Amount of Investment
and potential growth?
C. Internal Economies of Scale
A. Time-actual occurs in short whilst po-
D. Unbalanced Growth
tential usually requires longer periods of
time 960. What are your key suggestions for
B. Factors of Production-actual growth achieving faster growth?
involves using the same FOP more effi- A. Stimulate saving
ciently or productively, whilst potential
growth is due to an increase in quantity B. Stimulate research and development
or quality of FOP C. Provide international aid to developing
C. GDP-actual growth increases GDP nations
whilst potential only affects GDP/capital D. Abolish international trade
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Explanation: No climbing of socio-economic classes.
962. How was Barbados important to the suc- A. Stage 1:Traditional Society
cess of the early Carolina colony? B. Stage 2:Pre-Condition for Take-Off
A. Settlers introduced the slave labor sys-
C. Stage 3:Take-Off
tem to Carolina from Barbados.
B. Planters from Barbados introduced D. Stage 4:Drive to Maturity
rice to the Carolina colony. E. Stage 5:High Mass Consumption
C. Carolinians established a successful
trading system with the people from Bar- 967. What causes cost push inflation
bados. A. An increase in demand for goods and
D. Barbados served as a market for man- services
ufactured goods from Carolina. B. An increase in supply
963. What does human capital refer to? C. A rise in production costs passed on to
A. Technological development consumers
B. Entrepreneurship D. A fall in the price of imports
C. Skills and knowledge of a population
968. was a muckraker that exposed the
D. Physical capital corruption of the Standard Oil monopoly.
964. What is the main objective of import sub- A. Sinclair
stitution strategy?
B. Wells
A. To reduce domestic production
C. Tarbell
B. To produce more domestically
D. Nast
C. To increase imports
D. To promote international trade 969. A cost to economic growth is demand pull
inflation
965. What is not decent work?
A. Yes, I understand this from the notes
B. No, I don’t understand this from the
notes
C. No, I don’t understand this, as I have
not read the notes
D. none of above
970. If the point where an economy is produc- 975. How did the U.S. government pay for the
ing lies inside the PPF curve, this means construction of the Transcontinental Rail-
that the economy’s production is road?
971. What would be the result of the actions 976. The (a) goods and services are produced
in the sentence below? A country builds in a country, the higher its (b) of living.
schools and universities and invest in other A. a more
education programs for its population to
B. b standard
attend.
C. more
A. The population will buy more capital
goods D. cost
B. The population will have a high literacy E. natural
rate
977. What must happen before high quality
C. The country’s workforce will decrease and high paying jobs can exist?
A. The population must be illiterate
D. none of above
B. The population must be literate
972. Production is C. The country must have little resources
A. An output D. Other countries must train citizens
B. An input 978. Manufacturing system where workers
stay in one place as products pass along
973. Why is investment in education impor-
a track.
tant for a country?
A. Moving Assembly Line
A. It improves the skills of workers
B. Mass Production System
B. It serves as a pathway to economic de-
velopment. C. Morse Code
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981. which of the following is NOT included
when calculating GDP for the United
985. How is high GDP per capita linked to qual-
States
ity of life?
A. Cars manufactured in Japan, but sold
A. High GDP per capita makes everyone
in the United States
richer.
B. Cars manufactured in the United
States, but sold in Japan B. High GDP per capita means inflation is
low and the cost of goods is lower.
C. Cars manufactured in Michigan, but
sold in Minnesota C. High GDP per capita usually indicates
better nutrition, housing, education, and
D. Cars manufactured in Michigan, but job opportunities.
sold to the government
D. High GDP per capita does not affect
982. Is that what you earn before taxes and quality of life because money can’t buy
other expenses, or is that your salary? happiness.
A. net
986. What is a negative output gap?
B. productive
A. When the actual level of output is
C. inflation
equal to the potential level of output
D. none of above
B. When the actual level of output is less
983. How do capital goods influence economic than the potential level of output
growth? C. When the actual level of output is less
A. Countries that invest in capital goods, than the previous year’s output
produce less goods than countries that do D. When the actual level of output is
not greater than the potential level of output
B. The more literate a person is, the less
work they can do 987. When a county invests in education for
it’s citizens, what is it increasing?
C. Countries that invest in capital goods,
produce more goods than countries that A. Entrepreneurship
do not
B. Human capital
D. none of above
C. Capital goods
984. Which of the following BEST describes D. Natural resources
physical capital?
A. items that you can touch. 988. To overcome unemployment
B. underemployment
C. size of family
992. Which of the following is among the root 996. Investment in human capital and capital
causes of poverty in the United States? goods leads to:
A. disabilities A. An increase in natural resources
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B. Becoming a Global Superpower A. TRUE
C. Realizing Golden Indonesia B. FALSE
D. Achieving Sustainable Development
1003. Why did the Populist party want unlim-
998. Identify the reason for a rapid economic ited coinage of silver?
growth from the following.
A. Political Stability
B. Steady growth in primary sector
C. Improving the quality of land
D. Investment in new capital and infras-
tructure
1000. What are Natural Resources? 1004. Materials that come from the Earth
A. LandWaterSunPlantsAir (land).
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stages of economic growth model? B. False
A. Traditional Society
1022. Human Development Index is used to
B. Preconditions for Takeoff
measure Human Development in any coun-
C. Takeoff try. Which of the following is not a dimen-
D. High Mass Consumption sion used?
1025. King Leopold represented which Euro- 1029. Sustainable Economic growth is
pean power? A. A large GDP growth and not huge price
D. Balance of Goods and Services is neg- D. leaves the shape of the KPD un-
ative. Imports are larger than Exports. changed.
1033. Which of the following is commonly de- 1038. With economic growth, the proportion
fined as a ratio between the output vol- of labour-force engaged in agriculture
ume and the volume of inputs? A. Increases
A. Aggregate Production B. Decreases
B. Capital Deepening C. Remains unaffected
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C. Economic Output D. Changes in an uncertain manner
D. Productivity
1039. The first labor union was the
1034. If a country experienced a substantial A. AFL
loss of property due to a natural disaster,
what would the impact be on the PPC? B. NAACP
C. An inwards shift of the PPC 1040. If Canada wanted increase the value of
its “human capital, “ which of these would
D. An outwards shift of the PPC
be the BEST course of action?
1035. What can be the result of sudden in- A. increase funding to public schools
crease in interest rates?
B. build more factories
A. Boom phase
C. increase the amount of oil exports
B. Slowdown phase
D. reach a trade agreement with the
C. Recession phase United States
D. Trough phase
1041. How do changes in technology primarily
1036. What is the most important factor for affect economic growth?
economic growth according to the text? A. By reducing total production
A. Property rights B. By decreasing the quality of factors of
B. Honest government production
C. Political stability C. By enabling more efficient production
processes
D. Competitive and open markets
D. By reducing the demand for goods and
1037. Doubling the amount of L and K under services
constant returns to scale does all of the
following except: 1042. Someone who takes risks to start a new
business:
A. doubles the production of the product
of intensity L. A. Natural resources
1043. What does Gross Domestic Product- 1047. What is one reason that a population
mean? ages?
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D. The new capital equipment is longer
A. workers and their skills, talents, and lasting than the capital equipment it re-
education places.
B. factories, machines, and technology 1057. which of the following is occurring here?
C. raw materials from the Earth
D. people who start their own businesses
A. GDP
B. GNI/GNP
C. NNI
A. Economy is working at full capacity
D. GVA
B. positive output gap
1054. the spent money or a resource for some C. negative output gap
benefit in the future D. Economy is working past potential
A. investment GDP
B. GDP 1058. What are capital goods?
C. GDP per capita A. goods that are produced in the capital
D. human capital B. goods that are produced without natu-
E. relationship ral resources
C. goods that are produced by the govern-
1055. Turkey invests 3 percent of its GDP into ment
education for its citizens-which productive
D. the factories, machinery, and technol-
resource is this an example of?
ogy used to produce goods and services
A. Standard of Living
1059. Public policies that impact productivity
B. Capital goods and labor force participation affect ?
C. Human capital A. real GDP per capita
D. Entrepreneurship B. economic growth
1056. Why may an economy experience an C. medium chain triglycerides
increase in potential economic growth D. blood moon total lunar eclipse
1060. Vertical integration is when a company 1064. What best refers to a process whereby
buys out the Resources (raw materials, an economy as a whole turns economic in-
fields, forests, and farms), Manufacturing puts such as human capital, physical capi-
1062. What is the impact of human capital on 1067. When the herd begins to run and can’t
economic growth? be controlled, it is called a
A. Decreases economic growth A. avalanche
B. No impact on economic growth B. ground quake
C. Fluctuates economic growth
C. torpedo
D. Increases economic growth
D. stampede
1063. If consumer spending is $10, exports
are $5, government spending is $6, invest- 1068. Which term refers to the tools, ma-
ment spending is $3, and imports are $1, chines, and factories used in the production
what is GDP? of goods and services?
1069. What did the term ‘protective tariffs’ 1074. Which policy is most likely to promote
refer to in the economic context? inclusive economic growth?
A. Taxes on all goods to fund government A. Reducing corporate taxes
programs B. Progressive Taxation
B. Taxes on exported goods to promote in- C. Increasing military spending
ternational trade
D. Cutting public healthcare funding
C. Taxes on imported goods to protect do-
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mestic industries 1075. Health care made available to all citi-
D. Taxes on income to redistribute wealth zens of a country through government reg-
ulations of the medical industry and subsi-
1070. If economic growth increases, living dies.
standards may still fall if: A. Socialized medicine
A. Real GDP growth is negative B. Democratic socialism
B. There is a decline in access to helth C. Welfare state
and education services
D. Land reform
C. There is a decline congestion levels on
roads 1076. The alternative combinations of final
D. There is a decline in work related goods and services that could be produced
stress levels in a given time period with all available
resources and technology are known as
1071. What best refers to putting advances in A. Production possibilities.
knowledge to use in a new product or ser-
vice? B. Consumption possibilities.
1079. Able to read and write in one’s native 1084. What is the main factor that influences
language. the literacy rate in a country?
1083. When the military temporarily takes C. No, I don’t understand this, as I have
control of the country; usually due to a cri- not read the notes
sis or emergency D. none of above
A. Dissidents 1089. Country X has a high gross domestic
B. Destalinization product. Country Y has a much lower
gross domestic product than Country X.
C. Reformist socialism
Which of the following statements is
D. Martial law MOST LIKELY correct?
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ment in Country X.
A. Populist Party
1090. Which of the following is NOT a cause
B. Republican Party
of economic growth?
C. Democratic Party
A. Increase consumer confidence.
D. Whig Party
B. Falling incomes.
C. Rising employment. 1095. Gifts of nature are called
1100. Investing in New Machinery 1104. Japan specializes in making cars, and
China specializes in producing computers.
A. Human Capital
Which capital good should each country in-
B. Capital Goods vest in?
1102. What do you earn from a business? 1105. He moved the capital to Austin and was
known as the Father of Education.
A. Anson Jones
B. Sam Houston
C. Mirabeau Lamar
D. Stephen F. Austin
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A. Increased costs D. capital
B. Increased sales 1113. What is Standard of Living?
C. Increased competition A. The percentage of people who can
D. Increased chance of failure read and write
1108. Which of the following is not likely to B. How well-off people are measured by
increase aggregate demand for goods and the goods, services, and luxuries avail-
services? able
1117. Which of the following represents hu- B. measurement of of all the natural re-
man resources in the context of eco- sources within a country
nomics?
1121. Doesn’t always provide the basic needs 1127. At which stage of the economic cycle
to everyone in a society (the weak, sick, would you most likely expect to see an
disabled, or elderly). increase in the number of firms shutting
down?
A. Disadvantage of Traditional Economy
A. Boom
B. Disadvantage of Market Economy
B. Recession
1122. What is GDP per capita? C. Recovery
A. measurement of capitals a country has D. Slump
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rapid economic growth is ? 1134. Which of the following is not correctly
matched
A. Lower inflation
A. Big-push strategy:Paul N. Rosenstein-
B. Reduced income inequality
Rodan
C. Environmental degradation
B. Balanced growth theory:R. Nurkse
D. Decreased technological innovation
C. Development with unlimited supplies
1130. Why were most people opposed to of labour:A-0. Hirschman
trusts and monopolies? D. Critical minimum strategy:Prof. Har-
A. Limit competitoin=higher prices vey Leibenstein
A. Globalization has led to increased 1144. What is the economic growth rate in
trade, investment, and technological ad- year 2?
vancements, which have contributed to in-
dustrial and economic growth.
B. Globalization has led to decreased
trade and investment, which have hin-
dered industrial and economic growth. A. 5%
C. Globalization has had no impact on in- B. 10%
dustrial and economic growth. C. 11%
D. Globalization has led to increased D. 20%
trade and investment, but has not con-
tributed to technological advancements or 1145. Where are factors of production (land,
industrial and economic growth. labor, etc) exchanged in the circular flow
model?
1140. the part of the economy owned and op-
erated by private citizens A. Factor Market
B. Product Market
A. private sector
C. Firms
B. entrepreneur
D. Individuals
C. profit
D. public sector 1146. S + T + M < I + G + X means that the
national income will
1141. The Philippine Development Plan aims A. Stay the same
towards the goals of improving Filipino
lives by improving all of these dimensions B. Increase
EXCEPT: C. Decrease
A. strongly-bonded relationships D. none of above
1147. Capital accumulation will occur if 1152. What are capital goods?
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A. some income is saved
B. Factories, machinery, and technology
B. there is a portion of income that is set
used to produce goods and services
aside and invested
C. all income is consumed C. Goods that are produced without natu-
ral resources
D. none of above
D. Goods that are produced by the gov-
1148. A high GDP per capita necessarily indi- ernment
cates ?
A. An equal distribution of income 1153. Jack buys a tractor for his farm
B. A high standard of living A. Capital Goods
C. A large population size B. Entrepreneur
D. High national debt C. Human Capital
1149. To increase literacy rate, a country D. Natural Resources
MUST invest in
1154. What are the two characteristics of En-
A. Capital Goods
trepreneurship?
B. Productive Resources
A. InnovativeTake Risk
C. Human Capital
B. ScaredAlone
D. Physical Capital
C. HappyCheerful
1150. About 1/2 half of the world’s diamonds
are found here: D. Brave Noble
A. Middle East 1155. Which region of Europe has countries
B. USA with higher GDP per capita?
C. Europe A. Eastern Europe
D. Africa B. Western Europe
1151. Which country is likely to become aged C. Southern Europe
by 2028 with an average income a third
D. Northern Europe
lower than Thailand’s?
A. Japan 1156. Full employment means everyone is em-
B. South Korea ployed and there is zero unemployment.
C. Thailand A. True
D. Sri Lanka B. False
putting in 2 billion hours. Their labor pro- 1169. Teddy Roosevelt was a because he
ductivity is (d) believed in helping the common man by
preserving nature, busting trusts, support-
A. a $20 per hour/per person
ing unions, etc.
B. b $10 per hour/per person
A. Republican
C. c $5 per hour/per person
B. Democratic
D. d $30 per hour/per person
C. Progressive
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1166. How can economic growth be mea-
sured? D. none of above
A. Consumer price index, stock market in- 1170. As a verb, to gain financially; as a noun,
dex, exchange rate the economic gains of a business
B. Inflation rate, unemployment rate, in- A. Public Sector
terest rate
B. Profit
C. Population growth rate, poverty rate,
income inequality C. Private Sector
D. GDP, GNP, Real GDP growth rate D. Entrepreneur
1167. The level of wealth and material com- 1171. Economic growth can be best described
fort available to a people. as:
A. Standard of living
A. an increase in Real GDP per capita
B. Literacy Rate over time
C. Literate B. a decrease in GDP
D. Entrepreneur C. a double digit increase in the price
level
1168. What is the trend of retail spending in
this graph? D. no frictional unemployment
A.
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E. another country
more goods & services.
A. True 1187. The first English permanent colony in
South Carolina was Charles Town. Which
B. False statement is true about other areas in the
New World?
1182. What is one way a government can in-
vest in human capital? A. The Spanish had many other colonies
in the New England region including St.
A. by creating tax breaks for industrial Augustine
equipment
B. The French and Spanish had colonies
B. by providing no-interest loans for throughout the New World including
higher education colonies in the New England, Middle, and
C. by creating a low corporate tax rate Southern regions.
D. by providing unemployment insurance C. The English had several colonies al-
ready established in other colonies, in-
1183. The Human Development Index (HDI) cluding Jamestown, the first permanent
has 3 important criteria, which of these is English colony in the South.
NOT included? D. The Carolina colony was the only
A. Life expectancy colony settled by the English because Eng-
land was involved in a war.
B. Education
C. Real GDP/Income 1188. Barter, trade and emergency of money
A. This was a first form of trade
D. Pollution
B. There was no formal means of pay-
1184. Economic growth is the increase in: ment and people started to barter with
A. Employment each other
B. Themore a country invests in GDP, the 1201. An is someone who takes risks to
more the factors of growth will grow. start a new businesses.
C. Themore a country invests in the fac- A. investor
tors of growth, the less theGDP will grow. B. entrepreneur
D. Themore a country invests in GDP, the C. resource
less the factors of growth will grow.
D. capital
1197. What are natural resources?
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1202. A range between the different economic
A. Natural resources are the materials systems
that come from nature, such as land,
forests, minerals, water, etc. A. Economic Continuum
B. Things that humans create B. Economy
C. Thins produced quickly and easily C. Economic Growth
D. Things produced by factories using nat- D. Mixed Economy
ural means.
1203. A business that is owned at least par-
1198. An increase in productivity is likely to tially by investors.
A. worsen Australia’s international com- A. Corporation
petitiveness and increase inflation. B. Capital
B. worsen Australia’s international com- C. Stock
petitiveness and decrease inflation.
D. none of above
C. improve Australia’s international com-
petitiveness and increase inflation. 1204. What is the most accurate indicator of a
nation’s economic development?
D. improve Australia’s international com-
petitiveness and decrease inflation. A. per capita income
B. GDP
1199. Type of unemployment that occurs as a
result of harvest schedules, or when indus- C. GNP
tries make seasonal shifts in their produc- D. HDI
tion schedules.
1205. The total dollar value of the goods and
A. Seasonal Unemployment
services produced in one year.
B. Structural Unemployment
A. literacy rate
C. Frictional Unemployment
B. Gross Domestic Product
D. Cyclical Unemployment
C. natural resources
1200. The use of government spending and D. human capital
revenue collection to influence the econ-
omy. 1206. refers to a decrease in price level.
A. Monetary Policy A. Hyperinflation
B. Fiscal Policy B. Disinflation
C. Congressional Policy C. Deflation
D. Executive Policy D. Stagflation
1207. The total value of all the goods and ser- C. Direct and positive
vices produced in a country in one year is D. Complex and can vary
?
1215. The word “meager” in the passage is A. The Net National Income is the total of
closest in meaning to Gross National Product and Depreciation
A. Traditional B. The Net National Income is the differ-
B. Primary ence between Gross National Product and
Depreciation
C. Very low
C. The Net National Income is the dif-
D. Very necessary
ference between Gross Domestic Product
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1216. Who among the following would be con- and Depreciation
sidered as unemployed? D. The Net National Income is the differ-
A. A college student of legal age to work ence between Net Domestic Product and
but who is still in school full time. Depreciation
B. An entrepreneur in the process of
1221. What are some challenges faced by
starting a new business.
Bangladesh in becoming the richest coun-
C. A secretary who was laid-off from try?
work & is looking at job ads
A. Low population, advanced infrastruc-
D. A housewife taking care of three chil- ture, minimal corruption
dren.
B. Corruption, political instability,
1217. What is the trade cycle also known as? poverty, infrastructure development, and
environmental issues
A. The business cycle
B. The recession cycle C. Abundance of natural resources, effec-
tive environmental policies, low poverty
C. The economic cycle rate
D. The growth cycle D. High literacy rate, strong economy,
1218. Which country in SE Asia has the highest stable government
literacy rate?
1222. is a necessary but not sufficient con-
A. Japan dition of economic development.
B. India A. Economic Growth
C. China
B. Economic Development
D. North Korea
1223. Which goal was included in the presen-
1219. Which of the following will likely raise tation?
the GDP of a country?
A. Protect labour rights and promote safe
A. picking trade partners
and secure working environments for all
B. tariffs and banking workers, including migrant workers, in
C. imports and exports particular women migrants, and those in
precarious employment
D. investing in new technology
B. By 2020, substantially reduce the pro-
1220. Which of the following is true for Net portion of youth not in employment, edu-
National Income? cation or training
1231. Choose the correct option 1236. Which of the following represents the
term for “a product of the earth that peo-
ple use to meet their needs”
A. capital goods
B. natural resource
C. human capital
D. entrepreneurship
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A. Human Capital 1237. What is China’s current unemployment
rate?
B. Capital Goods
A. 3.5%
C. Natural Resources
B. 4.9%
D. Entrepreneurship
C. 5.4%
1232. What is the best way to measure eco- D. 2.1%
nomic growth?
1238. Which of the following would be an in-
A. Gross national product
vestment in Capital Goods for your movie
B. Inflation theater?
C. monetary policy
D. Gross Domestic Product
1240. Which of the following factors has con- A. changes in general price level in the
tributed the MOST to raising average labor economy
productivity historically?
1248. Which one of these is a consequence of A. Nations that produce oil often have
a recession? very weak economies.
A. Increase in inflation B. Increased oil production often leads to
B. Increase in employment economic growth.
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C. Decrease in income C. Oil’s economic benefits are distributed
equally throughout Southwest Asia.
D. Increase in Aggregate Supply
D. Oil production has little effect on the
1249. What are some of the policies that gov- economies of Southwest Asian nations.
ernments can implement to promote eco-
nomic growth? 1253. the ability to read and write
A. Literacy rate
A. Cutting funding for education and in-
frastructure B. standard of living
B. Reducing taxes, investing in infrastruc- C. literate
ture, promoting innovation, and providing D. None of the above
education and training
1254. According to the normal relationship,
C. Increasing taxes and regulations if Nation “X” decided to invest several
D. Limiting access to innovation and tech- billion dollars in education and training,
nology which statement below best explains how
its GDP would likely be affected?
1250. A person who takes the risk and starts
A. It would depend on other factors
up a company is known as a
B. It would not change
A. human capitalist
C. It would decrease
B. capital goods
D. A It would increase
C. entrepreneur
1255. Andrew goes to college to learn den-
D. natural resource
tistry.
1251. What Native American food source was A. Capital Goods
devastated by settlers over population B. Entrepreneur
and over hunting them?
C. Human Capital
A. fish
D. Natural Resources
B. buffalo
1256. What is the impact of government poli-
C. deer
cies on economic growth?
D. hogs
A. Government policies always have a
1252. Based on the table, what conclusion can positive impact on economic growth.
reasonably be drawn about oil production B. Government policies can have both
and the economies of Southwest Asian na- positive and negative impacts on eco-
tions? nomic growth.
C. Government policies have no impact 1262. Which of the following is NOT a macroe-
on economic growth. conomic objective?
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B. standard of living
C. entrepreneur
D. literacy rate
A. Scarcity
B. 2 boats 1272. A government could help create eco-
nomic growth by doing the following:
C. 2 trucks
A. Decreasing the money supply
D. 3 boats
B. Decreasing interest rates
1268. Economic growth is defined as? C. Decreasing government spending
A. The decrease in productive capacity of D. Increasing tax rates
an economy
B. The increase of the prices of good 1273. The graphs show how consumer prices
within an economy and real GDP changed in a country be-
tween 1995 and 2005. Which conclusion
C. The inverse relationship between may be drawn from the graphs?
money and productive capacity
D. The increase in productive capacity of
an economy
A. standard of living
B. out of work A. Living standards remained roughly
constant between 1995 and 2005.
C. poor
B. The level of GDP was lower in 2005
D. homeless than in 2000.
1270. Based on your knowledge of African C. The country experienced continuous
economies, which countries correctly com- economic growth between 1995 and 2005.
plete the table? D. The price level fell between 2000 and
A. 2003.
1274. The (a) capital goods a country has, then 1279. Prohibiting the export of NICKEL mining
the (b) goods and services they are able to materials is one of the efforts of President
produce. Jokowi’s government to
1284. A country investing in new machinery 1288. Often referred to as Physical Capital,
A. Human Capital what best includes the plant and equip-
ment that firms use as well as things like
B. Capital Good roads?
1285. what is the main product exported in A. Capital Deepening
chile? B. Human Output
C. Infrastructure
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D. Technology
A. copper
B. coffee
C. Oil
D. Meat
C. Nigeria
D. Ghana B.
1300. What is the term for the ability to cap- 1304. What are the FOUR (4) factors of eco-
ture some share of the social value of an nomic growth?
innovation?
A. human capital
A. Appropriability
B. capital goods
B. Excludability
C. natural resources
C. Rivalry
D. entrepreneurship
D. Invention
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E. Excitability E. gross domestic product
1301. What is the importance of early child- 1305. Measures how well off a people are in
hood development in promoting inclusive a country.
growth?
A. Literacy Rate
A. Early childhood development has no
B. physical capital
impact on inclusive growth.
B. Inclusive growth can be achieved with- C. Standard of Living
out early childhood development. D. Gross Domestic Capital
C. Early childhood development only af-
fects physical development, not cognitive 1306. What is another name for oil?
or socio-emotional development. A. Black Gold
D. Early childhood development is impor- B. California Coffee
tant in promoting inclusive growth be-
cause it lays the foundation for a child’s C. Petroleum Power
physical, cognitive, and socio-emotional D. Texas Toast
development.
1302. When workers have the best tools, they 1307. Implies an increase in the capacity of the
can: economy to produce more goods and ser-
vices.
A. be more productive
A. Economic development
B. help the countyr’s economy
B. Economic activity
C. both
D. none of above C. Economic prosperity
D. Economic growth
1303. In Country A, the government has of-
fered incentives to companies that invest
1308. Investment in human capital is impor-
in continuing education and training for
tant because
their employees. What factor of eco-
nomic growth is the country working to A. there will be fewer capital goods and
improve? natural resources available
A. capital goods B. countries will lower their standard of
B. human capital living
C. natural resources C. companies will earn more subsidies
D. entrepreneurship D. workers are more productive
1309. Why is using real GDP as a measure of 1314. Productive potential of a country can be
economic growth important? increased by raising the quantity or quality
of the factors of production
D. China
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1318. Which one of the following types of un- D. 10 to 12 percent
employment is best defined as ‘unemploy-
1322. Investment in capital goods typically
ment for short lengths of time between
leads to an
jobs’?
A. increase in GDP
A. Frictional
B. stronger its economy
B. Seasonal
C. technology
C. Cyclical
D. more goods & services
D. Structural
E. boosts a country’s exports
1319. The only government policy with an im-
1323. How do literacy rates affect their stan-
mediate effect on the AD curve is
dard of living?
A. changing income tax rates. A. The higher the literacy rates the lower
B. changing business tax rates. the standard of living.
C. changing government spending. B. The higher the standard of living the
D. changing government transfer pay- lower the literacy rates.
ments. C. The higher the literacy rates the higher
the standard of living.
E. changing the supply of money.
D. none of above
1320. What is an entreprenuer?
1324. Raw materials from nature-land, time,
trees, grass, sunlight, minerals, car, bus,
water/pond, cotton
A. natural resources
B. capital goods
C. human capital
D. entrepreneurship
1325. The (a) a country’s GDP, the (b) the
A. The head of the government in Aus-
standard of living is for the people of that
tralia
country.
B. A person who risks their own money,
A. a higher
time, and effort to create a new busi-
ness/jobs. B. b better
C. A person who works at an automobile C. lower
factory in Canberra D. worse tagsS2789894
1326. Based on the following statement, de- 1331. What social trend caused the demand
termine whether it will result in positive for beef to rise immediately following the
OR negative growth AND a shift in PPC OR Civil War?
1328. Between 2014 and 2015 the Pol- 1333. During the 1800s the U.S. experienced
ish economy expanded at a rate of a dramatic increase in the production of
3.3%.What necessarily follows from this manufactured goods because of
statement? A. the amount of European investment in
A. There was increased demand which U.S. industry
caused inflation. B. an increase in the number of skilled
B. The cost of living rose by 3.3% workers who had a public education
C. There was positive economic growth C. the invention of interchangeable parts
and the development of other mass-
D. The output of the industrial sector rose
production techniques
by 3.3%
D. an increase in the amount of imported
1329. A nation with a high GDP typically does raw materials available for production
not invest in capital, while a nation with a
low GDP doesinvest in human capital. 1334. Why is political stability important for
A. True economic growth?
B. False A. To protect investments
B. To enforce contracts
1330. Steve Jobs created the technology com-
pany Apple, Inc. Which is an example of C. To create competitive and open mar-
which economic growth aspect? kets
A. Tariff D. To give investors confidence to invest
B. Specialization 1335. The total value of all final goods and ser-
C. Entrepreneurship vice produced by a country’s citizens
D. Capital Goods A. GDP
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B. Money
used within a particular country or region
C. Technology
D. Human Resource C. a good means to send it to another
country to be sold
1337. Which is an example of a natural re- D. to bring in a good from another country
source? to sell
A. Oil
B. Education 1341. Can a human be considered physical cap-
ital?
C. Factories
A. Yes
D. none of above
B. No
1338. How did slavery impact the economy of
South Carolina? 1342. An outward shift in the PPF depicts
A. It caused the colony to struggle for
years. d. It caused quick fortunes and ter-
rible losses.
B. It made the colony very prosperous.
C. It made the colony go broke.
D. It made the colony more open-minded
1344. Name one factor that can hinder eco- 1349. An increase in which of the following
nomic growth. would cause a decrease in aggregate de-
mand?
1354. Which one of the following is most likely 1359. What is the main barrier to export di-
to result in a demand-side shock to the UK versification strategy?
economy? A large rise in A. High levels of inflation
A. World commodity prices B. Lack of skilled workforce
B. UK wages due to a wave of strikes C. Tariff escalation
C. UK interest rates D. Low demand for manufactured prod-
D. The price of imported semi- ucts
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manufactured goods
1360. I RailroadsII Silver miningIII Cotton
1355. Concerning the five-sector circular flow farmingIV Cattle ranchingV Computer tech-
model of the Australian economy, which nologyVI Oil drillingVII ManufacturingVIII
statement about the value of aggregate Education Which industries listed above im-
demand and GDP is true? The values of proved the economy of TX after the Civil
aggregate demand or GDP equal: War?
A. the total value of S + T + M A. I, II, VI
B. the total value of C + I + G + X-M B. III, IV, VI
C. the total value of C + I + G + X. C. 3, 6, 7
D. None of the above totals is correct. D. And, B, VI
1356. If the consumer price index (CPI) for 1361. A country can increase its capital goods
year 2013 is equal to 180 and for year by investing in what?
2014 is equal to 198, calculate the infla-
A. New machinery, technology, factories,
tion rate level in year 2014.
etc.
A. 10%
B. Stocks
B. 18%
C. Annuities
C. 80%
D. Environmental regulations
D. 98%
1362. Forcing native children to attend board-
1357. If a natural disaster strikes, the produc- ing schools were an attempt to stamp out
tion possibilities curve can shift their
A. No shift A. history
B. To the left B. youth
C. To the right C. farming skills
D. Outward on one axis only D. culture
1358. What was a key factor in the economic 1363. Which Best describes income?
growth and prosperity of the 1920s?
A. Money borrowed from a credit union.
A. Rapid population growth
B. Credit offered on the basis of a per-
B. Increased production efficiencies son’s salary
C. Decreased production efficiencies C. Money you earn working or get from
D. Expansion of government bureaucracy investing
D. Taxes paid to the government based on 1369. True or False? Entrepreneurs create jobs
annual salary for the population.
1366. Syria has not built new factories or used C. Changes within narrow limits
new technology in many years. What is D. Shows a secular declining trend
the country NOT investing in?
1372. Which country does not provide enough
A. Capital Goods money for education?
B. Human capital A. South Africa
C. Natural resources B. Niger
D. Entrepreneurship C. Nigeria
1375. The knowledge and skills possessed by B. It encourages people to take risks, in
people that places value on them in the job doing so create more efficient materials,
market is products, and technologies
A. human capital C. The more entrepreneurs a country has,
B. capital goods the higher the country’s GDP
C. GDP D. All the above answers are correct
D. trade
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1380. What factors can cause economic
1376. A recession is growth?
A. a reduction in real GDP over two suc-
A. Decrease in investment
cessive quarters
B. a reduction in real GDP over a whole B. Decrease in the labour force
year C. Improved technology
C. a reduction in nominal GDP over two
D. Decrease in education quality
successive quarters
D. a reduction in nominal GDP over a 1381. What did increased production efficien-
whole year cies lead to in the 1920s?
1377. Economic growth is measured by A. Economic growth and prosperity
A. Changes in GDP from one period to an-
B. Economic stagnation
other
B. GDP C. Rising unemployment rates
C. GDP from one period to another D. Decreased consumer spending
D. none of above
1382. One of the key aims of the Australian
1378. was a leader in the steel industry. government is to ensure that as the popu-
A. Rockefeller lation expands, sufficient goods and ser-
vices are available to satisfy needs and
B. Walker
wants and new jobs are created for those
C. Carnegie who enter the workforce.
D. Morgan A. True
E. Vanderbilt
B. False
1379. How does entrepreneurship influence
economic growth? 1383. What is the ultimate effect of capital
deepening?
A. Increased wages from demand for
workers
B. Increased Demand for machines
C. Increased factors of production
A. It creates jobs and reduces unemploy-
ment D. Stable GDP per capita
1384. How do we measure economic growth 1388. This reflects the value of goods and ser-
and development? vices produced in a year in a nation by an
average person.
in her home town. Marta’s brother, Fed- 1396. The Governor veto’s a bill by the State
erico, has started two new businesses in Legislature. The State Legislature can
Cuba. He tells Marta that she should think override a veto by the Governor. Which
hard about the business before she invests principle does this cover?
and risks her money in a bakery.What A. Popular sovereignty
would Marta be MOST concerned with as
an entrepreneur? B. Republicanism
A. Is she a really good baker? C. Checks and Balances
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B. What type of baked goods would D. Federalism
Cubans like?
1397. During World War II, many state’s citi-
C. Will the bakery make a profit in her zens, white and African Americans joined
home town? the military.
D. Will she have access to quality baking A. True
ingredients?
B. False
1393. What does human capital mean?
1398. What is the relationship between educa-
tion and economic development?
A. Education is unrelated to economic de-
velopment.
B. Education hinders economic develop-
ment.
C. Education promotes economic devel-
opment.
A. the people who perform labor (work)
D. Education has no impact on economic
B. the building where most people work
development.
in a country or state
1399. AD curve shift to right to show potential
1394. How do economists measure the health
economic growth
of a country’s economy?
A. True
A. Gross Domestic product (GDP)
B. stocks B. False
1412. What factors lead to potential growth? B. lower income received by households
in the economy
C. lower tax revenues for government
spending
D. all of the above
1416. More efficient production methods
would be included in which measure of
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economic growth?
A. Technological change
A. Real Income/GDP
B. Improvement in efficiency/ Institu-
B. Productive capacity
tional changes
C. Net social welfare
C. Lower unemployment
D. none of above
D. Unused machinery being used produc-
tively 1417. Which of the following is a withdrawal
from the circular flow of income?
E. Increases in quantity/improvements
in quality of FOP A. Exports
B. Savings
1413. Which of the following is an advantage
C. Investment
of division of labour?
D. Government Spending
A. Less job satisfaction
B. Delays in work 1418. The factories, machinery, technology,
etc. that are necessary to sustain a ser-
C. Increased speed of work vice or industry
D. none of above A. Human Capital
1424. What is the main goal of structural 1428. GDP per capita
adjustment programs in developing coun- A. per capita GDP
tries? B. per capita GDP
A. To increase government intervention C. per capita GDP
B. To promote import substitution D. per capita
1431. People who provide the money to start 1437. are the man-made materials that
and operate a business are called what? are needed to produce goods and services
A. Leaders A. Capital goods
B. Entrepreneurs B. Human capital
C. Politicians C. Natural Resources
D. Presidents D. Gross Domestic Goods
1432. At the end of the 1990s and start of the
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1438. What is the World Bank’s view on inclu-
2000s, Ireland experience a BOOM-what sive growth?
is this boom referred to as?
A. It promotes equitable distribution of
A. The Celtic Lion benefits
B. The Celtic Boom
B. It supports income inequality
C. The Celtic Tiger
C. It focuses on reducing access to edu-
D. The Big Irish Boom cation
1433. The growth of towns and cities D. It benefits individuals but not nations
A. Towns never developed along the 1439. What are tangible objects that satisfy
rivers and main trading routes economic wants and needs?
B. Towns and cities grew and became
centers for trading and manufacturing
C. The use of money contributes towards
an expansion in economic growth
D. Governments were introduced and
started to dominate the cities and towns
1434. Economic Growth can reduce tax rev-
enues for the government A. Services
A. true B. Labor
B. false C. Invest
D. Goods
1435. What is the ratio of people without a
job in the world? 1440. Method cowboys used to move large
A. 400 million people herds of cattle north from ranches in Texas
B. 1 of 6 people towns along Rail Road in late 1800’s. is
C. 14 per cent
D. Just a bunch
1436. What is meant by economic growth?
A. A decrease in the budget deficit
B. An increase in population
C. An increase in budget surplus
D. An increase in real GDP
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1448. Which of the following is NOT a nat-
ural resource that can influence economic C. Human capital
growth?
D. Lack of water
A. Human capital
B. Land 1454. Cattle ranching is important for Brazil’s
economy. However, large herds of cat-
C. Labor
tle need lots of space to graze. Which
D. Technology of the following industries would MOST
LIKELY suffer if cattle ranching expanded
1449. Which region of Europe has countries
in Brazil?
with a lower standard of living?
A. Eastern Europe A. agriculture
A. Climate C. 16
B. Metals D. 15
1457. What is an output gap? 1461. According to the data, which country
A. The difference between the actual has most likely invested the most in hu-
man capital?
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roads and established the Texas Railroad
1466. Among the following determinants of Commission.
growth, which one is a non-economic fac- B. He expanded the monopolies of the
tor railroads.
A. Natural resources
1470. One challenge faced by many immi-
B. Population growth grants was
C. Favourable legislation
D. Capital accumulation
A.
A. Over-Crowded living
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ers succeed, the government also provides
tions
training programs on how to run a busi-
ness. What is this country trying to do? C. Cotton became the number one indus-
try in Texas
A. eliminate barriers to trade
D. Population in Texas dropped to the
B. improve access to natural resources loud noise of the train
C. encourage entrepreneurship
1488. Discouraged workers in the economy im-
D. reduce the cost of capital investments plies that the measurement of unemploy-
ment
1484. GDP stands for
A. understates the true unemployment
A. Grand Domestic Produce rate
B. Gross Domestic Produce B. overstates the true unemployment
C. Gross Domestic Product rate
D. Grand Domain Product C. correctly measures the true unemploy-
ment rate
1485. In a command economic system the , D. doubles the unemployment rate
makes all economic decisions.
A. Government 1489. In a recession, GDP
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C. Zimbabwe
D. Morocco 1503. Which of the following best defines an
economy at equilibrium?
1499. Between 2010 and 2018, Romania has A. Leakages are equal to injections
seen a rise in its labour productivity of
46%. Other factors remaining equal, a B. Aggregate demand is equal to aggre-
rise in labour productivity is likely to cause gate supply
A. an increase in AS and will benefit C. National income and national output
firms. would be equal
B. a fall in employment of labour leading D. All of the above
to lower wage rate pressures
1504. What happens to your money in the
C. an outward shift of aggregate demand
bank?
leading to higher prices for consumers
D. a fall in business profits and invest- A. Stays in the bank
ment leading to a fall in internationalcom- B. Bank loans it out
petitiveness
C. Bank Invests it
1500. Why was the production of oil in 1859 D. Bank owner uses it as is own money
important and what was its most signifi-
cant use? 1505. All of the following make up the human
A. Tractors development index EXCEPT
B. Automobiles A. life expectancy
C. to make different kinds of medicine B. per capita income
D. lawn mowers C. education level and literacy rate
1501. What does a recession PPC illustrate? D. gender equality
A. An increase in production. 1506. During the pandemic, Government
B. A decrease in unemployment. closes schools for the month of March,
C. A fall in output and income. will cause
1507. What is likely to be a disadvantage of 1511. Money is a capital good, but NOT a
economic growth? medium of exchange!
1515. Which of the following is NOT a factor 1520. Which city has an altered view of GDP
that economists consider when measuring per capita?
economic growth? A. Paris
A. Population growth
B. Atlanta
B. Inflation
C. Berlin
C. Changes in government policies
D. Moscow
D. Technological advancements
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1521. What is the main reason for Mumbai’s
1516. Cambridge North Station was opened in
economic growth?
2017 to improve access to where?
A. Cambridge Station A. Its location on the west coast of India
1517. When is an economy in a recession? 1522. A measure of wealth, basic needs and
A. When there are 2 consecutive period material comfort a person has access to
of positive growth A. Quality of Life
B. When an economy’s revenue exceeds B. Economic Growth
its expenditure
C. Standard of Living
C. When there are 2 consecutive periods
of negative growth D. Economic Development
D. When there are 2 consecutive periods 1523. An example of a semi-skilled worker is:
of negative capital investment
A. Doctor
1518. What does “full employment” mean? B. electrician
A. There is no seasonal unemployment.
C. nail technician
B. Every person who wants to work has a
D. garbage collector
job.
C. There is no structural unemployment. 1524. An economy where the government
D. Those who want to work have full-time makes the basic economic decisions
jobs. A. Mixed Economy
1519. Based on the following statement, de- B. Market Economy
termine whether it will result in positive C. Traditional Economy
OR negative growth AND a shift in PPC
OR movement towards the PPC-“An im- D. Command Economy
provement in efficiency in production”
1525. infrastructure is the basic physical and
A. Positive organizational structures and facilities
B. Negative such as building.
C. Shift in PPC curve A. True
D. Movement towards PPC curve B. False
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B. No, I don’t understand this from the services
notes D. None of the above
C. No, I don’t understand this, as I have
not read the notes 1540. What a country invests in education for
D. none of above its citizens, what is it increasing?
A. Human Capital
1536. One of the main causes of economic
growth is changes in ? B. Capital Goods
A. Consumer preferences C. Natural Resources
B. Weather patterns D. Technology
C. Investment
D. Currency values 1541. When you spend money at the store,
you’re contributing to your town’s
1537. How does technological innovation im-
A. inflation
pact economic growth?
A. Technological innovation has no impact B. import
on economic growth. C. economy
B. Technological innovation leads to a de- D. none of above
crease in productivity and economic devel-
opment. 1542. Economic growth can be seen by an out-
C. Technological innovation only benefits ward shift of
a few industries and does not create new
A. The Production Possibility Frontier
jobs.
D. Technological innovation impacts eco- B. The Gross Domestic Barrier
nomic growth by increasing productivity, C. The Marginal Consumption Frontier
creating new industries and jobs, improv-
ing efficiency, and driving overall eco- D. The Minimum Efficient Scale
nomic development.
1543. During a recession (select all that ap-
1538. Why did people leave their farms to ply):
move to cities?
A. Consumption increases
A. Arid farming conditions
B. Investment decreases
B. Floods ruining the crops
C. Unemployment increases
C. Jobs and an opportunity to increase
their income D. Unemployment decreases
1544. Building a machine that helps put auto- 1548. This type of marxist socialism doesn’t
mobiles together faster seek a violent uprising of the working
class, but rather tries achieve change grad-
1547. Friend of Sam Houston and was killed 1552. What is the main reason for the high
at the Battle of Neches. population growth in Mumbai?
A. Mirabeau. B. Lamar A. Low death rate
B. William Goyens B. High birth rate
C. Chief Kicking Bird C. Migration from rural areas
D. Chief Philip Bowles D. Improved healthcare facilities
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A. A is correct while B is incorrect C. Labour
B. A is incorrect while B is correct D. Technological Advancement
C. Both are correct E. Discovery of New Resources
D. Both are incorrect
1557. Innovation, improving capital stock,
1554. What are capital goods? raising agricultural output by using genet-
ically modified crops, increasing spending
on education and training to improve hu-
man capital, and increasing the population
size to increase the workforce can all shift
long run aggregate supply to the right
A. Yes, I understand this from the notes
B. No, I don’t understand this from the
notes
C. No, I don’t understand this, as I have
A. The workers who make the goods and not read the notes
services. D. none of above
B. The factories and machines used to
make goods. 1558. Investments in social infrastructure
(schools, hospitals, etc.)
C. The money spent to train workers to
use new technology. A. Stage 1:Traditional Society
D. The goods and services that are pro- B. Stage 2:Pre-Condition for Take-Off
duced for a country’s economy. C. Stage 3:Take-Off
1555. Will we likely ever see prices stay D. Stage 4:Drive to Maturity
the same if we promote true economic
E. Stage 5:High Mass Consumption
growth?
A. It’s not likely that demand will in- 1559. If AD shifts to the left, what happens to
crease by exactly the same amount as the real wages (wages adjusted for inflation)
LRAS increases however it is likely. in the short run?
B. Demand always increases at the same A. Real wages will increase
rate as technology increases
B. Real wages will decrease
C. Our insatiable appetite for more
causes prices to go up faster than sup- C. Real wages will be unaffected
ply ever grows. D. none of above
1570. The total value of the final goods and 1573. How can changes in technology or con-
services produced within a country in one sumer demand affect the unemployment
year. rate?
A. GDP per capita A. by making it difficult for people to buy
what they want
B. GDP
B. by changing the number or kinds of
C. capital goods jobs available
D. none of these
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C. by creating a demand for things that
are not available
1571. Which diagram best fits the following
D. by making it possible for some people
change:the widespread use of new technol-
to work fewer hours
ogy
1574. Why is Economic Growth important to
countries?
A. A. A country is better off if it can use it’s
own resources to supply the needs of it’s
people
B. A country can buy expensive imports
C. A country can export around the world
B. D. A country can get out of debt
1579. Which of the following policies is a 1584. Which of the following can be an exter-
supply-side policy and can be used for eco- nal pressure resulting from not achieving
nomic growth strong and sustainable economic growth?
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B. Able to increase only if the labor force
the rights of African Americans? grows.
A. created Jim Crow laws and black
C. Insignificant in productivity advances.
codes
B. passed the 14th Amendment D. The ratio of labor to capital.
C. developed he Freedmen’s Bureau 1595. Which of the following factors can con-
D. gave suffrage to African-American tribute to environmental degradation as a
men result of unsustainable economic growth?
1590. Materials and labor used to create A. A focus on renewable energy sources
goods and services. B. Overexploitation of natural resources
A. human capital C. High investment in public transporta-
B. entrepreneurship tion systems
C. production D. Strict environmental regulations
D. productive resources
1596. Refugees are people that are forced
1591. outdoor recreation to leave their country in order to escape
A. outdoor recreation wars, persecution, or natural disaster?
B. farming policy A. True
C. economic growth B. False
D. climate emergencies
1597. Human resources are people and their
1592. the countries that are located in south- various skills, talents and abilities.
eastern Europe along the Balkan Peninsula
A. True
A. literacy
B. False
B. literacy rate
C. standard of living 1598. Tungsten can carry electricity
D. Balkans A. True
1600. What are freedom of religion, press and 1605. Military bases were opened and ex-
trial by jury known as? panded at Fort Jackson, Greenville,
Charleston, and Myrtle Beach.
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country?
A. GDP indicates whether a business is
expanding or contracting. A. Stock market performance
B. GDP indicates whether a city’s econ- B. Inflation rate
omy is expanding or contracting. C. Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth
C. GDP indicates whether the nation’s D. Unemployment rate
economy is expanding or contracting.
1617. Which of the following is a benefit of
D. GDP indicates whether the world’s
economic growth?
economy is expanding or contracting.
A. Increased inequality
1612. The goods used in the production pro- B. Depletion of natural resources
cess such as factories, machinery and
equipment C. Higher prices (inflation)
C. Gives money to schools for research 1619. How does investment in capital goods
D. Giving Patents and Copyrights by companies help a country increase its
GDP?
1614. Which of the following is NOT a way in A. The GDP of a country goes down when
which education can contribute to economic companies make more money
growth?
B. Companies that invest in capital goods
A. Increased job opportunities are able to provide a better place for their
workers to work
B. Reduced income inequality
C. Highly trained workers help the com-
C. Improved productivity and innovation
pany be more profitable by finding ways
D. All of the above to help the company work better.
D. When a company invests in capital, it 1624. National Income can also be measured
can produce more goods at a better price by adding up the total amount of outputs
and increase the profit that it makes. produced in an economy
A. workers and their skills, talents, and 1628. Each individual person
education A. per capita
B. factories, machines, and technology B. production
C. raw materials from the Earth C. investment
D. people who start their own businesses D. standard of living
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1630. What does infrastructure mean? ment might fall, resulting in negative eco-
A. education and skills nomic growth
B. natural resources C. it causes the general price level to
C. bridges, factories and roads rise and this erodes consumer purchasing
power
D. do have an unequal distribution
D. it negatively affects budget balance as
1631. What present day states were added by the government receives lower tax rev-
the Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo? enues and spends more on unemployment
A. Arizona, California, New Mexico, benefits
Nevada E. firms will have difficulty making plan-
B. North Carolina, South Carolina, Geor- ning decisions due to the uncertainty in
gia, Alabama the level of prices of raw materials, labour
costs and goods
C. Maine, New York, Massachusetts,
Michigan 1635. Level 2produce products and services
D. Texas, Oklahoma, Colorado, North desired by customers
Dakota
B. Human capital is the level of training 1641. How has the Internet helped to improve
a human or population has in their work the economies of many Latin American na-
field ; capital goods are the machines tions?
1646. What is a possible consequence of eco- 1651. Explain the concept of industrialization.
nomic growth that is too low? A. The process of transforming an econ-
A. Low inflation rates omy based on fishing and mining into one
based on large-scale industry
B. Environmental sustainability
B. The process of transforming an econ-
C. High unemployment rates
omy based on agriculture and handicrafts
D. Increased investment in infrastruc- into one based on large-scale industry,
ture mechanized manufacturing, and the fac-
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tory system.
1647. The voluntary exchange of goods and
services without any government inter- C. The process of transforming an econ-
vention. omy based on technology and innovation
into one based on large-scale industry
A. Market Economy
D. The process of transforming an econ-
B. Traditional Economy omy based on agriculture and tourism into
1648. Mr. Waltz decides he wants to take one based on large-scale industry
a risk and open up a Jello Shop. He in- 1652. Brazil sends university students abroad
vests his own capital, human capital, capi- to study in other countries.
tal goods, and natural resources to start a
A. human capital
business. What is this an example of?
B. physical capital
A. a natural resource
B. human capital 1653. Economic Growth does not allow compa-
nies to hire more employees
C. a capital good
A. True
D. entrepreneurship
B. False
1649. The ideas and emotional drive a person
1654. Who was the first African American
has to produce something that other peo-
woman to become a bank president?
ple will want to buy describes which factor
of production? A. Maggie Walker
A. Capital B. Barbara Johns
1657. What did the term ‘Return to Normalcy’ 1661. Resources are needed by humans to
mean in the economic context? process natural resources and improve sci-
ence and technology.
A. Transitioning to a communist eco-
nomic system
B. Transitioning to a socialist economic
system
C. Implementing radical economic re-
forms
D. Returning to pre-World War I eco-
nomic conditions
1663. Which choice below is an example of a 1668. Inclusive economic growth primarily
capital good? aims to:
A. Keys A. Increase the wealth of the richest citi-
B. bulldozer zens
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1664. An example of investing in capital goods D. Focus solely on urban development
is
A. improve the literacy rate of a country 1669. What is given up if the savings rate is
high?
B. update technology
A. future consumption
C. provide training for workers
B. current consumption
D. none of above
C. income
1665. is focused on the accumulation of D. interest
material resources. It is an increase in real
output of the country. Economic measures 1670. What can be an impact of a rising liter-
include GDP which is the measure of to- acy rate within a nation?
tal goods and services produced in an econ- A. Fewer government positions needed.
omy within a given time
B. An improved quality of life with better
A. Economic Growth jobs.
B. Economic Development C. A decrease in the quality of life.
1666. An inward shift of a nation’s production D. A decrease in the nation’s economy.
possibilities frontier can occur due to
1671. Why should countries invest in develop-
A. a reduction in unemployment. ing human capital?
B. a natural disaster like a hurricane or
bad earthquake.
C. a change in the amounts of one good
desired.
D. an increase in the labor force.
1667. Which factors most contribute to Brazil A. because the more people you have
and Mexico having high GDPs? (Choose 2) working in one area like a capital the more
A. They are unsure how to protect their productive it will be
natural resources. B. it leads to a lower GDP
B. They have natural resources to fuel C. it leads to lower literacy rate
their industries.
D. investment in the education and skills
C. They have invested in new technology training of people creates a smarter and
and educated their people. more productive workforce, which relates
D. none of above to a higher GDP.
1672. Which statement most accurately de- 1676. Based on the following statement, de-
scribes the role of entrepreneurship in termine whether it will result in positive
Latin America? OR negative growth AND a shift in PPC OR
1680. An economy’s output gap moves from 1683. What Factor of Economic Growth is be-
being positive to negative. The most likely ing described in the image?
reason for this is that?
A. Taxes have increased
B. Interest rates have been cut
C. Unemployment has fallen
D. Taxes have been cut
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1681. The more a country invests in its capital
goods, the and higher the GDP
A. Capital Goods
A. increase in GDP
B. Entrepreneurship
B. stronger its economy
C. Human Capital
C. technology
D. Gross Domestic Product
D. more goods & services
E. boosts a country’s exports 1684. What is a key feature of sustainable
economic growth?
1682. Which diagram best fits the following A. High inflation rates
change:industrial pollution destroys the
environment B. Short-term profit maximization
C. Long-term environmental conserva-
tion
A. D. Rapid industrialization regardless of
environmental impact
A. to accompany
B. to foster
D. C. to interpret
D. to target
A. True A. True
B. False
B. False
1694. The rate of growth of an economy
1690. A cost to economic growth are negative mainly depends upon
externalities
A. The rate of growth of the labour force
A. Yes, I understand this from the notes B. The proportion of national income
B. No, I don’t understand this from the saved and invested
notes C. The rate of technological improve-
ments
C. No, I don’t understand this, as I have
not read the notes D. All of the above
1696. Which one of these is NOT a sign that 1700. Which of the following goods is included
living standards are improving? in GDP?
A. Decrease in life expectancy A. Dresses
B. Increase in access to education B. Screws used in a cruise missile
C. Decrease in poverty rate C. Flour for making bread
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1701. The costs and benefits of economic
1697. Level 2New space in the mind of the
growth are best evaluated in the context
customer is different from the space occu-
of ?
pied by existing products. There are ADDI-
TIONAL benefits to an existing product. A. Population size
B. Different economies
C. Political systems
D. Geographic location
D. It’s the building where most people C. The consumers price index (CPI) is a
work in a country or state measure of inflation
1714. What is one criticism of Rostow’s 1719. Which of the following contributed
stages of economic growth model? MOST to this process toward territories
A. It doesn’t consider Earth’s carrying ca- gaining statehood?
pacity and new ecological limits A. Overcrowded cities in the East pushed
B. It doesn’t account for how countries in- European immigrants to go west to seek
fluence one another better opportunities.
C. It was based on the United States and B. The expansion of major railroads link-
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Europe in the 1960s ing the West and the East enabled people
D. All of the above and supplies to move cheaply.
1715. According to the article, China’s econ- C. With the signing of the Fort Laramie
omy is doing than the economy of Treaty, there was less fighting with Amer-
other countries. ican Indians.
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1738. What are some of the challenges that
A. pay a specified fee to Chinese govern- countries face in achieving sustainable eco-
ment officials nomic growth?
B. exchange his Turkish money for Chi- A. High employment rates, low inflation,
nese money and stable currency exchange rates
C. find a job in China in order to earn Chi- B. Rapid population growth, technologi-
nese money cal advancement, and increased foreign
D. file paperwork to become a temporary investment
Chinese citizen C. Decreased government spending, in-
1734. Economic growth measures the creased taxes, and reduced international
trade
A. Growth of productivity
D. Income inequality, environmental
B. Increase in nominal income degradation, and resource depletion
C. Increase in output
1739. What are the benefits of investing in hu-
D. None of the above man capital?
1735. Why did the African’s population in- A. No impact on productivity, skills and
crease during the colonial period? knowledge, earning potential, job oppor-
tunities, and economic growth.
A. Africans wanted to come to the New
World for a better way of life B. Increased productivity, improved
skills and knowledge, higher earning po-
B. Africans came to the New World look-
tential, better job opportunities, but no
ing for gold and silver
impact on overall economic growth.
C. Africans were brought to the New
C. Decreased productivity, outdated
World to provide free labor to colonial set-
skills and knowledge, lower earning po-
tlers
tential, limited job opportunities, and over-
D. Africans migrated to the New World all economic decline.
during the Ice Age
D. Increased productivity, improved
1736. Which of the following factors is most skills and knowledge, higher earning po-
lkely to increase Economic Growth? tential, better job opportunities, and over-
all economic growth.
A. Higher exchange rate
B. Higher interesr rates 1740. The United Kingdom has few natural
resources. However, they do very well
C. Higher terms of trade in manufacturing, banking, and technology
D. Higher import demand services. They focus on these parts of
their economy and trade for natural re- 1744. Which of the following countries has a
sources. What economic term describes high standard of living due to oil reserves?
what the United Kingdom is doing?
1741. Financial difficulties, unrest in the army, 1745. Governments and the regulation of mar-
native conflicts, trouble with Mexico were kets
all problems faced by the Republic of A. The colonies served as outlets for man-
Texas. Which scenario identifies with ufactured goods from Europe
these struggles?
B. The discovery voyages led to the colo-
A. Houston decides that these problems nization of countries
could be solved by more immigrants
C. Precious metals never flowed from
B. Houston and others wanted annexa- the colonies into Europe which increased
tion to the US their wealth
C. Jones raised an Army and Navy to at- D. Discoverers looked for unexplored
tract more settlers places where they found resources that
D. Houston signs a treaty with Mexico would strengthen the economic and politi-
cal power of the mother city
1742. A strong rise in energy cost is likely to
lead to 1746. What is the difference between actual
growth rates and long-term trends in
A. A rise in real GDP and the price level growth rates?
B. A fall in GDP and the price level A. Actual growth is caused by increases
C. A fall in real GDP but a rise in the price in AD, while long-term trends are the long
level run expansion of the productive potential
of an economy
D. A rise in real GDP but a fall in the price
level B. Actual growth is caused by increases
in AS, while long-term trends are caused
1743. Iron, precious metals, and fuel, such as by increases in AD
oil and coal, are the top three categories C. Actual growth is the percentage in-
of EXPORTS from Russia. What conclusion crease in a country’s real GDP, while long-
about the Russian economy can be drawn term trends are caused by increases in AS
based on this information?
D. Actual growth is the long run expan-
A. Russia has a pure market economy. sion of the productive potential of an econ-
B. Russia has a pure command economy. omy, while long-term trends are the per-
centage increase in a country’s real GDP
C. The Russian economy relies on manu-
facturing. 1747. Actual economic growth can be repre-
D. The Russian economy relies on natural sented by:
resources. A. Leftward shift of AD
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D. Exploiting child labor
B. Recession
C. Recovery 1754. What is CPI
D. Boom A. The consumers price index (CPI) is a
measure of inflation for New Zealand
1749. Economic growth measures the
B. The consumers price index (CPI) is a
A. Growth of productivity measure of inflation for New Zealand pro-
B. Increase in nominal income ducers
C. Increase in national output C. The consumers price index (CPI) is a
D. None of the above measure of inflation
D. The consumers price index (CPI) is
1750. Capital goods are
a measure of inflation for New Zealand
A. A person that invests their own money households
in starting a business
1755. Economic growth can be measured by
B. The training that workers need to be
good at their job A. The CPI
C. Factories, tools and machines used to B. The CBI
produce other goods and products C. GDP
D. none of above D. MPC
1751. Which country is described as having 1756. The following is a diagram of
substantial regional differences in terms of
wealth and age structure?
A. Japan
B. Thailand
C. India
D. South Korea
1752. What animal did many Native American
tribes of the Great Plains depend upon for
A. Actual growth-caused by increased in
their survival?
AD
A. Buffalo
B. Potential growth-caused by increased
B. Boar in AD
C. Moose C. Actual growth-caused by increased in
D. none of above SRAS
1766. “Economic Growth” is measured by: 1770. Why should countries invest in develop-
A. Comparing the TOTAL UNITS of produc- ing capital goods?
tion in one year vs. previous year.
B. Comparing the TOTAL SUCCESS of pro-
duction in one year vs. previous year.
C. Comparing the TOTAL VALUE of produc-
tion in one year vs. previous year.
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D. none of above
1767. A movement from X to C would mean?
A. they shouldn’t, it is too expensive
B. because capital goods cannot be sold
to other countries
C. when countries invest in capital goods,
they are providing better facilities, re-
sources, and/or materials for the peo-
ple who perform the labor, which creates
a more productive workforce leading to
A. Consumers are more likely to pur-
greater economic growth (higher GDP).
chase mobile phones.
B. The economy can produce more of all D. because capital goods are less expen-
goods. sive than private goods
C. The economy is operating below it pro-
ductive potential for all goods. 1771. How do natural resources contribute to
the economy?
D. The inflation rate of all other goods
must have fallen A. Natural resources have no impact on
the economy
1768. Short run economic growth can be cre-
ated by increasing aggregate demand B. Natural resources are a burden on the
economy
A. Yes, I understand this from the notes
B. No, I don’t understand this from the C. Natural resources only benefit foreign
notes countries
C. No, I don’t understand this, as I have D. Natural resources contribute to the
not read the notes economy by providing raw materials for in-
D. none of above dustries, creating job opportunities, gen-
erating revenue through exports, and at-
1769. The Act made monopolies illegal in tracting foreign investment.
the U.S., which is why there aren’t any to-
day. 1772. does not consider the depletion of
A. Labor Union natural resources which might lead to pol-
lution, congestion & disease.
B. Meat Inspection
C. Sherman Anti-Trust A. Economic Growth
D. none of above B. Economic Development
1773. Which factor of economic growth is all B. increased taxes, decreased govern-
of the goods that are produced in the coun- ment spending, raising interest rates, pro-
try and then used to make other goods & tectionist trade policies, divestment in in-
1775. The Difference between Economic 1777. Unemployment caused when a man re-
Growth and Economic development are signs from his job to start looking for a
higher paying job.
A. Economic development is single dimen- A. Structural
sion for example economic activities, & B. Seasonal
economic growth is multiple dimension
(social, environment & politic) C. Frictional
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B. 49ers
1781. The Human Development Index (HDI) is
a summary measure of average achieve- C. Exodusters
ment in key dimensions of human develop- D. none of above
ment. Option that is not in the mentioned
dimensions is 1786. In an effort to avoid recession, the gov-
A. a long and healthy life ernment implements a tax rebate program,
effectively cutting taxes for households.
B. decent standard of living We would expect this to:
C. being knowledgeable
A. affect neither aggregate supply nor ag-
D. Community Generosity gregate demand.
1782. Money exchanged between businesses B. increase aggregate demand.
and individuals for labour: C. reduce aggregate demand.
A. Wages
D. reduce aggregate supply.
B. Revenue
C. Spending 1787. Improving the economic situation →
better lives for people
D. Profit
A. Urbanization
1783. What is the impact of climate change on
Bangladesh’s economy? B. Industrialization
1789. Why may GDP not be a good measure to 1793. Tradeoffs, Opportunity costs, marginal
compare the living standard of two coun- costs, marginal benefits, and personal pri-
tries? orities are all important to consider when
1798. Which of the following is both a demand 1802. A country’s is the total dollar value
and supply factor influencing the level of of all goods and services produced in one
Economic Growth? year.
A. productivity A. Gross Domestic Product (GDP)
B. the level of disposable income B. Gross Domestic Imports (GDI)
C. Gross Domestic Resources (GDR)
C. consumer confidence
D. Gross Domestic Exports (GDE)
D. interest rates
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1803. outdated and slow
1799. Households do NOT use income to
A. sector
A. save money B. obsolete
B. buy services C. GDP per capita
C. pay taxes D. capital
D. buy factors of production E. relationship
E. purchase goods 1804. What is the relationship between
adding elements of a market system to
1800. What is the usual relationship between a country’s economy and the country’s
a country’s standard of living and the lit- economic growth?
eracy rate of that country?
A. When there is total government con-
A. The higher the standard of living, the trol
lower the literacy rate. B. When countries lift some government
B. There is no relationship between these control, they experience economic growth
two items. C. When countries have no government
C. The lower the literacy rate, the lower or citizen control, then they will experi-
the standard of living. ence economic growth
1807. If operators are fired and replaced with D. Abundance of water, but a scarcity of
computer technology, the operators would phosphates
be considered
A. 5% D. Natural Resources
B. Educated populations have a higher 1821. Who was the first African American to
standard of living than uneducated popu- win a major tennis championship?
lations.
A. Oliver Hill
C. Educated populations are less likely to
distrust the government. B. Arthur Ashe
D. Educated populations produce more C. Harry F Byrd
agricultural goods than D. Linwood Holton
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1817. workers have very specialized skills
and can usually supervise others. 1822. According to the economist Raul Fabella,
increasing the percentage of foreign own-
A. skilled ership as allowed in the 1987 Constitution
B. highly skilled would not guarantee an increase of foreign
C. semi skilled investment if:
D. unskilled A. the foreigners cannot become Filipino
citizens.
1818. What key factor affects a nation’s eco-
nomic growth the MOST? B. the costs of electricity are too high,
and infrastructures are still substandard.
A. the goods in which its trading partners
specializes
1823. Which of the words below describe the
B. the amount of choices available to its performance of China’s retail sales?
consumers
A. Expansion
C. the education and skill level of its work-
force B. Steady
D. the length of time its leader has been C. Contraction
in office
D. none of above
1819. Starts to develop and improve infras-
tructure (roads, electrical grid, water sys- 1824. If real GDP in 2018 is $100 and real
tems, etc.) GDP in 2019 is $125, how much did real
GDP change by?
A. Stage 1:Traditional Society
B. Stage 2:Pre-Condition for Take-Off A. 25%
C. Stage 3:Take-Off B. 100%
D. Stage 4:Drive to Maturity C. 20%
E. Stage 5:High Mass Consumption D. 0%
1820. It also leads to the creation of more
opportunities in the sectors of education, 1825. Payment made for the use of borrowed
healthcare, employment, and the conser- money is called
vation of the environment. It implies an A. Financial Institution
increase in the per capita income of every
citizen. B. Creditors
1826. Starts individual socio-economic mobil- 1830. ‘Unemployment has begun to rise in the
ity and growth. Starts to become possible UK. What should policy makers do? Al-
to climb socio-economic classes. ready the Bank of England has cut interest
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1835. A newspaper reports that there D. is a bigger problem in market
has been economic growth in an econ- economies than in socialist economies.
omy.What does this mean to an
economist? 1840. The process of improving the quality of
all human lives and capabilities by raising
A. Population has increased.
people’s levels of living, self-esteem and
B. Production has increased. freedom.
C. Saving has increased. A. development
D. Taxation has increased. B. upliftment
C. increase economy
1836. Poor decisions made about how to orga- D. standard of living
nize farming in North Korea have resulted
in many years of: 1841. Which of the following factors will not
shift the AD curve right?
A. Drought
A. Increase in the cost of labour
B. Farmers refusing to work
B. Increase in consumer confidence
C. Starvation
C. Increased exports
D. Arguments about what crops to grow D. Increased investment
1837. What is one consequence of a recession? 1842. An advance in technology will cause:
A. Increased unemployment A. AD to shift to the right
1853. The Australian economy has experi- 1858. Level 1People who buy and use a prod-
enced in 2020 uct and services
A. An expansion
B. A recession
C. A boom
D. A bust
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1854. Updating Factories
A. Human Capital A. Suppliers
B. Capital Goods B. Customers
1869. Balanced growth implies A. Oil is found in all countries of the Mid-
A. Simultaneous development of a variety dle East.
of activities, which support one another B. Larger countries have more oil than
B. Equal allocation of resources to differ- smaller countries.
ent sectors C. Some countries may have oil, others
C. Different sectors growing at their nat- may not.
ural rates of growth D. Small countries do you have oil.
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D. Uniform rate of growth of output over 1874. According to the article, why was
time China’s economic growth growth slower
1870. What is one method used to stop com- than predicted?
petitors from stealing an idea? A. China’s economy is just performing
A. Secrecy badly
A. vertical B. Recession
B. horizontal C. Recovery
C. diagonal D. Slump
D. none of above
1891. What is GDP (Gross Domestic Product)?
1886. What is the impact of economic growth A. a person who takes a risk to start a
on current and future living standards? new business
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A. Decrease in consumer concern about B. the value that people bring to the work-
the environment force
B. Increase in average wages C. the total amount of goods and services
C. Decrease in public service improve- produced in a country in one year
ment D. tools that make other goods
D. Increase in damage to the environ-
1892. however is concerned with sustain-
ment
ability which means meeting the needs of
1887. Stagflation means: the present without compromising future
needs. These environmental effects are
A. a higher price level and lower GDP
becoming more of a problem for Govern-
B. a higher price level and higher GDP ments now that the pressure has increased
C. a lower price level and lower GDP on them due to Global warming.
D. a lower price level and higher GDP A. Economic Growth
B. Economic Development
1888. Why is real GDP considered a better
measure of growth than nominal GDP? 1893. What is a country’s GDP divided by its
A. It includes inflation population called?
B. It takes into account price changes A. GDP per country
C. It shows the distribution of income in B. GDP per capita
the economy C. GDP per year
D. It includes non-economic factors D. GDP per calendar
1889. At which stage of the economic cycle 1894. Supply-side fiscal policies affect aggre-
would you expect to growth to be at its gate demand, aggregate supply, and po-
highest? tential output in the short run and long
A. Boom run by influencing that affect house-
hold and business economic behavior.
B. Recovery
A. incentives
C. Recession
B. politicians
D. Slump
C. the costs
1890. At which stage of the economic cycle
would you expect to unemployment to be D. none of above
at its highest? 1895. True or False:Until laws were passed
A. Boom to protect laborers, the police and courts
1904. The GDP (Gross Domestic Product) is: 1909. What can we infer from the image?
A. The total output of a firm
B. The total output of a country
C. The number of products purchased by
an average household
D. Number of products the country ex-
ports A. investing in entrepreneurship can in-
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crease GDP
1905. The family is the first place we gain ed-
ucation. B. investing in natural resources can in-
A. true crease GDP
A. True
B. False
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1924. According to paragraph 8, each of the A. True
following was a source of funds used to B. False
finance economic expansion EXCEPT
A. Joint-stock companies 1930. Use the information in the table to an-
swer the questions. (a) is most likely to
B. Wealthy merchants export goods for construction companies.
C. The state (b) exports both sugar and citrus products.
D. Groups of investors engaged in short-
term financial cooperation
1933. When the government takes control of poverty due to the mismanagement of
businesses and industries that were for- economies by the corrupt government.
merly privately owned.
1941. What is one way firms try to appropri- 1946. Hundreds of Lakota men, women, and
ate the value of innovation? children were killed by at
A. Secrecy A. Apaches; Pikes Peak
B. Competition B. the U.S. Army; Wounded Knee
C. Collaboration C. vigilantes; Fort Laramie
D. Government intervention D. George Custer’s soldiers; Sand Creek
E. Corruption
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1947. Development means increasing stan-
1942. What is the main goal of foreign direct dards and quality of life
investment (FDI) flows in developing coun-
tries? A. True
1961. What is the main condition necessary A. Raw materials used to produce prod-
for the success of import substitution in- ucts
dustrialization (ISI)? B. Labour and materials
A. Subsidies for domestic industries C. Money and financing
B. Free movement of labor D. Resources used by a company to pro-
C. Liberalized trade duce good and services
D. Protectionist system with tariff barri- 1966. What are decent work characteristics?
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ers
1974. What do you call a mark burned into the 1979. Why does the author mention that “En-
hide (skin) of an animal claiming owner- glish and Dutch ships carrying rye from the
ship? Baltic states reached Spain and Portugal”?
A. maverick A. To argue that shipping introduced a
range of new products
B. cowboy
B. To contrast the importance of agricul-
C. round up tural products with manufactured prod-
D. brand ucts
C. To suggest how extensive trading rela- A. There was increased demand which
tions were caused inflation.
D. To suggest that England and the B. The cost of living rose by 3%
Netherlands were the two most important C. There was positive economic growth
trading nations in seventeenth-century Eu-
rope D. The output of the industrial sector rose
by 3%
1980. GDP per capita is
1985. Economic growth is possible if there is a
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A. The population divided by total GDP. high inflation rate and high unemployment.
B. Investment as a percentage of GDP. A. True
C. Total GDP divided by total population. B. False
D. The same as GDP per worker.
1986. Refer to the above diagram. If the ini-
1981. The GDP of “Wonderland” is $2380 in tial aggregate demand and supply curves
2020, and $2615 in 2021. What is the are AD0 and AS0, the initial equilibrium
economic growth of Wonderland? price level and real output GDP will be:
A. 8%
B. 9%
C. 10%
D. 11%
E. 12%
1997. Entrepreneurs (a) take risks and (b) in- 2000. The separate emirates were called Tru-
novators which sets them apart from the cial states
rest of the labor force. A. True
A. a do
B. False
B. b are
C. do not 2001. investing in the humans who produce
goods or services
D. are not tagsS2789894
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A. Economic Continuum
1998. What is one solution for welfare costs?
B. Economy
A. Decrease the retirement age.
C. Human Capital
B. Decrease the number of young people
entering the workforce. D. Capital Goods
C. Raise the amount of money given to
2002. An increase in the number of workers
the retired people.
produces
D. Raise the retirement age.
A. More output and potential GDP in-
1999. What is the difference between crease
claimant count measure and labor force
B. More output and potential GDP de-
survey measure in measuring the unem-
creases
ployment?
C. Less output and potential GDP in-
A. The claimant count measure is based
creases
on the number of people claiming unem-
ployment benefits, while the labor force D. Less output and potential GDP de-
survey measure includes those who are creases
out of work and actively seeking employ-
ment. 2003. Routes taken to get cattle to auction is
called
B. The claimant count measure includes
those who are out of work and ac- A. Brand
tively seeking employment, while the la- B. Texas Railroad Commission
bor force survey measure is based on the
number of people claiming unemployment C. Cattle Trail
benefits. D. Treaty of Medicine Lodge
C. The claimant count measure is based
on the number of people claiming unem- 2004. Countries with strong, well-funded edu-
ployment benefits, while the labor force cation systems generally have
survey measure includes only those who A. fewer trading partners than other
are out of work and actively seeking em- countries
ployment.
B. higher unemployment than other coun-
D. The claimant count measure includes tries.
only those who are out of work and ac-
tively seeking employment, while the la- C. lower populations than other coun-
bor force survey measure is based on the tries.
number of people claiming unemployment D. more entrepreneurs than other coun-
benefits. tries
2014. A material on or in the earth that has 2019. How many factors of production are
economic value. there?
A. public sector A. 20
B. private sector B. 11
C. natural resources
C. 4
D. literacy rate
D. 2
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2015. Which of the following is famous for
saying, “I will fight no more forever”? 2020. What is the consequence of a country
aging before growing rich?
A. Custer
B. Sitting Bull A. Increased investment in productivity-
boosting skills
C. Crazy Horse
B. Higher economic growth
D. Chief Joseph
C. Decreased spending on health care
2016. True or False:Entrepreneurship can stim- and pensions
ulate economic growth by creating new
jobs and industries. D. Slower growth and difficulty in invest-
ing in infrastructure
A. True
B. Entrepreneurship only benefits the in- 2021. Real GDP may increase for two differ-
dividual entrepreneur ent reasons:The economy may return to
C. False full employment in the expansion phase of
the business cycle or potential GDP may
D. Entrepreneurship has no impact on increase.
economic growth
A. True
2017. What is the difference between GNI and
B. False
NNI?
A. NNI is GNI minus depreciation and in- 2022. How has the Saudi government used its
direct taxes. national wealth to change the country?
B. NNI is GNI plus depreciation and indi- A. All Saudi citizens are given an equal
rect taxes. share of the national wealth.
C. NNI is GNI plus subsidies and transfer
B. The Saudi government has spent very
payments.
little to improve the lives of citizens.
D. NNI is GNI minus inflation and direct
taxes. C. A majority of the national wealth has
been given to religious organizations in
2018. What is the immediate reason that the country.
some countries are rich? D. The government has paid for improve-
A. Their workers are very productive ments in transportation, education, health
B. They have good institutions care, and agriculture.
C. They have a lot of physical capital 2023. In which country are the people ex-
D. They have a dependable legal system pected to live the longest?
C. It is used to compare countries to see replaces the question marks in the timeline
what life would be like. above?
D. It is a concept that provides a more ac- A. Texas becomes and independent coun-
curate picture of how well people are liv- try
ing in each country.
B. The city of Austin become the capital
2033. Actual economic growth is a situation of Texas
where an economy’s growth is fueled by C. Texas joins the Confederate States of
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high total spending in an economy. America
A. True D. Mexico invades Texas
B. False
2038. Brownville’s GDP impressively in-
2034. Which statement below describes en- creased 9.2% from 2006 to 2007. This
trepreneurship? fact supports which statement about
A. The ability to harvest and use natural Brownville’s workforce?
resources to create products to be sold to A. During this time, there was less immi-
consumers. gration into Brownsville.
B. Machines, tools, and devices used for B. Brownville’s workforce is producing
production. fewer goods now than it did before inde-
C. Putting together productive resources pendence.
to produce a good or service. C. This increase in production can only be
D. The physical talents of people to build explained by Brownville’s workforce get-
things. ting larger.
D. Since the 1990s there has been an in-
2035. Real GDP is:
crease in spending on education and train-
A. The value of all goods and services pro- ing.
duced in a country within a given period
2039. Which part of Europe has the lowest lit-
B. The value of all final goods and ser-
eracyrates?
vices produced in a country within a given
period, adjusted for inflation A. Eastern Europe
C. The total income of a country B. Balkans
D. The total wealth of a country C. Northern Europe
2036. A garbage truck driver is an example of D. All of Europe has high literacy rates
which Factor of Production?
2040. Long-run growth shows an increase in
A. human capital the trend rate of growth
B. land (natural resources) A. Yes, I understand this from the notes
C. entrepreneurship B. No, I don’t understand this from the
D. capital notes
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C. Education has no impact on economic
A. capital resources
growth.
B. human capital
D. Education only benefits individuals and
C. natural resources does not contribute to overall economic
growth.
D. entrepreneurs
2056. An inward shift in the PPF depicts
2051. A country investing in skills.
A. human capital
B. capital goods
B. Negative A. Yes
D. Movement towards PPC curve 2058. When labour supply curve shifts left,
equilibrium price will and equilibrium
2054. Lumber is an example of this qty of labour will
A. Capital Goods A. increase / increase
B. Entrepreneur B. decrease / decrease
C. Human Capital C. increase / decrease
D. Natural Resources D. decrease / increase
2059. The maximum potential output of the 2063. The index to measure economic well-
economy is the definition of what? being is
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2069. Which country controlled most of Africa
(had the largest % of land)? D. Morgan
E. Vanderbilt
2073. Economic growth MOST directly leads to
A. increases in economic actors
B. fluctuations in economic activity
C. increases in tax rates
D. reductions in socia l well-being
E. improvements in living standards
2074. What does obsolete mean? This is what
describes North Korea’s capital goods.
A. Belgium A. old
B. United States B. modern
C. France C. new
2085. What do entrepreneurs do? 2089. What are some of the economical prob-
lems the pandemic brought?
A. Financial marketing volatility and dis-
ruption to industrial production
B. Rapid devaluation of a currency
C. Raise in the cost of products
D. none of above
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A. represent business at the capital
B. start their own business, invent some- 2090. What are the four types of economies?
thing new, or change the way something A. command, demand, capitalist, commu-
was previously done so that it works bet- nism
ter B. traditional, command, market, mixed
2086. Which one is the correct formula to cal- C. mixed, market, traditional, primary
culate economic growth rate D. None of the above
A. (GDP in current year-GDP in previous
year) / GDP in previous year 2091. Economic growth becomes greater than
population growth.
B. (GDP in current year-GDP in previous
year) / GDP in previous year * 100 A. Stage 1:Traditional Society
2094. How do entrepreneurs impact a coun- C. financing the deficit by selling state as-
try’s GDP? sets to private firms
2102. How does the graphic above explain the 2106. The rate of growth of an economy
relationship between investment in human mainly depends upon
capital and GDP? A. The rate of growth of the labour force
B. The proportion of national income
saved and invested
C. The rate of technological improve-
ments
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D. All of the above
A. There is little difference in the lifetime 2107. What were the two specific measures
incomes of college graduates and high taken under Warren Harding’s economic
school graduates. policy?
B. College graduates will likely have a A. Raising protective tariffs and reducing
higher standard of living compared to high taxes
school graduates. B. Increasing government spending and
C. It is undesirable to graduate from col- raising taxes
lege because you will be put in a higher C. Implementing price controls and re-
tax bracket. ducing regulations
D. There is no economic value in graduat- D. Lowering protective tariffs and in-
ing from High School.’ creasing taxes
2103. What is GDP per capita? 2108. Jeffrey signs his employees up to learn
A. GDP x population how to run a new machine.
2105. What industry was huge in Texas fol- 2110. How might an increase in investment
lowing the Civil War? in capital goods affect the economies of
Kenya and Nigeria?
A. agriculture
A. It would lead to a decrease in both
B. oil GDP and GDP per capita
C. cattle B. It would lead to an increase in both
D. railroads GDP and GDP per capita.
A. Human Capital
Explanation:The firm is making use of ex-
B. Capital Goods isting resources (in this case labor) so
C. Monetary Capital there is movement closer to the curve,
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D. Currency Exchange but it doesn’t shift the curve outward.
2122. Of the countries below, check all those 2125. Sugar processing is one of Cuba’s most
whose economies are expected to grow in important industries. However, produc-
2020? tion is often slowed by old, inefficient tech-
nology. Based on this information, what
A. USA would would be the BEST way to improve
B. China the efficiency of Cuba’s sugar industry?
C. Germany A. investing in capital goods
D. United Kingdom B. investing in human capital
2123. How can we increase a countries GDP C. reducing quotas on foreign sugar
per capita? D. increasing tariffs on foreign sugar
A. Increase the unemployment rate 2126. What is one way that Brazil has in-
B. Invest in education and healthcare vested in developing its human capital?
C. Increase the poverty rate
D. Increase the tax rate
2128. How does entrepreneurship impact eco- 2133. The production possibilities frontier
nomic growth? shows the combinations of two prod-
ucts that may be produced in a particular
2139. A person who starts a business is called 2144. Something of value that can be claimed
a/an by a lender if a loan is not repaid
A. human capitalist A. Property
B. Creditor
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B. entrepreneur
C. natural resource operator C. Collateral
D. servicer D. Interest
2140. Which of the following is a disadvan- 2145. Which of the following is not consid-
tage of import substitution strategy? ered an ‘injection’ in the circular flow of
income?
A. It leads to inflation
A. Investments
B. It encourages R&D investment
B. Exports
C. It protects jobs in the long run
C. Savings
D. It promotes competition
D. Government spending
2141. Which best describes the reason for in-
2146. When a government changes the laws
equality in Cambridge?
regarding land ownership and redis-
A. Well paid jobs in Cambridge require tributes land based on those laws.
highly skilled professionals and therefore A. Bretton Woods Agreement
people with fewer qualifications have to
manage high house prices without high B. Federal system
salaries. C. Land reform
B. High house prices mean that some D. Socialized medicine
people cannot afford housing.
2147. Which of the following countries has the
C. Jobs require particularly high qualifi- LEAST amount of natural resources?
cations in some areas and therefore not
everyone can access highly paid jobs. A. a. Democratic Republic of Congo
2158. Calculate the economic growth rate if A. The poverty cycle only affects individ-
GDP was £100 billion in Year 1 and £102 ual households and does not impact eco-
billion in Year 2. nomic growth.
A. 1% B. The poverty cycle increases productiv-
B. 2% ity and access to education and health-
care, and creates high consumer demand.
C. 10%
C. The poverty cycle reduces productivity,
D. 20% limits access to education and healthcare,
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and creates a lack of consumer demand.
2159. Which of the following is not a form of
labour? D. The poverty cycle has no impact on eco-
nomic growth.
A. children’s work
B. adult’s work 2164. The total GDP divided by the population
of the said country
C. machine’s work
A. Real GDP
D. immigrant’s work
B. Nominal GDP
2160. Which of the following does not fall C. GDP per capita
within the category of land as a factor of
production? D. Other things being equal
A. the drawbacks of present GDP levels 2172. What does a Tax Commissioner do to
as an indicator of the ‘happiness’ of the help govern a city?
population
2177. Free zone is the basic physical and orga- 2183. A fall in unemployment affects which de-
nizational structures and facilities. terminant of consumption most directly?
A. True A. Interest rates
B. False B. Asset prices
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2178. Limited formal education prevents eco- C. Consumer confidence
nomic development. D. none of above
A. true
2184. When countries focus on making certain
B. false
goods because they are cheaper and more
2179. The principle established that protects efficient to make. Also known as “Do
individual and entity rights to use their what you do best, and trade for the rest”.
property as they see fit; This must be clear, A. Imports
public, fair, and enforced, and applicable to
all members of society? B. Exports
A. Contractual Rights C. Specialization
B. Convergence D. Globalization
C. Let it happen
2185. A policy focusing on technological in-
D. Rule of Law novation impacts sustainable economic
growth by:
2180. Which of the following defines economic
growth? A. Reducing the need for skilled labor
A. Increase in exports B. Increasing short-term environmental
B. Increase in Government revenue harm
C. Increase in total output C. Enhancing long-term productive effi-
ciency
D. Increase in Imports
D. Encouraging monopolistic practices
2181. Younger populations require the govern-
ment to spend LESS on education. 2186. Which of the following is NOT a diffi-
A. true culty when measuring GDP?
B. false A. Increases in population may be higher
than output
2182. Good
B. Governments may spend money in the
A. a physical object that is sold to make economy to provide education
money
C. Some income is not declared in eco-
B. the materials and labor used to create
nomic data
goods and services
D. Spending on regrettable distort data
C. a good means to send it to another
country to be sold E. Doesn’t take into account externalities
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A. United Kingdom
0.2
B. Russia
D. The marginal propensity to consume is
0.8 C. Germany
D. none of above
2196. What do we call the phase when the
economy improves again after a reces- 2202. A recession is
sion?
A. negative real GDP over 2 successive
A. A boom quarters
B. A reborn B. negative real GDP for 1 quarter
C. An expansion C. a reduction general price level over
D. A high two successive quarters
2206. Which of the following are the reasons D. Unequal distribution of wealth and in-
for a potential economic growth to occur? come, lack of access to education and
healthcare
2216. What caused the cattle ranching indus- 2221. Which branch of Virginia’s government
try to struggle in the late 1800s? enforces the laws?
A. Farmers fenced off land where cattle A. executive branch
could previously graze freely.
B. legislative branch
B. A severe drought led to the death of
grass on the prairie. C. judicial branch
C. WIldfires killed large number of cattle. D. none of above
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2222. What is Not an example of human capi-
D. none of above
tal?
2217. Which taxes were eliminated or low- A. How much money a person spends
ered during the 1920s?
B. Talents
A. Taxes on luxury items
B. Taxes on foodstuffs and consumer C. Skills
goods D. Education
C. Taxes on freight and transportation
2223. The diagram shows a Lorenz curve, with
D. All of the above two areas, X and Y, identified. How is the
2218. Would the following be included or not corresponding Gini coefficient calculated?
included in GDP? Grandpa Smith’s Social
Security check from the government.
A. Included
B. Not included
2225. The number of adults who are able to 2229. Define GDP
read and write in a country is the A. The value of goods and services in an
2234. Which of the following is generally re- 2238. A is one company that controls the
garded as the true index of economic whole industry.
growth A. would-opoly
A. An increase in national income at con- B. monopoly
stant prices during a year
C. collective bargaining
B. A sustained increase in real per capita
D. muckraker
income
2239. Which population has the Highest hu-
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C. An increase in national income at cur-
rent prices over time man capital?
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B. gross domestic product
2253. An import is a tax aimed to reduce
imported goods. C. capital goods
A. tariff D. entrepreneurship
B. quota 2257. Given a government spending invest-
C. income ment on infrastructure of £10 million, with
a final GDP increase of £45 million, find
D. direct the MULTIPLIER.
2254. Based on the following statement, de- A. 3
termine whether it will result in positive B. 4
OR negative growth AND a shift in PPC OR
movement towards the PPC-“An increase C. 3.5
in quantity of capital goods” D. 4.5
A. Positive 2258. The amendment started prohibition.
B. Negative A. 13th Amendment
C. Shift in PPC curve B. 15th Amendment
D. Movement towards PPC curve C. 20th Amendment
2255. Which 2 areas of Africa remained inde- D. 18th Amendment
pendent during this colonial period?
2259. Which factor of economic growth is All
of the things found in or on the earth;
“gifts of nature”?
A. Entrepreneurship
B. Natural Resources
C. Human Capital
D. Capital Goods
2261. What is not a leakage from the circular 2266. Which of the following statements
flow of income? would be classified as “full employment’?
2263. If Israel’s literacy rate is high, what can B. It might be easier to find work because
be concluded about their standard of living businesses would have fewer workers to
in Israel? choose from.
C. It might be more difficult to find work
A. The standard of living is low in Israel.
because businesses would be less likely
B. The standard of living is high in Israel. to hire new employees.
C. The standard of living is not affected D. It would have no effect on finding
by the literacy rate. work.
D. The standard of living will decrease as 2268. Why are literacy rates for girls lower
the GDP increases. than those for boys in both Kenya and Su-
dan?
2264. How much share/assets can a foreign
investor own for corporations in the Philip- A. Very few schools have been opened for
pines in general? girls in either country.
A. 40% B. Girls have shown they cannot do
schoolwork as easily as boys.
B. 50%
C. Traditional cultures teach that females
C. 60% should marry rather than seek an educa-
D. None of the above tion.
D. Most girls in these countries do not
2265. What is South Africa’s main export want to go to school.
A. Oil
2269. In the circular flow diagram firms pay
B. Textiles wages for which factor of production?
C. Gold and diamonds A. Land
D. Agricultural products B. Labour
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2271. What was the primary goal of the B. The number of UN’s Sustainable Devel-
Dawes Act? opment Goals.
A. To provide education to American Indi- C. the number of countries who were
ans. likely to see per capita incomes decline in
B. To preserve reservations for American 2020
Indians. D. the percent of the world’s youth that
C. To protect American Indian cultures. weren’t engaged in either education, em-
polyment or training
D. To encourage American Indians to be-
come farmers. 2276. What are the characteristics of a suc-
cessful entrepreneur?
2272. What is a major issue with using Green
A. Determination, passion, creativity, re-
GDP as a measure of economic growth?
silience, adaptability, strong work ethic,
A. Difficulty in putting a monetary value risk-taking ability, leadership skills, and
on environmental costs the ability to learn from failures.
B. Inclusion of informal activity B. Laziness, lack of passion, and fear of
C. Risk of double counting failure.
B. The level of output that an economy 2278. are long-term changes in systems of
could produce if resources were fully em- production and distribution of goods and
ployed services that affecting human welfare.
2288. Estimated total value of goods and ser- 2293. What does Real GDP growth rate take
vices produced in nation in a years time: out?
A. Wage A. Deflation
B. Gross Domestic Product B. Recession
C. Entrepreneurship C. Inflation
D. For Capita D. Stagnation
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2289. If there has been an increased in eco- 2294. If the Organization of the Petroleum Ex-
nomic growth there has been porting Countries reduced its oil production
target, the MOST LIKELY result would be
A. More goods produced in the economy that
B. An increase in the value of goods pro- A. tariffs on oil would increase.
duced in an economy
B. tariffs on oil would decrease.
C. an increase in resources available to C. prices for oil would increase
use in the economy
D. prices for oil would decrease
D. more goods exported overseas than
imported into the country 2295. is a narrower concept than economic
development.
2290. Human capital includes the people
A. Economic Growth
use to produce goods and services.
B. Economic Development
A. Raw Materials
B. Factories, Machines, & Technology 2296. Desires to create an egalitarian (belief
that people are equal and deserve equal
C. Skils, Knowledge, & Experience rights and opportunities) society.
D. none of above A. Stage 1:Traditional Society
2291. What led boomtowns to turn into ghost- B. Stage 2:Pre-Condition for Take-Off
towns? C. Stage 3:Take-Off
A. People left once there was nothing left D. Stage 4:Drive to Maturity
to extract from the mine.
E. Stage 5:High Mass Consumption
B. People left due to the high crime rates.
2297. Someone who has an idea and takes a
C. People left because the mine was risk to produce their ideas is a
haunted.
A. entrepreneur
D. none of above
B. nomad
2292. The most accurate method of measuring C. bantu
is the Human Development Index (HDI)
D. miner
which considers the literacy rates & life
expectancy which affects productivity and 2298. What type of jobs are created in Mum-
could lead to Economic Growth. bai’s growing financial and IT sectors?
A. Economic Growth A. Cleaners and mechanics
B. Economic Development B. Taxi drivers and recycling operatives
C. High-skilled and educated positions 2303. The Populist party was most attractive
to
D. Factory workers and small-scale busi-
2307. According to Robert Solow, what hap- 2311. Adolf Dassler was the founder of the
pens to GDP per capita as capital in- German sportswear company Adidas. His
creases? brother Rudolf founded Puma. Both of
these Germans are examples of which fac-
A. It increases by a larger amount
tor of production?
B. It increases by a smaller amount
A. capital goods
C. It remains constant B. human capital
D. It decreases
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C. natural resources
E. It decreases by a smaller amount D. entrepreneurship
2308. A strong wire with barbs at regular in- 2312. Capital goods are the that are
tervals used to prevent passage is called needed to produce goods and services
A. man-made materials
B. stronger its economy
C. technology
D. more goods & services
E. boosts a country’s exports
A. lumber
B. brick
C. barbed wire
D. rope
2324. The most accurate definition of GDP is 2329. If the real GDP for a given period is di-
A. The value of goods and services pro- vided by the size of the population for that
duced in an economy same period, it is known as
B. The value of goods and services pro- A. GDP at factor cost
duced in an economy in a year B. GDP at market prices
C. The ttotal value of goods and services C. real GDP
produced in a year
D. GDP per capita
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D. The total value of goods and services
produced in an economy in a year 2330. Brazil is building new factories and us-
ing newer technology. These are exam-
2325. What is the main natural resource found ples of
in Southwest Asia?
A. Opportunity costs.
A. Trees
B. Gross domestic product.
B. Oil
C. Investment in human capital.
C. Water
D. Investment in capital goods.
D. Gold
2331. GDP (select all that apply):
2326. What are capital goods?
A. tools that make other goods A. measures the monetary value of goods
& services produced within a country in a
B. gifts from nature year
C. value that people bring to the work B. is the Gross Demand Product
force
C. is used to measure economic growth
D. none of above
D. none of the option is correct
2327. How is economic growth and develop-
ment measured? 2332. Human Capital
A. Using indicators such as temperature, A. someone who takes risks to start a
rainfall, and wind speed new business
B. Using indicators such as GDP, GNI, B. the man-made materials that are
HDI, and other economic and social indi- needed to produce goods and services
cators. C. includes the skills and knowledge of its
C. Measuring economic growth and de- people that support the economy
velopment is not possible D. the total dollar value of all goods and
D. By counting the number of cars and services produced by a country in one
houses in a country year
2328. What is Short-Run Economic Growth? 2333. Some American Indians on the Great
A. An increase in Real GDP over time Plains lived in tepees because
B. An increase in the quality/quantity of A. They were difficult for enemies to spot.
the factors of production B. They could support a nomadic lifestyle.
C. Where all factors of production vary C. They would last a long time in a single
D. A shift right in the PPC place.
D. They could be built in many sizes for 2338. Which of these examples would de-
large or small families. scribe growth due to improved human cap-
ital?
2335. Use the following quote to answer ques- D. NAFTA was created to promote trade
tion # :“The countries of Latin America among the North American countries
and the Caribbean have invested strongly 2339. A country’s GDP is the total dollar value
in education over the past decades, and of all in one year.
our societies and economies are benefiting
A. productive resources
today from this investment. Enrollment
has increased spectacularly in primary and B. goods & services produced
secondary education.” Marcio Barbarosa, C. others do not
United Nations, 2009 What is a likely con- D. per person
sequence of the actions taken in the quote
above? E. weaker economies
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2342. How do ranchers identify their cattle?
A. branding B. Paying for their purchases through
bills of exchange
B. cattle drives
C. Doing all their business by using Dutch
C. line riders
currency
D. round ups
D. Using third parties in Marseille to buy
2343. What Economic terms refers to the level goods for them
of material comfort available to a person
or community? 2347. How did the Oil Industry and Railroad
Industry affect the Texas Population?
A. Population decreased in the West.
B. Population decreased in the East.
C. Population increased in the East.
D. Population increased in the West.
A. Gross Domestic Product 2348. Jessie’s grandfather tells him that a dol-
B. Standard of Living lar went farther when he was a child than
it does today. What does he mean?
C. Literacy Rate
A. Currency was more durable when he
D. Entrepreneurship
was young.
2344. What is the main source of economic B. A dollar had more purchasing power
growth in Bangladesh? when he was young.
A. Tourism industry C. People today do not take care of their
B. Ready-made garment industry money.
C. Agriculture sector D. U.S. currency is used in more countries
today.
D. Technology sector
2345. With (a) populations, the (b) skills, tal- 2349. What group made up the Buffalo Sol-
ents and (c) the country will have. diers?
A. a larger A. African Americans
B. b more B. Native Americans
C. c creativity C. Mexican Americans
D. smaller D. German Americans
2350. What is the relationship between the B. Economic growth is the increase in
cattle industry and the railroad industry? quality of life and well-being, while eco-
nomic development is the increase in
2351. The degree to which an individual is 2355. South Carolina and other British colonies
healthy, comfortable, and able to partici- developed their own economies without
pate in or enjoy life events much interference from their mother coun-
try
A. Quality of Life
A. True
B. Economic Growth
B. False
C. Standard of Living
2356. Which of the following is the biggest dif-
D. Economic Development ference between an employee and an en-
trepreneur?
2352. What is a recommended policy for ad-
dressing inequality?
A. Abolish all taxes
B. Implement flat taxation
C. Ignore inequality
D. Implement progressive taxation
B. Dissolved the plantation system A. Capital per worker increases and Out-
C. Established circuit courts in the Back- put per worker increases
country B. Capital per worker increases and Out-
D. Regulated trade with the Native Amer- put per worker decreases
icans C. Capital per worker doesn’t change and
Output per worker increases
2358. How did increased production efficien-
D. Capital per worker decreases and Out-
cies impact the cost of goods?
put per worker increases
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A. Had no effect on the cost of goods E. Capital per worker decreases and Out-
B. Increased the cost of goods put per worker decreases
C. Made goods unavailable 2363. The American Federation of Labor dif-
D. Lowered the cost of goods fered from the Knights of Labor in that it
A. Opposed strikes.
2359. What is Entrepreneurship?
B. Held meetings in secret.
A. Job shadowing for customers
C. Included several trade unions.
B. The process of working under a boss
D. Supported unskilled laborers.
C. The process of starting, organizing,
managing, and assuming the responsibil- 2364. Which diagram best fits the following
ity for a business change:A discovery of new oil reserves
D. Working the cash
2375. gross domestic product expressed in 2380. According to the HSBC Global Connec-
constant, or unchanging, prices tion survey, what percentage of firms al-
A. gdp ready operating in Indonesia are planning
to prioritize their growth in the country
B. nominal gdp over the next two years?
C. real gdp A. 20%
D. personal income B. 15%
2376. What is the main challenge faced by
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C. 25%
Bangladesh in terms of political stability? D. 22%
A. Frequent political unrest and violence
2381. Government established rules to pre-
B. High literacy rate
vent businesses from harming citizens.
C. Strong political leadership
A. Regulations
D. Lack of natural resources
B. Reservations
2377. Countries with a higher GDP per capita C. Populism
have stronger economies, while countries
D. none of above
with lower GDP per capita have
A. productive resources 2382. Describe the impact of poverty cycle on
society.
B. goods & services produced
A. Increased crime rates, lower educa-
C. others do not
tional attainment, poor health outcomes,
D. per person and perpetuation of inequality
E. weaker economies B. Increased economic growth, higher
employment rates, improved infrastruc-
2378. A suitable policy to address a deflation-
ture, and reduction of poverty
ary gap would be:
C. Decreased crime rates, higher educa-
A. Decreasing government spending
tional attainment, improved health out-
B. Raising interest rates comes, and reduction of inequality
C. Lowering taxes D. No impact on crime rates, educational
D. Reducing minimum wage attainment, health outcomes, or inequal-
ity
2379. What are the four basic factors that in-
fluence economic growth in ANY part of 2383. Many of the hostilities and conflicts
the world? between the Native Americans and Euro-
A. natural resources, capital goods, hu- peans occur as a result of
man resources, and technology A. Hostile Indian leaders who did not like
B. natural resources, capital goods, hu- the white settlers
man resources, entrepreneurship B. Different understandings about land
C. natural resources, capital goods, hu- ownership
man nature, machines C. Not being able to speak the same lan-
D. natural resources, capital goods, ura- guage
nium, entrepreneurship D. Conflicting religious beliefs
2384. Argentinean players paying PLAY STA- A. Total amount of money deposited in
TION PLUS service in dollars: the bank each year.
D. A private business
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B. a group savings scheme where mem-
2394. The following graph represents? bers contribute a fixed amount of money
every month to a common pool
C. a group of companies that want to
reach their sales target by fixing prices on
their products
D. a group of young people that con-
tribute a certain percentage of their in-
comes in order to take vacations on
planned trips
A. Potential growth
2399. Why are poverty rates higher in rural
B. Actual growth areas than average?
C. Economic growth A. People in rural areas do not use money
D. Improvement in standards of living as much.
B. Jobs may be more limited in many ru-
2395. GDP is often measured as “GDP per
ral areas.
capita” ( )
C. Schools are not as good in rural areas.
A. productive resources
D. Inner cities have the best jobs.
B. goods & services produced
C. others do not 2400. What best refers to a process whereby
a firm turns economic inputs like labor, ma-
D. per person
chinery, and raw materials into outputs
E. weaker economies like goods and services that consumers
use?
2396. Calculate the economic growth rate if
GDP was £60 billion in Year 1 and £63 A. Aggregate Production
billion in Year 2. B. Capital Deepening
A. 1% C. Convergence
B. 5% D. Production Function
C. 10%
2401. Apart from GDP, the following factors
D. 15% influence the high and low happiness rates
2397. Doctors, teachers, factory workers, etc. in a country, EXCEPT
are examples of: A. Life Expectancy
A. Entrepreneurship B. Health Insurance
2403. What is most likely to cause economic 2408. How well or poorly a person or group of
growth? people live in terms of having their needs
and wants met
A. Increased unemployment
A. Capital Goods
B. Increased interest rates
C. Increased education and training for B. Literacy Rate
workers C. Standard of Living
D. Increased money supply D. Gross Domestic Product (GDP)
2404. What is the correct correlation (relation-
2409. Which one is NOT an example of capital
ship) between natural resources and GDP?
goods?
A. GDP goes down when there is an abun-
dance of natural resources. A. factories
2412. GDP (Gross Domestic Product) 2416. What are the ultimate causes of why
A. (per person) the total amount of money some countries are rich and others are
made by a country, divided by its number poor?
of citizens A. Factors of production
B. the total dollar value of all goods and B. Incentives
services produced by a country in one
C. Good institutions
year
C. includes the skills and knowledge of its D. History, ideas, culture, geography,
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people that support the economy and luck
D. the percentage of adults who can read 2417. The following are all examples of natu-
and write ral resources. (a) (b) (c)
2413. What are some factors that influence A. a sun
economic growth? B. b rivers
A. population growth, inflation, and in- C. c animals
come inequality
D. buildings
B. climate change, social unrest, and po-
litical instability E. people
C. lack of government intervention, low F. skills
taxes, and deregulation
2418. Investing in Education
D. investment in physical and human cap-
ital, technological advancements, govern- A. Human Capital
ment policies, natural resources, and in- B. Capital Goods
ternational trade
2419. Source:CIA World Factbook, 2015 What
2414. Which country is considered an industri- factor BEST explains the difference in life
alizing, semi-peripheral country according expectancy between the African nations
to world system theory? listed in the table and nations in other
A. Mexico parts of the world?
B. Great Britain A. barriers to trade
C. United States B. industrial pollution
D. Russia C. high rates of obesity
2415. What is the relationship between liter- D. the spread of disease
acy rate and standard of living?
2420. Achieving economic growth is one of the
A. There is no effect on the standard of
government objectives.
living.
B. The higher the literacy rate the higher A. True
the standard of living. B. False
C. The standard of living is independent
2421. PPC stands for
of literacy rate.
D. Low literacy rate creates a higher stan- A. Production Possibilities Curve
dard of living. B. Production Possibilities Cat
2431. the measure of a nation’s quality of was previously done so that it works bet-
life based on income, education, life ex- ter
pectancy, and other factors D. work in politics with regards to foreign
A. standard of living business
B. standard of excellence
2434. Which productive resource can be a
C. standard of wealth source of income when exported?
D. standard of money A. Capital goods
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2432. What are the economic sectors that con- B. Natural resources
tributed the most to 2020 GDP? C. Human capital
D. Entrepreneurship
A. Agriculture and ranching Gas and elec- 2436. are the materials that come from na-
tricity supplyPublic administration and ture, such as land, forests, minerals, wa-
Professional activities ter, etc
B. Construction. Artistic activities Mining A. Natural resources
industry
B. Capital Goods
C. manufacturing, extractive industry,
C. Productive Resources
tourism
D. Human Resources
D. public administration, mining industry
and proffesional activities 2437. What are the advantages of the ‘Dough-
2433. What do entrepreneurs do? nut Economics’ model?
A. It isn’t guaranteed to work in develop-
ing countries.
B. It takes time to implement.
C. It assumes people will magically be-
come warier of their surroundings.
D. It combines both social and monetary
A. represent business at the capital economics.
B. make all the laws in regards to busi- 2438. The graphs indicate economic perfor-
ness mance in a country between 2011 and
C. start their own business, invent some- 2014.Which conclusion may be drawn
thing new, or change the way something from the graphs?
2441. The total sum of all goods and services 2446. In GDP, this is long-term spending by
produced in a certain time period. businesses and individuals.
A. GDP per capita A. consumption
B. GDP B. investment
C. GNP C. net exports
D. GNH D. imports
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C. I dont know the answer
uct market and suppliers in the factor mar-
ket. D. human capital, capital goods, and en-
trepreneurship.
C. Households are demanders in the fac-
tor market and suppliers in the product 2452. What is the trend of wages growth in
market. this graph?
D. Businesses and households are not
components of the circular flow diagram.
E. Spending more money on domestic 2458. Sustainable economic growth aims to:
goods A. Maximize short-term gains regardless
A. Creative destruction
B. Technological unemployment
C. Innovation today A. Iran has a higher literacy rate
D. Appropriation B. GDP has decreased because of the
spending
E. Creative inception
C. Saudi Arabia raised its capital goods
2456. The relationship between the literacy spending
rate and standard of living in Southwest D. Saudi Arabia increased investment in
Asia is human capital
A. The literacy rate has no effect on the
2460. If everyone who wants to work can can
standard of living.
find a job, a country has:
B. The standard of living is independent A. Inflation
of the literacy rate.
B. Economic Freedom
C. A low literacy rate creates a higher
C. Full Employment
standard of living.
D. Employment Insurance
D. The higher the literacy rate the higher
the standard of living. 2461. In an economy, economic growth al-
ways occurs when:
2457. What is economic growth?
A. there is more spending on goods and
A. An increase in a nation’s capacity to services between one year and the next.
produce goods and services over time
B. there is more production of goods and
B. A decrease in a nation’s capacity to services between one year and the next.
produce goods and services over time
C. there are more resources available be-
C. The total market value of goods and tween one year and the next.
services D. business activity is steady between
D. None of the above one year and the next.
2462. Using the chart under Data analysis, (on 2467. Economic growth can be measured by
page 51) What country has the highest lit- A. The CPI
eracy rate?
B. The CBI
A. Haiti
C. GDP
B. Brazil D. MPC
C. Mexico
2468. What is the Economic Freedom Index
D. all of the above (EFI) of Israel?
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A. Not open to entrepreneurship
2463. True or False:The assembly line created
a large number of unskilled labor jobs in B. Highly open to entrepreneurship
cities. C. No impact on entrepreneurship
A. True D. Moderately open to entrepreneurship
B. False 2469. things needed to produce goods and ser-
vices
2464. Each individual on food stamps in
Delaware can receive up to $194 a month. A. Capital Goods
Is this included in government spending? B. Factors of Production
A. Yes-Government spending C. Standard of Living
B. Yes-Consumer Spending D. Gross Domestic Product (GDP)
2472. Which concept describes how invest- D. They did not gather their food from
ment in business can lead to wider im- wild plants and animals
provements in the local area?
C. when the country’s GDP falls for 2 con- 2484. What was the long term impact of the
secutive quarters decreasing buffalo population on Native
D. when the country’s GDP falls for half a American tribes?
year A. Native Americans were forced on to
reservations
2481. The political situation in a country can-
B. Native Americans began to raise buf-
not influence economic development
falo on farms
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C. Native Americans moved to cities.
D. Native Americans began hunting wild
horses.
D. human capital and natural resources 2486. Why should countries invest in develop-
ing capital goods?
2483. Which of the following would be an in-
A. they shouldn’t, it is too expensive
vestment in Human Capital for your Opal
mine? B. because capital goods cannot be sold
to other countries
C. when countries invest in capital goods,
they are providing better facilities, re-
sources, and/or materials for the peo-
ple who perform the labor, which creates
a more productive workforce leading to
greater economic growth (higher GDP).
D. because capital goods are less expen-
sive than private goods
2488. Spreads entrepreneurial mentality. Peo- C. The government increased its support
ple begin to start and run their own busi- for striking workers
nesses and industries.
2491. A country investing in new machinery. 2495. The presence or absence of these factors
determine the country’s GDP for the year
A. human capital
A. False
B. capital goods
B. True
2492. Which of the following is an increase
by society in the average level of physical 2496. Which statement best describes the rela-
and/or human capital per person? tionship between a country’s literacy rate
& it’s standard of living.
A. Aggregate Production
A. The higher the literacy rate, the lower
B. Capital Deepening
the standard of living.
C. Economic Output
B. The higher the literacy rate, the in-
D. Productivity crease in government corruption.
2493. What was the result of the Homestead C. The higher the literacy rate, the higher
Strike at a Carnegie Steel mill? the standard of living.
A. The strike collapsed months later and D. The higher the literacy rate, the more
the union was defeated animals living there.
B. Higher wages were granted to the 2497. There are stages in the economic cy-
union strikers after months of negotiating cle
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population. 2504. Which of these is NOT a consequence of
economic growth
C. Because they have low taxes.
A. Improved living standards
D. Because they love going to space.
B. Increase in income
2499. When prices are compared without ad- C. Increase in unemployment
justing them for inflation, this is called
D. Consumption of more luxury products
A. Real comparison
2505. The countries with the highest HDIs
B. Adjusted comparison mostly belong to which continent?
C. Inflated comparison A. Asia
D. Nominal comparison B. Africa
C. Europe
2500. Explorers from what European country
brought cattle to North America? D. none of above
A. England 2506. An increased in the stock of capital (a
B. Italy major cause of economic growth) is de-
scribed as
C. Portugal
A. mobility
D. Spain B. non replaceable
2501. An economy that depends on agriculture C. per head
and bartering, where decisions are made D. net investment
based on traditions, customs, habits, or be-
E. leisure
liefs
A. Mixed Economy 2507. What is an example of an investment in
human capital?
B. Market Economy
A. A company pays for its workers to go
C. Traditional Economy to graduate school.
D. Command Economy B. A company buys a new computer sys-
tem to improve productivity.
2502. A country with high GDP has a low stan-
C. A company hires a lobbyist to fight gov-
dard of living.
ernment regulations.
A. True
D. A company starts using better materi-
B. False als to improve product quality.
2508. In the last five years, China has become 2512. The a country’s GDP, the better the
Latin America’s most important partner. country’s standard of living.
B. Turkey C. Trough
D. Boom
C. Saudi Arabia
D. Not enough info to answer the ques- 2514. The total value of all final goods and ser-
tion vices produced in a country in a given year.
A. Gross Domestic Product
2510. Which of the following is least likely to
B. Consumer Price Index
be a benefit of FDI in Country X?
C. Inflation
A. Producers in Country X replicating the
production techniques of an MNC D. Unemployment
C. the system of how money is made and resource found in in Southwest Asia?
used within a particular country or region
A. Oil
D. the total dollar value of all goods and
services produced by a country in one B. Freshwater
year C. Minerals
2517. Which of the following is not a natural D. Cotton
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