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1
Supply curves normally slope upward and to the right.
False
True
2
When supply shifts to the left, what happens to market price and quantity?
They both go up
They both go down
Price rises, quantity falls
Price falls, quantity rises
3
Is the image in the graph a price ceiling or a price floor?
Price Ceiling
Price Floor
4
A demand curve has two variables...
Quantity and Demand
Supply and Price
Supply and Quantity
Quantity and Price
5
In a market economy the actual price and quantity sold are determined by
Buyers only
in interaction of both the buyers and the sellers
Sellers only
The government
6
Which of the following might have caused the demand curve to shift right?
The number of consumers fell
Resource costs dropped
Consumer preferences for the product improved
Consumer income fell
7
The law of supply guarantees that all the products supplied at a given price will be sold.
False
True
8
The law of demand states that as price increases, quantity demanded will increase.
False
True
9
T or F: when a price floor is imposed, QS will be less than it was at the EQ price
False
True
10
What is the point at which the buyers and sellers agree at a particular price?
Overhead Costs
Rescorce Costs
Taxes
Price Equilibrium
11
A table the shows the relationship between the price of an item and the quantity supplied of the item is called a?
Supply curve
The supply equilibrium
Law of Supply
Supply schedule
12
If the demand curve shifts left, what will happen to the market price and quantity?
They both go up
Price falls, quantity rises
They both go down
Price rises, quantity falls
13
When the amount supplied is less than the amount demanded what occurs?
The market is at an equilibrium
A shortage
None of these
A surplus
14
When supply decreases the supply curve shifts
Right
Left
15
According to the law of demand, as price rises
Producers sell more
Consumers buy more
Producers sell less
Consumers buy less
16
In the market for soda, consumers cut back on drinking sugary drinks
Supply shifts right
Demand shifts right
Demand shifts left
Supply shifts left
17
T or F: when a price ceiling is put in place QD will be higher than it was at the EQ price
True
False
18
At any price above the equilibrium price
QD = QS
QD > QS
QD < QS
19
When demand increases, the demand curve shifts
Right
Left
20
Is the following graph showing a price ceiling or price floor?
Price ceiling
Price floor
21
What is the most important determinant when it comes to the buyer and seller
Income
Supply
Resources
Price
22
According to the law of supply, as prices fall
Quantity supplied rises
Quantity supplied falls
Quantity supplied does not respond
Quantity demanded by consumers falls
23
With a constant amount of income, higher prices decrease our ability to purchase products. This is...
Diminishing Marginal Utility
Resource Costs
Substitution Effect
Income Effect.
24
When the supply curve shifts right, what happens to market price and quantity?
They both rise
They both fall
Price falls, quantity rises
Price rises, quantity falls
25
What is the best explanation for the change you see in the supply curve?
Taxes rose
Resource costs rose
Subsidies to businesses fell
Production technology improved
26
In the market for wheat, new technology improves farming and harvesting techniques
Supply shifts right
Demand shifts left
Supply shifts left
Demand shifts right
27
An increase in demand will cause the equilibrium price to
Fall
Rise
28
In the market for car tires, the cost producers pay for rubber and steel belting rises
Demand shifts right
Demand shifts left
Supply shifts right
Supply shifts left
29
A decrease in supply will cause the equilibrium price to
Rise
Fall
30
In the market for chocolate, disease in cocoa trees reduces the size of the harvest
Demand shifts right
Demand shifts left
Supply shifts right
Supply shifts left
31
In the market for new homes, consumer incomes rise
Supply shifts left
Supply shifts right
Demand shifts left
Demand shifts right
32
At a price floor, the market condition that results is called a(n)
Shortage
Surplus
Equilibrium
33
When the government agrees to financially support a business it is called a?
Subsidy
Taxes
Loan
Grant
34
A price ceiling must be placed ______ equilibrium in order to change the market
Below
Above
35
Which of the following factors do NOT affect Supply?
Demand to produce
Ability to produce
Time to produce
Willingness to produce
36
If consumer income rises, how would the demand curve change?
It will shift right
It will shift left
It will not change
Consumers will buy less
37
Which of the following is true about the market clearing (equilibrium) price?
Quantity supplied is greater than quantity demanded
Quantity demanded equals quantity supplied
Quantity demanded is greater than quantity supplied