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What are primary segments of commercial aviation?
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Regional/commuter air carriers
Large commercial air carriers
Large commercial air carriers
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What is the principal benefit of mergers?
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Cost rationalization
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Who was the biggest loser throughout the course of the economic "trough" that followed the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001?
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Passengers
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150 is 25% of what number?
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600
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What term best characterizes the US airline industry?
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Volatile
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One trend in the global airline industry is a thriving cargo industry due to increased globalization of the business marketplace.
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True
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Which region is expected to surpass the North American market in the next 20 years in terms of absolute growth and market share?
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Asia-Pacific
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In the ten years following deregulation, how many airline mergers and acquisitions took place?
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51
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100 is what percent of 80?
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125%
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Which category of economic impact includes off-site economic activities that are attributable to air transportation activities?
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Indirect impact
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An increase in price will increase total revenue for goods with inelastic demand.
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True
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What type of goods have an income elasticity greater than 1?
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Superior
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What is the percentage change in the dependent variable resulting from a 1 percent change in the independent variable?
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Elasticity
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Which of the following is the best proxy variable for income?
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Gross domestic product
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If cross-price elasticity of demand is found to be less than zero, then the related firm's product is determined to be which of the following?
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Complementary
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What measures the elasticity over a range of values?
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Arc elasticity
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What is the percentage change in the quantity demanding resulting from a 1 percent change in price?
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Price elasticity
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What measures the impact of a related firm's price on demand?
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Cross-price elasticity
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How is elasticity of demand measured?
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(Change in quantity) / (Change in price)
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If the product's income elasticity is greater than zero, then the good is categorized as which of the following?
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Normal
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Which of the following are methods by which to analyze the global air transport industry?
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Aircraft in Service
Passenger and Cargo Traffic
Passenger and Cargo Traffic
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What is the main factor affecting world air traffic growth?
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Prosperity of the region
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Historically, mergers have been very successful in the aviation industry.
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False
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Which category of economic impact includes off-site economic activities that are attributable to air transportation activities?
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Indirect impact
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Which of the following are factors that have led to the general reduction in consolidation at US airports?
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Increased competition from LCCs
Major carriers pushing more flying to regional affiliates
Major carriers pushing more flying to regional affiliates
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The North American airline industry has historically been the most dominant player in the global aviation industry.
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True
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Which of the following are primary segments of commercial aviation?
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Regional/commuter air carriers
Large commercial air carriers
Large commercial air carriers
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Which of the following is a fundamental assumption of economics?
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People respond predictably to a given set of choices in order to maximize their benefits and minimize their losses
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Which of the following are true of the Law of Demand?
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-If we lower the price of a product, that will raise the quantity demanded for the product
-If we raise the price of a product, that will lower the quantity demanded for the product
-If we raise the price of a product, that will lower the quantity demanded for the product
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What is the ability and willingness to buy specific quantities of a good or a service at alternative prices in a given time period under ceteris paribus conditions?
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Demand
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Which of the following states that quantity demanded has a negative or inverse relationship with price?
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Law of demand
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Since the FAA was formed in 1958, accident rates have dropped almost
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92.5 percent
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Which determinant of demand causes a movement along the demand curve?
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Ticket price
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Which type of unemployment is a function of the time it takes the labor market to match the available jobs with persons in the labor force?
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Frictional unemployment
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Which of the following are factors that are held constant for the demand curve to not change?
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Income
Population
Preference
Price expectations
Price of related product
Population
Preference
Price expectations
Price of related product
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Externalities and lack of competition are examples of what type of failures?
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Market failure
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Which characteristic of demand for air transport refers to a long-term trend of peaks and troughs of economic activity?
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Cyclicality
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What term refers to the point of intersection between the demand curve and the supply curve?
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Equilibrium
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Which of the following is true as the supply curve becomes more and more inelastic, or as the slope gets higher and higher?
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It become increasingly difficult for the producers to shift the burden of the cost to the consumers
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Which of the following are factors that affect the law of supply?
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Number of suppliers
Price of related goods
Price of inputs
Expected future price
Price of related goods
Price of inputs
Expected future price
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What is the private, non-profit corporation that Canada moved to in 1996?
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NavCanada Corporation
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According to the FAA, how many airports have more than 10,000 enplanements and are grouped as commercial service airports in the US?
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422
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Which of the following are types of privatization?
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Traditional
Full divestiture
Long-term lease
Full divestiture
Long-term lease
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Who took over the responsibility of civil aviation with the Civil Aeronautics Act?
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Civil Aeronautics Authority
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As delay factors increase in magnitude, they increase the quantity of air traffic demanded.
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False
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As of 2007, how many countries have implemented commercialization reforms of their ATC operations?
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40
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Most opposition to ATC commercialization centers on which of the following?
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User fees
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Which of the following is the best proxy variable for income?
answer
Gross domestic product
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If the product's income elasticity is greater than zero, then the good is categorized as which of the following?
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Normal
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If the demand curve for a product is almost horizontal, the product is what?
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Perfectly elastic
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How is elasticity of demand measured?
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(Change in quantity) / (Change in price)
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Which of the following are categories of price elasticity?
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Inelastic
Unitary Elastic
Elastic
Unitary Elastic
Elastic
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which of the following is true if any change in price, within reason, won't change the demand?
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It is perfectly inelastic
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Which of the following measures the elasticity of the function at a specific value?
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Point elasticity
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Which of the following are major elasticities?
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Price elasticity
Cross-price elasticity
Income elasticity
Cross-price elasticity
Income elasticity
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If cross-price elasticity of demand is found to be less than zero, then the related firm's product is determined to be which of the following?
answer
Complementary
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Which of the following determines the sensitivity that changes in the annual income of consumers have on the quantity demanded for a product?
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Income elasticity
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A perfectly upward sloping supply curve represents which of the following?
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Perfect inelasticity
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What term looks at how a price change in one good would influence the quantity demanded in another good?
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Cross elasticity of demand
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If elasticity of demand is less than 1,a 1% drop in price would result in which of the following?
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A less than 1% increase in quantity
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If you multiply 0.99 times 1.01, you will get 1.
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False
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If there is a very large change in quantity supplied as a result of a very small change in price, which of the following is true?
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The supply is approaching perfect elasticity
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If you sold nine burgers at $5.50 each, what would be your total revenue?
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$49.50
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At the inelastic points on the demand curve, how is total revenue influenced by a decrease in price?
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Total revenue will decrease
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When calculating the cross elasticity of substitute products, what will the result be?
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A positive number
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At the unit elasticity point on the demand curve, how is total revenue influenced by a decrease in price?
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Total revenue will decrease
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How is cross elasticity of demand calculated?
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Percent change in quantity/Percent change in price
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What is the largest of the ever-present threats to profitability?
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fuel costs
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The ultimate question of profitability depends to a large extent on what?
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Elasticity of demand
Cost containment ability
Cost containment ability
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Which of the following is a measure of how consolidated the domestic US market is?
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Herfindahl-Hirschman index
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Which of the following innovations have allowed airlines to reduce costs?
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-E-ticketing
-Frequent Flyer programs
-Simpler cockpit and better engine design
-Frequent Flyer programs
-Simpler cockpit and better engine design
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Which of the following terms best characterizes the US airline industry?
answer
Volatility
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Which of the following is a focus of macroeconomics?
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economy
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Which of the following are stages of a business cycle?
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Expansion or recovery
Peak
Contraction or recession
Trough
Peak
Contraction or recession
Trough
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Which of the following are determinants of demand?
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Frequency of service
State of economy
Prices of ticket
Costs of substitutes
State of economy
Prices of ticket
Costs of substitutes
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Which of the following is true of the law of supply?
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All else equal, if the price goes down, the quantity supplied goes down
All else equal, if the price goes up, the quantity supplied goes up
All else equal, if the price goes up, the quantity supplied goes up
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The FAA expects flight operations to increase by what amount over the next decade?
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Over 35%
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Which of the following are studies that have concluded that US ATC management is flawed?
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-Aviation Safety Commission in 1988
-National Performance Review in 1993
-Secretary of Transportation's Executive Oversight Group in 1994
-National Performance Review in 1993
-Secretary of Transportation's Executive Oversight Group in 1994
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How is demand impacted by delay?
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Demand decreases immediately, multiplying over time
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Which of the following measures the impact of a related firm's price on demand?
answer
Cross-price elasticity
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How is elasticity of supply calculated?
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(Percent change in quantity supplied)/(Percent change in price)
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When calculating the cross elasticity of complement products, what will the result be?
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A negative number