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Question 1
Which model shows households supplying factors of production and firms supplying goods & services?
A. Circular-flow model
B. Crowding-out effect
C. Comparative-advantage theory
D. Production-possibilities curve
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: The circular-flow diagram maps the real and money flows between households and firms.
Question 2
Capitalist societies chiefly rely on which mechanism to allocate resources?
A. Government
B. Entrepreneurs only
C. Consumers only
D. Market forces
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: Prices and competition in markets direct resource use in capitalist economies.
Question 3
Italy has comparative advantage in wine, Greece in olives. We may conclude:
A. Greek olive workers are more productive
B. Greece devotes more resources to olives
C. Italian winemakers are more productive
D. Slopes of PPCs cannot be identical
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: Different opportunity-cost slopes underlie comparative advantage and mutually beneficial trade.
Question 4
Which unemployment type results from technological change?
A. Frictional
B. Cyclical
C. Seasonal
D. Structural
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: New tech displaces workers—classic structural unemployment.
Question 5
Who is cyclically unemployed?
A. Jason returned to labor force after college
B. Barbara took early retirement
C. Clark lost job to outsourcing
D. Larry lost job in housing slump
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: Cyclical unemployment follows the business cycle; housing slump = recession-driven.