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- ..GLAHE AND LEE, 2nd. ed.
- ..CHAPTER 1
- ..TRUE/FALSE QUESTIONS
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- 1. Economics is the study of allocating unlimited
- resources to scarce wants.
- ..Ans 1 is F.
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- 2. Comparative statics must be based on the ceteris paribus
- assumption.
- ..Ans 2 is T.
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- 3. The Price system or the market is a social mechanism for
- controlling and coordinating individual economic actions.
- ..Ans 3 is T.
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- 4. Deductive theories are validated by means of empirical testing.
- ..Ans 4 is F.
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- 5. Partial-equilibrium analysis is less useful than general-
- equilibrium analysis in simplifying and explaining complex
- phenomenon.
- ..Ans 5 is F.
-
- 6. "There is no such thing as a free lunch" implies that every
- decision involves costs.
- ..Ans 6 is T.
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- 7. Under certain conditions a market system will lead to an
- efficient allocation of resources.
- ..Ans 7 T.
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- 8. A great majority of the Scholastics believed that a just
- price is costs of production plus a fair profit.
- ..Ans 8 is F.
-
- 9. A partial equilibrium model explicitly recognizes the
- general interdependence of all markets.
- ..Ans 9 is F.
-
- 10. The methodology of positive economics believes theories
- are best tested by comparing their assumptions to reality.
- ..Ans 10 is F.