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ECON 100 Exam Practice Questions and Answers | 100% Pass What is economics? - Answer️️ -A study of how people make choices to achieve goals with resource constraints. What is meant by "the invisible hand?" - Answer️️ -The "invisible hand" means that the division of labor and exchange o...

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ECON 100 Exam Practice Questions and
Answers | 100% Pass


What is economics? - Answer✔️✔️-A study of how people make choices to achieve goals

with resource constraints.


What is meant by "the invisible hand?" - Answer✔️✔️-The "invisible hand" means that the

division of labor and exchange occur naturally among people without being directed by

anyone.

What is the root of exchange behavior? - Answer✔️✔️-Human natural tendency toward

division of labor to gain efficiency.

Division of labor and exchange are human tendencies to enhance one's self-interest.

Can contributing to charities to assure everyone in one's community has access to food,

housing and health care be consistent with the principles of self-interest? - Answer✔️✔️-

Yes

What is scientific about Social Science? - Answer✔️✔️-Social scientists use the scientific

method to test hypotheses about human behavior.

What is the contribution of The Wealth of Nations published by Adam Smith in 1776? -

Answer✔️✔️-Adam Smith described how people made production and consumption

decisions in the 18th Century.

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What is a market as discussed in an economics class? - Answer✔️✔️-The coming

together of suppliers and demanders of goods and services.

What do consumers want to achieve? - Answer✔️✔️-- Maximize personal satisfaction.

- Take care of their children and families.

- Assure that poor people are fed, housed, and clothed.



**All the above**

As the price of gasoline continues to rise, - Answer✔️✔️-The quantity consumed will

decline as consumers respond to higher prices.

Why would producers offer more of a product as price rises? - Answer✔️✔️-- Because

some inefficient, high-cost producers can enter the market at high prices.

- Because producers can justify using more expensive inputs when product prices are

high.

- Because producers are willing to work overtime when prices are good.



**All the above**

What is the principal communication device between producers and consumers in a free

market? - Answer✔️✔️-Price.

From an economic perspective, a choice is: - Answer✔️✔️-A decision that must be made

because resources are scarce.



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You know you have incurred a cost when: - Answer✔️✔️-You must give up something

you wanted when making a choice.

Why do we tend to see specialization and trade develop at the same time? -

Answer✔️✔️-Specialization increases productivity, so trade must increase because no

one remains self-sufficient.

In a free market, competition involves: - Answer✔️✔️-Buyer competing against buyer,

and seller competing against seller.

Automobile sales have plummeted during the recession. This suggests that consumer

demand for automobiles tends to be: - Answer✔️✔️-Income Elastic

Why are states rushing to increase cigarette taxes? - Answer✔️✔️-Because cigarettes

have a demand which is price inelastic, resulting in big increases in state revenue.

In the German Beer Market, What Effect Do Wine Sales Have on Beer Demand? -

Answer✔️✔️--Wine and Beer Go Together (Complements) So More Wine Causes an

Increase in Demand for Beer.



-Wine and Beer are Substitutes So More Wine Causes a Decrease in Demand for Beer.



-Wine and Beer have no Effect on One Another, So the Demand for Beer is Unaffected

by the Consumption of Wine.




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