Econ: Exam Review

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Which expenditure will be the same whether you lease or buy a vehicle?
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Gas and insurance
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What budget allocation can be changed if you alter your daily spending habits?
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Savings
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What must people taking out a mortgage agree to?
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A loan amount, interest rate, payment terms
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What is an advantage of an adjustable- rate mortgage?
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A drop in interest rates may result in lower monthly payments
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Which example best describes avoiding risky behavior?
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Deciding not to buy a car
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Which question can best help a consumer asses risk when purchasing insurance?
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What problems are most likely to happen?
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Angela is considering buying stock in a popular computer software company whose price has dropped significantly since last year. Why might this be a wise move for Angela to make?
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It is smart to buy when prices are low and sell when prices are high
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Compound interest is usually better than simple interest because it pays
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Interest on the principal and the interest earned in each period
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A low risk investment might have a high price if
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It is in great demand
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Which best describes one of the primary aims of government fiscal policy?
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To put money into citizens hands
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Which situations are examples of how credit scores determine no financial opportunities for consumers?
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An employer hiring someone to handle financial information, an apartment owner determine whether to rent a unit to someone, a car insurance company predicting the likelihood of future claims.
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What is a way victims of identity theft in Florida can track activity on their credit report?
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Place security freeze on their reports
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Unlike collateral, Down payments
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Reduce overall debt
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What type of credit is most likely to be unsecured?
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Credit cards
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Daryl would like to open new checking and saving accounts. One of his primary concerns is avoiding bank fees. Which type of banking institution is most suitable for Daryl?
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A credit union
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In which situation would a savings account be the best investment to earn interest?
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Saving in July to buy holiday gifts in a few months
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Sebastian and Mia want to buy a home valued at $250,000. The property tax for this location is 1%. Based on the current value of the home, what would their property tax be?
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$2,500
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What role do special government agencies play in protecting buyers?
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Create regulations, provide information, collect customer fraud complaints
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An income is measured as
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An amount received in a specific period
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Savings should be treated as another type of
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Expenditure
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What statement best describes on-the-job training?
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An employer typically pays for it in order to educate an employee.
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Which statement is most accurate about the hourly pay a worker receives?
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Often results in lower pay than a salary
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Emma is trying to decide whether to buy a new laptop. As a student, she has a budget and wants to make sure this is the right financial decision. Which question should she ask herself in determining the opportunity cost of this purchase?
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What will I have to sacrifice if I buy this laptop?
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Do all accounts serve the same function? Why or why not?
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No, some for saving others for investing
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The higher a country's GDP, the more likely it is that the country
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Is developed
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A mix market economy is one in which
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There is competition and free enterprise
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How do trade agreements help the countries involved?
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By decreasing trade barriers.
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Which organization created a shared economy?
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European Union
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Which best describes why governments enact tariffs?
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To discourage consumers from purchasing foreign goods
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Embargos, quotas, and standards are tolls that countries use
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To restrict imports
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Businesses can use globalization to their advantage
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By finding customers in other countries
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Which economic indicators are used to measure the global economy?
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Purchasing power parity, trade volumes, GDP, trade deficits and surpluses
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If it becomes less expensive to travel overseas from the U.S, American tourists are benefiting from the fact that
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the US dollar has become stronger in value
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What is an example of comparative advantage?
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A country decides to create goods at half the cost of another country
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It country A is an agricultural country and Country B has many cities and factories, it makes sense for
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Country A to specialize in growing corn while B specializes in making cars
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What is 1 reason why the government would preclude financial assistance to an entrepreneur?
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The stimulate the economy while decreasing unemployment
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When entrepreneurs develop new products, other companies also experience growth because they
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Create many companion products
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What happens to a corporation after its owners retire?
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It continues in business
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A corporation enables members to pool their products for a better
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Sales price
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People who oppose labor union believe that unions
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Keep more qualified workers from being hired
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John Maynard Keynes developed new economic theories in response to the
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Great Depression of the 1930s
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Hayek believed that the economy could be hard to measure becahse
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Individuals had the power to make decisions and are unpredictable
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When does government regulate producers in mix market economy?
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As needed
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A regulatory agency that attempts to limit risk in banking system is
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The OCC
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Why is slow growth that can result from a contraction set police a positive effect?
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It can decrease inflation
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The feds aim in responding to a recession is to decrease
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Decreasing interest rates
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Corporate taxes are a type of
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Income tax
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If expansionary taxation policies are left unchecked, which is most likely result
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Reduced government spending
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When it spends money on education, a government is trying to
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Meet a social need and improve the economy
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When the government injects money into the economy, consumers may have more purchasing power, which may result in
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Increases in production
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Which best describes why a company issued stocks?
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To raise capital
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Market performance in the United States is tracked using stock _______, which use formulas to calculate price changes
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Indexes
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Why do most nations use fiat money today?
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Govts are able to exert control over the value of that fiat money
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What is true of the M1 category of money?
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It can be easily liquidated
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What is the best definition of hyperinflation?
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An exponential expansion in the price of goods and services
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Demand- Pull inflation occurs when
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Consumers show an interest in purchasing more goods
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An extended recessionary period is indicative of a
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Depression
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What do the indicators used by economists reveal?
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Changes in production and demand
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Economists use GDP to measure
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Any economic growth or shrinkage
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Which are indicators that economists use to measure how an economy grows?
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Measuring production and tracking unemployment rates
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GDP is a value of goods and services produced in a country annually. It can best be described as measuring an economy's
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Total output
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Aggregate supply is best described as the
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Total output of a product
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The factors of production include the number of
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Employees needed to manufacture a good
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Which best describes how advertising influenced consumer choice in an oligopoly?
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Advertising informs brand knowledge
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Which best describes an an opportunity cost?
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Giving up an opportunity to do something else when making an economic decision.
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What are the 2 steps a producer can take to gain an absolute advantage?
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Produce more goods, use fewer resources
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What is the best definition of profit?
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Profit is the financial gain from business activity minus expenses.
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In a market system, price controls can include both floors and ________
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Ceilings
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Which occurs during disequilibrium?
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Supply is less then demand, supply is greater then demand
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A company that makes mobile phones introduces a newer, faster model that has strong consumer interest. However, the old model is still available. What will most likely happen to the price of the old model and why?
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The price will fall to encourage consumers to continue to purchase it