This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Finance > Economics > International Economics > International Economics – Quiz 15 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books International Economics Quiz 15 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is "Engaging in trade without barriers; most efficient" ? A) International trade. B) Absolute Advantage. C) Protectionism. D) Free Trade. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Free Trade. 2. The value of one currency expressed in terms of another is known as the ..... A) Development. B) Internal Funds. C) External Funds. D) Exchange Rate. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Exchange Rate. 3. All exchange transactions take place at the fixed exchange rate A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 4. Reducing inflation problem is a reason for protecting domestic industries from foreign competition. A) TRUE. B) FALSE. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) TRUE. 5. Suppose that the domestic government allows a specific number of goods to be imported each year, but it does not specify from where the product is shipped or who is permitted to import. Such a trade barrier is known as A) A tariff-rate quota. B) A selective quota. C) A global quota. D) An import tariff. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A global quota. 6. Which has more to do with opportunity cost? A) Comparative advantage. B) Absolute advantage. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Comparative advantage. 7. In 1962, the United States prohibited all imports and exports to and from Cuba. A) Tariff. B) Embargo. C) Quota. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Embargo. 8. Refers to free trade agreements among countries in a region (ex:EU, ASEAN, and NAFTA). A) Balance of Trade. B) Trading Bloc. C) Free Trade. D) Trade. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Trading Bloc. 9. Pick the factors affecting terms of trade A) Terms of trade. B) Tariff and Devaluation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tariff and Devaluation. 10. What is meant by the law of comparative advantage? A) The ability of an economy to produce a particular good or service at a lower opportunity cost than its trading partners. B) The ability of an economy to produce a particular good or service at a higher opportunity cost than its trading partners. C) The ability of an economy to produce a particular good or service at the same opportunity cost as its trading partners. D) The ability of an economy to produce all types of goods or services at the same opportunity cost as its trading partners. E) The ability of an economy to produce any type of good or service at a lower opportunity cost than its trading partners. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The ability of an economy to produce a particular good or service at a lower opportunity cost than its trading partners. 11. It simply means that the country can produce more of a good than another country A) Absolute Advantage. B) Trade Surplus. C) Trade Deficit. D) Comparative Advantage. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Absolute Advantage. 12. All the following are benefits of protectionism, EXCEPT: A) Protection of domestic jobs. B) National security. C) Cheaper prices for consumers. D) Protection of infant industries. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cheaper prices for consumers. 13. The NFS became the smallest network of shared ATMs in India. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 14. Consumer surplus in a market for a good exists because: A) Producers don't have the ability to set their own price. B) When the price of goods decrease, most consumers buy more. C) Some producers charge different prices for the good in different markets. D) Some consumers are willing to pay more than the equilibrium price. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Some consumers are willing to pay more than the equilibrium price. 15. The reason international trade is controlled has to do with how economics relates to: A) Chance Factors. B) Biology. C) Invention. D) Politics. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Politics. 16. Why does the US have restricted trade to Cuba A) Cuba's communist government. B) Failed protection of human rights. C) All the above. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) All the above. 17. A limit to the number of imports that may enter a country A) Tariff. B) Embargo. C) Demand. D) Quota. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Quota. 18. The figure illustrates the international movement of capital. What is the correct statment the welfare effects of this movement? A) In Home country, total productincreases, capital owners gain, and non-capital owners lose. B) In Host country, total productincreases, capital owners lose, and non-capital owners gain. C) In Host country, total productdecreases, capital owners lose, and non-capital owners gain. D) A&B are correct. E) A&C are correct. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A&B are correct. 19. ..... is the precursor of WTO A) SAARC. B) GATT. C) EC. D) NAFTA. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) GATT. 20. What type of exchange rate system do most countries operate under? A) Fictitious. B) Floating. C) Flexible. D) Fixed. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Floating. 21. Ricardo describes trade taking place as a result of countries having ..... in production of particular goods, relative to each other. A) Absolute advantage. B) Comparative advantage. C) Both absolute and comparative advantage. D) Neither absolute nor comparative advantage. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Comparative advantage. 22. Increased exports can be attributed to a ..... dollar. A) Strong. B) Weak. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Weak. 23. Comparative advantage suggests that countries will engage in trade with one another, exporting the goods that they have a ..... advantage in. A) Relative. B) Absolute or relative. C) Relative or comparative. D) Comparative. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Relative or comparative. 24. Assume the exchange rate of US dollars to Indian Rupees changes from $ 1=500 Rupees to $ 1=200 Rupees. Which group will be helped by this change? A) Indian citizens holding US dollars. B) Indian manufacturing firms. C) US importers of Indian goods. D) US exporters of US goods to India. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) US exporters of US goods to India. 25. Requirements a good must meet before it can enter the country as an import A) Standards. B) Currency Depreciation. C) Trade Surplus. D) Absolute Advantage. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Standards. 26. A government payment that supports a business or market. A) Tariff. B) Standards. C) Embargo. D) Subsidy. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Subsidy. 27. The figure illustrates the international movement of capital. When there is international movement of capital in both Nations, what is the repatriation to Nation 1? A) O2JERA. B) ERG. C) ABER. D) ERM. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) ABER. 28. An agreement effective July 1, 2020, between American and its immediate neighbors to the north and south that increases environmental and labor regulations, protects intellectual property, and incentivizes more domestic production of cars and trucks. A) NACTA. B) NAFTA. C) ANAC. D) USMCA. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) USMCA. 29. Free international trade' means that: A) Goods can be transported between countries free of charge for ever. B) All countries use the same currency so it does not cost anything to convert currencies. C) There are no tariffs or quotas to limit trade between countries. D) Businesses can produce in any country without any legal controls. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) There are no tariffs or quotas to limit trade between countries. 30. Which theory hold that two countries would trade even when one country has absolute advantage in all products or another country does not have absolute advantage in any product- A) Adam Smith absolute advantage theory. B) Factor proportion theory. C) Comparative advantage theory. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Comparative advantage theory. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesEconomics QuizzesFinance QuizzesInternational Economics Quiz 1International Economics Quiz 2International Economics Quiz 3International Economics Quiz 4International Economics Quiz 5International Economics Quiz 6International Economics Quiz 7International Economics Quiz 8 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books