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EconomicsStudy of allocation of scarce resourse Factors of productionLand Labor Capital Human capital Production PossibilityAll possible combination of the maximum amounts of two goods that can be produced by an economy, given fixed and unchanging resources and technology. Choices of points on PPC•Custom(tradition) •Plan(government decides) •Market Growth of curve•Division of labor

Econ 103 Past Exam Questions an The development of money as a medium of exchange has facilitated - ANSWER-Money eliminates double coincidence of wants If interest rates are lower than what individuals consider normal, they will - ANSWER-increase their speculative money demand The interest rate that banks are charged when they borrow from Fed - ANSWER-discount rate Simultaneous increase in the money supply and reduction in government spending. - ANSWER-r will decrease Expansionary Fi...

Econ 103 Exam 1 Questions and AnsweEconomics - ANSWER-The study of peoples choices; how agents choose to allocate scarce resources and how those choices affect society First Principle of Economics - ANSWER-People try to optimize; they try to choose the best available option Second Principle of Economics - ANSWER-Economic systems tend to be in equilibrium, a situation in which nobody would benefit by changing his or her behavior Third Principle of Economics - ANSWER-Empiricism-analysis t...

Which of the following is among the reasons identified by Adam smith for why the division of labor increases an economy's total output? a) specialized workers are happier than are non specialized workers b) specialized workers each work on tasks for which they each have a comparative advantage c)specialized workers follow instructions better than do non specialized workers d) specialization of workers is more likely to encourage the development of machinery to perform specialized tas...

ECON 103- First Exam Questions and Answers 10 GDP is defined as - ANSWER-value of all final goods and services produced within a country in a given period of time Over time, people have come to rely more on market produced goods and services and less on goods and services they produce for themselves. For example, busy people with high incomes, rather than cleaning their own homes, hire people to clean their houses. By itself, this change has - ANSWER-caused measured GDP to rise John buys ...

Four factors of Production Land, labor, capital, & entrepreneurship; the four groups of resources that are used to make all goods/services Macroeconomics Study of the performance of the national and global economics Opportunity Cost Highest value alternative that must be given up to get something How are rational choices typically made? Costs vs. benefits Scarcity Wanting more goods/services than can be afforded Comparative Advantage When a producer can produce a good at a lower opportuni...

Melody decides to spend three hours working overtime rather than going to the park with her friends. She earns $20 per hour for overtime work. Her opportunity cost of working is - ANSWER-the enjoyment she would have received had she gone to the park If a tax is levied on the buyers of a product, then the demand curve will - ANSWER-shift down Which of the following is not an example of a graph of a single variable a) a pie chart b) bar graph c) time-series graph d) a scatterplot - ANSW...

ECON 103 Exam 1 Questions and Answers 100% accurate! What is economics? - ANSWER-the science of purposeful human actions and the unintended consequences of that action What are some spontaneous orders? (6) - ANSWER-The Price System, Money, Banks, Stock and Bonds, Future Markets, and Accounting Systems What is the difference of Normative and Positive questions? - ANSWER-N: "what should be..?" P: "What is..?" (Science cannot answer normative questions) What are the four assumptio...