This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Finance > Economics > International Economics > International Economics – Quiz 36 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books International Economics Quiz 36 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The ability of an individual, firm, or country to produce a good or service at a lower opportunity cost than other producers. A) Comparative Advantage. B) Monopoly. C) Governmental Advantages. D) Absolute Advantage. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Comparative Advantage. 2. Developing countries are called developing because they have: A) Fewer languages than developed countries. B) Smaller populations than developed countries. C) Larger populations than developed countries. D) Lower incomes than developed countries. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Lower incomes than developed countries. 3. Limit the flow of goods, services, and productive resources between countries. A) Trade surplus. B) Trade barriers. C) Balance of trade. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Trade barriers. 4. Inter-regional specialization leads to large production in all the countires A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 5. The US and Canada have been experiencing a conflict over the US quota on imported softwood lumber. Which of the following groups would be MOST LIKELY to support the US restrictions? A) U.S. lumber firms. B) U.S. lumber importers. C) Canadian lumber firms. D) U.S. new home buyers. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) U.S. lumber firms. 6. All of the following are gains from trade, EXCEPT: A) Lower prices for consumers. B) A more efficient allocation of resources. C) Greater choices for consumers. D) Protection of domestic jobs. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Protection of domestic jobs. 7. The comparative advantage model of Ricardo was based on A) Intraindustry specialization and trade. B) Interindustry specialization and trade. C) Demand conditions underlying specialization and trade. D) Income conditions underlying specialization and trade. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Interindustry specialization and trade. 8. ..... are profits that accrue to whomever has the right to import the good that is restricted by the quota A) Quota license. B) Quota rents. C) Quota prices. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Quota rents. 9. A country that can produce a good using fewer resources than another country has a(n): A) Lower opportunity cost of producing the good than another country. B) Absolute advantage. C) Specialization in the production of the good. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Absolute advantage. 10. The rate at which goods are exchanged at the international is defined as ..... A) A comparative advantage. B) The exchange rate. C) An absolute advantage. D) Term of trade. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The exchange rate. 11. Country "C" can produce shirt in 30 minutes or 1 chair in 60 minutes. Country "D" can produce a shirt in 45 minutes or 1 chair in 45 minutes. Which country has the absolute advantage in terms of shirts? A) Country "C". B) Country "D". C) Neither. D) Both. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Country "C". 12. A set of notarial measures aimed at limiting the volume of export and import in the form of a quantity or amount during a certain period: A) Quota. B) Subsidy. C) License;. D) Advalor fight. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Quota. 13. Nation that operates in a state of self-reliance and is characterised by self-sufficiency and limited (or no) trade with global partners. A) Colonies. B) Developing country. C) Central planning economy. D) Autarky. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Autarky. 14. The state of being unemployed or without a job, but available to work A) Poverty. B) Employer. C) Unemployment. D) Proponents. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Unemployment. 15. The definition of the exchange rate of a currency is: A) The price of one currency in terms of how much it buys of another. B) The price of a currency in terms of the goods that can be bought with it. C) The price level in the country. D) The rate at which imports can be bought from export revenue. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The price of one currency in terms of how much it buys of another. 16. Dumping means..... A) A form of illegal price discrimination. B) Referred to tariff imposed on imports. C) Selling more goods than allowed by import quota. D) A practice of selling goods at lower prices in foreign. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A practice of selling goods at lower prices in foreign. 17. The figure illustrates the international movement of capital. When there is international movement of AB of capital in both Nations, the rate of return on capital in Nation 1 ..... A) Increase NF. B) Increase CN. C) Decrease NF. D) Decrease CN. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Increase CN. 18. All the following are the 3 C's or credit except ..... A) Collateral. B) Capacity. C) Compound. D) Character. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Compound. 19. An ..... is a good or service bought in one country that was produced in another. A) Import. B) Quota. C) Export. D) Tariff. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Import. 20. Goods or services that a country buys from other nations. A) Import. B) Export. C) Duty. D) Tariff. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Import. 21. To say that net exports are negative is the same as saying that A) There is a capital account deficit. B) There is a budget deficit. C) There is a current account deficit. D) The exchange rate has depreciated. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) There is a current account deficit. 22. What should each country do according to the law of comparative advantage? A) Keeping the production costs of goods or services high. B) Keeping the opportunity costs of producing goods or services high. C) Keeping the costs of producing goods or services low. D) Keeping the opportunity costs of producing goods or services low. E) Maintain the production costs of all types of goods or services the same as those of trading partners. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Keeping the opportunity costs of producing goods or services low. 23. This is a measurement of the value of one nation's currency relative to the currency of other nations? A) Balance of trade. B) Embargo. C) Tariff. D) Exchange rates. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Exchange rates. 24. Means that a country can produce a product using fewer resources than another country A) Balance of trade. B) Appreciate. C) Absolute advantage. D) Comparative advantage. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Absolute advantage. 25. The effective rate of protection measures A) The protection given by the tariff to domestic value added. B) The "true" ad valorem value of a tariff. C) The quota equivalent value of a tariff. D) The efficiency with which the tariff is collected at the customhouse. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The protection given by the tariff to domestic value added. 26. The gravity model of international trade predicts that trade between two nations is larger when A) The larger of two nations. B) The closer the nations. C) The more open are the two nations. D) All of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of above. 27. A good that is sent to another country for sale A) Import. B) Quota. C) Export. D) Subsidy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Export. 28. An increase in the value of one currency in terms of another currency is a/n A) Floating exchange rate. B) Depreciation. C) Fixed exchange rate. D) Appreciation. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Appreciation. 29. Limit of the amount of a good that can be imported A) Quota. B) Exports. C) Subsidy. D) Appreciation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Quota. 30. Country A can produce 1 ton of wheat or 4 ton of coal using one resource. Country B can produce 2 tons of wheat or 5 tons of coal using the same resource. Which one is more appropriate? A) Country A exports wheat and imports coal. B) Country B exports wheat and imports coal. C) Country A neither exports nor imports wheat. D) Country B neither exports nor imports coal. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Country A exports wheat and imports coal. ← 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