Economics for lecturer spsc
Economics for lecturer spsc
Economics for lecturer spsc
3. There are three fundamental questions every society must answer. Which of
the following is/are one of these questions?
a. What goods and services are to be produced?
b. How are the goods and services to be produced?
c. Who will get the goods and services that are produced?
d. All of the above
4. If you were working full-time now, you could earn $20,000 per year. Instead,
you are working part-time while going to school. In your current part-time job,
you earn $5,000 per year. At your school, the annual cost of tuition, books, and
other fees is $2,000. The opportunity cost of completing your education is:
a. $2,000
b. $5,000
c. $17,000
d. $20,000
e. $22,000
6. You have taken this quiz and received a grade of 3 out of a possible 10 points
(F). You are allowed to take a second version of this quiz. If you score 7 or more,
you can raise your score to a 7 (C). You will need to study for the second version.
In making a rational decision as to whether or not to retake the test, you should
a. always retake the quiz
b. consider only the marginal benefits from of retaking the quiz (four extra points)
c. consider only the marginal opportunity costs from taking the quiz (the time spent
studying and taking the quiz)
d. consider both the marginal benefits and the marginal opportunity costs of retaking the
quiz
Answers: D C D C A D C A C C
I. provide information to sellers and buyers , II. provide incentives to sellers and
buyers
a. I only
b. II only
c. both I and II
d. neither I nor II
Answers: B B B A D A C B C C
2. In pure monopoly, what is the relation between the price and the marginal
revenue?
a. the price is greater than the marginal revenue
b. the price is less than the marginal revenue
c. there is no relation
d. they are equal
7. Which of the following is true about the way by which SDG&E has been
regulated by the PUC?
a. SDG&E has been allowed to earn very high economic profits
b. The profits of SDG&E are calculated as a percent of the value of the capital goods
c. When the demand for electricity would fall, the price of electricity would also fall
d. All of the above
10. In price discrimination, which section of the market is charged the higher
price?
a. the section with the richest people
b. the section with the oldest people
c. the section with the most inelastic demand
d. the section with the most elastic demand
Answers: A A C C D D B D D C
4. The demand for labor slopes down and to the right because of
a. the law of demand
b. the iron law of wages
c. the law of diminishing marginal returns
d. economies of scale
5. The demand for labor will be more elastic if:
a. there are few substitutes for labor
b. there is a short time under consideration
c. labor is a large percent of the total cost of production
d. the demand for the product is relatively inelastic
e. all of the above
Answers: C B A C C A B D A B
2. When Daimler Benz, maker of the Mercedes, bought Chrysler, the merger was
a. horizontal
b. vertical
c. conglomerate
For each of the following, choose the letter that best describes the function of
government.
6. The government has a program of social security to provide a pension for the
elderly.
7. The government requires that all gasoline stations post their prices in signs
large enough
to be seen by a reasonable person from the street.
8. The government requires people to have a smog control device in their cars.
10. The government makes laws that determine certain behaviors that a
corporation must engage in and other behaviors that a corporation cannot engage
in.
Answers: D A B F D H C E G A
5. Assume that there are two goods, A and B. In 1996, Americans produced 10
units of A at a price of $10 and 20 units of B at a price of $20. In 2002, Americans
produced 20 units of A at a price of $20 and 30 units of B at a price of $30. The
Nominal GDP for 2002 is:
a. $100
b. $400
c. $500
d. $900
e. $1300
6. Using the numbers in question 5, the Real GDP for 2002 is:
a. $400 b. $500 c. $800 d. $900 e. $1,300
9. Last week, Martha spent one day cleaning a house. For this, she was paid $50.
The rest of the week, she spent looking for a job. Martha would be classified as
a. employed
b. unemployed
c. not in the labor force
10. John lost his accounting job when Montgomery Wards closed its stores in San
Diego. He looked for a similar job for ten months before finding an accounting job
at Sears. During the month John was unemployed, he was
a. frictionally unemployed
b. seasonally unemployed
c. cyclically unemployed
d. structurally unemployed
Answers: A C A C E C B C A D
3. Define indexation
3. If the nominal interest rate is 5% and the inflation rate is 2%, the real interest
rate is:
a. 2%
b. 3%
c. 5%
d. 7%
e. 2 ½%
4. For which of the following reasons might inflation cause Real GDP to grow
slower than it otherwise would?
a. Inflation makes everyone poorer
b. Inflation reduces the value of consumer debt
c. Inflation increases business investment spending
d. Inflation decreases savings in financial form
6. Assume that Potential Real GDP equals $10,000. National Income is therefore
$10,000. Of this, consumers will pay $2,000 in taxes, save $1,000, and spend
$7,000 on consumer goods. Business Investment spending is $2000. In order to
avoid recessions and inflation (to have equilibrium), the government should have
a:
a. balanced budget
b. budget deficit of $1000
c. budget surplus of $1000
d. budget deficit of $2000
8. If the government lowers taxes by $10 billion, the Real GDP will rise by
a. more than $10 billion
b. less than $10 billion
c. exactly $10 billion
Answers: D D B D D C C A A C
4. Which of the following is true about the Federal Reserve System (Fed)?
a. it is a system of 12 central banks
b. its Board of Governors is elected by a vote of the people
c. its main policy-making body is the FDIC
d. it accepts deposits from the public and makes loans to businesses
e. all of the above
Answers: D C C A C A C D C B