Question 1

Most of the world's population lives in

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A)   advanced economies.
B)   developing economies.
C)   transition economies.
D)   emerging market economies.
E)   island nations.

Question 2

As a factor of production, oil reserves are counted as

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A)   land.
B)   labor.
C)   capital.
D)   entrepreneurship.
E)   financial capital.

Question 3

Poland is classified as

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A)   an advanced economy.
B)   a developing economy.
C)   a transition economy.
D)   an emerging market economy.
E)   private economy.

Question 4

Compared to the developing economies, the advanced economies have ________ human capital and ________ physical capital.

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A)   more; more
B)   more; less
C)   the same; the same
D)   less; more
E)   less; less

Question 5

The productive resource that organizes labor, land, and capital is

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A)   human capital.
B)   financial capital.
C)   entrepreneurship.
D)   government.
E)   capital.

Question 6

Which of the following is a function of the U.S.federal government?

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A)   providing the legal and social framework for economic activity
B)   distributing private goods and services
C)   deciding for whom firms should produce goods and services
D)   deciding how much to produce of private goods and services
E)   determining what wages firms will pay their workers.

Question 7

In the circular flow model, the factor markets are the markets in which

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A)   consumption goods and services are bought and sold.
B)   government goods and services are provided.
C)   land, labor, capital, and entrepreneurship are bought and sold.
D)   investment goods and services are bought and sold.
E)   governments impose all their taxes.

Question 8

Social Security tax is deducted from your paycheck. In the figure above this will be shown as

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A)   taxes flowing from households to governments.
B)   taxes flowing from firms to governments.
C)   taxes flowing from households to firms.
D)   wages flowing from firms to households.
E)   wages flowing from firms to governments.

Question 9

In the United States, the poorest 20 percent of households receive roughly ________ percent of total income.

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A)   20
B)   10
C)   15
D)   3
E)   0.5

Question 10

________ earned the highest amount of income among the factors of production in the United States.

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A)   Labor
B)   Capital
C)   Land
D)   Entrepreneurship
E)   Investment

Question 11

The income paid for the use of land is called

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A)   rent.
B)   wages.
C)   interest.
D)   profit.
E)   land capital.

Question 12

Computers and insurance coverage produced in the United States and sold to people in other nations are categorized as

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A)   U.S.consumption goods and services.
B)   foreign capital goods.
C)   U.S.government goods and services.
D)   U.S.exports of goods and services.
E)   U.S.imports of goods and services.

Question 13

When describing the IMF broad country classification, the most accurate statement is that

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A)   the category with the greatest number of countries is the advanced economies.
B)   the emerging market economies are countries that were, until the early 1990s, part of the Soviet Union or its satellites.
C)   most of the nations in Western Europe are considered emerging market economies.
D)   most of the world's population lives in advanced economies.
E)   about 50 percent of the world's population live in the advanced economies and the other 50 percent live in the emerging market and developing economies.

Question 14

The largest expenditure by state and local governments is for

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A)   public welfare.
B)   highways.
C)   education.
D)   fire and ambulance services.
E)   transfers to the federal government.

Question 15

Human capital can be increased through

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A)   investment in new technology.
B)   education, on-the-job training, and work experience.
C)   investment in new machinery.
D)   decreases in population.
E)   increasing the nation's production of consumption goods.

Question 16

According to the functional distribution of income, in the United States

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A)   capital earns most of the income.
B)   labor earns most of the income.
C)   land earns most of the income.
D)   entrepreneurs earned most of the income.
E)   the income earned by capital and labor are approximately equal.

Question 17

The majority of the income earned in the United States is paid in

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A)   rent.
B)   wages.
C)   interest.
D)   profit.
E)   dividends.

Question 18

In the circular flow model, consumption goods are bought and sold in the

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A)   goods market.
B)   financial market.
C)   factor markets.
D)   government market.
E)   monetary flows.

Question 19

How are the roles of the household different in the goods market and in the factor markets?

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In the goods market, households are buye...

Question 20

What is meant by the term "human capital"?

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Human capital refers to the skills peopl...

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