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






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






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






5. Curve shifts to right






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






7. 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.






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






9. (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.






10. A point of production that is inefficient






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






12. Points on the PPC






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






21. Curve shifts to left






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






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






24. Desires are unlimited - resources are limited.






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






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






27. Curve shifts to right






28. Indicates increasing opportunity costs






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






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






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






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






33. Slopes downward






34. Results when the price is set above equilibrium price






35. A point of production that is unattainable






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






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






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






39. Curve shifts to left






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






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