Simon Has Just Started a Job with the Police Department

question 92

Multiple Choice

Simon has just started a job with the police department. His director has given him the last six months of test results from four local precincts. Simon has organized the results as four data series and needs to display the trends in a graphic format.
-It's difficult to read the exact scale on some of Simon's data.Adding ____ would make it easier to read.

• A)a legend
• B)major tick marks
• C)colors
• D)more numbers

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Definitions:

Price System

An economic mechanism wherein prices are determined by the interaction of supply and demand, guiding the allocation of resources and distribution of goods and services.

Scarce Goods

Items that are limited in availability relative to the desires or needs of consumers.

Laissez-Faire Economy

Literally from the French: “allow [them] to do.” An economy in which individual people and firms pursue their own self-interest without any central direction or regulation.

Excess Supply

A situation where the quantity of a product offered for sale by producers is greater than the quantity demanded by consumers at a given price.