Question :
21) The slope of a production possibilities frontier
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21) The slope of a production possibilities frontier
A) has no economic relevance or meaning.
B) is always constant.
C) is always varying.
D) measures the opportunity cost of producing one more unit of a good.
22) ________ marginal opportunity cost implies that the more resources already devoted to any activity, the payoff from allocating yet more resources to that activity increases by progressively smaller amounts.
A) Increasing
B) Decreasing
C) Constant
D) Negative
23) If opportunity costs are constant, the production possibilities frontier would be graphed as
A) a ray from the origin.
B) a positively sloped straight line.
C) a negatively sloped curve bowed in toward the origin.
D) a negatively sloped straight line.
Figure 2-3
24) Refer to Figure 2-3. Sergio Vignetto raises cattle and llamas on his land. His land is equally suitable for raising either animal. Which of the graphs in Figure 2-3 represent his production possibilities frontier?
A) Graph A
B) Graph B
C) Graph C
D) either Graph A or Graph C
E) either Graph B or Graph C
25) Refer to Figure 2-3. Sergio Vignetto raises cattle and llamas on his land. A portion of his land is more suitable for raising cattle, and the other portion is better suited for raising llamas. Which of the graphs in Figure 2-3 represent his production possibilities frontier?
A) Graph A
B) Graph B
C) Graph C
D) either Graph A or Graph C
E) either Graph B or Graph C
Table 2-1
Production choices for Tomaso’s Trattoria
Choice
Quantity of Pizzas Produced
Quantity of Calzones Produced
A
48
0
B
36
15
C
24
30
D
12
45
E
0
60
26) Refer to Table 2-1. Assume Tomaso’s Trattoria only produces pizzas and calzones. A combination of 24 pizzas and 30 calzones would appear
A) along Tomaso’s production possibilities frontier.
B) inside Tomaso’s production possibilities frontier.
C) outside Tomaso’s production possibilities frontier.
D) at the horizontal intercept of Tomaso’s production possibilities frontier.
27) Refer to Table 2-1. Assume Tomaso’s Trattoria only produces pizzas and calzones. A combination of 36 pizzas and 30 calzones would appear
A) along Tomaso’s production possibilities frontier.
B) inside Tomaso’s production possibilities frontier.
C) outside Tomaso’s production possibilities frontier.
D) at the horizontal intercept of Tomaso’s production possibilities frontier.
28) Refer to Table 2-1. Assume Tomaso’s Trattoria only produces pizzas and calzones. A combination of 24 pizzas and 15 calzones would appear
A) along Tomaso’s production possibilities frontier.
B) inside Tomaso’s production possibilities frontier.
C) outside Tomaso’s production possibilities frontier.
D) at the horizontal intercept of Tomaso’s production possibilities frontier.
29) Refer to Table 2-1. Assume Tomaso’s Trattoria only produces pizzas and calzones. Tomaso faces ________ opportunity costs in the production of pizzas and calzones.
A) increasing
B) decreasing
C) constant
D) negative
30) An inward shift of a nation’s production possibilities frontier can occur due to
A) a reduction in unemployment.
B) a natural disaster like a hurricane or bad earthquake.
C) a change in the amounts of one good desired.
D) an increase in the labor force.
