SIMULATION 1

Every time I go to the store, the price of everything’s going higher. I just got a nice raise at work, but everything’s so expensive now, it’s like I got a pay cut.

I’m retired and living off my savings. Seems like lately my medicines, my groceries, and my utility bill are going up and up, but my savings account doesn’t pay diddly-squat! My money hasn’t grown at all for years!

Numbers out tonight show GDP grew by 9.1% last year, one of the highest growth rates on record, and unemployment is down to just 2.5%. President Sally Jenkins said the huge tax cut she pushed through Congress last year is why growth is so strong, although she said nothing about the 13% jump in the CPI.

President Jenkins also boasted about her administration’s halftrillion dollar increase in defense spending, accusing her critics of “whining too much” about the federal deficits that have soared since she took office. Fed Chairman Hal Kubrick promised to help Americans all he could by keeping interest rates near zero.

1. In one word, the problem facing this economy is:

2. We know this because of the 3 following pieces of economic data:

3. The monetary policy this economy needs is:

4. The fiscal policies this economy needs are:

5. Explain one way that your recommended policies would help either Susan or Dale.

6. What does President Jenkins fail to understand that is hurting the economy?

7. What mistake is Fed Chairman Hal Kubrick making that is hurting the economy?

 SIMULATION 2

We used to work for a construction company, but we’ve both been laid off for months. All we’ve had to live on is what we had in the bank – which is nearly gone. But even when we were working it seemed like taxes ate up almost everything we made. We could never get ahead!

This pizzeria has been in my family for generations, but we’ve had to shut down! The

last 9 months or so all our customers stopped coming. I tried to get a small business loan, but 15% interest? No way!

The Bureau of Economic Analysis reported tonight that GDP contracted by 7.3% in the first quarter of this year, the sixth consecutive quarter of declining GDP out of the last nine.

Almost 700,000 Americans applied for unemployment benefits last week, and the BEA estimated the unemployment rate will top 10% by the time next month’s official report is released.

President Sally Jenkins took the grim economic news in stride, insisting that now was the time to keep the government’s budget balanced. Fed Chairman Hal Kubrick added that he

would continue to keep interest rates at levels that would prevent inflation.

1. In one word, the problem facing this economy is:

2. We know this because of the 3 following pieces of economic data:

3. The monetary policy this economy needs is:

4. The fiscal policies this economy needs are:

5. Explain one way that your recommended policies would help either Cindi & James or Papa Len.

6. What does President Jenkins fail to understand that is hurting the economy?

7. What mistake is Fed Chairman Hal Kubrick making that is hurting the economy?

Find the energy of a photon of light if the wavelength of the light wave is 6.88 x 10-7m.

2.89 x 10-19J

4.56 x 10-40J

3.46 x 1018J

7.56 x 10-20J

2.

When a neon atom is electrified, electrons jump to higher orbits. One of the electrons falls from an outside orbit to an inside orbit, giving off red light with a wavelength of 6.34 x 10-7m. Calculate the frequency of the red light given off by the neon atom.

5.27 x 10-31/s

4.74 x 10141/s

255 1/s

2.84 x 10-151/s

3.

An automobile has a wavelength that is not measurable by human standards. If the car has a mass of 2000 lbs (905 kg) and travels at 30 miles/hr (26.8 m/s), calculate the wavelength of the car.

1.96 x 10-35m

2.24 x 10-32m

1.10 x 10-38m

2.73 x 10-38m

4.

A local radio station can be tuned in by dialing your radio to a frequency of 1175 kHz. Calculate the energy of the wave. (Hint: kHz means 1 x 103 Hz.)

7.81 x 10-34J

7.57 x 10-44J

7.81 x 10-28J

7.81 x 10-31J

5.

Energy and wavelength have what type of mathematical relationship?

directly proportional

equal to each other

inversely proportional

energy is double the wavelength

6.

Which color of visible light has the most energy per photon?

violet

blue

green

red

7.

Find the wavelength of a photon of light if the energy of the light wave is 4.07 x 10-19J.

4.89 x 10-7 m

7.11 x 10-12 m

5.85 x 1018 m

1.28 x 10-19 m

8.

A microwave oven emits radiation at a frequency of 3.14 x 1010Hz. What is the wavelength of this radiation?

7.60 x 10-23m

3.19 x 10-11m

9.55 x 10-3m

3.82 x 10-2m

9.

The correct electron configuration for V is which of the following?

1s22s22p63s23p63d5

1s22s22p63s23p64s23d4

1s22s22p62d103s23p3

1s22s22p63s23p64s23d3

11.

How many unpaired electrons are there for Cr (#24)?

6

4

2

1

12.

An element has an electron configuration that ends in 6p4. Which column is it in?

14

15

16

17

13.

An atom of an element has the electron configuration [Kr]5s24d105p3. What is the element?

Sn

As

Bi

Sb

14.

1s22s22p63s23p64s23d4 is the electron configuration for which of the following atom?

Ca

Cr

Co

Fe

18.

What is the maximum electron capacity of an f sublevel?

2

14

10

6

19.

How many quantum numbers are required to uniquely describe an electron in an atom?

1

2

3

4

20.

Which of the following sets of quantum numbers refers to a 2s orbital?

1, 2, 2, +½

1, 2, 1, +½

2, 1, -1, +½

2, 0, 0, +½

21.

Which of the following sets of quantum numbers is not allowed?

1, 0, 0, 1

2, 1, 0, +½

3, 1, -1, -½

4, 3, -1, -½

22.

What are the four quantum numbers that describe the last electron in Np?

5, 3, 0, +½

5, 3, -1, +½

5, 4, 0, +½

5, 3, 0, -½

23.

What are the four quantum numbers for the last electron in for Ru3+?

4, 2, 0, +½

5, 0, 0, -½

4, 2, 2, -½

4, 2, -2, +½

24.

Which ion has a charge of -2 and whose last electron into an orbit has quantum numbers of 4, 1, -1, -½?

S2-

As2-

Se2-

Te2-

25.

Which ion has a charge of 2+ and whose last electron into an orbit has quantum numbers of 5, 2, 0, -½?

Pd2+

Pt2+

Au2+

Hg2+