Al and Bill Are the Only Workers in a Small

question 16

Multiple Choice

Al and Bill are the only workers in a small factory that makes geegaws and doodads.Al can make 5 geegaws per hour or 10 doodads per hour.Bill can make 4 geegaws per hour or 24 doodads per hour.Assuming that neither of them finds one task more odious than the other,

• A)Bill has a comparative advantage in producing geegaws and Al has a comparative advantage in producing doodads.
• B)Bill has a comparative advantage in producing both geegaws and doodads.
• C)Al has a comparative advantage in producing geegaws and Bill has a comparative advantage in producing doodads.
• D)Al has a comparative advantage in producing both geegaws and doodads.
• E)both have a comparative advantage in producing doodads.

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Definitions:

Event-Based Task

A task in computing that is triggered by the occurrence of specific events, rather than being executed in a continuous loop.

Periodic Task

A task that is scheduled to run or execute at regular intervals.

Programs

Instructions written in a programming language that a computer or device executes to perform specific tasks.

Task

A specific piece of work or operation to be performed, often part of a larger process or system functionality.