Mock Milestone III
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- Q1Shay owns and operates a hamburger company where she uses the following items on a regular basis: • wheat buns • meat • lettuce • onions • potatoes Based SOLELY on this information, which statement is correct?Owning a hamburger company is very capital-intensive.carcity does not affect Shay because she has all the ingredients she needs.The hamburger company relies heavily on natural resources.Shay is not an entrepreneur because she only uses one resource.30s
- Q2How does the concept of scarcity relate to the Federal budget process?limited tax revenue must meet unlimited wants and needsthe government avoids scarcity by printing moneyall government decisions are made based on marginal costs and benefitsgovernments must use exchange rates when dealing with foreign policy30s
- Q3Which economic situation is characterized by unlimited wants exceeding limited resources?surplusspecializationscarcityshortage30s
- Q4Which describes scarcity?A condition where supply exceeds demand.Unlimited wants exceeding limited resources.An unlimited demand for goods and services.The situation that exists when there is temporarily a shortage of a good or service.30s
- Q5In the production of chocolate chip cookies, which represents the factor of capital?the dough used to bake the cookiesthe retailer who sells the cookiesthe worker who decorates the cookiesthe oven used to bake the cookies30s
- Q6Which is a human resource that Ms. Johnson could use for her art gallery?A security system to protect the artworkA series of paintings by a prominent local artistLight fixtures to help display the artworkKnowledge of trends in modern art30s
- Q7Opportunity costs is MOST RELATED which concept? A price floors B scarcity C elasticity D absolute advantagep30s
- Q8Opportunity cost is best described as thevalue of the best alternative forgone when a choice is madesum of all production costsmost expensive resource used in productionmonetary value of all alternatives forgone when a choice is made30s
- Q9Which describes a method for allocating scarce resources?A group of stores get together to decide on the price of a good.The Government of a country decides what to produce and for whom it will be produced.The FED announces recent economic data concerning the business cycle.Businesses begin a new advertising campaign.30s
- Q10Lotteries, markets, barter, rationing, and redistribution of income are all methods commonly used tocollect taxes.allocate scarce resources.improve productivity.invest in education and technology.30s
- Q11If Jim chooses job A, he will receive $50,000 a year, full benefits and 2 weeks of paid vacation. If he chooses job B he will receive $60,000 a year, full benefits and no paid vacation. Assuming Jim chooses job B, which statement is correct.Jim's opportunity cost is only the $50,000 he could have gotten at the other job.Jim's opportunity cost is everything he is gaining at job B.Jim's opportunity cost is everything he gave up at job A.Jim has incurred no opportunity cost because the jobs were completely different.30s
- Q12On the graph above, shifting production from 10 lbs of cheese to 20 lbs of cheese means an opportunity cost of10 pounds of cheese.1 gallon of milk.7 gallons of milk.20 pounds of cheese.30s
- Q13In economics, rational decisions occur whencommand economies answer the three basic economic questions.marginal benefits of an action equal or exceed the marginal costs.suppliers lower their prices to increase demand.a budget is used for spending and saving decisions.30s
- Q14Which should ALWAYS be considered when making rational decisions?how many opportunity costs there aremarginal benefits and marginal costswhether to use fiscal or monetary policythe real dollar amounts of the items30s
- Q15In college people can major in a wide variety of fields including medicine, journalism, business, and design among others. This is an example of the concept ofelastic demandscarcityspecializationprogressive taxation30s