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Chapter 1
Ten Principles of Economics
TRUE/FALSE
1. Scarcity means that there is less of a good or resource available than people wish to have.
ANS: T DIF: 1 REF: 1-0
NAT: Analytic LOC: Scarcity, tradeoffs, and opportunity cost
TOP: Scarcity MSC: Definitional
2. Economics is the study of how evenly goods and services are distributed within society.
ANS: F DIF: 1 REF: 1-0
NAT: Analytic LOC: The Study of economics, and definitions in economics
TOP: Economics MSC: Definitional
3. Economics is the study of how society allocates its unlimited resources.
ANS: F DIF: 1 REF: 1-0
NAT: Analytic LOC: The Study of economics, and definitions in economics
TOP: Economics MSC: Definitional
4. With careful planning, we can usually get something that we like without having to give up something else that we like.
ANS: F DIF: 2 REF: 1-1
NAT: Analytic LOC: Scarcity, tradeoffs, and opportunity cost
TOP: Tradeoffs MSC: Interpretive
5. Choosing not to attend a concert so that you can study for your exam is an example of a tradeoff.
ANS: T DIF: 2 REF: 1-1
NAT: Analytic LOC: Scarcity, tradeoffs, and opportunity cost
TOP: Tradeoffs MSC: Applicative
6. Efficiency means everyone in the economy should receive an equal share of the goods and services produced.
ANS: F DIF: 2 REF: 1-1
NAT: Analytic LOC: Efficiency and Equity TOP: Equality
MSC: Definitional
7. Equality refers to how the pie is divided, and efficiency refers to the size of the economic pie.
ANS: T DIF: 2 REF: 1-1
NAT: Analytic LOC: Efficiency and Equity TOP: Equality | Efficiency
MSC: Definitional
8. Government policies that improve equality usually increase efficiency at the same time.
ANS: F DIF: 1 REF: 1-1
NAT: Analytic LOC: Efficiency and Equity TOP: Efficiency | Equality
MSC: Interpretive
9. An individual deciding how to allocate her limited time is dealing with both scarcity and trade-offs.
ANS: T DIF: 1 REF: 1-1
NAT: Analytic LOC: Scarcity, tradeoffs, and opportunity cost
TOP: Opportunity cost MSC:...