Monopoly PDF
Monopoly PDF
Monopoly PDF
MULTIPLE CHOICE. Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or answers the question.
1) Unregulated monopolies 1)
A) cannot change the market quantity.
B) can influence the market quantity and price.
C) cannot incorporate.
D) take the market price as given.
5) A public franchise is 5)
A) an exclusive right granted to an inventor of a product.
B) a government issued license required to practice a profession.
C) a unique source of raw materials.
D) an exclusive right granted to a firm to supply a good or service.
7) A patent grants 7)
A) a guarantee of quality to consumers.
B) an exclusive right to an inventor of a product.
C) the right to practice a profession.
D) control over a unique source or supply of raw materials.
9) Patents are ________ barriers to entry and public franchises are ________ barriers to entry. 9)
A) legal; legal B) legal; natural C) natural; natural D) natural; legal
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10) A defining characteristic of a natural monopoly is that 10)
A) it exists because of legal barriers to entry.
B) it has no close substitutes.
C) its average total cost curve slopes downward as it intersects the demand curve.
D) its demand curve slopes downward.
11) An industry in which one firm can supply the entire market at a lower price than two or more 11)
firms can is called a
A) legal monopoly. B) single-price monopoly.
C) natural monopoly. D) price-discriminating monopoly.
13) A market in which competition and entry are restricted by the granting of a public franchise, 13)
government license, patent, or copyright is called a
A) price-discriminating monopoly. B) single-price monopoly.
C) natural monopoly. D) legal monopoly.
15) All of the following are examples of price discrimination EXCEPT 15)
A) lower ticket prices for matinee performances.
B) buy-one-get-one-free offers.
C) "early bird specials" at a restaurant.
D) "buy now, pay later" payment options.
17) For a monopoly, the industry demand curve is the firm's 17)
A) profit function. B) marginal revenue curve.
C) supply curve. D) demand curve.
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18) Monopolists 18)
A) face downward sloping demand curves. B) are price takers.
C) have no short-run fixed costs. D) maximize revenue, not profits.
20) For a single-price monopoly, marginal revenue is ________ when demand is elastic and is ________ 20)
when demand is inelastic.
A) negative; positive B) positive; positive
C) positive; negative D) negative; negative
25) A monopoly firm expands its output and lowers its price. The firm finds that its total revenue falls. 25)
Hence, the firm is producing in the
A) inelastic range of its supply curve. B) elastic range of its supply curve.
C) elastic range of its demand curve. D) inelastic range of its demand curve.
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26) The figure above shows a monopoly firm's demand curve. If the price and quantity of haircuts 26)
move from point t to point r, the monopoly's
A) marginal revenue will decrease. B) total revenue will fall.
C) total revenue will remain the same. D) total revenue will rise.
27) The figure above shows a monopoly firm's demand curve. If the price and quantity of haircuts 27)
move from point t to point u, the monopoly's
A) total revenue will remain the same. B) total revenue will fall.
C) marginal revenue will increase. D) total revenue will rise.
28) The figure above shows a monopoly firm's demand curve. At point t 28)
A) demand is inelastic. B) demand is elastic.
C) demand is unit elastic. D) total revenue is at a minimum.
29) The figure above shows a monopoly firm's demand curve. The monopoly's total revenue is at its 29)
maximum when the firm produces at point
A) t. B) u. C) x. D) r.
30) The figure above shows a monopoly firm's demand curve. The monopoly's total revenue is zero at 30)
point
A) x. B) t. C) u. D) r.
31) The figure above shows a monopoly firm's demand curve. At point u in the figure, the demand 31)
facing the monopoly is
A) less than the supply. B) inelastic.
C) unit elastic. D) elastic.
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32) An unregulated monopoly will 32)
A) produce in the elastic range of its demand curve.
B) flood the market with goods to deter entry.
C) produce only where marginal revenue is zero.
D) produce in the inelastic range of its demand curve.
33) An unregulated monopoly finds that its marginal cost exceeds its marginal revenue. In order to 33)
increase its profit, the firm will
A) lower its price and increase its output.
B) raise its price and increase its output.
C) raise its price and decrease its output.
D) continue to produce this level of output because any change will lower its profit.
34) The figure above shows a monopoly's total revenue and total cost curves. The monopoly's 34)
economic profit is positive if it produces between
A) 0 and 20 units. B) 5 and 20 units. C) 0 and 15 units. D) 0 and 5 units.
35) The figure above shows a monopoly's total revenue and total cost curves. The monopoly's 35)
economic profit is zero if it produces
A) 15 units of output. B) 5 or 20 units of output.
C) 0 units of output. D) none of the above
36) The figure above shows a monopoly's total revenue and total cost curves. The monopoly's 36)
economic profit is maximized when it produces
A) 5 units of output. B) 20 units of output.
C) 0 units of output. D) 15 units of output.
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37) The figure above shows a monopoly's total revenue and total cost curves. The monopoly's marginal 37)
revenue equals its marginal cost when it produces
A) 5 units of output. B) 15 units of output.
C) 20 units of output. D) 0 units of output.
38) The monopoly with the TR and TC curves shown in the figure above will produce 38)
A) 5 units of output. B) 20 units of output.
C) 15 units of output. D) 0 units of output.
39) For the unregulated, single-price monopoly shown in the figure above, when its profit is 39)
maximized, output will be
A) 4 units per year and the price will be $6. B) 6 units per year and the price will be $4.
C) 4 units per year and the price will be $4. D) None of the above answers is correct.
40) The unregulated, single-price monopoly shown in the figure above will produce where its demand 40)
A) equals its ATC curve. B) is inelastic.
C) is elastic. D) equals its MC curve.
41) The unregulated, single-price monopoly shown in the figure above has a total economic profit of 41)
A) $4. B) $16. C) $24. D) $8.
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42) The unregulated, single-price monopoly shown in the figure above will sell 42)
A) 50 tickets. B) 30 tickets.
C) less than 30 tickets. D) 100 tickets.
43) An unregulated, single-price monopoly is shown in the figure above. If fixed cost is $20, the 43)
monopoly's total costs when it is maximizing its profit will be
A) $30. B) $40. C) $140. D) $80
44) An unregulated, single-price monopoly is shown in the figure above. If fixed cost is $20, the 44)
monopoly's total economic profit when it is maximizing its profit will be
A) $0. B) $50. C) negative. D) $25.
45) The monopoly illustrated in the figure above is unregulated and charges a single price. The 45)
deadweight loss created by the monopoly is
A) $90.00. B) $0. C) $22.50. D) $45.00.
46) Unregulated monopolies can often earn an economic profit in the long run because 46)
A) they have high costs.
B) barriers to entry prevent competing firms from entering the market.
C) they receive government subsidies.
D) the risks of running a monopoly are high.
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48) Which of the following statements is true? 48)
A) A perfectly competitive industry produces more output and charges the same price as a
single-price monopoly.
B) A perfectly competitive industry produces less output but charges a lower price than a
single-price monopoly.
C) A perfectly competitive industry produces less output and charges the same price as a
single-price monopoly.
D) A perfectly competitive industry produces more output and charges a lower price than a
single-price monopoly.
49) The fundamental reason a single-price monopoly creates a deadweight loss is that it 49)
A) restricts output. B) raises variable cost.
C) raises fixed cost. D) reduces the elasticity of demand.
50) The unregulated, single-price monopolist illustrated in the figure above has a total revenue of 50)
A) $8.00 per day. B) $36.00 per day. C) $16.00 per day. D) $40.00 per day.
51) The unregulated, single-price monopolist illustrated in the figure above has a total cost of 51)
A) $16.00 per day. B) $40.00 per day. C) $32.00 per day. D) $8.00 per day.
52) The unregulated, single-price monopolist illustrated in the figure above earns an economic profit 52)
of
A) $8.00 per day. B) zero. C) $10.00 per day. D) $40.00 per day.
53) The unregulated, single-price monopolist illustrated in the figure above will produce 53)
A) 6 units per day. B) 9 units per day. C) 0 units per day. D) 4 units per day.
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54) In the figure above, compared to a perfectly competitive industry with the same costs, a 54)
single-price, unregulated monopoly will decrease production by
A) 2 units per day. B) 4 units per day. C) 6 units per day. D) zero.
55) The unregulated, single-price monopolist illustrated in the figure above will set a price of 55)
A) $6.00 per unit. B) $8.00 per unit. C) $10.00 per unit. D) $2.00 per unit.
56) In the figure above, compared to a perfectly competitive industry with the same costs, a 56)
single-price, unregulated monopoly will raise the price by
A) $8.00 per unit. B) $6.00 per unit. C) $4.00 per unit. D) $2.00 per unit.
57) In the figure above, the deadweight loss created if the industry changes from perfectly competitive 57)
to a single-price, unregulated monopoly is
A) zero. B) $36.00 per day. C) $8.00 per day. D) $24.00 per day.
58) In the figure above, the redistribution from the consumers to the producer if the firm is a 58)
single-price, unregulated monopoly rather than a perfectly competitive industry is
A) $16.00 per day. B) $32.00 per day. C) $8.00 per day. D) zero.
59) In the figure above, the single-price, unregulated monopoly produces 59)
A) less than 20 units per day. B) 40 or more units per day.
C) 20 units per day. D) between 20 and 40 units per day.
60) If the industry in the above figure was perfectly competitive, the level of output would 60)
A) exceed the single-price monopoly level of output by 20 units.
B) be less than the single-price monopoly level of output.
C) be the same as the single-price monopoly level of output.
D) exceed the single-price monopoly level of output by 60 units.
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61) In the figure above, the efficient amount of output is 61)
A) 40 units. B) 60 units. C) 20 units. D) 80 units.
62) The output produced by the single-price, unregulated monopoly in the above figure is 62)
A) efficient because marginal costs equals marginal revenue.
B) efficient because profit is maximized.
C) inefficient because too little is produced.
D) inefficient because too much is produced.
63) In the figure above, the single-price, unregulated monopoly sets a price of 63)
A) $40 per unit. B) $60 per unit. C) $80 per unit. D) $0 per unit.
65) In comparison with a perfect competition, a single-price monopolist with the same costs 65)
A) generates a larger consumer surplus and a larger economic profit.
B) generates a smaller consumer surplus but a larger economic profit.
C) generates a larger consumer surplus and a smaller economic profit.
D) generates a smaller consumer surplus and a smaller economic profit.
67) Any attempt to capture a consumer surplus, a producer surplus, or an economic profit is called 67)
A) efficiency gain. B) profit-maximizing.
C) rent-seeking. D) price discriminating.
69) Activity aimed at creating artificial barriers to entry to a particular market 69)
A) improves competition. B) is rent seeking.
C) has no social cost. D) improves the economy's efficiency.
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71) Rent seeking through lobbying 71)
A) results in perfectly competitive industries. B) uses up resources.
C) results in perfect price discrimination. D) reduces deadweight loss.
74) A price discriminating monopolist charges lower prices to customers with 74)
A) higher average willingness-to-pay. B) lower average willingness-to-pay.
C) lower supply elasticities. D) higher supply elasticities.
76) The more perfectly a monopoly can price discriminate, the 76)
A) smaller its output and the higher its profits.
B) larger its output and the higher its profits.
C) larger its output and the lower its profits.
D) smaller its output and the lower its profits.
77) Which of the following occurs with both perfectly price discriminating and single-price 77)
monopolies?
A) The level of output is inefficient.
B) Deadweight loss is created.
C) There is a redistribution of consumer surplus to the monopoly.
D) All consumer surplus goes to the monopoly.
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Demand Schedule Facing a
Perfectly Price Discriminating Firm
Price
(dollars) Quantity Sold
8 0
7 1
6 2
5 3
4 4
3 5
2 6
1 7
79) Using the demand schedule in the above table, if the firm's marginal cost is constant at $3.00, 79)
output for a perfect price discriminating monopolist is
A) 2 units. B) 4 units. C) 5 units. D) 3 units.
80) Using the demand schedule in the above table, the marginal revenue for the perfectly price 80)
discriminating monopolist from the sale of the third unit of output is
A) $6. B) $5. C) $4. D) $3.
81) Using the demand schedule in the table above, the total revenue a perfectly price discriminating 81)
monopolist receives from selling 5 units of output is
A) $18. B) $5. C) $15. D) $25
82) If the monopoly illustrated in the figure above could engage in perfect price discrimination, then 82)
each buyer would pay
A) $2.00. B) $3.50. C) $3.00. D) a different price.
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83) If the monopoly illustrated in the figure above could engage in perfect price discrimination, then 83)
the lowest ticket price would be
A) $3.50. B) $3.00. C) $1.00. D) $2.00.
84) If the monopoly illustrated in the figure above could engage in perfect price discrimination, then it 84)
would sell
A) 60 tickets. B) 50 tickets. C) 30 tickets. D) 100 tickets.
85) If the monopoly illustrated in the figure above could engage in perfect price discrimination, then 85)
total revenue collected by the firm would be
A) $110. B) $210. C) $120. D) $310.
86) In the figure above, what is the loss of consumer surplus if the firm is a perfectly 86)
price-discriminating monopoly instead of a perfectly competitive industry?
A) $22.50 B) $90.00 C) $0 D) $45.00
87) If the monopoly illustrated in the figure above could engage in perfect price discrimination, the 87)
deadweight loss would be
A) $22.50. B) $250.00. C) $0. D) $90.00.
88) In the figure above, the elasticity of demand facing the monopoly equals one when it produces 88)
________ output.
A) k B) h
C) j D) none of the above
89) In the figure above, a single-price unregulated monopoly will set price 89)
A) a. B) b. C) c. D) d.
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90) In the figure above, a single-price unregulated monopoly will produce at output 90)
A) k. B) j.
C) h. D) none of the above
91) In the figure above, the transfer of consumer surplus from consumers to the producer caused by 91)
production under a single-price monopoly instead of perfect competition is the area of
A) trapezoid beic. B) rectangle begd. C) rectangle befc. D) triangle abe.
92) In the figure above, consumer surplus at the price that maximizes the profit for an unregulated, 92)
single-price monopolist is the area of
A) triangle eig. B) triangle abe. C) rectangle 0hgd. D) rectangle 0heb.
93) In the figure above, the deadweight loss from production under a single-price monopoly instead 93)
of perfect competition is the area of
A) triangle aic. B) triangle aeb. C) triangle eig. D) triangle eif.
94) In the figure above, a perfectly price-discriminating monopoly will maximize profit by producing 94)
at output
A) h. B) k.
C) j. D) none of the above
95) In the figure above, the total revenue of a perfectly price-discriminating monopolist at the 95)
profit-maximizing output is equal to the area of
A) 0dgh. B) 0beij. C) aci. D) 0aij.
96) When an increase in a firm's output of a good or service brings a decrease in the average total cost 96)
of producing it, the firm is experiencing
A) diseconomies of scale. B) economies of scale.
C) economies of scope. D) diminishing returns.
98) When an increase in the range of goods produced brings a decrease in the average total cost of 98)
production, the firm is experiencing
A) diminishing returns. B) economies of scale.
C) economies of scope. D) diseconomies of scale.
99) Which of the following is NOT a possible gain to society from a monopoly? 99)
A) The monopoly may induce innovation.
B) The monopoly may achieve economies of scope.
C) The monopoly may create rent seeking.
D) The monopoly may achieve economies of scale.
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100) Which of the following statements regarding a marginal-cost pricing rule is incorrect? 100)
A) It is efficient.
B) It allows the firm to earn a normal profit.
C) It maximizes total surplus in a regulated industry.
D) It sets price equal to marginal cost.
101) Which of the following statements regarding average-cost pricing rule is incorrect? 101)
A) The firm earns a normal profit.
B) It is efficient.
C) More output is produced than if the firm maximized profit.
D) It sets price equal to average total cost.
102) In a small town, Marilyn's Christmas Tree Lot has a monopoly on sales of Christmas trees. In order 102)
to increase her sales from 100 trees to 101 trees, she must drop the price of all of her trees from $20
to $19. What is the marginal revenue?
A) $20 B) $19 C) negative $81 D) $2000
104) Because of a decrease in labor costs, a monopoly finds that its marginal cost and average total cost 104)
have decreased. The monopoly will
A) raise its price and decrease the quantity it produces.
B) raise its price and increase the quantity it produces.
C) lower its price and increase the quantity it produces.
D) lower its price and decrease the quantity it produces.
105) If a monopoly is producing at an output level at which marginal revenue exceeds marginal cost, in 105)
order to increase its profit it will
A) raise its price and decrease its output. B) lower its price and increase its output.
C) raise its price and increase its output. D) lower its price and decrease its output.
106) Compared to a single-price monopoly, the output of a perfectly competitive industry with the 106)
same costs
A) is more than the monopoly's output.
B) is less than the monopoly's output.
C) could be more than, less than, or equal to the monopoly's output.
D) is the same as the monopoly's output.
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107) Compared to a single-price monopoly, the price charged by a competitive industry with the same 107)
costs
A) could be higher than, lower than, or the same as the monopoly's price.
B) is higher than the monopoly's price.
C) is the same as the monopoly's price.
D) is lower than the monopoly's price.
108) If a perfectly competitive industry becomes a monopoly and the costs do not change, which of the 108)
following allocation of costs and benefits applies?
A) The producer and society benefit, but consumers are harmed.
B) The producer and society are harmed, but consumers benefit.
C) The producer is harmed, but consumers and society benefit.
D) The producer benefits, but consumers and society are harmed.
110) Which of the following may be a gain to society from monopoly? 110)
A) Monopolies may be able to generate economies of scale.
B) Monopolies may earn an economic profit in the long run.
C) Monopolies may be able to price discriminate, thereby boosting consumer surplus.
D) Monopolists do not waste resources trying to innovate.
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111) La Bella Pizza is the only pizza place on Pepper Island. The figure above shows La Bella Pizza's 111)
demand curve, marginal revenue curve, and marginal cost curve. At La Bella Pizza's
profit-maximizing output, its annual total revenue is
A) $312,000. B) $624,000. C) $168,000. D) $336,000.
112) The figure above shows the demand curve facing Sue's Surfboards, the sole renter of surfboards on 112)
Big Wave Island. Sue's Surfboards currently rents 15 surfboards an hour. Sue's total revenue from
the 15 surfboards is
A) $10. B) $225. C) $300. D) $150.
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113) Sue's Surfboards is the sole renter of surfboards on Big Wave Island. Sue's demand and marginal 113)
revenue curves are illustrated in the figure above. The change in the total revenue from renting the
15th surfboard is
A) $20. B) $0. C) $10. D) $15.
114) The figure above shows the demand and marginal revenue curves facing Sue's Surfboards, the sole 114)
renter of surfboards on Big Wave Island. If Sue is renting 25 surfboards an hour so that the
marginal revenue is negative, then Sue's Surfboards
A) must face a unit elastic demand for surfboard rentals.
B) can increase its profit by increasing the number of rentals.
C) must face an elastic demand for surfboard rentals.
D) must face an inelastic demand for surfboard rentals.
115) Bob's Books is the only bookstore in town. The figure above shows the demand curve for books 115)
and Bob's Books' marginal revenue curve and marginal cost curve. Bob's Books maximizes its
profit and sets the price of a book equal to ________ and has total annual revenue of ________.
A) $20, $60,000 B) $30; $60,000 C) $10; $40,000 D) $40; $40,000
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Answer Key
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1) B
2) A
3) B
4) C
5) D
6) A
7) B
8) C
9) A
10) C
11) C
12) A
13) D
14) B
15) D
16) B
17) D
18) A
19) A
20) C
21) D
22) B
23) D
24) A
25) D
26) B
27) B
28) C
29) A
30) A
31) B
32) A
33) C
34) B
35) B
36) D
37) B
38) C
39) A
40) C
41) D
42) B
43) D
44) D
45) C
46) B
47) B
48) D
49) A
50) D
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Answer Key
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51) C
52) A
53) D
54) A
55) C
56) C
57) C
58) A
59) C
60) A
61) A
62) C
63) B
64) B
65) B
66) A
67) C
68) D
69) B
70) B
71) B
72) B
73) A
74) B
75) D
76) B
77) C
78) B
79) C
80) B
81) D
82) D
83) D
84) A
85) B
86) B
87) C
88) A
89) B
90) C
91) C
92) B
93) C
94) C
95) D
96) B
97) D
98) C
99) C
100) B
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Answer Key
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101) B
102) C
103) C
104) C
105) B
106) A
107) D
108) D
109) B
110) A
111) A
112) D
113) B
114) D
115) B