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Econ 1103- Practice Midterm Exam

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Economics 1103 080 - Principles of Macroeconomics PRACTICE Midterm Exam Part A: Multiple Choice (30 marks) Answer the following questions on the scantron sheet. 1. Which of the following goods best meets the definition of scarcity? a) air b) water in the ocean c) water in a city d) wood in a forest 2. When the government attempts to cut the economic pie into more equal slices, what happens? a) It is easier to cut the pie, and therefore the economy can produce a larger pie. b) The government can more easily allocate the pie to those most in need. c) The pie gets smaller, and there will be less pie for everyone. d) The economy will spend too much time cutting and loses the ability to produce enough pie for everyone. …show more content…

Tom works 6 hours a day and Jerry works 8 hours. Tom can produce 6 baskets of goods while Jerry can produce 7 baskets. Which of the following can we conclude? a) Tom's productivity is greater than Jerry's. b) Tom’s and Jerry’s productivities are equal because they both work one day. c) Tom’s and Jerry’s productivities cannot be compared. d) Tom’s productivity is lower than Jerry’s. 17. According to the traditional view of the production process, how does output per worker change when capital per worker increases? a) It increases. This increase is larger at larger values of capital per worker. b) It increases. This increase is smaller at larger values of capital per worker. c) It increases. This increase is the same at all values of capital per worker. d) It decreases. This decrease is larger at larger values of capital per worker. e) 18. If the production function for an economy had constant returns to scale, the labour force doubled, and all other inputs stayed the same, what would happen to real GDP? a) It would stay the same. b) It would increase by 50 percent. c) It would increase, but by something less than double. d) It would double. 19. In which of the following types of investment do foreigners buy shares in domestic companies without actively managing them? a) foreign direct investment b) foreign portfolio investment c) foreign capital investment d) foreign indirect

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