QCAA Economics Practice Questions - QCAA Economics External Assessment (Queensland) Exam - QCAA Economics Practice Questions - QCAA Economics External Assessment (Queensland) Exam

Question 1

What does the principle of comparative advantage state about international trade?

A country gains from trade by specializing in producing goods with a lower opportunity cost. A country should produce all goods it can manufacture faster than any other country. A country should only trade with nations that possess identical resource endowments. A country maximizes economic welfare by imposing tariffs to protect domestic industries.

Correct Answer:

A country gains from trade by specializing in producing goods with a lower opportunity cost.

Question 2

Country A can produce either 40 units of Wheat or 20 units of Cloth per hour. Country B can produce either 30 units of Wheat or 15 units of Cloth per hour. Which statement correctly identifies their opportunity costs?

Country A has a lower opportunity cost of producing Wheat than Country B. Both countries have the exact same opportunity cost of producing Cloth (2 units of Wheat). Country B has a lower opportunity cost of producing Cloth than Country A. Country A has a comparative advantage in Cloth and Country B has a comparative advantage in Wheat.

Correct Answer:

Both countries have the exact same opportunity cost of producing Cloth (2 units of Wheat).

Question 3

Absolute advantage is best defined as a nation's ability to:

Produce a good at a lower opportunity cost than any competitor nation. Export more goods than it imports, creating a constant trade surplus. Maintain fixed exchange rates relative to its major trading partners. Produce a greater quantity of a good using the same inputs than another nation.

Correct Answer:

Produce a greater quantity of a good using the same inputs than another nation.

Question 4

When a government imposes a tariff on an imported good, what is the immediate effect on the domestic market?

Domestic price falls, domestic production increases, and imports increase. Domestic price rises, domestic production decreases, and imports increase. Domestic price rises, domestic production increases, and imports decrease. Domestic price falls, domestic production decreases, and government tax revenue decreases.

Correct Answer:

Domestic price rises, domestic production increases, and imports decrease.

Question 5

Which welfare area on a standard tariff graph represents deadweight loss caused by the reduction in consumer surplus that is not recovered by producer surplus or government tariff revenue?

The two production and consumption efficiency loss triangles. The producer surplus rectangle. The government tax revenue rectangle. The total area under the domestic demand curve.

Correct Answer:

The two production and consumption efficiency loss triangles.

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