Mac 1st Exam

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Macro Ch 1 Practice Problems #1 Key 1. A recurring theme in economics is: A) unlimited resources and unlimited economic wants. B) people can increase resources by limiting their economic wants. C) people have limited economic wants and limited resources. D) people have unlimited economic wants, but limited resources. Answer: D 2. What is the economic meaning of the expression that "there is no such thing as a free lunch"? A) It refers to "free-riders," who do not pay for the cost of a product, but who receive the benefit from it. B) It means that economic freedom is limited by the amount of income available to the consumer. C) It means that there is an opportunity cost when resources are used to provide "free" products. D) It indicates that products only have value because people are willing to pay for them. Answer: C 3. Opportunity cost is best defined as: A) marginal cost minus marginal benefit. B) the time spent on an economic activity. C) the value of the best foregone alternative. D) the money cost of an economic decision. Answer: C 4. The opportunity cost of a new national park is the: A) cost of hiring staff and park rangers to provide services for visitors. B) cost of constructing park buildings and highways to get to it. C) alternative uses for the land and funding for the park. D) increased pollution to the wildlife habitat at the park. Answer: C 5. The opportunity cost of a new public highway is the: A) money cost of hiring contractors and construction workers for the new highway. B) other goods and services that must be sacrificed to construct the new highway. C) cost of constructing the new highway in a future year. D) increased

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