AP Microeconomics Review

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Scarcity is best defined as

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the difference between unlimited wants and limited economic resources.

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Assume an economy is using all its available resources efficiently to produce only two goods, X and Y. As more of good X is produced, what happens to the production of good Y?

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Less of good Y is produced as resources move from producing good Y to producing good X.

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The opportunity cost of increasing production from 4 to 7 boats is

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2 trucks

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What can cause a production possibilities curve to move to the right? Options: thousands of people move out of the country, an epidemic kills thousands of young men and women, a new invention lowers the cost of production, the population is growing increasingly old

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a new invention lowers the cost of production

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Who has the absolute advantage for haircuts? Joy gives 2 haircuts and 1 perm. Susie gives 3 haircuts and 2 perms.

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Susie

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What is the opportunity cost of producing a car in the U.S. if it can produce 50 cars and 25 tools?

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.5 tools

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With respect to the circular flow model, businesses provide households with which of the following?
- taxes and interest
- labor and taxes
- goods, services, and incomes
- public goods and transfer payments

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goods, services, and incomes

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A breakthrough in nanotechnology allows silicon chips for computers to be produced much more quickly and cheaply. If demand for computers remains unchanged, what will be the effect upon market price and supply?

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The supply will rise while the price falls.

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All of the following are characteristics of perfectly competitive markets EXCEPT: the firm's prices are kept confidential, production is similar in quality, there is a large number of buyers and sellers, there are few barriers to entering the market.

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the firm's prices are kept confidential.

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According to the Profit Maximizing Formula, how many units should this firm produce?

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