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Economics supply and demand
Economics supply and demand
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This is a review of supply and demand for high school seniors
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Suppliers often reduce prices because they
want to increase the product supply
have a surplus of products to sell
have a shortage of products to sell
want to decrease consumer demand
2
According to the law of supply, when prices increases,
quantity demanded increases
demand increases
quantity supplied increases
supply increases
3
An actress starts a craze for wearing camouflage. What factor is affecting demand?
consumer taste
complements
substitutes
consumer expectations
4
manufacturers who use robots to do certain jobs are trying to increase supply by
taking advantage of government regulation
increasing the number of producers
lowering input costs
applying new technology
5
The United States instituted rationing during
The Vietnam War
World War II
The Korean War
The Persian Gulf War
6
Supply can be changed by
input costs
income
substitutes
equilibrium
7
The change in the amount consumers will buy because they can buy a different product instead
income effect
inferior goods
substitution effect
normal goods
8
If quantity demanded does not change significantly when price changes, how is demand described?
perfectly elastic
inelastic
unit elastic
elastic
9
When there is a shortage, producers raise prices in an attempt to
separate the quantity supplied and demanded
raise the quantity demanded
lower the quantity supplied
equalize the quantity supplied and demanded
10
What two factors are necessary for demand?
familiarity with a good/service and the desire to pay for it
availability of a good/service and the ability to pay for it
desire for a good or service and the ability to pay for it
desire for a good or service and its availability
11
Lower prices generally
motivate producers to enter a market
motivate consumers to buy
discourage consumers from buying
discourage producers from leaving a market
12
What term is defined as goods that consumers demand more of when their incomes rise?
normal goods
inferior goods
substitute goods
complementary goods
13
Which concept is defined as the measure of how responsive consumers are to price change?
consumer taste
elasticity of demand
decreasing marginal utility
consumer expectation
14
The price system helps to allocate resources efficiently because prices will adjust until
the maximum number of goods and services are sold
many more goods than services are sold
the minimum number of goods and services are sold
an equal number of goods and services are sold
15
In the price system of a market economy,prices are determined by
political forces
market conditions
central planning
private investors
16
The point of equilibrium is when
Supply=Demand
Supply> Demand
Demand>Supply
17
The maximum amount that sellers may charge for a good or service is called a
Minimum wage
Maximum wage
Price ceiling
price floor
18
factory closes, workers fired, and consumer spending falls. What factor is affecting demand?
consumer taste
consumer expectation
substitutes
income
19
The additional expense of producing one more unit of a product is called
marginal labor
marginal revenue
marginal cost
marginal product
20
Companies engage in competitive pricing to
gain a bigger share of the market
reduce their share of the market
prepare for bankruptcy
increase their employee salaries
21
A market demand curve shows how much
of a product a market is willing and able to buy
of a product an individual is willing and able to buy
22
Higher prices generally
discourage consumers from seeking a substitute
motivate producers to enter a market
discourage producers from entering a market
motivate consumers to buy