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This section includes 29 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Economics Mcqs knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
| 1. |
Trade diversion takes place when ? |
| A. | a country moves from autarky to free trade |
| B. | a movement to a customs union reduces the costs of trade through standardization economic integration results in a |
| C. | economic integration results in a movement in product origin to a lower cost member country |
| D. | economic integration results in a shift in product origin from a lower-cost, nonmember country to a member country having higher costs |
| Answer» E. | |
| 2. |
In free trade A will import ? |
| A. | 700 units from country C |
| B. | 700 units from country C and 600 units from country B |
| C. | 600 units from country C |
| D. | 600 units from country C and 400 units from country B |
| Answer» D. 600 units from country C and 400 units from country B | |
| 3. |
The NAFTA is a ? |
| A. | monetary union |
| B. | free trade area |
| C. | common market |
| D. | customs union |
| Answer» C. common market | |
| 4. |
Criticisms against the North American Free Trade Agreement include all of the following except ? |
| A. | wages in the United States will rise relative to Mexican wages |
| B. | American jobs will be lost to workers in Mexico |
| C. | The environment is not adequately protected by NAFTA |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» B. American jobs will be lost to workers in Mexico | |
| 5. |
_________ is said to exist when the formation of a regional trading group leads to an expansion of trade above pregroup levels ? |
| A. | trade creation |
| B. | trade diversion |
| C. | trade exclusion |
| D. | trade distortion |
| Answer» B. trade diversion | |
| 6. |
A positive, dynamic effect of economic integration is illustrated by ? |
| A. | trade diversion effect |
| B. | increased monopoly power of firms |
| C. | decrease customs costs |
| D. | economy-of-scale effect |
| Answer» E. | |
| 7. |
The European Union is an example of a/an ? |
| A. | customs union |
| B. | economic union |
| C. | common market |
| D. | free trade area |
| Answer» D. free trade area | |
| 8. |
Trade creation will more likely outweigh trade diversion for Country X that forms a customs union if the level of tariffs in Country X prior to the customs union is ________ and the total number of countries forming the customs union is _________? |
| A. | relatively high; relatively large |
| B. | relatively high; relatively small |
| C. | relatively low ; relatively large |
| D. | relatively low ; relatively small |
| Answer» B. relatively high; relatively small | |
| 9. |
________ is said to exist when the formation of a regional trading group leads to the reduction of trade with nonmember countries in favor of member countries ? |
| A. | trade creation |
| B. | trade diversion |
| C. | trade exclusion |
| D. | trade distortion |
| Answer» C. trade exclusion | |
| 10. |
If A forms a customs union with B, A will import ? |
| A. | 400 units from B |
| B. | 200 units from C |
| C. | 200 units from each |
| D. | 400 units from B and 200 units from C |
| Answer» B. 200 units from C | |
| 11. |
The implementation of the European Union has ? |
| A. | made it harder for Americans of compete against the Germans in the British market |
| B. | made it easier for Americans to compete against the Germans in the British market |
| C. | made it harder for Americans to compete against the Japanese in the British market |
| D. | made it easier for Americans to compete against the Japanese in the British |
| Answer» B. made it easier for Americans to compete against the Germans in the British market | |
| 12. |
The European Union has achieved all of the following except ? |
| A. | adopted a common fiscal policy for member nations |
| B. | established a common system of agricultural price supports |
| C. | disbanded all tariffs between its member countries |
| D. | levied common tariffs on products imported from nonmembers |
| Answer» B. established a common system of agricultural price supports | |
| 13. |
Under the EU’s Common Agricultural Policy, a variable import levy equals the ? |
| A. | amount the which the EU’s support price exceeds the world price |
| B. | amount by which the world price exceeds the EU’s support price |
| C. | support price of the EU |
| D. | world price |
| Answer» B. amount by which the world price exceeds the EU’s support price | |
| 14. |
Which country is not a member of the European Union ? |
| A. | Spain |
| B. | Germany |
| C. | France |
| D. | Iceland |
| Answer» E. | |
| 15. |
Trade creation takes place when ? |
| A. | a country moves from autarky to free trade |
| B. | a movement to a customs union reduces the cost of trade through standardization |
| C. | economic integration results in a movement in product origin to a lower-cost member country |
| D. | economic integration results in a shift in product origin from a lower cost nonmember country to a member country having higher costs |
| Answer» D. economic integration results in a shift in product origin from a lower cost nonmember country to a member country having higher costs | |
| 16. |
Under the Common Agricultural Policy exports of any surplus quantities EU produce are encouraged through the usage of ? |
| A. | variable levies |
| B. | export subsidies |
| C. | trigger prices |
| D. | countertrade |
| Answer» C. trigger prices | |
| 17. |
The European Monetary Union is an example of a ? |
| A. | customs union |
| B. | free trade area |
| C. | reciprocal trade agreement |
| D. | monetary union |
| Answer» E. | |
| 18. |
When imports from a higher-cost supplier within a customs union replace imports from a lower-cost supplier outside the custom union, there exists ? |
| A. | trade creation |
| B. | trade diversion |
| C. | dynamic welfare effects |
| D. | comprehensive welfare effects |
| Answer» C. dynamic welfare effects | |
| 19. |
Which level of economic integration best applies to the U.S economy ? |
| A. | free trade area |
| B. | customs union |
| C. | common market |
| D. | monetary union |
| Answer» E. | |
| 20. |
Suppose that tomatoes from Mexico face a 20 percent tariff in the United States and a 25 percent tariff in Canada. If the United States and Canada maintain free trade between each other, the these two countries belong to a ? |
| A. | free-trade area |
| B. | customs union |
| C. | common market |
| D. | monetary union |
| Answer» B. customs union | |
| 21. |
Which factor of production in the United States is most likely to be made worse off (its factor payment will decrease) because of the North American Free Trade Agreement ? |
| A. | Capital |
| B. | land |
| C. | skilled labor |
| D. | unskilled labor |
| Answer» E. | |
| 22. |
A ____ is a regional trading bloc in Which member countries eliminate internal trade barriers but maintain existing barriers against countries that are not member ? |
| A. | free trade area |
| B. | customs union |
| C. | common market |
| D. | monetary union |
| Answer» B. customs union | |
| 23. |
The Common Agricultural Policy of the European Union has ? |
| A. | increase American farm exports to the EU |
| B. | decrease American farm exports to the EU |
| C. | lowered the price of American farm exports to the EU |
| D. | not affected the price of American farm exports to the EU |
| Answer» C. lowered the price of American farm exports to the EU | |
| 24. |
When several countries jointly impose common external tariffs, eliminate tariffs on each other, and eliminate barriers to the movement of labor and capital among themselves, they have formed a/na ? |
| A. | free trade area |
| B. | customs union |
| C. | common market |
| D. | economic union |
| Answer» D. economic union | |
| 25. |
If A imposes a per unit tariff of $10 on imports from both B and C A will import ? |
| A. | 400 units from B |
| B. | 200 units from C |
| C. | 200 units from each |
| D. | 400 units from B and 200 units from C |
| Answer» C. 200 units from each | |
| 26. |
Members of the EU find that trade creation|| is fostered when their economies are ? |
| A. | highly competitive |
| B. | highly noncompetitive |
| C. | small in economic importance |
| D. | geographically distant |
| Answer» B. highly noncompetitive | |
| 27. |
The implementation of a common market involves all of the following except ? |
| A. | elimination of trade restrictions among member countries |
| B. | a common tax system and monetary union |
| C. | prohibition to restriction on factor movements |
| D. | a common tariff levied in imports from nonmembers |
| Answer» C. prohibition to restriction on factor movements | |
| 28. |
If A forms a customs union with C, the value of trade diversion will be ? |
| A. | $0 |
| B. | $10,000 |
| C. | $20,000 |
| D. | $40,000 |
| Answer» B. $10,000 | |
| 29. |
As of 2002, the ________ became the official currency union of the European Monetary System ? |
| A. | dollar |
| B. | mark |
| C. | franc |
| D. | euro |
| Answer» E. | |