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RHE Economics Unit 2
RHE Economics Unit 2
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Supply and Demand
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An increase or decrease in quantities producers offer for sale as a result of a change in an input cost is a
change in quantity demanded
shift or change in demand
shift or change in supply
diminishing marginal utility
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at higher prices consumers generally buy small quantities, and at lower prices consumers tend to buy larger quantities.
Law of diminishing returns
Law of demand
Law of increasing costs
Law of supply
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The term meaning “all else equal”. (Or only change the first thing that changed when graphing.)
ex nihilo nihil fit
carthago delenda est
ceteris paribus
auribus teneo lupum
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Which of the following statements represents a function of the public sector?
Promotes competition
Redistributes income
All of the above
Defines and enforces property rights
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What does the law of demand predict about the relationship between prices and the number of purchases?
At lower prices buyers will purchase more items than at higher prices.
At lower prices sellers will offer more items than at higher prices.
At higher prices, buyers will purchase more items than at lower prices
At higher prices, sellers offer more items for sale than at lower prices
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Why is insulin an inelastic good?
No close substitute
many substitutes
its expensive
its cheap
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The degree to which a price change of a good alters the quantity purchased of that good is
the price elasticity of demand
the price elasticity of supply
a change in quantity demanded
diminishing marginal utility
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The condition occurring in a market when the price is above the equilibrium
voluntary exchange
Scarcity
a shortage
a surplus
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What does the law of demand predict about the relationship between prices and the number of purchases?
At lower prices sellers will offer more items than at higher prices.
At higher prices, sellers will offer more items than at lower prices
At higher prices, buyers will purchase more items than at lower prices
At lower prices buyers will purchase more items than at higher prices.
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Which group has the most power in determining prices through supply and demand?
sellers
government
Federal Reserve
buyers
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What is a synonym for Market Clearing Price?
surplus
shortage
Equilibrium
ceiling
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If there is an increase in an input cost it will shift the______ curve
labor
input
supply
demand
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The various quantities of a good which producers are willing to sale at different prices
Supply
A shift in supply
Elasticity of supply
a change in quantity supplied