Supply & Demand Mcqs - Set 1

1)   A firm that makes profit in addition to normal profit is making ?

a. Economic profit
b. Accounting profit
c. Normal profit
d. supernormal profit
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: supernormal profit

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2)   An upward shift in marginal cost _____ output and an upward shift in marginal revenue ______ output?

a. reduces; reduces
b. reduces; increases
c. increases; increases
d. increases; reduces
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: reduces; increases

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3)   Marginal revenue is the ________ when output is __________?

a. Change in average revenue, increased
b. Change in total revenue, increase by one unit
c. change in average revenue, increased by one unit
d. change in total revenue increased
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Change in total revenue, increase by one unit

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4)   Firms are assumed to ________ costs and to ________ profits?

a. incur, desire
b. pay, make
c. charge earns
d. minimize, maximize
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: minimize, maximize

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5)   The extra utility from consuming one more unit of a good is called ?

a. Marginal utility
b. Additional utility
c. Surplus utility
d. Bonus utility
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Marginal utility

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6)   The opportunity cost of a student is____________?

a. Course fees and rent
b. A loan from the bank
c. What the student could have earned in the best job available by not studying
d. What the student will earn after graduation
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: What the student could have earned in the best job available by not studying

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7)   If your income doubles and the prices of the goods you buy double then your demand for these goods will likely?

a. increase
b. not change
c. decrease
d. shift
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: not change

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8)   A measurement showing how quantity demanded varies with income is the ?

a. Price elasticity of demand
b. Cross-price elasticity of demand
c. budget elasticity of demand
d. income elasticity of demand
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: income elasticity of demand

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9)   The price elasticity of demand measures ?

a. The responsiveness of quantity demanded to a change in price
b. How far a demand curve shifts
c. a change in price
d. a change in quantity demanded
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: The responsiveness of quantity demanded to a change in price

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10)   Increased level consumption ?

a. shift aggregate supply to the right
b. shift aggregate supply to the left
c. shift aggregate demand to the right
d. shift aggregate demand to the left
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: shift aggregate supply to the left

Explanation:
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