Supply & Demand Mcqs - Set 5

1)   If both marginal cost and marginal revenue increase, a firm ?

a. Should increase output
b. Should reduce output
c. will require further information on how to respond
d. Should not change output
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: will require further information on how to respond

Explanation:
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2)   A firm that breaks even after all economic costs are paid is earning ?

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

ANSWER: Normal profit

Explanation:
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3)   If a firm wage costs increase this will cause __________ and __________?

a. marginal cost to increase, output to fall
b. marginal revenue to increase output to fall
c. opportunity cost to increase the firm will close
d. average cost will rise output will increase ____ output and an upward shift in marginal revenue ____ output
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: marginal cost to increase, output to fall

Explanation:
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4)   Profits are maximized when ?

a. costs are minimized
b. revenue is maximized
c. average cost is less than average revenue
d. marginal cost equals marginal revenue
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: marginal cost equals marginal revenue

Explanation:
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5)   The increase in total cost when one more unit is produced is known as ?

a. marginal cost
b. opportunity cost
c. limited cost
d. average cost
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: average cost

Explanation:
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6)   Adding up the quantities demanded of a good by different people facing the same price gives us the ?

a. Supply curve
b. Market demand curve
c. Demand curve
d. Market supply curve
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Market demand curve

Explanation:
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7)   Economics assumes that people consume goods and services to achieve ?

a. Status
b. Prestige
c. Utility
d. Self-esteem
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Utility

Explanation:
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8)   The income effect of a price increase of a normal good is to ________ of that good and the substitution effect is to _________ of that good?

a. increase quantity demanded, reduce quantity demanded
b. increase quantity demanded, increases quantity demanded
c. reduce quantity demanded, reduce quantity demanded
d. reduce quantity demanded, increase quantity demanded
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: reduce quantity demanded, reduce quantity demanded

Explanation:
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9)   Inferior goods have _________ and luxury goods have _________?

a. negative income elasticity income elasticity greater than 1
b. income elasticity greater than 1, negative income elasticities
c. Positive income elasticities, negative income elasticities
d. None of the above
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: negative income elasticity income elasticity greater than 1

Explanation:
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10)   Positive cross elasticities suggest that goods are ____ and negative cross-elasticities that goods are ?

a. substitutes inferior
b. normal, complements
c. substitutes complements
d. normal, inferior
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: substitutes complements

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!