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11) Economists assume that rational people do all of the following except

A) use all available information as they act to achieve their goals.

B) undertake activities that benefit others and hurt themselves.

C) weigh the benefits and costs of all possible alternative actions.

D) respond to economic incentives.

12) Economics does not study correct or incorrect behaviors but rather it assumes that economic agents behave ________, meaning they make the best decisions given their knowledge of the costs and benefits.

A) equitably

B) rationally

C) emotionally

D) selfishly

13) Consider the following statements:

a. Car owners purchase more gasoline from a gas station that sells gasoline at a lower price than other rival gas stations in the area.

b. Banks do not take steps to increase security since they believe it is less costly to allow some bank robberies than to install expensive security monitoring equipment.

c. Firms produce more of a particular DVD when its selling price rises.

A) a only.

B) b only.

C) c only.

D) a and b.

E) a, b, and c.

14) Suppose that some teachers have decided that economic and financial uncertainty have made the prospect of retiring more risky, and therefore carry a higher cost than not retiring. By using all available information as they act to achieve their goals, these teachers are exemplifying the economic idea that

A) people are rational.

B) people respond to economic incentives.

C) optimal decisions are made at the margin.

D) equity is more important than efficiency.

15) Suppose that some investors have decided that economic and financial uncertainty have made the prospect of investing in domestic stock markets more risky than investing in foreign stock markets, and therefore choose to invest in foreign markets. By using all available information as they act to achieve their goals, these investors are exemplifying the economic idea that

A) people are rational.

B) people respond to economic incentives.

C) optimal decisions are made at the margin.

D) equity is more important than efficiency.

16) Suppose the U.S. government encouraged new medical school graduates to take over existing practices from doctors wishing to retire by paying both the new and retiring doctors $100,000. These doctors would be exemplifying the economic idea that

A) people are rational.

B) people respond to economic incentives.

C) optimal decisions are made at the margin.

D) equity is more important than efficiency.

17) Suppose the U.S. government encouraged consumers to trade in their old automobiles for more efficient, new models by paying up to $5,000 for the old automobiles. These consumers would be exemplifying the economic idea that

A) people are rational.

B) people respond to economic incentives.

C) optimal decisions are made at the margin.

D) equity is more important than efficiency.

18) Holding all other personal characteristics-such as age, gender, and income-constant, economists would expect that

A) people with health insurance will be less likely to be overweight than people without health insurance.

B) people with health insurance will be more likely to be overweight than people without health insurance.

C) people with health insurance will be equally likely to be overweight as people without health insurance.

D) there is no correlation between having health insurance and being overweight.

19) Since 1994, obesity rates in the United States

A) have been on a slow and steady decline.

B) have increased in all 50 states.

C) have primarily increased in the Southeast and remained constant or slightly decreased in the remainder of the country.

D) have remained fairly constant throughout the country.

20) In economics, the term ________ means “additional” or “extra.”

A) allocative

B) marginal

C) equity

D) optimal