{"id":25547,"date":"2026-10-16T23:29:39","date_gmt":"2026-10-16T17:29:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/mcq\/state-gdp-metro-area-gdp-give-different-totals-new-jersey-activity\/"},"modified":"2026-10-16T23:29:39","modified_gmt":"2026-10-16T17:29:39","slug":"state-gdp-metro-area-gdp-give-different-totals-new-jersey-activity","status":"publish","type":"mcq","link":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/mcq\/state-gdp-metro-area-gdp-give-different-totals-new-jersey-activity\/","title":{"rendered":"Why can state GDP and metro-area GDP give different totals for New Jersey activity?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Why can state GDP and metro-area GDP give different totals for New Jersey activity?<\/p>\n\n\n<ul class=\"quiz-options\">\n<li>Metro GDP includes only New Jersey companies with headquarters in Newark<\/li>\n<li>State GDP and metro GDP always have identical boundaries in the Northeast<\/li>\n<li>Their geographic boundaries are not identical<\/li>\n<li>State GDP excludes the output of firms operating in a metropolitan county<\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"author":39,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","subject":[3258],"topic":[4001,3975],"education_level":[1897],"class_list":["post-25547","mcq","type-mcq","status-publish","hentry","subject-us-economy","topic-economic-research-methods","topic-new-jersey-facts","education_level-graduate"],"mcq_note":"<p><strong>State GDP and metropolitan statistical area GDP differ because their geographic boundaries differ.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A metropolitan statistical area is based on economic and commuting integration and can span several states. State GDP uses political boundaries, so the two geographies describe different sets of producers. Analysts should identify the geographic crosswalk before combining state and metropolitan statistics.<\/p>","mcq_options":[{"right":"no","answer":"Metro GDP includes only New Jersey companies with headquarters in Newark"},{"right":"no","answer":"State GDP and metro GDP always have identical boundaries in the Northeast"},{"right":"yes","answer":"Their geographic boundaries are not identical"},{"right":"no","answer":"State GDP excludes the output of firms operating in a metropolitan county"}],"multi_answers":"no","subject_terms":[{"id":3258,"title":"U.S. Economy","slug":"us-economy"}],"topic_terms":[{"id":4001,"title":"Economic Research Methods","slug":"economic-research-methods"},{"id":3975,"title":"New Jersey Facts","slug":"new-jersey-facts"}],"education_level_terms":[{"id":1897,"title":"Graduate","slug":"graduate"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mcq\/25547","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mcq"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/mcq"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/39"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25547"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25547"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"subject","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/subject?post=25547"},{"taxonomy":"topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic?post=25547"},{"taxonomy":"education_level","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/education_level?post=25547"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}