AREC 365 Final Exam Practice Questions and
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T/F; Average life-expectancy at birth is equal for men and women - ✔️✔️false
what are the three factors for explaining low savings by the poor - ✔️✔️money may be
lost or stolen, saving options like banks may not exist, temptation to increase
consumption in both "goods" and "bads"
according to Banerjee and Duflo, individuals living in households where the
consumption per capita is less than USD 1.08 per person per day in PPP terms are
classified in which group - ✔️✔️extreme poverty
what is true about famines - ✔️✔️are about lack of access to food and government action
and policy can help save lives during these events
critical factors affecting the future of global food supply and demand include... -
✔️✔️productivity of agriculture, prosperity (incomes), and population
what is the first goal under the millennium development goals - ✔️✔️eradicate extreme
poverty and hunger
what two scenarios would be a correct assessment of the progress made under the first
goal of the millennium development goals - ✔️✔️extreme poverty in the developing world
has declined significantly and the proportion of undernourished people in the developing
regions has fallen by almost half
which nutrient is primarily responsible for building cells that make up the muscles of the
body - ✔️✔️proteins
T/F; total fertility rate is declining globally between 1970-2020 - ✔️✔️true
what proportion of the population lies between ±1 standard deviation of the mean of a
normal distribution - ✔️✔️68%
which form of malnutrition leads to diversion of nutrients to parasitic agents -
✔️✔️secondary malnutrition
what are the 4 methods for measuring undernutrition - ✔️✔️clinical assessment,
biochemical assessment, dietary assessment, anthropometric assessment
clinical assessment - ✔️✔️examination of physical symptoms
biochemical assessment - ✔️✔️blood/urine testing
dietary assessment - ✔️✔️survey of diet to assess nutritional status
anthropometric assessment - ✔️✔️measuring human body and its parts and comparing to
other humans
T/F; mortality risks associated with low BMW is relatively high for young people -
✔️✔️false
what is a possible reason for the finding that undernutrition can affect the ability to excel
on standardized tests - ✔️✔️children with limited nutritional intake can experience slower
brain development and therefore lower IQs
what is the best way to describe the relationship between agriculture and undernutrition
in developing countries - ✔️✔️large proportions of the population in developing countries
engage in agricultural production and agricultural incomes and employment have
seasonal patterns
what are the important determinants of differences in nutritional status of social groups
within countries - ✔️✔️gender, race and caste; income; and public services
would price or change in technology of production cause a shift in the supply curve -
✔️✔️change in technology of production
why are 83% of nutrition-related child deaths caused by mild to moderate malnutrition -
✔️✔️mild to moderate malnutrition group is larger than the severely malnourished group
goiter is caused by iodine deficiency but how does it impact children - ✔️✔️reduction in
mental abilities
is availability of land or availability of water the most important constraint in increasing
food supply - ✔️✔️availability of water
Assume that there is an influx of Cuban immigrants in the US (increase in population)
which increases the demand for corn. However, in the short-terms corn supply cannot
change because available land and technology for cultivation is fixed. What will be the
net-effect of this change - ✔️✔️shifts in demand curve - increase in both price and
quantity
what is likely to occur when income rises - ✔️✔️ratio of starchy foods to other foods falls
most soil degradation happens due to soil erosion, what is true about soil erosion -
✔️✔️deforestation and over-use of soil for agriculture can contribute to soil erosion
If the initial consumption of wheat for a household is 75kgs per year and the
household's price elasticity of rice demand is -0.2, how many kilograms of rice would the
household consume if its price fell from $10 to $4 per kilogram? - ✔️✔️84 kilograms
If the price of coffee increases from $50 to $55 per kilogram, the quantity of tea
demanded goes up by 5%, what is the cross-price elasticity of tea - ✔️✔️0.5
T/F; in South Asia, lack of hygiene and disease prevalence in girls is higher than that in
sub-Saharan Africa - ✔️✔️true
Pinstrup-Anderson and Caicedo first calculated the price elasticities of demand by
income group in their study based in Columbia, what are the main points that came out
of their study - ✔️✔️the price elasticity of mile and pork is greater (in absolute value) than
cassava and potatoes for the poorest sections of the population and the price
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