Microeconomics
Agribusiness & Finance
Quantitative
Resource & Policy
Potpourri
100

A minimum price set by law is called a...

Price floor

100

What are total liabilities for a firm with $500,000 of equity and $750,000 of total assets? 

$250,000

100

Consider the regression equation: Y = 2+3x. If the forecast of X is 3, what is the forecast of Y?

11

100

Which president signed the agricultural adjustment act? 

Franklin Roosevelt
100

Dallas/Arlington TX is home to which NFL team

Dallas Cowboys

200

Which is likely to be more elastic - demand for a good making up a small share of a consumer's budget or a good making up a large share of a consumer's budget?

large share of budget

200

What does the acronym for EBITDA stand for? 

Earnings before taxes, depreciation, and amortization

200

If a gamble has a 60% chance of a $1 million pay off and a 40% change of a $20 payoff, what is the expected payoff? 

$600,008

200

How many titles are in the 2018 farm bill? 

12

200

What popular gas station franchise started in Dallas TX

7-Eleven

300

In which stage of production is marginal product declining but positive?

2

300

____________ is a series of uniform, periodic payments received (or paid) for either a fixed number of periods or in perpetuity. 

Annuity

300

What is the equilibrium price in the following market? Qs = -5 + 3P

Qd = 10 - 2P

P = 3

300

Which government agency is responsible for the regulation of food labelling?

FDA

300

What is the name of the stadium where the Dallas NFL team plays?

AT&T Stadium

400

If income elasticity is 1.5, and quantity falls by 20%, what happened to income? 

decline by 13.33%

400

John is conducting an analysis to determine how change in the price of an output impacts the proposed investment's net present value. What type of analysis is this called? 

Sensitivity analysis

400

What is the name of the situation that occurs when there is an exact linear relationship between two or more independent variables in a regression model?

Perfect Multicollinearity

400

The _______ act provided federal funds to states to support the teaching of vocational agriculture. 

Smith-Hughes Act

400

Dallas is the _______ largest city in the U.S.

9th

500

The ____________ path connect optimal input combinations as the scale of production expands

expansion

500

Lenders typically are concerned about a firm's debt-to-equity ratio when it exceeds what value?

1:1 (debt is greater than equity)

500

At 50 units of output, total cost is $4,000 and total variable cost is $3,000. At 50 units of output, what is the value of average total cost (ATC), average variable cost (AVC), and average fixed cost (AFC), respectively?

ATC = 80, AVC = 60, and AFC = 20

500

The ____________ was a long series of English Laws that developed, promoted, and regulated English ships, shipping, trade and commerce between other countries and with its own colonies

Navigation Acts (or Acts of Trade and Navigation)

500

How tall is the Big Tex statue that greets visitors at the State Fair of Texas? 

52-feet tall

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