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1、经原测试题亲爱的各位同学： 这是由学生会学术部整理的06级经济学原理课程测验试卷（参考答案附在最后），希望对大家备考有所帮助_A. Multiple-choice Question1. When there are insufficient resources to satisfy all individual wants:A. Government has to decide which wants go unsatisfied.B. A market system must be implemented.C. Choice must be made.D. Prices must rise.

2、2. The primary implication of scarcity is that:A. One should never wait until tomorrow to buy something that is available today.B. Government planning is required to determine how resources are to be used.C. Choice must be made.D. The standard of living will decline over time.3. Economics is about h

3、ow individuals and countries:A. Satisfy unlimited wants with limited resources.B. Satisfy limited wants with unlimited resources.C. Satisfy unlimited wants with unlimited resources.D. Satisfy limited wants with limited resources.4. When resources are limited but wants are unlimited, individuals must

4、:A. Make choices among available alternatives.B. Put the public interest before self-interest.C. Become less greedy.D. Reduce their expectations.5. The numbers of automobiles, televisions and pizzas that are produced at any point in time represent an answer to the basic economic question of:A. How i

5、tems are produced.B. Which goods are produced and in what quantities.C. For whom these items are produced.D. Who makes economic decisions?6. In the United States, goods are primarily produced for:A. Those who want them but cannot afford them.B. Those who can afford them but do not want them.C. Those

6、 who want them and can afford them.D. Those who need them but cannot afford them.7. Under a system of central planning:A. The government is involved only in the basic economics question of which goods are produced.B. The government is involved only in the basic economics question of how goods are pr

7、oduced and for whom they are produced.C. The market system is left to function in less complex markets.D. The government answers the three basic economics questions.8. Markets:A. Allow buyers and sellers to communicate their desire to make exchanges.B. Will not resolve the question of how much of ea

8、ch good is produced.C. Will not resolve the economics question of for whom goods are produced.D. Eliminate scarcity and the problems associated with limited resources.9. In a market economy, the questions of which goods are produced and in what quantities, are answered by:A. The government.B. Produc

9、ers.C. Consumers and government.D. Consumers and producers.10. The market system will not:A. Provide individuals with all they want.B. Determine how goods are produced.C. Determine which goods are produced.D. Determine for whom goods are produced.11. All of the following, except one, are accurate de

10、scriptions of the U.S. governments role. Which is not true?A. It sets the legal structure under which firms and individuals operate.B. It answers the basic economic question of which goods are produced, and in what quantities.C. It supplies goods and services not provided by the market.D. It aids ma

11、ny of those citizens who are disadvantaged.12. In product market, households:A. are sellers of goods.B. are buyers of goods.C. determine how goods are produced.D. are sometimes buyers, sometimes sellers, of goods.13. Microeconomics is that branch of economics that focuses primarily on:A. Inflation a

12、nd unemployment.B. Behavior in highly aggregated markets.C. Economic growth in less developed countries.D. The behavior of firms, households and individual.14. All of the following, except one, would be an appropriate focus of study for microeconomics. Which is not?A. The determination of prices in

13、the computer industry.B. The determination of the rate of inflation.C. The level of production by a firm in the compact disc industry.D. The interaction of supply and demand in the corn market.15. Positive economics:A. Is of no help in making judgments.B. Concerns what should be.C. Is a subset of no

14、rmative economics.D. Predict the consequences of actions.16. Which of the following is a positive economic statement?A. Unemployment insurance is too low.B. Lowing unemployment is more important than curbing inflation.C. The typical doctor earns more than the typical blue-collar worker.D. Unemployme

15、nt insurance is too high.17. Normative economics:A. describes how the economy operate.B. focus on what is.C. concerns what should be.D. predicts the consequences of actions.18. When economist make a prediction about the effects of a government policy, this represents:A. macroeconomics analysis.B. a

16、shot in the dark.C. microeconomics analysis.D. positive economic analysis.19. The belief that individuals weigh the cost and benefits of each possibility open to them is referred to as the assumption of:A. opportunity cost.B. scarcity.C. production possibilities.D. rational choice.20. In their study

17、 of rational consumers, economists focus on:A. what determines the goals and desires of consumers.B. why different consumers have different preferences.C. how consumers preference effect the choices consumers make.D. why consumers preferences change over time.21. Competitive markets are efficient. T

18、his means that:A. Scarcity is eliminated.B. It is possible to produce more of all goods with existing resources.C. The only way to produce more is to put currently idle resources to work.D. It is not possible to produce more of one good without producing less of some other good.22. Karen sleeps eigh

19、t hours a night and works eight hours a day. She spends the remaining eight hours swimming and watching TV. If we were to ignore the time she spends working and sleeping, her time constraint would indicate:A. the various combinations of hours she can devote to swimming and watching TV.B. which TV sh

20、ows she watches.C. how many TV shows she could watch if she did not go swimming.D. which TV shows she could watch and how many lengths of the pools she could swim.23. A production possibilities curve defined over guns and butter shows:A. how much land the country needs to produce guns and butter.B.

21、The maximum amount of guns that can be produced for each amount of butter produced.C. The minimum amount of guns and butter required by the country, given its population.D. The minimum amount of guns that can be produced for each amount of butter produced.24. A countrys production possibilities curv

22、e is downward-sloping because:A. resources are equally well equipped for the production of any good.B. the more a countrys inhabitants have of anything ,the lower is the value they place on having more of it.C. some resources are better equipped for the production of one good than another.D. if we w

23、ant to produce more of one good, we must sacrifice some production ofthe other good.25.If a countrys production possibilities curve bows outward, this indicates that:A. to produce more of one good, the country must sacrifice increasingly large amounts of the other good.B. Scarcity is less of a probl

24、em the more of the country produces.C. The country faces fixed trade-offs.D. The country can produce more of all goods simultaneously.26.The opportunity cost of an activity is:A. The amount of money spent on the activity.B. The next-best use of resources devoted to the activity.C. Any cost that cann

25、ot be covered.D. The value of the time spent on that activity.27.The saying “theres no such thing as a free lunch” is based on the premise that:A. Food banks do not exist.B. Food banks should not exist.C. Everything has an opportunity cost.D. Governments always subsidize food production.28.Choices o

26、f individuals and firms are limited by:A. time constraints.B. production possibilities.C. budget constraints.D. all of the above.29.Individuals or countries trade with each other because they:A. are concerned with increasing societys welfare.B. cannot consume all they produce.C. expect to gain as a

27、result of trade.D. have to dispose of excess resources.30.One of the principal advantages of trade is that allows countries to:A. specialize according to comparative advantage.B. dispose of excess supplies of goods that they do not want.C. share equally in the potential gains from trade.D. leave the

28、 exchange feeling that they have been treated fairly.31.When the forces of supply and demand operate freely, the effect of a drought on the corn harvest will be indicated in the market by:A. government-imposed limits on individuals purchase of corn.B. an increase in the price of corn.C. advertisemen

29、ts in the newspapers advertising people to reduce consumption.D. a reduction in the price of corn.32.The concept of demand refers to the quality of a good that buyers:A. would like to buy at a given price.B. need to maximize satisfaction.C. are able to purchase in the marketplace.D. would purchase i

30、f they had unlimited income.33.The demand curve is downward sloping, which means that the quantity demanded for a good _ its price:A. rises; risesB. falls; fallsC. is unchanged; falls D. rises; falls34.An individual is typically willing to purchase more of a good at low prices than at high prices, w

31、hich implies that the individual demand curve will be:A. horizontalB. verticalC. downward slopingD. of indeterminate shape35.A decline in consumers income will normally cause:A. the demand curve to shift to the left.B. a movement along the demand curve such that quantity demanded declines.C. an indi

32、vidual to increase consumption of any goods she purchases.D. a movement along the demand curve such that quantity demanded increases.36.If an increase in the price of good A leads to a rightward shift in the demand for good B, we would conclude that A and B:A. are substitutes.B. could be either substitutes