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NETA Assessment: Test Bank to accompany Principles of Macroeconomics, Sixth Canadian Edition By N. Gregory Mankiw / Ronald D. Kneebone / Kenneth J. McKenzie A+ $14.99   Add to cart

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NETA Assessment: Test Bank to accompany Principles of Macroeconomics, Sixth Canadian Edition By N. Gregory Mankiw / Ronald D. Kneebone / Kenneth J. McKenzie A+

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NETA Assessment: Test Bank to
accompany Principles of
Macroeconomics, Sixth Canadian Edition
By N. Gregory Mankiw / Ronald D.
Kneebone / Kenneth J. McKenzie A+

, Chapter 1—Ten Principles of Economics
MULTIPLE CHOICE

1. Which word comes from the Greek word for “one who manages a household”?
a. market
b. consumer
c. producer
d. economy



ANS: D PTS: 1 DIF: Easy REF: p. 3-4
BLM: Remember NOT: Macro TB_1-1

2. From which Greek word(s) is the word economy derived?
a. environment
b. one who manages a household
c. one who participates in a market
d. conservation



ANS: B PTS: 1 DIF: Easy REF: p. 3-4
BLM: Remember NOT: Macro TB_1-2

3. What do households and economies have in common?
a. They both must allocate scarce resources.
b. They both face many decisions.
c. They both must allocate the goods and services they produce.
d. They both must have a central decision maker.



ANS: D PTS: 1 DIF: Average REF: p. 3-4
BLM: Remember NOT: Macro TB_1-3

4. What concept does economics primarily deal with?
a. scarcity
b. poverty
c. change
d. power



ANS: A PTS: 1 DIF: Easy REF: p. 4

,BLM: Remember NOT: Macro TB_1-4




5. Which of the following is NOT included in the decisions that every society must
make?
a. what goods will be produced
b. who will produce the goods
c. what determines consumer preferences
d. who will consume the goods



ANS: C PTS: 1 DIF: Average REF: p. 4
BLM: Remember NOT: Macro TB_1-5


6. Why do both households and societies face many decisions?
a. because resources are scarce
b. because populations may increase or decrease over time
c. because wages for households and therefore society fluctuate with business
cycles
d. because people, by nature, tend to disagree



ANS: A PTS: 1 DIF: Average REF: p. 4
BLM: Remember NOT: Macro TB_1-6

7. When is a good considered scarce in a society?
a. when more output of the good is possible
b. when everyone in that society cannot have all they want of the good
c. when the government restricts production of the good
d. when only the richest people in the economy can buy all they want of the good



ANS: B PTS: 1 DIF: Average REF: p. 4
BLM: Remember NOT: Macro TB_1-7

8. When does scarcity exist?
a. when there is less than an infinite amount of a resource or good
b. when society can meet the wants of every individual
c. when there is less of a good or resource available than people wish to have
d. when the government fails to produce goods

, a.
b.
c.
d.




ANS: C PTS: 1 DIF: Average REF: p. 4
BLM: Remember NOT: Macro TB_1-8

9. How are goods and services allocated in a market economy?
a. by government decisions
b. by giving each individual just enough for a decent standard of living
c. by the actions of all firms and consumers
d. by inherited rights and properties



ANS: C PTS: 1 DIF: Average REF: p. 4
BLM: Higher Order NOT: Macro TB_1-9

10. Approximately what percentage of the world’s economies experience scarcity?
a. 25%
b. 50%
c. 75%
d. 100%


ANS: D PTS: 1 DIF: Easy REF: p. 4
BLM: Remember NOT: Macro TB_1-10

11. What is the economy experiencing when a society cannot produce all the
goods and services people wish to have? scarcity
communism externalities market failure
A PTS: 1 DIF: Easy
Higher Order NOT: Macro TB_1-11
12. For society, when is a good NOT scarce?
a. if at least one individual in society can obtain all he or she wants of the good
b. if firms are producing at full capacity
c. if all members of society can have all they want of the good a.
b.
c.

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