Question 1

What is a bumper crop? Explain how fluctuations in farm output lead to large changes in agricultural prices and income.

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A bumper crop is referring to unusually ...

Question 2

Based on World Bank data for 2015-2018, which of the following countries has the highest percentage of its labor force still in agriculture?

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A)  Brazil
B)  Honduras
C)  France
D)  JapanE) None of the above
F) All of the above

Question 3

As a result of the acreage allotment programs, we would expect

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A)  the best farmland to be taken out of production by farmers.
B)  the worst farmland to be taken out of production by farmers.
C)  lower farm incomes.
D)  lower farm prices.E) B) and D)
F) None of the above

Question 4

A major criticism of the parity concept is that

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A)  it is based on relative prices from a long time ago.
B)  it is not easily and objectively measured.
C)  the index is tracked by the government, not the private sector.
D)  there is no economic rationale for the concept.E) A) and D)
F) C) and D)

Question 5

As a nation's average household income rises, the percentage of household income that goes to food expenditures also increases.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

The problem faced by farms in the long run as portrayed in the diagram would involve price and quantity changes from

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A)  P₂ to P₃ and Q₁ to Q₄.
B)  P₁ to P₄ and Q₁ to Q₄.
C)  P₂ to P₁ and Q₁ to Q₂.
D)  P₄ to P₁ and Q₄ to Q₁.E) A) and B)
F) All of the above

Question 7

The Agricultural Act of 2014 expanded the direct payments, countercyclical payments, and marketing loans provided by the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

Expanding per capita incomes in the United States have resulted in a(n)

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A)  more-than-proportionate increase in the demand for agricultural products.
B)  proportionate increase in the demand for agricultural products.
C)  less-than-proportionate increase in the demand for agricultural products.
D)  absolute decline in the amount of agricultural products consumed.E) A) and B)
F) B) and C)

Question 9

The Food for Peace program

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A)  established price supports of 100 percent of parity.
B)  restricted American exports by restricting shipments to specific communist nations.
C)  expanded American exports by permitting less-developed countries to buy American surplus products with their own currencies.
D)  provided job training to farmers and farm workers who move to urban areas seeking employment.E) B) and C)
F) All of the above

Question 10

Fixed costs faced by farmers typically include the following, except

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A)  family labor.
B)  fertilizer.
C)  property taxes.
D)  interest and rent payments.E) A) and C)
F) A) and B)

Question 11

Overproduction of farm products in the European Community has been primarily the result of

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A)  low U.S. tariffs on imports of farm products.
B)  subsidies to farmers in the European Community.
C)  increasing world trade in agricultural commodities.
D)  quotas imposed by the European Community on imported products.E) None of the above
F) B) and D)

Question 12

One reason for the year-to-year instability of agricultural product demand is the

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A)  high price-elasticity for agricultural products.
B)  fluctuations in weather patterns.
C)  declining role of technological progress in agriculture.
D)  greater dependence on exports to foreign markets.E) C) and D)
F) A) and C)

Question 13

What points did the Agricultural Act of 2014 address?

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The Agricultural Act of 2014 ended direc...

Question 14

If the prices of agricultural products fall, then the quantities demanded usually

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A)  do not increase by much because the price-changes are often small.
B)  do not increase by much because there are no close substitutes.
C)  increase significantly because the products satisfy basic needs.
D)  increase significantly because the products have no close substitutes and are necessities.E) B) and C)
F) A) and D)

Question 15

Refer to the diagram for the corn market. Assuming no externalities, a price support of B causes

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A)  economies of scale.
B)  production to be less profitable to farmers.
C)  an underallocation of resources to this product.
D)  an overallocation of resources to this product.E) B) and C)
F) All of the above

Question 16

Because the demand for food is relatively price inelastic, what effects would you expect to see as a result of technological advances that reduce the cost of food production?

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A)  Food prices would rise, but farm incomes would decline.
B)  Food prices would rise and farm incomes would rise.
C)  Food prices would decline and farm incomes would decline.
D)  Food prices would decline, but farm incomes would rise.E) A) and D)
F) None of the above

Question 17

Which of the following is correct?

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A)  The rapid expansion of foreign incomes will reduce U.S. agricultural exports.
B)  A decrease in the international value of the dollar will reduce U.S. agricultural exports.
C)  An increase in the international value of the dollar will reduce U.S. agricultural exports.
D)  Changes in the international value of the dollar have no effect on U.S. agricultural exports.E) None of the above
F) A) and D)

Question 18

In 2015, Farmer Lactose's dairy farm lost money. Under the Agricultural Act of 2014 dairy margin protection program, which of the following events would have triggered payments to Farmer Lactose?

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A)  only the price of milk falling too low
B)  only the price of feed rising too high
C)  either the price of milk falling too low or the price of feed rising too high
D)  if the collective revenue of all dairy farmers in the county fell too lowE) B) and C)
F) None of the above

Question 19

The Agricultural Act of 2014

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A)  maintained the "freedom to plant" and "direct-payment" features of the Freedom to Farm Act of 1996, and also provided countercyclical payments and marketing loans to assist farmers.
B)  restored the U.S. price support system (for currently grown crops) that was ended in the Freedom to Farm Act of 1996.
C)  ended the "freedom to plant" approach of the Freedom to Farm Act of 1996 and restored acreage allotments.
D)  ended both direct payments and countercyclical payments to farmers.E) All of the above
F) A) and B)

Question 20

Acreage allotments, which limit the number of acres planted with a particular crop, have an effect on the crop's price that is

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A)  consistent with a price-support program.
B)  contradictory to a price-support program.
C)  consistent with a price-ceiling for the crop.
D)  disadvantageous to the farmers of the crop.E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Exam 22: Agriculture: Economics and Policy

What is a bumper crop? Explain how fluctuations in farm output lead to large changes in agricultural prices and income.

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The Agricultural Act of 2014

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In 2015, Farmer Lactose's dairy farm lost money. Under the Agricultural Act of 2014 dairy margin protection program, which of the following events would have triggered payments to Farmer Lactose?

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Overproduction of farm products in the European Community has been primarily the result of

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What points did the Agricultural Act of 2014 address?

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As a nation's average household income rises, the percentage of household income that goes to food expenditures also increases.

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If the prices of agricultural products fall, then the quantities demanded usually

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Expanding per capita incomes in the United States have resulted in a(n)

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Based on World Bank data for 2015-2018, which of the following countries has the highest percentage of its labor force still in agriculture?

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The Agricultural Act of 2014 expanded the direct payments, countercyclical payments, and marketing loans provided by the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008.

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As a result of the acreage allotment programs, we would expect

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The Food for Peace program

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Refer to the diagram for the corn market. Assuming no externalities, a price support of B causes

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Fixed costs faced by farmers typically include the following, except

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The problem faced by farms in the long run as portrayed in the diagram would involve price and quantity changes from

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Acreage allotments, which limit the number of acres planted with a particular crop, have an effect on the crop's price that is

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A major criticism of the parity concept is that

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Which of the following is correct?

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One reason for the year-to-year instability of agricultural product demand is the

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Because the demand for food is relatively price inelastic, what effects would you expect to see as a result of technological advances that reduce the cost of food production?

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