A) 4 units of bread.
B) 2 units of bread.
C) 1/2 unit of bread.
D) 1/4 unit of bread.
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A) increases cooperation among nations.
B) allows people to specialize according to comparative advantage.
C) requires some workers in an economy to be retrained.
D) reduces competition among domestic companies.
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A) wrote a famous book in which he attacked the ideas of Adam Smith.
B) was the founder of modern economics.
C) argued that Britain should not restrict imports of grain.
D) wrote An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations in 1776.
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A) 1/4 pound of ice cream.
B) 1/2 pound of ice cream.
C) 2 pounds of ice cream.
D) 4 pounds of ice cream.
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A) both goods, and the farmer has a comparative advantage in meat.
B) both goods, and the farmer has a comparative advantage in potatoes.
C) meat, and the farmer has a comparative advantage in potatoes.
D) meat, and the farmer has a comparative advantage in neither good.
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A) Under no circumstances is that possible.
B) Country A trades with Country B; Country A has a comparative advantage over Country B in producing corn; and Country A specializes in car production.
C) Country A trades with Country B; Country A has a comparative advantage over Country B in producing cars; and Country A specializes in car production.
D) Country A trades with Country B; Country A has an absolute advantage over Country B in producing cars; and Country A specializes in car production.
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A) airplanes and Japan has a comparative advantage in airplanes.
B) cars and Japan has a comparative advantage in airplanes.
C) airplanes and Japan has a comparative advantage in cars.
D) neither good and Japan has a comparative advantage in both goods.
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A) 1/3 basket.
B) 1 basket.
C) 4/3 baskets.
D) 3 baskets.
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A) 1/4 hour to produce 1 pound of ice cream and 3/8 hour to produce 1 pound of cones.
B) 1/2 hour to produce 1 pound of ice cream and 3/4 hour to produce 1 pound of cones.
C) 1 hour to produce 1 pound of ice cream and 2/3 hour to produce 1 pound of cones.
D) 1 hour to produce 1 pound of ice cream and 3/2 hours to produce 1 pound of cones.
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A) cones and Jerry has a comparative advantage in ice cream.
B) ice cream and Jerry has a comparative advantage in cones.
C) neither good and Jerry has a comparative advantage in both goods.
D) both goods and Jerry has a comparative advantage in neither good.
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A) 1/3 pound of cones.
B) 2/3 pound of cones.
C) 3/2 pounds of cones.
D) 2 pounds of cones.
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A) 4 airplanes.
B) 3 airplanes.
C) 1/3 airplane.
D) 1/4 airplane.
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A) bread and Spain has a comparative advantage in cheese.
B) cheese and Spain has a comparative advantage in bread.
C) both goods and Spain has a comparative advantage in neither good.
D) neither good and Spain has a comparative advantage in both goods.
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A) Paul has a comparative advantage in both wheat and corn.
B) Paul has a comparative advantage in wheat and Cliff has a comparative advantage in corn.
C) Cliff has a comparative advantage in wheat and Paul has a comparative advantage in corn.
D) Cliff has a comparative advantage in both wheat and corn.
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A) Shawn has a comparative advantage in the production of donuts.
B) Sue has a comparative advantage in the production of donuts.
C) Shawn has an absolute advantage in the production of donuts.
D) Shawn should produce donuts and Sue should spend her time on a different activity.
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A) has a low opportunity cost of producing that good, relative to the opportunity costs of other producers.
B) has a comparative advantage in the production of that good.
C) has an absolute advantage in the production of that good.
D) has an artificial advantage in the production of that good.
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A) setting up 2/3 of a computer.
B) setting up 3/4 of a computer.
C) setting up 1 1/3 computers.
D) setting up 1 1/2 computers
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A) must work 0.4 hours to produce each bushel of wheat, and his opportunity cost of a bushel of corn is 0.8 bushels of wheat.
B) must work 0.4 hours to produce each bushel of wheat, and his opportunity cost of a bushel of corn is 1.25 bushels of wheat.
C) must work 2.5 hours to produce each bushel of wheat, and his opportunity cost of a bushel of corn is 0.8 bushels of wheat.
D) must work 2.5 hours to produce each bushel of wheat, and his opportunity cost of a bushel of corn is 1.25 bushels of wheat.
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A) neither good and he has a comparative advantage in neither good.
B) neither good and he has a comparative advantage in cones.
C) cones and he has a comparative advantage in cones.
D) ice cream and he has a comparative advantage in ice cream.
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