LET Economics

Economics, Taxation, Land Reform, and Cooperative
1. The problem of scarcity _____.

A. arises only in poor countries.
B. exists because the price of goods is too high.
C. exists because of limited resources.
D. will eventually be solve by better planning.
2. “If an individual is to maximize the utility received from the consumption, he or she should spend all available income…” This statement assumes ________.
A. that saving is impossible.
B. that the individual is not satiated in all goods.
C. that no goods are “inferior.”
D. both A and B.
3. An individual’s demand curve

A. represents the various quantities that the consumer is willing to purchase of a good at various
price levels.
B. is derived from an individual’s indifference curve map.
C. will shift if preferences, price of other goods, or income change.
D. all of the above.
4. What is a firm?
A. A president, some vice presidents, and some employees
B. Any organization that wants to make a profit.
C. Any accumulation of productive assets.
D. Any organization that turns inputs into outputs
5. If more and more labor is employed while keeping all other inputs constant, the marginal physical productivity of labor _____.
A. will eventually increase.
B. will eventually decrease.
D. will eventually remain constant.
E. cannot tell from the information provided.
6. In general, microeconomic theory assumes that the firms attempt to maximize the difference between ______.
A. total revenue and accounting costs.
B. price and marginal cost.
C. total revenues and economic costs.
D. economic costs and average cost.
7. In a competitive market, efficient allocation of resources is characterized by ________.

A. a price greater than the marginal cost of production.
B. the possibility of further mutually beneficial transactions.
C. the largest possible sum of consumer and producer surplus.
D. a value of consumer surplus equal to that of producer surplus.
8. Price controls _______.

A. are always popular with consumers because they lower prices.
B. create shortages.
C. increase producer surplus because firms can now sell a greater quantity of a good at a lower price.
D. are necessary to preserve equity.
9. The excess burden of tax is ____.

A. The amount of which the price of a good increases
B. The loss of consumer and producer surplus that is not transferred elsewhere.
C. The amount y which a person’s after-tax income decrease as a result of the new tax.
D. The welfare costs to firms forced to leave the market due to an inward shift of the demand curve.
10. In the opening of the free trade, if world prices of a good are less than domestic prices of that same good, _________.
A. domestic consumers will experience a loss of surplus.
B. domestic prices will drop to the world price level.
C. all domestic producers of that good will try to find another market because they can’t compete with foreign producers.
D. domestic producers will increase the quantity supplied in order to crowd out the foreign produced goods.
11. It states that as the price of the commodities increase the amount of goods the consumer is willing to purchase decrease and as the price of the
commodities decrease the willingness of the consumer to buy increases and other factor remain constant.
A. Law of Diminishing Marginal Utility
B. Law of Gravity
C. Law of Supply
D. Law of Demand
12. A deliberate attempt to recognize and transform existing agrarian system with the intention of improving the distribution of agricultural incomes and thus
fostering rural development.
A. Millennium Development Plan C. Water Reform
B. Land Reform D. Development Goals
13. What is the process by which the productive capacity of the economy is increased over time to bring about rising levels of national output and income?
A. Economic growth C. Economic development
B. Industry D. Employment
14. A system whereby the determination of exchange rate is left solely to the market forces.
A. Foreign exchange liberalization
B. Import liberalization
C. Terms of trade
D. Foreign investment
15. All are possible results when a high population growth rate continues in the Third World except
A. growth of slums
B. spread of diseases due to poverty and poor sanitation
C. not enough schools, hospitals, roads, bridges, etc.
D. increased Gross National Product
16. Which of the following is the nature of power of taxation?

A. It is inherent in sovereignty.
B. It is legislative in nature.
C It is subject to constitutional and inherent limitations.
D. All of the above
17. A kind of tax based on the rate of which decreases as the tax base or bracket increases.
A. Progressive C. Regressive
B. Graduated D. Proportional
18. Agrarian reform program, Philippine experience is a success.

A. The statement is generally true.
B. The statement is doubtful.
C. The statement is untrue.
D. There is no basis to conclude.
19. It is also known as the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Law (CARL)

A. Presidential Decree # 2
B. Presidential Decree # 27
C. Republic Act 6657
D. Republic Act 5766
20. The Cooperatives Development Program of the government is designed primarily to support the agrarian reform program. It aims to achieve a dignified
existence for the small farmers free from pernicious institutional restraints and practices.
A. Only the first statement is true and correct.
B. Only the second statement is true and correct.
C. Both statements are true and correct.
D. Both statements are untrue and incorrect.

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Economics, Taxation, Land Reform, and Cooperative

1. The problem of scarcity _____.

3. An individual’s demand curve

7. In a competitive market, efficient allocation of resources is characterized by ________.

8. Price controls _______.

9. The excess burden of tax is ____.

16. Which of the following is the nature of power of taxation?

18. Agrarian reform program, Philippine experience is a success.

19. It is also known as the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Law (CARL)

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