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What is one economic benefit of dense regional markets and transport links?

  • Automatic elimination of every business cost
  • Guarantee of zero congestion
  • Easier matching of firms, workers, suppliers, and customers
  • Permanent price controls
Correct answer(s):
  • Easier matching of firms, workers, suppliers, and customers

How is the unemployment rate calculated?

  • All employed workers divided by state GDP
  • Unemployed labor-force participants divided by the civilian labor force
  • Unemployed people divided by all residents including children
  • Workers in manufacturing divided by total land
Correct answer(s):
  • Unemployed labor-force participants divided by the civilian labor force

What is a potential cost of intense development along New Jersey’s transport corridors?

  • No demand for infrastructure
  • Higher land costs and congestion
  • Elimination of all commute times
  • Unlimited free land
Correct answer(s):
  • Higher land costs and congestion

What was New Jersey’s revised calendar-year nominal GDP in 2024?

  • About $846.6 billion
  • About $68.8 billion
  • About $200 billion
  • About $1.4 trillion
Correct answer(s):
  • About $846.6 billion

Which amount approximated New Jersey’s revised 2023 nominal GDP?

  • $7.9 trillion
  • $2.8 trillion
  • $97.9 billion
  • $797.9 billion
Correct answer(s):
  • $797.9 billion

How much did New Jersey’s revised nominal GDP grow from 2024 to 2025?

  • About 49 percent
  • About 24 percent
  • About 4.9 percent
  • About 0.49 percent
Correct answer(s):
  • About 4.9 percent

What was New Jersey’s revised 2025 real GDP in chained 2017 dollars?

  • About $1.69 trillion
  • About $688.8 billion
  • About $68.8 million
  • About $887.8 trillion
Correct answer(s):
  • About $688.8 billion

What was New Jersey’s revised 2024 real GDP in chained 2017 dollars?

  • About $675.2 billion
  • About $1.675 trillion
  • About $75.2 billion
  • About $875.2 trillion
Correct answer(s):
  • About $675.2 billion

Approximately how much did New Jersey’s revised real GDP grow from 2024 to 2025?

  • 20 percent
  • 50 percent
  • 9 percent
  • 2.0 percent
Correct answer(s):
  • 2.0 percent

Why can New Jersey farmers efficiently serve large nearby cities?

  • Mandatory cross-Pacific shipping
  • Complete isolation from urban markets
  • Relatively short regional distribution routes
  • No transportation infrastructure
Correct answer(s):
  • Relatively short regional distribution routes

Why can nominal GDP and real GDP grow at different rates?

  • Only nominal GDP can include manufacturing
  • Real GDP counts residents while nominal GDP counts counties
  • Prices and measurement adjustments affect the comparison
  • Both measure only wages
Correct answer(s):
  • Prices and measurement adjustments affect the comparison

What helped develop both commuting and freight movement in New Jersey?

  • Closure of every port
  • Rail and highway links with major markets
  • Only seasonal hiking trails
  • A lack of road and rail access
Correct answer(s):
  • Rail and highway links with major markets

How is state GDP per capita calculated?

  • Payroll jobs multiplied by GDP
  • Total state GDP divided by a defined population
  • Median income divided by total land area
  • Unemployment divided by household count
Correct answer(s):
  • Total state GDP divided by a defined population

How can protected-area rules influence southern New Jersey development?

  • By directing where and how intensely development occurs
  • By guaranteeing all land becomes urban
  • By changing Earth’s rotation
  • By outlawing every existing road nationwide
Correct answer(s):
  • By directing where and how intensely development occurs

Approximately what was New Jersey’s GDP per resident using revised 2025 GDP and July 2025 population?

  • $93,000
  • $930
  • $930,000
  • $9,300
Correct answer(s):
  • $93,000

Why can rising coastal construction increase flood risk even if storms do not become more frequent?

  • Building more homes removes storm surge
  • Exposure has no effect on risk
  • Storms cannot flood buildings
  • More people and property become exposed to existing hazards
Correct answer(s):
  • More people and property become exposed to existing hazards

What does New Jersey’s GDP per capita not directly reveal?

  • A per-person output statistic
  • A ratio based on GDP
  • Output divided by population
  • Typical resident take-home income
Correct answer(s):
  • Typical resident take-home income

Which geographic combination supports New Jersey’s varied maritime activities?

  • Only inland mountains
  • Great Lakes and Gulf of Alaska
  • New York Harbor, Atlantic coast, and Delaware Bay
  • Pacific coast, Great Salt Lake, and Puget Sound
Correct answer(s):
  • New York Harbor, Atlantic coast, and Delaware Bay

What median household income did Census QuickFacts report for New Jersey in 2020-2024, in 2024 dollars?

  • $13,556
  • $303,556
  • $103,556
  • $203,556
Correct answer(s):
  • $103,556

In state economic accounts, what does GDP primarily measure?

  • Only state-government tax revenue
  • Value added by production within the state during a period
  • The number of employed residents
  • Money in all resident bank accounts
Correct answer(s):
  • Value added by production within the state during a period