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This section includes 50 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Economics knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
1. |
Which of the following strategies have developing countries not used to deal with the problem of unstable export markets ? |
A. | multilateral contracts |
B. | production and export controls |
C. | buffer stock arrangements |
D. | tariff-rates quotas |
Answer» E. | |
2. |
Which of the following organizations primarily provides long-term loans to developing countries to help them develop their infrastructure such as schools hospitals and roads ? |
A. | World Bank |
B. | International Monetary Fund |
C. | Council on Foreign Relations |
D. | Organization of petroleum Exporting Countries |
Answer» B. International Monetary Fund | |
3. |
Which of the following must be true about a signal that is used to reveal private information in order for the signal to be effective ? |
A. | It must be “as seen on TV” |
B. | It must be free to the signaling party |
C. | It must be costly to the signaling party but less costly to the party with higher-quality product |
D. | It must be applied to an inexpensive product |
Answer» D. It must be applied to an inexpensive product | |
4. |
Which of the following is true under pairwise majority rule if people vote for the outcome closest to their most preferred outcome ? |
A. | The average preferred outcome wins |
B. | There is no clear winner due to Arrow’s Impossibility Theorem. |
C. | The outcome preferred by the median voter wins |
D. | The outcome preferred by the greatest number of voters wins. |
Answer» D. The outcome preferred by the greatest number of voters wins. | |
5. |
Which of the following is not true about how people make decisions ? |
A. | people give too much weight to a small number of vivid observations |
B. | People are sometimes too sure of their own abilities |
C. | All of these answers are actually true statements about how people make decisions. |
D. | People are always rational maximizers |
E. | People are reluctant to change their minds in the face of new information |
Answer» E. People are reluctant to change their minds in the face of new information | |
6. |
Which of the following is not a method firms use to avoid the moral hazard problem in the employment relationship ? |
A. | They pay employees with delayed compensation such as a year-end bonus |
B. | They buy life insurance on their workers |
C. | They pay above equilibrium wages |
D. | They put hidden video cameras in the workplace |
Answer» C. They pay above equilibrium wages | |
7. |
Which of the following is an example of a signal that is used to reveal private information ? |
A. | Enzo carefully chooses a special gift for Josephine |
B. | Josephine earns her MBA from the Harvard Business School |
C. | Lexus advertises its cars during the football World Cup Final. |
D. | All of these answers are correct |
Answer» E. | |
8. |
Which of the following is a response to People’s inconsistent behavior over time ? |
A. | all of these answers |
B. | forced contributions to a retirement plan |
C. | year-end bonuses |
D. | efficiency wages |
Answer» C. year-end bonuses | |
9. |
Which of the following help explain why firms pay bonuses to workers during particularly profitable years to prevent workers from becoming disgruntled ? |
A. | people are rational maximizers |
B. | People are reluctant to change their minds |
C. | People are inconsistent over time |
D. | People care about fairness |
Answer» E. | |
10. |
Which of the following best demonstrates the problem of moral hazard ? |
A. | Josephine doesn’t buy health insurance because it is too expensive, and she is healthy |
B. | A life insurance company forces Enzo to have a medical examination prior to selling him insurance |
C. | Enzo drives more recklessly after he buys car insurance |
D. | Fatima chooses to attend a well-respected college |
Answer» D. Fatima chooses to attend a well-respected college | |
11. |
Which industrialization policy have developing countries used which places emphasis on the comparative advantage principle as a guide to resource allocation ? |
A. | export promotion |
B. | import promotion |
C. | international commodity agreements |
D. | multilateral contracts |
Answer» B. import promotion | |
12. |
To stabilize the prices of primary products international commodity agreements have utilized all of the following except ? |
A. | tariff-rate quotas applied to imported goods |
B. | production and export controls |
C. | buffer stocks |
D. | multilateral contracts |
Answer» B. production and export controls | |
13. |
To help developing nations strengthen their international competitiveness many industrial nations have granted non-reciprocal tariff reductions to developing nations under the ? |
A. | international commodity agreements program |
B. | multilateral contract program |
C. | generalized system of preferences program |
D. | export-led growth program |
Answer» D. export-led growth program | |
14. |
To be considered a good candidate for export cartel, a commodity should ? |
A. | be a manufactured good |
B. | be a primary product |
C. | have a low price elasticity of supply |
D. | have a high price elasticity of demand |
Answer» D. have a high price elasticity of demand | |
15. |
To be considered a a good candidate for an export cartel, a commodity should ? |
A. | be a manufactured goods |
B. | be a primary product |
C. | have high price elasticity of supply |
D. | have a low price elasticity of demand |
Answer» E. | |
16. |
The People’s Republic of China ? |
A. | is the first of the East Asian countries to be recognized for a successful outward-oriented development strategy |
B. | has retained to the present time its strategy of import substitution as a source of economic growth |
C. | has always accounted for a significant share of international trade, given its very large population |
D. | has significantly increased its openness to international trade and foreign investment in recent decades |
Answer» E. | |
17. |
The pattern of economic growth describes the phenomenon of countries moving up in technological development by following the patterns of countries ahead of them in the development process ? |
A. | flying geese |
B. | import substitution |
C. | export orientation |
D. | commodity expansion |
Answer» B. import substitution | |
18. |
The OPEC oil cartel ? |
A. | has shown that is easy to achieve cooperation among cartel members |
B. | was successful in raising oil prices in the 1970s but was disbanded in the 1980s |
C. | has shown greater success in realizing profits during periods of global recession |
D. | has had a level of success in raising oil prices that other developing countries are unlikely to achieve with other primary commodities |
Answer» E. | |
19. |
The Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) program allows ? |
A. | developing country export to advanced countries to receive preferential tariff treatment |
B. | developing country imports from advanced countries to receive preferential tariff treatment |
C. | any developing country to ignore the most-favored nation clause |
D. | any advanced country to ignore the most favored-nation clause |
Answer» B. developing country imports from advanced countries to receive preferential tariff treatment | |
20. |
The arrangement where goods imported from trading partners in the developing world are subject to lower tariff rates than goods from other countries is referred to as ? |
A. | normal trade relation status |
B. | most favored nation status |
C. | offshore assembly provisions |
D. | Generalized System of Preferences |
Answer» E. | |
21. |
Refer to Figure 1 What percent of the population vote for A when the choice is between A and B ? |
A. | 75 percent |
B. | 35 percent |
C. | 60 percent |
D. | 40 percent |
E. | 25 percent |
Answer» D. 40 percent | |
22. |
Poor developing countries typically impose __________ tariffs than rich advanced nations on imports? |
A. | lower |
B. | higher |
C. | about the same height |
D. | None of the above |
Answer» C. about the same height | |
23. |
_________ policies attempt to foster industrialization by establishing high barriers to imports of foreign goods to promote local production ? |
A. | absolute advantage |
B. | comparative advantage |
C. | export-led growth |
D. | import substitution |
Answer» E. | |
24. |
Nicole wants to avoid buying a car that is a lemon. She takes a car she would like to buy to her mechanic before she purchases it. This is known as ? |
A. | screening |
B. | signaling |
C. | moral hazard |
D. | adverse selection |
Answer» B. signaling | |
25. |
Most of developing-country exports consist of ? |
A. | primary products such as tin and bauxite |
B. | intermediate products |
C. | labor-intensive agricultural products |
D. | labor-intensive manufacturing products |
Answer» B. intermediate products | |
26. |
Membership in the World Trade Organization for china ? |
A. | has been a matter of low priority for the Chinese government |
B. | was achieved in the early 1950s |
C. | has been opposed by a number of labor and human rights organizations in other countries |
D. | has had negligible effect on trade between china and the United States |
Answer» D. has had negligible effect on trade between china and the United States | |
27. |
Markus is a travelling salesman for an apparel company. In this employment relationship, Markus is the ? |
A. | agent |
B. | principle |
C. | screener |
D. | signaler |
Answer» B. principle | |
28. |
Jamil’s friend dies of a sudden heart attack. Jamil rushes to his doctor for an expensive physical examination. This response demonstrates that ? |
A. | People give too much weight to a small number of vivid observations |
B. | People easily change their minds when confronted with new information |
C. | People enjoy going to the doctor |
D. | People tend to plan ahead and follow through on their plans |
Answer» B. People easily change their minds when confronted with new information | |
29. |
Jamil’s car is in need of repair, so John decides to sell it avoid the repair bill. Unaware of the problem, Shahab buys the car. This is an example of ? |
A. | hidden actions |
B. | adverse selection |
C. | moral hazard |
D. | adverse selection |
Answer» B. adverse selection | |
30. |
Instead, assume that global economic expansion causes the quantity of tin demanded to increase by 4 million pounds at each price To maintain price of tin at the target price you would ? |
A. | sell 4 million pounds of tin |
B. | sell 8 million pounds of tin |
C. | buy 4 million pounds of tin |
D. | buy 8 million pounds of tin |
Answer» B. sell 8 million pounds of tin | |
31. |
In the ultimatum game, what split would be rational for both the person proposing the split and the person who must accept or reject the split ? |
A. | There is no rational solution |
B. | 75/25 |
C. | 99/1 |
D. | 1/99 |
E. | 50/50 |
Answer» D. 1/99 | |
32. |
In the Px = export price index, Pm = import price index, Qx = export quantity index,and Qm = import quantity index. Developing countries tend to maintain that their commodity term of trade have declined over the long run suggesting that _________ has declined? |
A. | Px/Pm |
B. | Pm/Px |
C. | (Pm/Px)Qm |
D. | (Px/Pm)Qx |
Answer» B. Pm/Px | |
33. |
Import substitution is an example of ? |
A. | the principle of comparative advantage |
B. | the principle of absolute advantage |
C. | an outward-looking growth strategy |
D. | an inward-looking growth strategy |
Answer» E. | |
34. |
Hong Kong and South Korea are examples of developing nations that have recently pursued ________ industrialization policies? |
A. | import substitution |
B. | export promotion |
C. | commercial dumping |
D. | multilateral contract |
Answer» C. commercial dumping | |
35. |
hich of the following is not a property required of a perfect voting system ? |
A. | The median voter always wins |
B. | no dictators |
C. | independence of irrelevant |
D. | transitivity |
Answer» B. no dictators | |
36. |
For the oil-importing countries, the increase in oil prices in 1970s and early 2000s contributed to all of the following except ? |
A. | balance of trade deficits |
B. | price inflation |
C. | constrained economic growth |
D. | improving terms of trade |
Answer» E. | |
37. |
Export-led growth strategies tend to emphasize ? |
A. | resource allocation based on the principle of absolute advantage |
B. | resource allocation based on the principle of comparative advantage |
C. | trade protection for import-competing firms |
D. | trade protection for exporting-competing firms |
Answer» C. trade protection for import-competing firms | |
38. |
Economic growth occurs because ? |
A. | labor forces increase |
B. | capital stocks increase |
C. | new inventions increase productivity |
D. | All of the above |
Answer» E. | |
39. |
Developing countries that concentrate production in agricultural products or raw materials may face a long-run decline in their international terms of trade because of ? |
A. | inelastic demand for these products in advanced countries |
B. | large increases in the supplies of these products on world markets because of export expansion policies |
C. | sluggish demand for these products in advanced countries |
D. | All of the above |
Answer» E. | |
40. |
Developing countries that emphasize the production of raw materials or agricultural goods may realize a long-run deterioration in the international terms of trade because of ? |
A. | relatively low import tariffs maintained by advanced countries |
B. | highly elastic demand for these products in advanced countries |
C. | declines in the supplies of these products on world markets |
D. | sluggish demand for these products in advanced countries |
Answer» E. | |
41. |
Concerning the hypothesis that there has occurred a long run deterioration in the developing countries terms of trade empirical studies provide ? |
A. | mixed evidence that does not substantiate the deterioration hypothesis |
B. | overwhelming support for the deterioration hypothesis |
C. | overwhelming opposition to the deterioration hypothesis |
D. | None of the above |
Answer» B. overwhelming support for the deterioration hypothesis | |
42. |
Concerning tariff policy, the United States does not charge? |
A. | lower tariff rates on goods from nations with normal trade relation status |
B. | lower tariff rates on goods from nations with most favored nation status |
C. | low or zero tariffs on goods from certain developing countries |
D. | identical tariff rates in products from all countries of the world |
Answer» E. | |
43. |
Because supply and demand conditions for primary products are very price inelastic their prices ? |
A. | have been steadily rising in recent decades |
B. | have been more stable than the prices of manufactured goods |
C. | fluctuate about as much as the prices of manufactured goods |
D. | tend to be very unstable from year to year |
Answer» E. | |
44. |
Assume that global recession causes the quantity of tin demanded to decrease by 4 million pounds at each price To maintain the price of tin at the target price you would ? |
A. | sell 4 million pounds of tin |
B. | sell 8 million pounds of tin |
C. | buy 4 million pounds of tin |
D. | buy 8 million pounds of tin |
Answer» D. buy 8 million pounds of tin | |
45. |
Assume That the firms operate as purely competitive sellers (a purely competitive industry) In the long run, equilibrium price equals _________ quantity equals _________ and profits total _________? |
A. | $100, 2 million barrels per day $60 million |
B. | $80, 4 million barrels per day $70 million |
C. | $60, 6 million barrels per day, $20 million |
D. | $40, 8 million barrels per day, $0 million |
Answer» E. | |
46. |
An export quota agreement to stabilize the price of bauxite tends to be more successful when the member producer countries as a percentage of the world’s producer countries is __________ and the _________ it is for the member producer countries to store/stock pile bauxite? |
A. | relatively small; more difficult |
B. | relatively small; easier |
C. | relatively large; more difficult |
D. | relatively large; easier |
Answer» E. | |
47. |
Among the institutions and policies that have been created to support developing countries are? |
A. | the world Bank |
B. | the international Monetary Fund |
C. | The Generalized System of Preferences |
D. | All of the above |
Answer» E. | |
48. |
All of the following are trade problems of developing countries except? |
A. | unstable export markets |
B. | improving terms of trade |
C. | limited access to the markets of industrial countries |
D. | highly elastic demand curves for their products |
Answer» C. limited access to the markets of industrial countries | |
49. |
A widely used indicator to differentiate developed countries from developing countries is ? |
A. | international trade per capita |
B. | real income per capital |
C. | unemployment per capita |
D. | calories per capita |
Answer» C. unemployment per capita | |
50. |
A life insurance company forces Enzo to have a medical examination prior to selling him insurance ? |
A. | transitivity |
B. | impossibility |
C. | independence |
D. | unanimity |
Answer» B. impossibility | |