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1、精选优质文档-倾情为你奉上Chapter 5 The Standard Trade ModelnMultiple Choice Questions1.The concept “terms of trade” means(a)the amount of exports sold by a country.(b)the price conditions bargained for in international markets.(c)the price of a countrys exports divided by the price of its imports.(d)the quantit

2、ies of imports received in free trade.(e)None of the above.Answer: C2.A country cannot produce a mix of products with a higher value than where(a)the isovalue line intersects the production possibility frontier.(b)the isovalue line is tangent to the production possibility frontier.(c)the isovalue li

3、ne is above the production possibility frontier.(d)the isovalue line is below the production possibility frontier.(e)the isovalue line is tangent with the indifference curve.Answer: B3.Tastes of individuals are represented by(a)the production possibility frontier.(b)the isovalue line.(c)the indiffer

4、ence curve.(d)the production function.(e)None of the above.Answer: C4.If PC/PF were to increase in the international marketplace, then(a)all countries would be better off.(b)the terms of trade of cloth exporters improve.(c)the terms of trade of food exporters improve.(d)the terms of trade of all cou

5、ntries improve.(e)None of the aboveAnswer: B5.If PC/PF were to increase,(a)the cloth exporter would increase the quantity of cloth exports.(b)the cloth exporter would increase the quantity of cloth produced.(c)the food exporter would increase the quantity of food exports.(d)Both (a) and (c).(e)None

6、of the above.Answer: B6.If PC/PF were to increase,(a)world relative quantity of cloth supplied and demanded would increase.(b)world relative quantity of cloth supplied and demanded would decrease.(c)world relative quantity of cloth supplied would increases.(d)world relative quantity of cloth demande

7、d would decrease.(e)None of the above.Answer: C7.When the production possibility frontier shifts out relatively more in one direction, we have(a)biased growth.(b)unbiased growth.(c)immiserizing growth.(d)balanced growth.(e)imbalanced growth.Answer: A8.Export-biased growth in Country H will(a)improve

8、 the terms of trade of Country H.(b)trigger anti-bias regulations of the WTO.(c)worsen the terms of trade of Country F (the trade partner).(d)improve the terms of trade of Country F.(e)decrease economic welfare in Country H.Answer: D9.Immiserizing growth is(a)likely to occur if the exporting country

9、 is poor.(b)likely to occur if the exporting country is rich.(c)likely to occur when terms of trade change.(d)likely to occur if relative supplies are elastic.(e)None of the above.Answer: E10.If the U.S. Agency for International Development transfers funds to poor countries in Sub-Saharan Africa, th

10、is must(a)worsen the U.S. terms of trade.(b)improve the U.S. terms of trade.(c)worsen the terms of trade of the African aid recipients.(d)improve the terms of trade of the African aid recipients.(e)None of the above.Answer: E11.If the poor USAID recipient countries have a higher marginal propensity

11、to consume each and every product than does the United States, then such aid will(a)worsen the U.S. terms of trade.(b)improve the U.S. terms of trade.(c)leave the world terms of trade unaffected.(d)worsen the terms of trade of both donor and recipient countries.(e)None of the above.Answer: B12.If th

12、e U.S. has a higher marginal propensity to consume (MPC) imports as compared to both its MPC for exportables and nontradables, then such aid will(a)worsen the U.S. terms of trade.(b)improve the U.S. terms of trade.(c)leave the world terms of trade unaffected.(d)worsen the terms of trade of both dono

13、r and recipient countries.(e)None of the above.Answer: B13.If the U.S. (a large country) imposes a tariff on its imported good, this will tend to(a)have no effect on terms of trade.(b)improve the terms of trade of all countries.(c)improve the terms of trade of the United States.(d)cause a deteriorat

14、ion of U.S. terms of trade.(e)raise the world price of the good imported by the United States.Answer: C14.If the U.S. (a large country) imposes a tariff on its imported good, this will(a)have no effect on economic welfare.(b)improve the terms of trade of all countries.(c)improve the economic welfare

15、 of the United States.(d)harm the economic welfare of U.S. trading partners.(e)None of the aboveAnswer: D15.A country will be able to consume a bundle which is not attainable solely from domestic production only if(a)the world terms of trade differ from its domestic relative costs.(b)the country spe

16、cializes in one product.(c)the country avoids international trade.(d)the world terms of trade equal the domestic relative costs.(e)None of the above.Answer: A16.Terms of trade refers to(a)what goods are imported.(b)what goods are exported.(c)the volume of trade.(d)the prices at which trade occurs.(e

17、)None of the above.Answer: D17.If a countrys (net-barter) terms of trade increase (“improve”) we know from this that economic welfare in this country(a)increases(b)increases, but only relative to that of its trade partners(c)is unchanged(d)decreases(e)None of the aboveAnswer: E18.If points a and b a

18、re both on the production possibility frontier of a country, then(a)consumers are indifferent between the two bundles.(b)producers are indifferent between the two bundles.(c)at any point in time, the country could produce both.(d)Both cost the same.(e)The country could produce either of the two bund

19、les.Answer: E19.If the economy is producing at point a on its production possibility frontier, then(a)all of the countrys workers are specialized in one product.(b)all of the countys capital is used for one product.(c)all of the countys workers are employed.(d)all of its capital is used, but not eff

20、iciently.(e)None of the above.Answer: C20.If at point A on the production possibility frontier, and the community indifference curve cuts through point a from northwest to southeast, then the optimal autarky production bundle is(a)at point A.(b)to the right of point A.(c)to the left of point A.(d)to

21、 the northeast of point A.(e)to the southwest of point A.Answer: B21.A bundle indicated by a point to the northeast of the production possibility frontier is(a)unattainable at a point in time.(b)unattainable at a point in time without international trade.(c)unattainable at a point in time without do

22、mestic trade.(d)unattainable as a consumption point.(e)None of the above.Answer: B22.If two countries with diminishing returns and different marginal rates of substitution between two products were to engage in trade, then(a)the shapes of their respective production possibility frontiers would chang

23、e.(b)the marginal rates of substitution of both would become equal.(c)the larger of the two countries would dominate their trade.(d)the country with relatively elastic supplies would export more.(e)None of the above.Answer: B23.If a country began exporting product A and importing product B, then, as

24、 compared to the autarky (no-trade) situation, the marginal cost of product A will(a)increase.(b)decrease.(c)shift outward.(d)shift inward.(e)None of the above.Answer: A24.If, beginning from a free trade equilibrium, the (net barter) terms of trade improve for a country, then it will(a)increase prod

25、uction of its import competing good.(b)increase consumption of its export good.(c)increase the quantity of its imports.(d)experience an export-biased shift in its production possibility frontier.(e)None of the above.Answer: C25.If a small country were to levy a tariff on its imports then this would(

26、a)have no effect on that countrys economic welfare.(b)increase the countrys economic welfare.(c)decrease the countrys economic welfare.(d)change the terms of trade.(e)None of the above.Answer: C26.An increase in a countrys net commodity terms of trade will always(a)increase the countrys economic wel

27、fare.(b)increase the countrys real income.(c)increase the countrys quantity of exports.(d)increase the countrys production of its import competing good.(e)None of the above.Answer: E27.After WWI, Germany was forced to make large reparationstransfers of real income- to France. If the marginal propens

28、ity to consume was equal in both countries, and if Frances demand was biased toward food (relative to Germanys demand pattern) then we would expect to find(a)the worlds relative price for food remains unchanged.(b)the worlds relative price for food increase.(c)the worlds relative price for food decr

29、ease.(d)the world relative price for both food and non-food rise.(e)None of the above.Answer: B28.If we add to Question 27 that France exported manufactures, whereas Germany exported food, then the reparations from Germany to France would(a)improve Frances international terms of trade.(b)cause Franc

30、e terms of trade to deteriorate.(c)cause both France and Germanys terms of trade to deteriorate.(d)cause both France and Germanys terms of trade to improve.(e)None of the above.Answer: B29.If a country lent money to another, this must(a)lower the terms of trade of the recipient country.(b)lower the

31、terms of trade of both countries.(c)improve the terms of trade of the recipient country.(d)improve the terms of trade of the donor country(e)None of the above.Answer: E30.During the 19th Century, economic growth of the major trading countries was biased toward manufactures and away from food. The le

32、ss developed countries of that time were net exporters of food. From this information, we would expect to have observed(a)falling terms of trade for the less developed countries.(b)improving (rising) terms of trade for the less developed countries.(c)no change at all in the terms of trade of the les

33、s developed countries.(d)a decrease in the relative price of food.(e)None of the above.Answer: B31.Immiserizing growth could occur to(a)a poor country experiencing export-biased economic growth.(b)a poor country experiencing import-biased economic growth.(c)a poor country experiencing growth in its

34、non-traded sector.(d)a poor country experiencing capital-intensive biased growth.(e)None of the above.Answer: A32.A large country experiencing import-biased economic growth will tend to experience(a)positive terms of trade.(b)deteriorating terms of trade.(c)improving terms of trade.(d)immiserizing t

35、erms of trade.(e)None of the above.Answer: C33.In the period preceding the recent Financial Crisis in Asia, the South East Asian countries were receiving large inflows of financial capital. Following John Maynard Keynes theory, this should have caused(a)a glut in their banking asset situation.(b)an

36、improvement in their terms of trade.(c)deterioration in their terms of trade.(d)a fluctuation upward and then downward in their terms of trade.(e)None of the above.Answer: B34.If Slovenia is a small country in world trade terms, then if it imposes a large series of tariffs on many of its imports, th

37、is would(a)have no effect on its terms of trade.(b)improve its terms of trade.(c)deteriorate its terms of trade.(d)decrease its marginal propensity to consume.(e)None of the above.Answer: A35.If Slovenia is a large country in world trade, then if it imposes a large set of tariffs on many of its impo

38、rts, this would(a)have no effect on its terms of trade.(b)improve its terms of trade.(c)deteriorate its terms of trade.(d)decrease its marginal propensity to consume.(e)None of the above.Answer: B36.If Slovenia were a large country in world trade, then if it imposes a large set of tariffs on its imp

39、orts, this must(a)cause retaliation on the part of its trade partners.(b)harm Slovenias real income.(c)improve Slovenias real income.(d)improve the real income of its trade partners.(e)None of the above.Answer: E37.If Slovenia were a large country in world trade, then if it instituted a large set of

40、 subsidies for its exports, this must(a)have no effect on its terms of trade.(b)improve its terms of trade.(c)deteriorate its terms of trade.(d)decrease its marginal propensity to consume.(e)None of the above.Answer: C38.If Slovenia were a large country in world trade, then if it instituted a large

41、set of subsidies for its exports, this must(a)cause retaliation on the part of its trade partners.(b)harm Slovenias real income.(c)improve Slovenias real income.(d)improve the real income of its trade partners.(e)None of the above.Answer: D39.If the United States exports skilled-labor intensive prod

42、ucts and services, then we should expect unions representing skilled labor to(a)lobby in favor of tariffs.(b)lobby against the imposition of tariffs.(c)be indifferent to the issue of tariffs.(d)lobby in favor of improved terms of trade.(e)Not enough information.Answer: E40.If the United States expor

43、ts skilled-labor intensive products and services, then we should expect unions representing unskilled labor to(a)lobby in favor of tariffs.(b)lobby against the imposition of tariffs.(c)be indifferent to the issue of tariffs.(d)lobby in favor of improved terms of trade.(e)Not enough information.Answe

44、r: B41.If a there are no international loans or capital flows, then if a countrys terms of trade improve, we would find that(a)the value of its exports exceeds the value of its imports.(b)the value of its exports becomes less than that of its imports.(c)the value of its exports exactly equals that o

45、f its imports.(d)the quantity of its exports equals that of its imports.(e)None of the above.Answer: C42.If the U.S. Agency for International Development transfers funds to poor countries in Sub-Saharan Africa, the conventional assumption, following Keynes analysis would presume that this would tend

46、 to(a)worsen the U.S. terms of trade.(b)improve the U.S. terms of trade.(c)worsen the terms of trade of the African aid recipients.(d)improve the terms of trade of the African aid recipients.(e)None of the above.Answer: AnEssay Questions1.Other things being equal, a rise in a countrys terms of trade

47、 increases its welfare. What would happen if we relax the ceteris paribus assumption, and allow for the law of demand to operate internationally?Answer:Let us assume that the terms of trade (or technically the net commodity terms of trade) improve, thus the relative price of a countrys exports incre