Which One of the Following States a Central Element of the Economic

question 109

Multiple Choice

Which one of the following states a central element of the economic way of thinking?

• A) Scarce goods are priceless.
• B) Incentives matter--human choice is influenced in predictable ways by changes in personal costs and benefits.
• C) The realism of the assumptions is the best test of an economic theory.
• D) When deciding how to allocate time, the concept of opportunity cost is meaningless.

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Definitions:

Insertion Sort

Insertion sort is a simple sorting algorithm that builds the final sorted array (or list) one item at a time by repeatedly picking the next item and inserting it into the correct position among the already sorted items.

Key Comparisons

Evaluations performed to determine the relative order of data elements, typically used in sorting and searching algorithms.

Item Assignments

The process of assigning values or objects to variables or to positions in a data structure.

Binary Search

A search algorithm that finds the position of a target value within a sorted array by repeatedly dividing the search interval in half.