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3461EconomicsMedium

Relatively high real interest rates in the United States tend to?

Adecrease the foreign demand for dollars causing the dollar to depreciate

Bincrease the foreign demand for dollars causing the dollar to appreciate

Cdecrease the foreign demand for dollars causing the dollar to appreciate

Dincrease the foreign demand for dollars causing the dollar to depreciate

Correct answer

B. increase the foreign demand for dollars causing the dollar to appreciate

Explanation

The correct answer is increase the foreign demand for dollars causing the dollar to appreciate.

3462EconomicsMedium

A police office follows a speeding car and when the car finally stops she is horrified to discover her husband at the wheel in giving him a ticket she experiences________?

Arole conflict

Ba master status

Cno role involvement

Dfear of a divorce

Correct answer

A. role conflict

Explanation

The correct answer is role conflict.

3463EconomicsMedium

sociocultural change means that________?

Asocial and cultural change are interrelated

Bthe concept is a contradiction in terms

Csocial change is really separate from cultural change

Dcultural change has nothing to do with social change

Correct answer

A. social and cultural change are interrelated

Explanation

The correct answer is social and cultural change are interrelated.

3464EconomicsMedium

An increase in price from 25 pence to 30 pence leads to an increase in the quantity supplied from 40 units to 44 units. The price elasticity of supply is?

A+0.5

B+2

Correct answer

A. +0.5

Explanation

The correct answer is +0.5.

3465EconomicsMedium

Suppose that at a price of Rs 30 per month there are 30000 subscribers to cable television in small Town. If small Town Cablevision raises its price Rs40 per month the number of subscribers will fall to 20000 Using the midpoint method for calculating the elasticity what is the price elasticity of demand for cable TV in Small Town?

A2.0

B0.66

C1.4

D0.75

Correct answer

C. 1.4

Explanation

The correct answer is 1.4.

3466EconomicsMedium

As of the late 1990s________?

Ablacks and whites had the same average income

Bat least 40 percent of blacks were squarely in the middle class

Cblack unemployment was the same as that of whites

Dblacks and whites graduated from college at the same rate

Correct answer

B. at least 40 percent of blacks were squarely in the middle class

Explanation

The correct answer is at least 40 percent of blacks were squarely in the middle class.

3467EconomicsMedium

Black volcanic soil and tropical climate is most suitable without excess rainfall for which crop?

ACotton

BNone of them

CTobacco

Djute

Correct answer

A. Cotton

Explanation

The correct answer is Cotton.

3468EconomicsMedium

The nation that the government can establish the macroeconomic is known as?

Amonestarism

Bfine tuning

Cmicroeconomics foundations of macroeconomics

Dthe classical model

Correct answer

B. fine tuning

Explanation

The correct answer is fine tuning.

3469EconomicsMedium

According to William Baumol under oligopolistic competition among large, high tech business firms. innovation has?

Amaintained the relationship between firms and their clients

Breplaced price as the important

Climited the expansion of firms

Dcreated stationary economies of scale

Correct answer

B. replaced price as the important

Explanation

The correct answer is replaced price as the important.

3470EconomicsMedium

The govt. can control inflation by________?

AIncreasing money supply

BDecreasing taxes

CIncreasing supply of goods

DIncreasing demand for goods

Correct answer

C. Increasing supply of goods

Explanation

The correct answer is Increasing supply of goods.

Relatively high real interest rates in the United States tend to?

Adecrease the foreign demand for dollars causing the dollar to depreciate

Bincrease the foreign demand for dollars causing the dollar to appreciate

Cdecrease the foreign demand for dollars causing the dollar to appreciate

Dincrease the foreign demand for dollars causing the dollar to depreciate

Correct answer

B. increase the foreign demand for dollars causing the dollar to appreciate

Explanation

The correct answer is increase the foreign demand for dollars causing the dollar to appreciate.

sociocultural change means that________?

Asocial and cultural change are interrelated

Bthe concept is a contradiction in terms

Csocial change is really separate from cultural change

Dcultural change has nothing to do with social change

Correct answer

A. social and cultural change are interrelated

Explanation

The correct answer is social and cultural change are interrelated.

As of the late 1990s________?

Ablacks and whites had the same average income

Bat least 40 percent of blacks were squarely in the middle class

Cblack unemployment was the same as that of whites

Dblacks and whites graduated from college at the same rate

Correct answer

B. at least 40 percent of blacks were squarely in the middle class

Explanation

The correct answer is at least 40 percent of blacks were squarely in the middle class.