ECO 305 Week 2 Quiz – Strayer NEW
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CHAPTER 1
THE INTERNATIONAL ECONOMY AND
GLOBALIZATION
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. A
primary reason why nations conduct international trade is because:
a. Some nations prefer to produce one
thing while others produce other things
b. Resources are not equally distributed
among all trading nations
c. Trade enhances opportunities to
accumulate profits
d. Interest rates are not identical in all
trading nations
2. A
main advantage of specialization results from:
a. Economies of large-scale production
b. The specializing country behaving as a
monopoly
c. Smaller production runs resulting in
lower unit costs
d. High wages paid to foreign workers
3. International
trade in goods and services is sometimes used as a substitute for all of the
following except:
a. International movements of capital
b. International movements of labor
c. Domestic production of the same goods
and services
d. Domestic production of different goods
and services
4. If
a nation has an open economy, it means that the nation:
a. Allows private ownership of capital
b. Has flexible exchange rates
c. Has fixed exchange rates
d. Conducts trade with other countries
5. International
trade forces domestic firms to become more competitive in terms of:
a. The introduction of new products
b. Product design and quality
c. Product price
d. All of the above
6. The
movement to free international trade is most likely to generate short-term
unemployment in which industries?
a. Industries in which there are neither
imports nor exports
b. Import-competing industries
c. Industries that sell to domestic and
foreign buyers
d. Industries that sell to only foreign
buyers
7. International
trade is based on the idea that:
a. Exports should exceed imports
b. Imports should exceed exports
c. Resources are more mobile internationally
than are goods
d. Resources are less mobile
internationally than are goods
8. Arguments
for free trade are sometimes disregarded by politicians because:
a. Maximizing domestic efficiency is not
considered important
b. Maximizing consumer welfare may not be
a chief priority
c. There exist sound economic reasons for
keeping one's economy isolated from other economies
d. Economists tend to favor highly
protected domestic markets
9. How
much physical output a worker producers in an hour's work depends on:
a. The worker's motivation and skill
b. The technology, plant, and equipment in
use
c. How easy the product is to manufacture
d. All of the above
10. The
largest amount of trade with the United States in recent years has been conducted
by:
a. Canada
b. Germany
c. Chile
d. United Kingdom
11. Increased
foreign competition tends to:
a. Intensify inflationary pressures at
home
b. Induce falling output per worker-hour
for domestic workers
c. Place constraints on the wages of domestic
workers
d. Increase profits of domestic
import-competing industries
12. ____
is the ability of a firm/industry, under free and fair market conditions, to
design, produce, and market goods and services that are better and/or cheaper
than those of other firms/industries.
a. Competitiveness
b. Protectionism
c. Comparative advantage
d. Absolute advantage
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