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5

What would a macroeconomist call a fall in either private consumption or investment resulting from a rise in government expenditure?

crowding out

5

What is the method of prospecting for sales that involves contacting every farm or Agribusiness in an area without prior selection criteria called?

cold calling

5

A rationally managed monopoly would result in a market price that is _____ and level of output that is _____ than the pure competition market outcomes.

Higher; Lower

5

By hedging, a farmer has eliminated price risk by taking on __________ risk.

basis

5

In the long run, all inputs are ________________ .

variable

5

What does 4! (i.e., four factorial) equal?

4x3x2x1=24

5

Water that is safe and palatable for human consumption is called _________.

potable

5

Which branch of the U.S. military is the oldest, created in 1775?

U.S. Army

10

What will happen to aggregate demand if M1 is decreased?

It will shift to the left

10

The SAEA Company has Total Assets of $576,000 and Total Liabilities of $730,000. Based on these numbers, SAEA is financially _____.

Insolvent

10

A diagram that shows the employees involved in a business and the lines of authority and communication among them

Organizational Chart

10

What do we call a market intermediary that buys, sells, ships, and/or holds inventories of commodities (i.e., actually takes ownership of the commodity)?

A merchant

10

The personal income forgone by someone going to college is what kind of cost?

Opportunity Cost (or implicit costs)

10

What is the derivative of the natural log of x?

1/x (one over x)

10

An underground rock formation that stores and yields significant quantities of water is called a(n) _________ .

Aquifer

10

What flower is commonly worn to honor veterans, inspired by World War I?

The red poppy

15

Who is responsible for the labor theory of value?

Karl Marx

15

Which approach to property appraisal focuses on the earnings potential of the property?

Income approach
15

Farm management requires three key production decisions, name two of them

What to produce? How to produce? How much to produce?

15

Sunday newspaper coupons for food products are an example of what type of promotional effort?

a "pull strategy"  (or demand pull strategy)

15

A net loss in total surplus is called a(n) ____________ loss.

deadweight

15

What is the second derivative of f(x) = 5x ?

zero

15

Consumers' willingness to pay for the opportunity to use some natural resource in the future, even if they do not use it now is callled the ________ ________ .

option value

15

Which war ended on November 11, 1918, the date that later became Veterans Day?

WW1

20

In many retail stores price markdowns are now determined by computer. The "middle managers" that used to make these decisions have experienced what type of unemployment?

Structural unemployment

20

What term refers to a group of plants engaged in different stages of the production of a final product in a single firm?


Vertical Integration

20

What type of management attempts to centrally control or link the production, shipment, and distribution of a product?

supply chain

20

Walmart’s recent entrance into organic foods and more upscale clothing and home furnishings is an example of what concept?

Wheel of Retailing

20

The curve that contacts the two diagonal corners of an Edgeworth's Box is called the ___________curve.

Contact curve

20

If the first derivative equals zero, and the second derivative equals zero, then this is a(n) _____________ point.

an inflection point

20

LISA is an alternative method of agriculture that reduces the application of purchased inputs such as fertilizer, pesticides, and herbicides.  Give the complete name represented by the acronym.

Low-Input Sustainable Agriculture

20

What economic policy after World War II provided veterans with tuition, housing loans, and unemployment benefits. Massively expanding the U.S. middle class?

The GI Bill

25

What happens to the net export curve if the government imposes trade restrictions on imported goods?

Shifts to the right (or shifts out)

25

What is the actuarial rate of interest on a loan of $1,000 repaid one year later with a payment of $1,120?

i = (1,120/1000) - 1 = 0.12 = 12%

25

What are wages set at higher-than-market clearing for such purposes as encouraging employee loyalty and discouraging shirking?

efficiency wages

25

Name the five forces in Michael Porter's Five Forces Model.

Rivalry among existing firms, Bargaining power of suppliers, Bargaining power of buyers, Threat of new entrants, Threat of substitute products

25

What market structure can be illustrated by the Bertrand, Cournot and Stackelberg models?

Duopoly

25

What is the sum of the area under the normal distribution?

One

25

It has been possible to buy and sell options contracts for agricultural commodities traded on futures markets since what year?

1984

25

What is the name of the famous WWII photograph showing six Marines raising a flag on Mount Suribachi?

Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima