WGU C211 Global Economics Exam Questions
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Suppose that the United States imposes a Tariff on avocados imported from Mexico. What
impact will this have on the price paid For avocados by United States citizens? - ✔✔✔ - The
price will increase.
Which of the following is a consequence of a Country imposing a tariff on imported goods? -
✔✔✔ - The demand for foreign produced goods Decreases.
Suppose that the United States imposes a Tariff on salt. What impact might this tariff Have on
the price for domestic consumers? - ✔✔✔ - Consumers will pay a higher price.
Applying a tariff to coconuts will have the
Following effect: - ✔✔✔ - Increase the domestic price of Coconuts.
Which of the following is NOT a restriction to
Trade? - ✔✔✔ - Free trade areas.
What is the significant difference between an
Import quota and a tariff? - ✔✔✔ - A tariff raises revenue for the
Government and an import quota creates surplus for
Those who obtain licenses to import.
Suppose that the price of a good increases (all
Else held constant). Which of the following
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Would happen along with the change in price? - ✔✔✔ - Consumer surplus would decrease.
Suppose that Bob goes to the market and is
Willing to pay $500 for a new chainsaw. Bob is
Able to find the chainsaw for only $400. Which
Of the following follows from Bob's
Circumstance? - ✔✔✔ - His consumer surplus is $100.
Which statement is true of consumer surplus? - ✔✔✔ - Consumer surplus represents value to
Buyers in excess of the price paid for the product.
Which statement is true? - ✔✔✔ - Total surplus is the sum of consumer and
Producer surplus and is graphically represented as the
Area between the supply and demand curves up to the
Equilibrium quantity.
Suppose that Bob lives in the United States,
But has been working in Mexico for the last 5 years. Where is the value of Bob's production
Counted during the last 5 years? - ✔✔✔ - U.S. GNP and Mexico's GDP.
Which of the following statements describes Gross domestic product (GDP)? - ✔✔✔ - GDP is
the most used measure of a Country's economic wellbeing.
Which of the following is an investment Included in the gross domestic product (GDP) Measure?
-✔✔✔ - Spending on new residential Construction.
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Gross Domestic Product (GDP) measures
Which of the following? - ✔✔✔ - Market value of final goods and services Produced within a
country in a given period of time.
Which item is NOT part of GDP? - ✔✔✔ - Purchasing a used hairdryer.
What is the key distinction between real and
Nominal GDP? - ✔✔✔ - Real GDP measures production not
Affected by changes in prices while nominal GDP
Measures production measured at current prices.
What is the change in total cost equal to in the
Marginal cost equation? - ✔✔✔ - Marginal cost multiplied by change in
Quantity.
Fixed costs equal: - ✔✔✔ - Total costs minus variable costs
Economic profit is distinct from accounting
Profit because: - ✔✔✔ - Economic profit incorporates both explicit
And implicit costs.
Total costs include: - ✔✔✔ - Variable costs plus fixed costs.
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Marginal costs consider: - ✔✔✔ - The increase in total cost arising from an
Extra unit of production.
What response best describes the relationship
Between marginal costs and total costs? - ✔✔✔ - Whenever marginal cost is less than
Average total cost, average total cost is falling.
Which statement is true about productivity? - ✔✔✔ - The value of marginal product of labor
Equals wage in a competitive firm.
A production function expresses the
Relationship between: - ✔✔✔ - Quantity of resource inputs and
Product/service outputs.
Opportunity costs include: - ✔✔✔ - The income the entrepreneur could have
Earned working for an employer.
Economists and decision makers study and
Then make decisions or judgments based on
(select best answer): - ✔✔✔ - Marginal analysis.
The primary reason that the marginal cost
Curve declines and then increases is: - ✔✔✔ - Firms experience increasing marginal
Product, then diminishing marginal product.
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