MULTIPLE CHOICE. Choose The One Alternative That Best Completes The Statement or Answers The Question
MULTIPLE CHOICE. Choose The One Alternative That Best Completes The Statement or Answers The Question
MULTIPLE CHOICE. Choose The One Alternative That Best Completes The Statement or Answers The Question
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MULTIPLE CHOICE. Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or answers the question.
1) Agricultural price supports are 1)
A) floors. B) ceilings.
C) quantity quotas. D) taxes.
2) The market supply curve is found by 2)
A) vertically summing all individual supply curves.
B) horizontally summing all individual supply curves.
C) Either A or B above since they both give the same answer.
D) None of the above.
3) The process by which resources are transformed into useful forms is 3)
A) allocation. B) capitalization. C) consumption. D) production.
4) If a yet‐to‐be released video game receives a positive review in a popular gaming magazine, 4)
A) the demand curve is not expected to change.
B) the demand curve is expected to shift to the left.
C) for those who read the review, demand shifts to the left. For those who donʹt read the review,
demand shifts to the right.
D) the demand curve is expected to shift to the right.
Refer to the information provided in Table 2.1 below to answer the following questions.
Table 2.1
Krystal Mark
Writing Poems 8 12
Writing TV Commercials 2 4
5) Refer to Table 2.1. For Krystal, the opportunity cost of writing one TV commercial is 5)
A) 1/4 of a poem. B) 2 poems. C) 4 poems. D) 6 poems.
6) A competitive equilibrium is described by 6)
A) a quantity only.
B) the excess supply minus the excess demand.
C) a constant price and a quantity.
D) a price only.
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Refer to the information provided in Figure 2.1 below to answer the questions that follow.
Figure 2.1
7) Refer to Figure 2.1. Macroland is currently operating at Point A. The best explanation for this is 7)
that
A) the economy operates as an efficient market.
B) the economyʹs resources are being used inefficiently.
C) the economy has very few resources.
D) the economy has very poor technology.
8) If the price is $5 and the quantity demanded is 100 units, then at a price of $10, the quantity 8)
demanded will be
A) less than or equal to 100 units. B) greater than or equal to 100 units.
C) equal to 100 units. D) less than or equal to 1000 units.
9) A downward sloping demand curve indicates that 9)
A) individuals all have the same valuation of the same product.
B) individuals have no valuations of a particular product.
C) individuals have different valuations of the same product.
D) certain individuals are uninformed about certain aspects of the product.
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13) It is appropriate to use the supply‐and‐demand model in which of the following markets? 13)
A) market for breakfast cereal B) wheat market
C) car market D) beer market
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19) If pizza and tacos are substitutes, a decrease in the price of tacos would lead to a 19)
A) decrease in the demand curve for pizza.
B) decrease in the price of pizza.
C) decrease in the quantity demanded of pizza.
D) All of the above.
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22) The above figure shows four different markets with changes in either the supply curve or the 22)
demand curve. Assuming coffee and tea are substitutes, which graph best illustrates the market for
tea after severe weather destroys a large portion of the coffee crop?
A) Graph A B) Graph B C) Graph C D) Graph D
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25) The above figure shows four different markets with changes in either the supply curve or the 25)
demand curve. Which graph best illustrates the market for non‐dairy coffee creamer after severe
weather destroys a large portion of the coffee crop?
A) Graph A B) Graph B C) Graph C D) Graph D
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28) Once an equilibrium is achieved, it can persist indefinitely because 28)
A) shocks that shift the demand curve or the supply curve cannot occur.
B) the government never intervenes in markets at equilibrium.
C) in the absence of supply/demand shocks no one applies pressure to change the price.
D) shocks to the demand curve are always exactly offset by shocks to the supply curve.
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32) The above figure shows a graph of a market for pizzas in a large town. At a price of $10, the 32)
market
A) is not in equilibrium. B) does not have excess demand.
C) has excess supply. D) All of the above.
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36) Consider Sam and Linda both drive a relatively inefficient sport utility vehicle (SUV). Sam has a 36)
lease that doesnʹt expire for three years whereas Linda owns her sport utility vehicle free and clear.
If the price of gasoline was to increase by fifty percent, which of these statements is most likely
true?
A) Sam will have a less elastic response than Linda.
B) Sam and Linda will have identically elastic responses.
C) Sam will have a more elastic response than Linda.
D) Linda will have a less elastic response than Sam.
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44) If the price elasticity of demand for a good is less than one in absolute value, economists would 44)
characterize consumers of this good
A) as very sensitive to price.
B) as not very sensitive to price.
C) as not very sensitive to the quantity they demand.
D) as elastic.
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49) The above figure shows a graph of a market for pizzas in a large town. At a price of $7, what is the 49)
amount of excess demand?
A) 0; there is excess supply at $7. B) 20 units
C) 10 units D) 30 units
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51) The above figure shows four different markets with changes in either the supply curve or the 51)
demand curve. Which graph best illustrates the market for computers after technological advances
in making computers occur?
A) Graph A B) Graph B C) Graph C D) Graph D
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54) The above figure shows three different supply‐and‐demand graphs. Which graph best represents 54)
the market for the air we are currently breathing?
A) Graph A B) Graph B
C) Graph C D) None of the above.
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57) A vertical demand curve results in 57)
A) no change in quantity when the demand curve shifts.
B) no change in quantity when the supply curve shifts.
C) no change in price when the supply curve shifts.
D) no change in the supply curve being possible.
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Refer to the information provided in Figure 2.6 below to answer the questions that follow.
Figure 2.6
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