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Multiple choice questions

These interactive self-assessment questions, will enable you to assess your understanding of the core material covered in the Introduction of Essentials of Economics (2nd edition).

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1 .       The process by which resources are transformed into useful forms is: 



2 .       The concept of choice would become irrelevant if: 



3 .       Which of the following is not a resource as the term is used by economists? 



4 .       Capital, as economists use the term,  



5 .       A study of how increases in the corporate income tax rate will affect the national unemployment rate is an example of: 



6 .       Studying decisions made by individual households and businesses is called: 



7 .       Aggregate supply is the total amount: 



8 .       The total demand for goods and services in an economy is known as: 



9 .       Inflation is: 



10 .       A recession is: 



11 .       Unemployment means that: 



12 .       An example of a demand-side government policy is: 



13 .       A cut in the tax rate designed to encourage investment is an example of: 



14 .       The concept of opportunity cost: 



15 .       Opportunity cost is: 



16 .       A graph showing all the combinations of goods and services that can be produced if all of society's resources are used efficiently is the: 



17 .       Periods of less than full employment correspond to: 



18 .       In economics, investment always refers to: 



19 .       The process of using resources to produce new capital is: 



20 .       An economy which did not use money would be called: 



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