Free Financial Investment Question and Answers

Question 1

The United States' Gini coefficient has decreased over the previous few decades.

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Has been increasing

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Has remained essentially unchanged

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Has been declining

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Has begun to look like that of Europe

Question 2

Which of the following can cause a rightward change in the labor demand curve?

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Increase in productivity

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Decrease in wages

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Decrease in product price

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Increase in wages

Question 3

In a labor market with monopsony, the labor supply curve that each individual employer must deal with is

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Upward sloping

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Downward sloping

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Horizontal

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Backward bending

Question 4

An example of this is the idea that a family of four lives in poverty if their annual income is less than $20,000.

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An absolute measure of poverty

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An excessive level of income to be considered poverty

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A relative measure of poverty

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None of the above

Question 5

Labor demand is elastic when the product demand is

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Inelastic

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High

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Elastic

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Low

Question 6

In a labor market with competition, the labor supply curve that each individual employer must deal with is

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Horizontal

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Downward sloping

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Backward bending

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Upward sloping

Question 7

The monopsonistic employer keeps adding staff until it reaches the marginal level.

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Revenue product equals marginal labor cost

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Revenue product equals wage

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Physical product is zero

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Physical product equals the wage