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CLEP Macroeconomics Basics

Subjects : clep, economics
Instructions:
  • Answer 41 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A graphical representation of opportunity costs






2. Most economies are not completely laissez-faire and not completely command - but some mixture






3. The science of efficiency; concerned with allocating these scarce resources so as to achieve maximum fulfillment of our material wants






4. Goods that satisfy needs or wants immediately and get used up






5. All resources are devoted to society's most desired goods and services






6. (1) the price of the good; (2) the prices of related goods; (3) expected future prices; (4) income; (5) population; and (6) preferences






7. Curve shifts to right






8. The higher the price - the lower the quantity demanded. the lower the price - the higher the quantity demanded.






9. Achieved when society is producing at full employment and full production






10. Desires are unlimited - resources are limited.






11. A point of production that is inefficient






12. Meaning - 'let it be -' this is a term that indicates little government involvement in the economy






13. When something other than price changes a demand - the demand curve shifts left or right






14. (1) the economy is fully efficient meaning that it is operating at full production and full employment; (2) resources are fixed; (3) technology is fixed; and (4) there are only two products.






15. Amount of a good or service that consumers plan to buy in a given period of time and in given conditions






16. If a similar good is priced more cheaply - people will buy the cheaper substitute instead of the good itself (Coke - Pepsi; bananas - strawberries)






17. A graphical representation of the boundary between what is attainable and what is not






18. The least costly method of production is being used to produce the desired goods and services






19. The amount of products that must be forgone in order to obtain an additional unit of any given product






20. Indicates economic growth (society found more resources or developed better technology)






21. Curve shifts to left






22. At a lower price - people will buy more of a particular good because they do not have to sacrifice other goods at its expense






23. As price rises - the corresponding quantity supplied also rises and likewise when the price falls - the quantity supplied decreases






24. Slopes downward






25. Points on the PPC






26. All resources available being used (land - capital goods - and laborers)






27. Curve shifts to right






28. Results when the price is set above equilibrium price






29. Results when the price is set below the equilibrium price






30. Curve shifts to left






31. 1) the technique of production; (2) prices of resources needed to produce the good or service; (3) taxes and subsidies; (4) prices of other goods; (5) price expectations; and (6) the number of other sellers in the market.






32. Custom and culture define how resources are produced and exchanged and how income is distributed - and technology is viewed as invasive






33. A communist economy; the government determines what is produced and in what quantities and at what price






34. A point of production that is unattainable






35. Items that satisfy wants indirectly by facilitating the production of consumer goods; economic growth is dictated by a society's production of capital goods






36. The point at which quantity demanded and quantity supplied meet






37. Indicates increasing opportunity costs






38. When something other than price changes in supply - the supply curve shifts left or right






39. The amount of good or service that a producer plans to sell in a certain time frame






40. A system of private ownership of resources using free markets and prices to determine economic activity; little government involvement






41. All available resources are making the most valuable contributions to output