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Which description correctly characterizes Connecticut’s tourism economy?

  • Tourism supports museums, historic sites, parks, casinos, restaurants, and coastal communities
  • Connecticut has no significant aerospace or defense manufacturing
  • Connecticut’s economy depends almost entirely on farming
  • Submarine construction is concentrated in northwestern Connecticut
Correct answer(s):
  • Tourism supports museums, historic sites, parks, casinos, restaurants, and coastal communities

Which description correctly characterizes Connecticut’s insurance industry?

  • Southwestern Connecticut has little economic connection to New York City
  • Tourism is Connecticut’s only major source of economic activity
  • Connecticut’s modern economy includes finance, insurance, manufacturing, healthcare, education, and technology
  • Connecticut’s economy depends almost entirely on farming
Correct answer(s):
  • Connecticut's modern economy includes finance, insurance, manufacturing, healthcare, education, and technology

What should students understand about Connecticut’s economy?

  • Submarine construction is concentrated in northwestern Connecticut
  • Tourism is Connecticut’s only major source of economic activity
  • Hartford is primarily known as an oil-production center
  • Pratt & Whitney is associated with Connecticut’s aerospace industry
Correct answer(s):
  • Pratt & Whitney is associated with Connecticut's aerospace industry

Which economic claim about Connecticut’s economy is correct?

  • Sikorsky is associated with helicopter manufacturing in Connecticut
  • Hartford is primarily known as an oil-production center
  • Connecticut has no significant aerospace or defense manufacturing
  • Southwestern Connecticut has little economic connection to New York City
Correct answer(s):
  • Sikorsky is associated with helicopter manufacturing in Connecticut

What is the most accurate description of Connecticut’s submarine industry?

  • Connecticut’s economy depends almost entirely on farming
  • Submarine construction is concentrated in northwestern Connecticut
  • Connecticut has no significant aerospace or defense manufacturing
  • General Dynamics Electric Boat is associated with submarine construction in Connecticut
Correct answer(s):
  • General Dynamics Electric Boat is associated with submarine construction in Connecticut

Which statement best explains Connecticut’s advanced manufacturing?

  • Submarine construction is concentrated in northwestern Connecticut
  • Advanced manufacturing in Connecticut includes precision components and specialized machinery
  • Tourism is Connecticut’s only major source of economic activity
  • Connecticut has no significant aerospace or defense manufacturing
Correct answer(s):
  • Advanced manufacturing in Connecticut includes precision components and specialized machinery

What is economically accurate about Connecticut’s economy?

  • Healthcare and research are important parts of Connecticut’s economy
  • Tourism is Connecticut’s only major source of economic activity
  • Submarine construction is concentrated in northwestern Connecticut
  • Southwestern Connecticut has little economic connection to New York City
Correct answer(s):
  • Healthcare and research are important parts of Connecticut's economy

What is the most accurate description of Hartford?

  • Connecticut’s economy depends almost entirely on farming
  • Hartford is strongly associated with the insurance industry
  • Connecticut has no significant aerospace or defense manufacturing
  • Submarine construction is concentrated in northwestern Connecticut
Correct answer(s):
  • Hartford is strongly associated with the insurance industry

Which statement best explains Connecticut’s aerospace and defense sector?

  • Connecticut has an important aerospace and defense industry
  • Hartford is primarily known as an oil-production center
  • Tourism is Connecticut’s only major source of economic activity
  • Connecticut has no significant aerospace or defense manufacturing
Correct answer(s):
  • Connecticut has an important aerospace and defense industry

What is economically accurate about southeastern Connecticut?

  • Connecticut has no significant aerospace or defense manufacturing
  • Submarine construction is important in southeastern Connecticut
  • Southwestern Connecticut has little economic connection to New York City
  • Submarine construction is concentrated in northwestern Connecticut
Correct answer(s):
  • Submarine construction is important in southeastern Connecticut

Which description of official Delaware legal sources is accurate?

  • Official Delaware statutes and agencies are preferred sources for state symbols, taxation and corporate-law facts
  • Official Delaware statutes and agencies are unnecessary for state symbols or tax facts
  • Official Delaware statutes and agencies are less reliable than anonymous online comments
  • Official Delaware statutes and agencies are used only for weather forecasts
Correct answer(s):
  • Official Delaware statutes and agencies are preferred sources for state symbols, taxation and corporate-law facts

What is true about Delaware’s gross receipts tax?

  • Consumer sales-tax absence requires a high consumer sales tax instead through instruments such as gross receipts taxes
  • Consumer sales-tax absence prevents the state from collecting business revenue through instruments such as gross receipts taxes
  • Consumer sales-tax absence can coexist with substantial business taxation through instruments such as gross receipts taxes
  • Consumer sales-tax absence means businesses pay no taxes or fees through instruments such as gross receipts taxes
Correct answer(s):
  • Consumer sales-tax absence can coexist with substantial business taxation through instruments such as gross receipts taxes

Which description of Incorporation in Delaware is accurate?

  • Incorporation in Delaware always guarantees that a company is tax-free or economically active in the state
  • Incorporation in Delaware is sufficient proof that a company is tax-free or economically active in the state
  • Incorporation in Delaware proves by itself that a company is tax-free or economically active in the state
  • Incorporation in Delaware should not be treated as evidence that a company is tax-free or economically active in the state
Correct answer(s):
  • Incorporation in Delaware should not be treated as evidence that a company is tax-free or economically active in the state

Which fact best describes time-sensitive Delaware statistics?

  • Time-sensitive claims about population, GDP and city size never need dates or reference years
  • Time-sensitive claims about population, GDP and city size should always omit the year
  • Time-sensitive claims about population, GDP and city size require explicit reference years
  • Time-sensitive claims about population, GDP and city size remain accurate forever without updating
Correct answer(s):
  • Time-sensitive claims about population, GDP and city size require explicit reference years

Which option accurately explains BEA Delaware GDP estimates?

  • BEA state GDP estimates are fixed permanently at first publication, so preliminary values should not be treated as permanently fixed
  • BEA state GDP estimates can be revised, so preliminary values should not be treated as permanently fixed
  • BEA state GDP estimates are never revised, so preliminary values should not be treated as permanently fixed
  • BEA state GDP estimates cannot change after preliminary release, so preliminary values should not be treated as permanently fixed
Correct answer(s):
  • BEA state GDP estimates can be revised, so preliminary values should not be treated as permanently fixed

Which statement best summarizes industry-share GDP comparisons?

  • Industry shares of GDP should be calculated using values from the a population count and a land-area figure
  • Industry shares of GDP should be calculated using values from the different years and mixed price bases
  • Industry shares of GDP should be calculated using values from the same year and the same nominal or real basis
  • Industry shares of GDP should be calculated using values from the no year information at all
Correct answer(s):
  • Industry shares of GDP should be calculated using values from the same year and the same nominal or real basis

Which choice gives the correct context for Delaware GDP per capita?

  • A valid Delaware GDP-per-capita calculation requires GDP and population data from one current figure and one undated estimate
  • A valid Delaware GDP-per-capita calculation requires GDP and population data from unrelated reference periods
  • A valid Delaware GDP-per-capita calculation requires GDP and population data from compatible reference periods
  • A valid Delaware GDP-per-capita calculation requires GDP and population data from different decades without adjustment
Correct answer(s):
  • A valid Delaware GDP-per-capita calculation requires GDP and population data from compatible reference periods

What is true about primary statistical sources for Delaware?

  • Primary agencies such as the U.S. Census Bureau and Bureau of Economic Analysis are used only for historical fiction
  • Primary agencies such as the U.S. Census Bureau and Bureau of Economic Analysis are preferred for changing demographic and economic statistics
  • Primary agencies such as the U.S. Census Bureau and Bureau of Economic Analysis are less reliable than unsourced social-media posts
  • Primary agencies such as the U.S. Census Bureau and Bureau of Economic Analysis are unnecessary when statistics change over time
Correct answer(s):
  • Primary agencies such as the U.S. Census Bureau and Bureau of Economic Analysis are preferred for changing demographic and economic statistics

Which description of Delaware’s current-dollar GDP is accurate?

  • Current-dollar GDP and real GDP use methods used only for counting population and should not be treated as interchangeable measures
  • Current-dollar GDP and real GDP use different valuation methods and should not be treated as interchangeable measures
  • Current-dollar GDP and real GDP use methods that both ignore prices and should not be treated as interchangeable measures
  • Current-dollar GDP and real GDP use the same valuation method and should not be treated as interchangeable measures
Correct answer(s):
  • Current-dollar GDP and real GDP use different valuation methods and should not be treated as interchangeable measures

Which fact best describes chained-dollar GDP?

  • Chained-dollar GDP is designed to measure population growth rather than reporting current market values
  • Chained-dollar GDP is designed to measure land area rather than reporting current market values
  • Chained-dollar GDP is designed for comparing changes in real output over time rather than reporting current market values
  • Chained-dollar GDP is designed only to report current market prices rather than reporting current market values
Correct answer(s):
  • Chained-dollar GDP is designed for comparing changes in real output over time rather than reporting current market values