A point outside a production possibilities curve reflects:
a. efficiency.
b. specialization.
c. inefficiency.
d. unemployment.
e. an impossible choice.
QUESTION 2A point inside a production possibilities curve reflects:
a. the law of increasing costs.
b. technological innovation.
c. less than full use of resources and technology.
d. economic efficiency.
e. a way to increase future economic growth.
QUESTION 3Which of the following is true about the production possibilities curve when a technological progress occurs? The curve:
a. shifts inwards to the left.
b. becomes flatter at one end and steeper at the other end.
c. becomes steeper.
d. shifts outward to the right.
e. does not change.
QUESTION 4Which of the following is not true about a production possibilities curve? The curve:
a. indicates the combinations of goods and services that can be produced with given technology.
b. indicates the efficient production points.
c. indicates the non-efficient production points.
d. indicates the feasible (attainable) and non-feasible production points.
e. indicates which production point will be chosen.
QUESTION 5If an economy is producing at full employment, it means that:
a. there are idle resources in this economy.
b. the production is not efficient.
c. the economy is producing along its production possibilities curve.
d. the economy is producing at a point that is to the left of the production possibilities curve.
e. the economy is producing at a point that is to the right of the production possibilities curve.
QUESTION 6The law of increasing costs holds that the opportunity cost:
a. of a good decreases as the quantity of the good produced increases.
b. of a good is proportional to the resources used in its production.
c. of a good increases as more of the good is produced.
d. of a good does not change with the resources used its production.
e. changes as more of the good is produced.
QUESTION 7Efficient production means producing:
a. less than feasible output for a given amount of resources.
b. more than feasible output for a given amount of resources.
c. the maximum feasible output for a given amount of resources.
d. no more than what is needed.
e. in excess of what is needed.
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