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Midterm Review
Honors
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The added benefit received from the
purchase or use of the next unit of a
product
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Marginal utility
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What does a production possibilities
frontier demonstrate?
Total production combination of any two
products
 The opportunity cost of increasing
production of one in terms of the loss of
the other
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The arrangement of labor so that each
worker is doing fewer tasks than before:
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Division of labor
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What does specialization lead to?
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Increased productivity
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Where is labor bought and sold?
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Factor market
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What is the key benefit of the free
enterprise system characteristic of private
property rights?
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Private property can be used as collateral
for entrepreneurs to qualify for bank loans
to start new businesses
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What type of business structure has
unlimited life?
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Corporation
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The private ownership of the factors of
production:
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Capitalism
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If the price of a product increased, what
would happen to the demand of those
things considered its compliment?
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Shift left
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What is the likely elasticity of demand for
cocaine?
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Inelastic
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Of what business type is double taxation is
a disadvantage?
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Corporation
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Under what conditions of demand would a
monopoly be the most free to raise prices?
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Inelastic demand
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What 4 benefits do entrepreneurs
provide?
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Jobs, tax receipts, products, philanthropy
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Which economic system, has the lowest
standard of living?
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Traditional
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Which economic system fails most to
provide for the poor and sick?
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Market
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Why would a person be unwilling to pay
the same price for a second shirt, similar,
but of a different color than the first?
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The second shirt provides diminished
marginal utility
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A college education is an example of:
Investing in one’s human capital
 Specialization
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If a company that uses heavy machinery
has to order more machinery to increase
production, the elasticity of supply will
likely be:
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Inelastic
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The efficient use of the means of
production (also referred to as the rate of
production:
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Productivity
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An assembly line is an example of:
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The division of labor
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Explains the Law of Demand in that as the
price increases for a product, many
consumers will purchase similar cheaper
items instead
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Substitution effect
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When a politician proclaims support for
free universal health care for all, you
should scream:
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TINSTAAFL!
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What market type is most likely to engage
in acts of collusion?
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Oligopoly
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In free market systems, individuals are
largely free to buy and sell what they
want. That compromise between buyer
and seller wherein both benefit from the
transaction is called:
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Voluntary exchange
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What free market characteristic acts as
the economic engine of the economy,
creating a powerful incentive that creates
new entrepreneurs seeking opportunity
and success?
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Profit motive
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Why are prices relatively low in a
monopolistically competitive market?
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Lots of competition with little chances to
collude
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Why do market economic systems provide
consumers with the most satisfaction?
They provide a large variety of goods and
services
 Competition
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What concept does the common retail
slogan, “The customer is always right”
reflect?
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Consumer sovereignty
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What government role is being played
when Congress passes a bill meant to
reinforce federal Lemon Laws?
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Setting legal framework
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What role is the govt. playing when it is
enforcing anti-trust laws?
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Maintaining competition
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Taxing the wealthy at a higher rate is an
example of the govt. engaged in:
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Redistributing wealth
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What business form accounts for over
70% of all US businesses?
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Sole proprietorship
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Define the market wherein a differentiated
product with many sellers is sold amid
heavy non-price advertising:
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Monopolistic competition
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Which business form had the
disadvantage of unlimited liability and
finds it most difficult to attract top
personnel?
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Proprietorship
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What is the theoretical model economists
use to measure the competitive nature of
real markets?
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Perfect competition
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One partner in a partnership who’s
protected from unlimited liability because
she helped finance the venture, but does
not take part in managing the firm is
called:
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A limited partner
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What market structure defines the
women’s shoe market?
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Monopolistic competition
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What type of monopoly is the newly
created liquid memory market, a new
advancement in computer technology
patented by Econolabco?
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Technological monopoly
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What happens to the market price of cars
when the recession begins to recover?
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Increases
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A firm is able to take advantage of
economies-of-scale and lower its prices
below what competitors can afford,
forcing them out of the market. Name the
monopoly type:
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Natural monopoly
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A lawn mower, a tractor, a factory, a
computer, and a drill press are all
examples of:
Physical capital
 Capital goods
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Who sets price ceilings?
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The government
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What business form has the most control
over price?
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Monopoly
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What will the supply and demand curve
look like for a product whose quantities
cannot be increased?
S
D
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Why do oligopolies remain oligopolies?
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Huge cost barriers
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Why is it easier for corporations to raise
financial capital?
Likelier to get a bank loan
 Can issue more shares of stock to the
market
 Can sell corporate bonds
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What is the most regulated business type?
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Corporation
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When the price of a product increases, the
demand for its substitute:
Shifts right
D1
D2
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What business form is hit with double
taxation?
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Corporation
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What happens to the market at
equilibrium?
The market is cleared
 Surpluses and shortages disappear
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What happens when price is set above
equilibrium?
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Surpluses are created
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Create a demand curve for avocados
showing the change in demand from 1935
to 2009:
P1
Q1
Q2
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What would a S&D curve look like that
indicated a minimum wage?
P
S
D
Q
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S&D curve for computers when consumer
income falls:
P1
Q2
Q1
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Create a S&D curve for desks when wood
becomes more expensive and a new
strand of malaria wipes out 15% of the
world population:
S2
D2
S1
D1
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What happens to market price and
quantity for computers when a strike
delays production?
S2
Demand doesn’t change
Supply shifts left
S1
D