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BA1 Exam Dumps - Fundamentals of Business Economics

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Question # 17

Which of the following describes the slope of a normal supply curve?

A.

Upwards from right to left.

B.

Upwards from left to right.

C.

Downwards from left to right.

D.

Downwards from right to left.

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Question # 18

Based on historical time series data, a chemicals company uses sales ($million) as the y variable and time (year) as the x variable and equation.

y = - 3935 47 + 2 02x

Using the equation, what is the company's predicted sales for the year 2020? Give your answer to the nearest million.

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Question # 19

A binding financial contract that can be used to hedge exchange rate risks by fixing the rate of exchange at a fixed date, and can be traded in financial markets, is known as:

A.

an option

B.

a managed floating system

C.

a future

D.

a forward exchange contract

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Question # 20

Based on a trade balance between Country A and Country B over a ten year period, the underlying trend of the trade balance is represent equation

-114.027 -1.47x

where x is the time period expressed in years.

Assuming an additive forecasting model, with a seasonal factor of 82 6, then the forecast for year 2016, in whole units is:

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Question # 21

If the demand curve for good A is negatively sloped, a fall in the price of a substitute good B results in

A.

An increase in the quantity demanded of good A

B.

A rightward shift in the demand curve for good A

C.

A leftward shift in the demand curve for good B

D.

A leftward shift in the demand curve for good A

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Question # 22

Why do monopoly market structures charge higher prices than would be charged by more competitive market structures?

A.

They are more likely to suffer from diseconomies of scale

B.

They must recover their higher research and development expenditures

C.

They can increase profits by reducing output to force prices higher

D.

They have barriers to entry that stop customers going to new markets

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Question # 23

Which of the following statements most accurately describes the role of an agent as defined in principal-agent theory?

A.

An employee of the organization

B.

An owner of the organization

C.

One who is paid by the owners of the organization

D.

One who is responsible for ensuring the organization pursues the interests of its owners

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Question # 24

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of a pure public good?

A.

It is not possible to exclude non-payers from enjoying the good

B.

It is always provided by the state or public sector

C.

It does not get used up by more people enjoying it

D.

It has no price

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