Question 1

Import quotas on sugar may cost consumers $2 billion per year.But this quota goes unchallenged because the $10 average annual cost per person is so small that probably not one voter in 200 knows the quota exists.This statement describes

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A)  the voting paradox.
B)  the special-interest effect.
C)  the median-voter model.
D)  free-rider problem.E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 2

In 2015, farm employment constituted about

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A)  15.8 percent of total employment.
B)  1.1 percent of total employment.
C)  1.5 percent of total employment.
D)  2.4 percent of total employment.E) A) and B)
F) None of the above

Question 3

Irving Tiller received an insurance payment because his wheat crop sold for a price below an established threshold.Under the Agricultural Act of 2014, Tiller received payment under

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A)  direct payment coverage.
B)  countercyclical payment coverage.
C)  price loss coverage.
D)  agricultural risk coverage.E) A) and C)
F) A) and B)

Question 4

When increases in the supply of an agricultural product are much greater than the increases in demand for it over time, then the price

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A)  and quantity of agricultural products will increase.
B)  and quantity of agricultural products will decrease.
C)  of agricultural products will increase, but the quantity will decrease.
D)  of agricultural products will decrease, but the quantity will increase.E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 5

The average income of U.S.farm households in 2014 was

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A)  less than the average income for all households.
B)  about equal to the average income for all households.
C)  about 60 percent higher than the average income of all households.
D)  about 20 percent higher than the average income of all households.E) A) and C)
F) None of the above

Question 6

In the United States, "farm products" are generally produced in more markets, while "food products" tend to be sold in markets that are more .

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A)  monopolistic; competitive
B)  competitive; oligopolistic
C)  oligopolistic; competitive
D)  oligopolistic; monopolisticE) B) and C)
F) A) and D)

Question 7

If price supports are established and producers are producing more than consumers want to buy at that price, to maintain producers' income the government will have to

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A)  reduce price supports.
B)  increase price supports.
C)  buy the surplus.
D)  restrict output.E) A) and D)
F) None of the above

Question 8

The purpose of the Freedom to Farm Act of 1996 was to

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A)  immediately end U.S.farm subsidies.
B)  end 60 years of U.S.price supports for American grain crops.
C)  eliminate U.S.tariffs and quotas on imported farm goods.
D)  stabilize short-run crop prices.E) B) and C)
F) B) and D)

Question 9

Under the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008, if the target price for a bushel of corn was $2.63 and the price of corn fell to $2.25, then a farmer would have received

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A)  a marketing loan.
B)  a transition payment.
C)  an acreage allotment.
D)  a countercyclical payment.E) B) and D)
F) C) and D)

Question 10

Many members of Congress who represent urban low-income areas vote in favor of farm subsidies.In return, many representatives of agricultural areas support programs such as food stamps, which provide benefits for the urban poor.This situation would be an example of

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A)  confusing symptoms with causes.
B)  misguided subsidies.
C)  rent-seeking behavior.
D)  political logrolling.E) C) and D)
F) B) and C)

Question 11

The short-run instability in the prices of agricultural products arises from the following factors, except

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A)  inelastic demand for the products.
B)  fluctuations in farm outputs.
C)  fluctuations in demand for the products.
D)  fluctuations in incomes of the farmers.E) B) and C)
F) C) and D)

Question 12

An example of the special interest effect is a farm program from which a large group receives small benefits at the expense of a smaller group who individually suffer large losses.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

The inelastic demand for agricultural products means that a(n)

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A)  decrease in price will increase farm incomes.
B)  increase in price will decrease farm incomes.
C)  decrease in price will decrease farm incomes.
D)  increase in price will not change farm incomes.E) A) and D)
F) None of the above

Question 14

The principal beneficiaries of government agricultural aid have been the very low-income farmers.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

Federal food distribution programs, such as the food stamp program, represent efforts to

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A)  increase supplies of agricultural commodities.
B)  increase demand for agricultural commodities.
C)  decrease the value of farming to the nation.
D)  facilitate the movement of people from farms to cities.E) A) and B)
F) None of the above

Question 16

Farm outputs' share of U.S.GDP from 1950 to the present has

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A)  stayed roughly constant at about 10 percent.
B)  dropped from about 30 percent to 10 percent.
C)  stayed roughly constant at about 30 percent.
D)  dropped from about 7 percent to 1 percent.E) B) and C)
F) A) and B)

Question 17

The effect of higher prices from the domestic sugar beet program in the United States is

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A)  economically efficient because it maintains the income of sugar beet farmers and reduces potential unemployment costs.
B)  that it discourages the production of sugar beets in the United States because businesses cannot afford to use sugar beets in production.
C)  that it increases exports of sugar beets from the United States to other nations.
D)  "regressive" because low-income households spend a larger percentage of their income on food than do high-income households.E) None of the above
F) A) and D)

Question 18

The growing importance of export demand for American agriculture has

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A)  reduced the international value of the dollar.
B)  had no significant effect on the stability of the demand for farm products.
C)  destabilized the total demand for farm products.
D)  stabilized the total demand for farm products.E) A) and D)
F) A) and C)

Question 19

A major feature of the "Freedom to Farm" Act of 1996 was the

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A)  elimination of price supports and acreage allotments for many agricultural crops.
B)  expansion of government price supports for many agricultural crops.
C)  bolstering of the foreign demand for U.S.agricultural products.
D)  increased support for research on farm productivity to help expand the supply of farm products.E) A) and C)
F) All of the above

Question 20

The U.S.Agriculture Act of 2014 did the following, except

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A)  ending the so-called countercyclical payments to farmers.
B)  extending the direct payments to farmers, which were independent of their crop production.
C)  creating an insurance program, called price loss coverage, which pays farmers if the price of their crop falls below a specified level.
D)  introducing a countywide insurance program called agricultural risk coverage.E) None of the above
F) A) and B)

Exam 22: Agriculture: Economics and Policy

The U.S.Agriculture Act of 2014 did the following, except

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The purpose of the Freedom to Farm Act of 1996 was to

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Import quotas on sugar may cost consumers $2 billion per year.But this quota goes unchallenged because the $10 average annual cost per person is so small that probably not one voter in 200 knows the quota exists.This statement describes

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Irving Tiller received an insurance payment because his wheat crop sold for a price below an established threshold.Under the Agricultural Act of 2014, Tiller received payment under

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When increases in the supply of an agricultural product are much greater than the increases in demand for it over time, then the price

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The short-run instability in the prices of agricultural products arises from the following factors, except

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The principal beneficiaries of government agricultural aid have been the very low-income farmers.

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Farm outputs' share of U.S.GDP from 1950 to the present has

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The inelastic demand for agricultural products means that a(n)

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Many members of Congress who represent urban low-income areas vote in favor of farm subsidies.In return, many representatives of agricultural areas support programs such as food stamps, which provide benefits for the urban poor.This situation would be an example of

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A major feature of the "Freedom to Farm" Act of 1996 was the

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If price supports are established and producers are producing more than consumers want to buy at that price, to maintain producers' income the government will have to

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The growing importance of export demand for American agriculture has

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In the United States, "farm products" are generally produced in more markets, while "food products" tend to be sold in markets that are more .

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The effect of higher prices from the domestic sugar beet program in the United States is

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In 2015, farm employment constituted about

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Under the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008, if the target price for a bushel of corn was $2.63 and the price of corn fell to $2.25, then a farmer would have received

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The average income of U.S.farm households in 2014 was

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Federal food distribution programs, such as the food stamp program, represent efforts to

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An example of the special interest effect is a farm program from which a large group receives small benefits at the expense of a smaller group who individually suffer large losses.

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