Question 1

The richest fifth of U.S.households get nearly half of all U.S.income.
The greatest share of income goes to the top fifth of households.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

Average living standards are best measured using

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A)  GDP.
B)  The economic growth of the economy.
C)  Per capita GDP.
D)  The capital stock of the economy.

Question 3

Income inequalities are greatest in

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A)  Highly developed countries.
B)  Poor countries.
C)  Rich countries.
D)  Countries with many factors of production.

Question 4

Per capita GDP is

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A)  The sum of consumer goods,investment goods,government services,and net exports.
B)  A dollar measure of the economic growth rate of a country.
C)  The value of the factors of production used to produce output in a country.
D)  GDP divided by total population.

Question 5

One characteristic that has allowed the U.S.economy to change the mix of output in response to consumer demand is the

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A)  Ease with which resources move from one industry to another.
B)  Abundance of scarce resources.
C)  Large number of proprietorships.
D)  Labor-intensive production process.

Question 6

What are externalities,and how do they affect who pays the true cost of a polluting factory?

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Question 7

Human capital is defined as the

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A)  Amount of machinery,factories,and buildings an individual owns.
B)  Dollar value of all the stocks and bonds an individual owns.
C)  Knowledge and skills workers possess.
D)  None of the choices are correct.

Question 8

Which component(s) of U.S.real GDP decreased in size relative to total U.S.real GDP from 1950 to 2000?

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A)  Only agriculture.
B)  Only manufacturing.
C)  Agriculture and manufacturing.
D)  Only services.

Question 9

The cost or benefit of a market activity borne by a third party is

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A)  An externality.
B)  A government directive.
C)  A monopoly.
D)  Black-market economic activity.

Question 10

Economic growth

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A)  Is an increase in output or real GDP.
B)  Causes a contraction in the production possibilities curve.
C)  Involves reduced capacity in the short run.
D)  None of the choices are correct.

Question 11

When the government provides a legal framework,

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A)  Private market transactions suffer and government market transactions suffer.
B)  Private market transactions suffer and government market transactions benefit.
C)  Private market transactions benefit and government market transactions benefit.
D)  None of the choices are correct.

Question 12

As of 2010,to be in the bottom quintile for income distribution in the United States,a family needed in income no more than

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A)  $15,000.
B)  $21,000.
C)  $27,000.
D)  $35,000.

Question 13

Per capita GDP will definitely fall if

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A)  The population falls.
B)  The rate of economic growth falls.
C)  The rate of economic growth is less than the rate of population growth.
D)  There is a decrease in the size of the labor force.

Question 14

Over many years the capital stock in the United States has grown to approximately

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A)  $50 trillion.
B)  $40 trillion.
C)  $30 trillion.
D)  $20 trillion.

Question 15

The United States has roughly how much of the world's population?

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A)  5 percent.
B)  10 percent.
C)  15 percent.
D)  20 percent.

Question 16

The high productivity of the U.S.economy results from using highly educated workers in a capital-intensive production process.
Greater use of physical capital leads to higher productivity of workers.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

The result of government intervention in the market is that

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A)  Society is always better off.
B)  The production possibilities curve always shifts outward.
C)  Society may be worse off.
D)  Society is always worse off.

Question 18

On average,since 1900 U.S.output has grown roughly ____ times faster than population growth.

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A)  5
B)  4
C)  3
D)  2

Question 19

According to the World View article that compares GDP per capita figures for several nations,which of the following nations has the highest GDP per capita?

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A)  Japan.
B)  Great Britain.
C)  United States.
D)  China.

Question 20

Regarding increasing productivity,factor mobility is

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A)  Important in that it helps to fix a stable labor-intensive production process.
B)  Important in that it helps to fix a stable capital-intensive production process.
C)  Important in that it helps to reallocate resources in a dynamic economy.
D)  Not important in either a stable or dynamic economy.

Exam 2: The Us Economy: A Global View

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According to the World View article that compares GDP per capita figures for several nations,which of the following nations has the highest GDP per capita?

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