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Article Summary

Since 2008, the United States has been involved in trade negotiations over the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), a free trade agreement with 11 other countries on both sides of the Pacific Ocean. One area of the negotiations involves patents and intellectual property rights in the pharmaceutical industry. A number of developing countries have ignored international agreements concerning patents and intellectual property rights as a way to benefit their domestic pharmaceutical industries, to the detriment of those companies which have spent considerable time and money developing new medicines. For every 5,000 to 10,000 experimental drugs contemplated, only one will typically gain FDA approval, and this occurs only after up to 15 years of research at an average cost of more than $1 billion. Also, 30 percent of the U.S. workforce is either directly or indirectly employed in the pharmaceutical industry, so protection of these intellectual property rights is very important for the U.S. economy.

Source: Doug Schoen, “Intellectual Property Rights Matter,” Forbes, September 24, 2013.

55) Refer to the Article Summary. If more developing countries began abiding by international agreements which protect intellectual property rights, all of the following would most likely occur except

A) pharmaceutical companies would increase investment in the development of more experimental drugs.

B) pharmaceutical companies would consider expanding operations to these developing countries.

C) more patents would be issued to pharmaceutical companies.

D) fewer dollars would be spent on the development of new medicines.

56) Because the copyright on the L. Frank Baum book The Wonderful Wizard of Oz expired many years ago, the actual written words from the book are in the public domain. Publishers who now choose to sell their own versions of the book

A) can claim copyright of Baum’s words if they are the first to publish the book after the original copyright expired.

B) can claim copyright of Baum’s words no matter how many versions are published, since the original is in the public domain.

C) cannot claim copyright of Baum’s words since they are in the public domain, but can claim copyright on any new design or illustrations created for the book.

D) cannot claim copyright of Baum’s words, or on any new design or illustrations created for the book, since the original written words are in the public domain.

57) Which of the following is a factor of production?

A) a sofa produced by a furniture manufacturer

B) 20 shares of Microsoft stock

C) the janitor at the local elementary school

D) $500 in cash

58) An example of a factor of production is

A) a car produced by an auto manufacturer.

B) a worker hired by an auto manufacturer.

C) a loan granted to an auto manufacturer.

D) the automobiles exported by an auto manufacturer.

59) If a vineyard wants to raise funds to purchase a new bottling machine, it does so in the

A) factor market.

B) output market.

C) product market.

D) alcoholic beverages market.

60) A worker is hired in a

A) goods and services market.

B) product market.

C) government market.

D) factor market.

61) When you purchase a new surfboard, you do so in the

A) resource market.

B) product market.

C) input market.

D) factor market.

62) The resource income earned by those who supply labor services is called

A) wages and salaries.

B) stock options.

C) profit.

D) bonus.

63) Which of the following statements about an entrepreneur is true?

A) purchases other factors of production in the output market

B) develops the vision for the firm and funds the producing unit

C) sells his entrepreneurial services in the output market

D) does not face personal risk

64) The circular flow model demonstrates

A) the role of the government in overseeing the market system.

B) the roles played by households and firms in the market system.

C) how shortages and surpluses are eliminated in a market.

D) how demand and supply for goods and services are brought into equilibrium.

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11) Net income appears on the worksheet:

A) only in the balance sheet credit column.

B) only in the income statement credit column

C) in the income statement debit column and balance sheet debit column

D) in the income statement debit column and balance sheet credit column

12) Net loss appears on the worksheet:

A) in the income statement credit column and balance sheet debit column.

B) only in the income statement credit column.

C) in the income statement debit column and balance sheet credit column.

D) only in the balance sheet debit column.

13) The prepaid rent account has a balance that is $400 less in the worksheet's balance sheet debit column than in the worksheet's trial balance debit column. This would be the result of a:

A) $400 entry to prepaid rent in the worksheet's adjustments debit column.

B) $400 entry to prepaid rent in the worksheet's adjustments credit column.

C) $400 entry to rent expense in the worksheet's adjustments credit column.

D) mistake in cross-adding the worksheet.

14) Salary expense has a balance of $65,400 in the trial balance debit column of a worksheet. The adjustments credit column contains a $500 credit to salary payable. The adjusted trial balance column will show:

A) salary expense with a debit balance of $64,900.

B) salary expense with a debit balance of $6,500.

C) salary expense with a debit balance of $65,900.

D) salary payable with a credit balance of $65,900.

15) Interest expense on a worksheet's trial balance debit column has a $3,400 balance and a $4,000 balance on the worksheet's income statement debit column. The difference is due to:

A) an entry in the adjustments credit column for $600 to interest expense.

B) an entry in the adjustments debit column for $4,000 to interest expense.

C) an entry in the adjustments credit column for $4,000 to interest expense.

D) an entry in the adjustments credit column for $600 to interest payable.

16) On a worksheet, the income statement debit column equals $190,800 and the income statement credit column equals $195,600. From this data, it can be determined that:

A) the company had a net loss of $4,800 added to the income statement credit column.

B) the company had a net income of $4,800 added to the income statement debit column.

C) the company had a net loss of $4,800 added to the income statement debit column.

D) the company had a net income of $4,800 added to the income statement credit column.

17) Which of the following appears in the balance sheet debit column of a worksheet?

A) service revenue

B) income summary

C) owner withdrawals

D) accounts payable

18) Which of the following appears in the income statement credit column of a worksheet?

A) service revenue

B) income summary

C) owner withdrawals

D) accounts receivable

19) If the unearned service revenue account had an unadjusted normal balance of $4,800, and an adjustment was made debiting the account for $1,500, the account would appear on the adjusted trial balance of the worksheet as a:

A) $4,800 debit.

B) $6,300 credit.

C) $3,300 credit.

D) $3,300 debit.

20) After all the account balances have been extended to the balance sheet columns of the worksheet, the totals of the debit and credit columns are $35,350 and $38,750, respectively. It can be concluded the company has a:

A) net income of $3,400.

B) net loss of $3,400.

C) $74,100 net loss.

D) $74,100 net income.