population and development Mcqs
52. Organized family-planning programs and the demand for birth control resulting from urbanization, modernization, economic development and increased education have contributed to ?
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A. The demographic transition from stage 3 to stage 2

B. an increase in the dependency ratio

C. increases in the ratio of labor to capital

D. a decline in fertility
53. The ______ is the ratio of the non-working population (under 15-year-old and over 64 years old) to the working-age population ?
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A. labor force participation rate

B. None of these

C. dependency ratio

D. per capita population ratio

55. Malthuss theory was that population ?
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A. increased proportionally to economic growth

B. increased stagnantly with food supply and economic development

C. increased disproportionately surpassing agricultural production

D. increased geometrically, outstripping food supply which grew arithmetically
56. The goal of integrated pest management (IPT) is to?
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A. encompass biological control through fertilizers

B. undertake monoculture pest planning

C. reduce yield losses by pests while minimizing the negative effects of pest control

D. have year-round plantings of a single crop

57. Which of the following is not a possible cost of high fertility rates and rapid population growth ?
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A. a higher labor force growth rate and higher unemployment

B. increasing returns to natural resources with a direct impact on average food consumption

C. a working population that must support a large number of dependents

D. increased urbanization and congestion

58. Prototypes of international agricultural research centers are the ?
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A. international Center for the Improvement of Maize and Wheat (CIMMYT)

B. International Rice Research Institute (IRRI)

C. #NAME?

D. Center for International Agricultural production Control (CIAPC)

60. A stationary population is when population growth is ?
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A. increasing at an increasing rate

B. 100%

C. zero

D. decreasing

62. Julian simon ?
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A. used the second law of thermodynamics to assume that technological progress is costless

B. assumed the classical view of technological change 6

C. supported the Club of Romes Limits to Growth for estimating technical change

D. assumed that population growth causes technological progress