Technology and Economics — Unit test Answers

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Which of the following best illustrates deciding how to produce a specific product?

A
Should we produce jeans with expensive machinery or less expensive labor?
B
Can we market our jeans to teenagers or focus on people in their twenties?
C
Do we have enough customer support to charge more for our jeans?
D
Are jeans still "in," or should we develop a line of skirts instead?
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Read the scenario. Samira is a freshman basketball player who hopes to go to college on a basketball scholarship. She is offered the chance to play on her school’s varsity basketball team, which plays in tournaments during holiday breaks. Samira usually spends her breaks working at the local hardware store. After careful consideration, Samira decides to stay on the freshman basketball team and keep working over breaks. The fact that Samira may miss out on a scholarship opportunity by staying on the freshman team illustrates

A
a cause.
B
minor consequences.
C
a tradeoff.
D
unexpected risk.
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Rescooperate Ice Cream Shop recently analyzed their books. They found that in the past year, they made $100,000 selling ice cream and spent $75,000 on supplies and factory space. The remaining $25,000 represents

A
profit.
B
loss.
C
revenue.
D
expense.
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The citizens of the United States live and work in a

A
closed economy.
B
command economy.
C
mixed market economy.
D
pure market economy.
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Which statement best describes a pure market economy?

A
Producer intervention in economic choices is strictly forbidden.
B
The government determines economic choices and makes most decisions.
C
The decisions made by producers and consumers drive all economic choices.
D
Producers and consumers make some economic choices while the government makes others.

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