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Test Canvas : Self-Test Quiz - Chapter 18
Microeconom ics, 3e
Test Canvas: Self-Test Quiz - Chapter 18
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1. Multiple Choice: Which of the following is not a ratio...
Question Which of the following is not a rationale for the welfare state?
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alleviating income inequality
2. Multiple Choice: Programs designed to provide protecti...
Question Programs designed to provide protection against unpredictable financial distress
are known as:
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3. Multiple Choice: Which of the following correctly desc...
Question Which of the following correctly describes what has happened to the poverty rate
historically in the United States?
4. Multiple Choice: Of the following demographic groups i...
Question Of the following demographic groups in the United States, which is least likely to
be poor?
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5. Multiple Choice: Which of the following would not be c...
Question Which of the following would not be considered a cause of poverty?
6. Multiple Choice: Which of the following correctly desc...
Question Which of the following correctly describes what has happened to income inequality
historically in the United States?
7. Multiple Choice: The income of the household lying at ...
Question The income of the household lying at the exact middle of the income distribution is:
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8. Multiple Choice: If a country's Gini coefficient had a...
Question If a country's Gini coefficient had a value of one, this means:
9. Multiple Choice: Which of the following is not one of ...
Question Which of the following is not one of the reasons suggested for the increase in
income inequality in the United States since 1980?
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10. Multiple Choice: Which of the following is not a means...
Question Which of the following is not a means-tested program?
11. Multiple Choice: The major in-kind benefit programs fo...
Question The major in-kind benefit programs for the United States are:
12. Multiple Choice: Which of the following programs suppl...
Question Which of the following programs supplement the income of only low-income
working families?
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13. Multiple Choice: The effect of taxes and transfers on ...
Question The effect of taxes and transfers on poverty in the United States is that they:
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have no impact on poverty.
14. Multiple Choice: In the United States, the highest per...
Question In the United States, the highest percentage of health care is paid for by:
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individuals.
15. Multiple Choice: Adverse selection often occurs in the...
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Adverse selection often occurs in the private health market because,
_____________ on average would pay __________ for their health care insurance
premiums than for their health care costs.
16. Multiple Choice: Most Americans receive their health c...
Question Most Americans receive their health care:
17. Multiple Choice: In the United States, those most like...
Question In the United States, those most likely to be uninsured are:
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18. Multiple Choice: Which of the following is not a chara...
Question Which of the following is not a characteristic of the U.S. health care system in
comparison to health care systems in other countries?
19. Multiple Choice: The United States has ____________ he...
Question The United States has ____________ health care costs per person and
_____________ costs on health care administration than do other wealthy
countries.
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20. Multiple Choice: Which of the following is an efficien...
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