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estudyTEST BANK FOR ECONOMICS 11TH EDITION
DAVID COLANDER ALL CHAPTERS
ANSWERS ARE LOCATED IN THE SECOND PART OF the DOCUMENT
TRUE/FALSE - Write 'T' as the statement is true and 'F' as the statement is false.
1) The answers to an economy's three central economic problems are determined by the
interaction of three forces: economic forces, political forces, and social forces.
1)
⊚ true
⊚ false
Question Details
AACSB : Reflective Thinking
Bloom's : Remember
Difficulty : 01 Easy
Learning Objective : 01-03 Explain real-world events in terms of economic forces, social forces, and
Topic : Economic Forces, Social Forces, and Political Forces
Accessibility : Keyboard Navigation
2) Scarcity exists because economies cannot produce enough to meet the perceived desires
of all individuals.
2)
⊚ true
⊚ false
Question Details
AACSB : Reflective Thinking
Bloom's : Remember
Difficulty : 01 Easy
Learning Objective : 01-01 Define economics and identify its components.
Topic : What Economics Is
Accessibility : Keyboard Navigation
3) Only marginal costs, not sunk costs, affect economic decisions as individuals are rational.
3)
⊚ true
⊚ false
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Question Details
AACSB : Reflective Thinking
Bloom's : Understand
Difficulty : 02 Medium
Learning Objective : 01-02 Discuss various ways in which economists use economic reasoning.
Topic : A Guide to Economic Reasoning
Accessibility : Keyboard Navigation
4) The economic decision rule is to undertake an action only when the marginal benefits of
that action are greater than its total costs.
4)
⊚ true
⊚ false
Question Details
AACSB : Reflective Thinking
Bloom's : Remember
Difficulty : 01 Easy
Learning Objective : 01-02 Discuss various ways in which economists use economic reasoning.
Topic : A Guide to Economic Reasoning
Accessibility : Keyboard Navigation
5) The opportunity cost of undertaking an activity includes any sunk cost.
5)
⊚ true
⊚ false
Question Details
AACSB : Reflective Thinking
Bloom's : Remember
Difficulty : 01 Easy
Learning Objective : 01-02 Discuss various ways in which economists use economic reasoning.
Topic : A Guide to Economic Reasoning
Accessibility : Keyboard Navigation
6) The "invisible hand" is the price mechanism that guides people’s actions in the market.
6)
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⊚ true
⊚ false
Question Details
AACSB : Reflective Thinking
Bloom's : Remember
Difficulty : 01 Easy
Learning Objective : 01-03 Explain real-world events in terms of economic forces, social forces, and
Topic : Economic Forces, Social Forces, and Political Forces
Accessibility : Keyboard Navigation
7) Social and political forces affect the way in which the invisible hand works.
7)
⊚ true
⊚ false
Question Details
AACSB : Reflective Thinking
Bloom's : Remember
Difficulty : 01 Easy
Learning Objective : 01-03 Explain real-world events in terms of economic forces, social forces, and
Topic : Economic Forces, Social Forces, and Political Forces
Accessibility : Keyboard Navigation
8) Macroeconomics is the study of how individual choices are affected by economic forces.
8)
⊚ true
⊚ false
Question Details
AACSB : Reflective Thinking
Bloom's : Remember
Difficulty : 01 Easy
Learning Objective : 01-01 Define economics and identify its components.
Topic : What Economics Is
Accessibility : Keyboard Navigation
9) Deciding what the distribution of income should be is an example of normative
economics.
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9)
⊚ true
⊚ false
Question Details
AACSB : Reflective Thinking
Bloom's : Understand
Difficulty : 02 Medium
Learning Objective : 01-05 Distinguish among positive economics, normative economics, and the art of
Topic : Economic Policy Options
Accessibility : Keyboard Navigation
MULTIPLE CHOICE - Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or
answers the question.
10) Say a pill existed that made people selfless. After taking it they were only interested in
others, not themselves. Under the coordination definition of economics:
10)
A) no economic problem would exist.
B) there still would be an economic problem.
C) there would be a political problem but not an economic problem.
D) there would be a social problem but not an economic problem.
Question Details
Learning Objective : 01-01 Define economics and identify its components.
Topic : What Economics Is
Bloom's : Analyze
Difficulty : 03 Hard
AACSB : Analytical Thinking
Accessibility : Keyboard Navigation
11) According to the text, economics is the study of how:
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