Costs , Supply & Perfect Competition Mcqs - Set 4

1)   If a firm is not operating at the output necessary to achieve all scale economies, it has not achieved its ?

a. Efficient scale
b. Average efficient scale
c. Maximum efficient scale
d. Minimum efficient scale
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Minimum efficient scale

Explanation:
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2)   Decrease returns to scale means that _____ as ______?

a. Short run marginal cost rises, output rises
b. long run marginal cost rises, output rises
c. Short run average cost rises, output rises
d. long run average cost rises, output rises
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: long run average cost rises, output rises

Explanation:
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3)   A production is technique is technically efficient if ?

a. output is maximized
b. inputs are minimized
c. there is no way to make a given output using less of one input and no more of the other inputs
d. Costs are minimized
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: there is no way to make a given output using less of one input and no more of the other inputs

Explanation:
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4)   In marketing “USP” stands for ?

a. Unique Selling Proposition
b. Underlying Sales Proposition
c. Unit Sales Point
d. Under Sales Procedure
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Unique Selling Proposition

Explanation:
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5)   In Porter’s five force model conditions are more favorable for firms within an industry if ?

a. Buyer power is high
b. Supplier power is high
c. Entry threat is low
d. Substitute threat is high
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Substitute threat is high

Explanation:
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6)   Effective branding will tend to make ?

a. Demand more price inelastic
b. Supply more price inelastic
c. Demand more income elastic
d. Supply more income elastic
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Supply more income elastic

Explanation:
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7)   In monopolistic competition firms profit maximize where ?

a. Marginal revenue = Average revenue
b. Marginal revenue = Marginal cost
c. Marginal revenue = Average cost
d. Marginal revenue = Total cost
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Marginal revenue = Average cost

Explanation:
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8)   In monopolistic competition ?

a. Firms face a perfectly elastic demand curve
b. All products are homogeneous
c. Firms make normal profits in the long run
d. There are barriers to entry to prevent entry
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: There are barriers to entry to prevent entry

Explanation:
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9)   If the long-run market supply curve for a good is perfectly elastic, an increase in the demand for that good will, in the long run, cause ?

a. an increase in the number of firms in the market but no increase in the price of the good
b. an increase the price of the good and an increase in the number of firms in the market
c. an increase the price of the good but no increase in the number of firms in the market
d. no impact on either the price of the good or the number of firms in the market
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: an increase in the number of firms in the market but no increase in the price of the good

Explanation:
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10)   If all firms in a market have identical cost structures and if inputs used in the production of the good in that market are readily available, then the long-run market supply curve for that good should be ?

a. downward sloping
b. perfectly inelastic
c. upward sloping
d. perfectly elastic
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: perfectly elastic

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!