Game theory - Questionário
  • 1. Which branch of economic theory specifically analyzes multi-agent interactions?
A) Game theory
B) Decision theory
C) General equilibrium theory
D) Mechanism design theory
  • 2. What is the primary focus of decision theory?
A) Single-player scenarios
B) Macroeconomic trade
C) Multi-agent interactions
D) Rule creation
  • 3. How does mechanism design theory differ from game theory?
A) It focuses on the consequences of different rules
B) It ignores individual preferences
C) It only addresses single-player scenarios
D) It avoids incentive modeling
  • 4. What is a 'metagame' in the context of game theory and mechanism design?
A) A purely descriptive econometric model
B) A game with no defined rules
C) A game played by a single agent
D) A game that aims to develop rules for a subject game
  • 5. What subject is explicitly listed as a focus area within mechanism design?
A) Auctions
B) Historical data trends
C) Single-objective optimization
D) Static environmental constraints
  • 6. What is the main concern of general equilibrium economists?
A) Single-player preference formation
B) Macroeconomic issues of trade and production
C) Metagame analysis
D) Individual agent belief formation
  • 7. What does DSGE stand for?
A) Decision-based strategic game evaluation
B) Dynamic stochastic general equilibrium
C) Direct simulation of general equilibrium
D) Dual-system game environment
  • 8. How does game theory differ from traditional econometric models?
A) It accounts for strategic interactions
B) It relies solely on historical data
C) It is purely descriptive
D) It focuses on static environments
  • 9. Which methodology is often used to replicate market dynamics through reward-punishment mechanisms?
A) Agent-based modeling
B) Traditional econometrics
C) Static optimization algorithms
D) Decision analysis
  • 10. What limitation do optimization algorithms have according to the text?
A) They assume static environments
B) They are too dynamic
C) They focus on multiple stakeholders
D) They analyze strategic interactions
  • 11. What is the primary field of study of game theory?
A) Applied mathematics
B) Theoretical physics
C) Organic biology
D) Pure chemistry
  • 12. What is the acronym used by Eric Rasmusen to describe the four essential elements of a game?
A) GAMES
B) PLAY
C) PAPI
D) STRAT
  • 13. Which mathematical theorem did John von Neumann use to build the foundations of game theory?
A) Fundamental theorem of calculus
B) Bayes' theorem
C) Pythagorean theorem
D) Brouwer fixed-point theorem
  • 14. In which year did John Nash, John Harsanyi, and Reinhard Selten win the Nobel Prize in economics?
A) 1944
B) 1994
C) 2005
D) 2012
  • 15. What is the term for the value a player receives for a strategy?
A) Utility outcome
B) Payoff
C) Revenue
D) Profit
  • 16. Which of the following is NOT an element of PAPI?
A) The choices
B) The players
C) The environment
D) The information
  • 17. Game theory has been applied to help understand which type of behavior in philosophy?
A) Ethical or normative behavior
B) Irrational behavior
C) Deviant behavior
D) Biological behavior
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