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1
Which of the following is accurate in regard to a perfectly competitive firm?
Demand is downward sloping
Average revenue differs from price
Demand curve lies above marginal revenue curve
Price is determined by equilibrium in the market
2
For this monopoly, what is true about production at Q2?
Tota revenue is maximized
Demand is elastic
Profits are maximized
Demand is inelastic
3
Which of the following indicates that two goods are complements:
A positive cross price elasticity
A demand elasticity greater than one
A negative cross price elasticity
A positive income elasticity
4
Which of the following is likely to have the most elastic demand?
Gasoline
Insulin
Diapers
Gold
5
Average Variable Costs are decreasing whenever:
ATC is increasing
ATC = AVC
ATC is decreasing
MC > AVC
6
The law of diminishing marginal utility is most useful for explaining:
Law of demand
Diminishing marginal product of capital
PPC
Law of supply
7
Which of the following likely to result in a rightward shift in the demand for orange juice?
Expectations of lower future prices of orange juice
Decrease in the price of Tang
Increase in the income of orange juice drinkers
A drought for orange crops
8
A PPC will be a straight line if:
Marginal product is a straight line
Utility is maximized
The goods on the axes use the same inputs
Efficiency is acheived
9
When a monopolist's marginal review is positive then:
Demand for the good is elastic
Demand for the good is inelastic
Demand for the good is unit elastic
Demand for the good is perfectly inelastic
10
Which market structure has many firms that offer slightly differentiated products?
Perfect Competition
Monopsony
Monopolistic Competition
Monopoly
11
If the government wants to est. a socially optimal price for a monopoly, that would occur where
Average revenue equals zero
Marginal revenue equals marginal cost
Marginal cost intersects demand
Marginal revenue equals zero
12
Which of the following statements is true for a perfectly competitive industry?
Marginal revenue is decreasing
Marginal revenue is increasing
Total revenue increases then decreases
Average revenue equals marginal revenue
13
Consumer surplus is represented by the area:
ACD
ABC
0ACE
BCD
14
In the long run, a monopolistically competitive firm:
Earns positive economic profit
Faces a vertical demand curve
Earns negative economic profit
Earns zero economic profit
15
Unlike a perfectly competitive firm, a monopoly:
Faces a horizontal demand curve
Has horizontal marginal revenue curve
Faces a downward sloping demand curve
Can charge any price it wants
16
Based on the PPC, the opportunity cost of producing the seventh carrot is:
Two tomatoes
Five tomatoes
Eight Tomatoes
Three tomatoes
17
The total costs for a perfectly competitive firm are below. What is this firm's MC at 6 units?
$20
$27
$28
$17
18
Which shaded region represents the consumer surplus after the excise tax?
1, 2, 4
1
2 & 3
2
19
When marginal product exceeds average product, average product:
Falls
Don't pick this answer.
Remains the same
Rises
20
When the long-run ATC of a firm decrease as output increase, it is experiencing:
The substitution effect
Constant returns to scale
Economies of scale
Diseconomies of scale
21
When total product increases at an increasing rate:
Average product exceeds marginal product
Marginal product is increasing
Average product is decreasing
Marginal product is decreasing
22
The necessity for a monopoly to lower its price in order to sell more units explains why?
The marginal revenue curve is below the demand curve
Marginal cost curve for a monopoly slopes upward
Monopolies are able to maintain market power
Monopolies are common among public utilities
23
Based on the information below, which of the following statements is true?
Diminishing marginal returns begins with the second worker
Diminishing marginal returns begin with the fourth worker
The firm should hire five workers
The firm experiences decreasing returns to scale
24
Which of the following is the equation for Marginal Cost?
Change in Fix Cost/Quantity
Change in Total Cost/Quantity
Total Cost/Change in Quantity
Change in Total Cost/Change in Quantity
25
How many units of output should be produced in order to maximize profit?
80
50
70
60
26
When the opportunity for price discrimination arises:
Those with relatively inelastic demand pay lower prices
Consumer surplus decreases
Those with relatively elastic demand pay higher prices
Demand is vertical
27
Which of the following is true of the marginal utility curve?
It intersects total utility at total utility's maximum
It increases, reaches its highest point, then decreases
It increases when total utility decreases
It decreases, reaches its lowest point, then rises
28
Which of the following is not an economic function of the government?
Maintain growth of the money supply
Correct externalities
Enact laws that promote competition
Provide public goods
29
For the payoff matrix below, what will the outcome be?
Both Bob and Tom should go low
Bob should go low and Tom should go high
Bob should go high and Tom should go Low
Both Bob and Tom should go high
30
Labor, human capital, entrepreneurship and natural resources are all examples of:
Factors of Production
Outputs
Public Goods
Inferior Goods
31
Suppose that perf. comp. firms are producing at P1, Q1. Which will occur in the long run?
Firms will exit the industry
Price will decrease to P
Firms will enter the industry
Price will increase to P3
32
See the situation below
P decreases Q indeterminate
P increases Q decreases
P increases Q indeterminate
P indeterminate Q increases
33
Which of the following is true of total revenue for a perfectly competitive producer?
TR increases at an increasing rate
TR decreases at a decreasing rate
TR increases at a constant rate
TR decreases at an increasing rate
34
What does a PPC with a straight line indicate?
Opportunity costs are constant
The economy is fully employed
Opportunity costs are increasing
Opportunity costs are decreasing
35
If the monopolist seeks to maximize profit, it should set a price equal to:
$14
$10
$13
$17
36
According to the cost curves below, AVC:
Increase after 60 units of output
Intersect MC at $20
Are $20 at 70 units of output
Exceed ATC
37
For the chart for burritos below, after which burrito do diminishing marginal returns occur?
1
3
2
4
38
What happens to P & Q if a report is issued that says carrot cake causes cancer?
P decreases Q indeterminate
P increases Q increases
P increases Q decreases
P decreases Q decreases
39
Which would most likely reduce the consumer surplus within a market?
Increase in the demand curve
Firms in an oligopoly practice price discrimination
Monopoly becomes a perfectly competitive market
Increase in the supply curve
40
Which of the following is a characteristic of perfectly competitive firm's demand curve?
Marginal revenue is equal to MC at all levels of output
Average revenue is less than price at all levels of output
It is the same as the industry demand curve
Price and marginal revenue are equal at all levels of output
41
The market demand curve for labor would shift to the left as a result of:
An increase in demand for the good which labor is producing
An increase in the price of the good the labor is producing
Decrease in the marginal product of labor
Increase in wage rate paid to workers
42
If a firm is producing goods at the lowest costs possible then it is achieving:
Allocative efficiency
Absolute efficiency
Productive efficiency
Diminishing marginal utility
43
Patents, control of resources, economies of scale and exclusive licenses are:
All sources of elastic demand
Required for a firm to earn short run profits
All barriers to entry
Price discrimination
44
Which of the following is the underlying reason for the law of increasing opportunity cost?
Resources are scarce
Capital goods cannot be divided into smaller units
Resources are not equally suited to produce of all goods
Higher prices cause production of all goods to increase
45
What are the effects on S&D curves for Frisbees if a firm is able to lower costs of production
B
A
C
D
46
If the economy below moves from point A to point C, then how many guitars are sacrificed?
2 Guitars
1 Guitar
15 Drum Sets
5 Drum Sets
47
Because the benefits from education go beyond personal benefits, education provides:
Externalities and should be subsidized
Decreasing marginal utility
Externalities and should be taxed
Increasing marginal utility
48
If the monopolist maximizes profit, the marginal cost of its product will be:
$14
$13
$10
$17
49
The additional revenue that firm receives from hiring one more worker is known as the:
Marginal Physical Product
Marginal Revenue Product
Marginal Cost
Average Variable Cost
50
Which of the following best describes the elasticity of a perfectly comp. firm's demand curve?
Perfectly elastic
Perfectly inelastic
Unit elastic
Relatively inelastic
51
The condition that P=MC is the direct requirement for which kind of efficiency?
Allocative Efficiency
Productive Efficiency
Distributive Efficiency
Technical Efficiency
52
Which would occur in a perfectly competitive labor market if a minimum wage was imposed:
Demand shifts to the right
Supply shifts to the right
A surplus of workers
A shortage of workers
53
If microwave meals are inferior goods and consumer incomes decline:
Market price will fall
Quantity supplied will decrease
Supply will shift left
Demand will shift right
54
Game theory and collusion are most closely associated with:
Monopoly
Perfect Competition
Monopolistic Competition
Oligopoly
55
The demand curve for labor is derived from:
The labor supply curve for the firm
The market labor demand curve
Equilibrium wages
The demand curve for the output produced by labor