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3. There are three fundamental questions every society must answer. Which of the
following is/are one of these questions?
a. What goods and services are to be produced?
b. How are the goods and services to be produced?
c. Who will get the goods and services that are produced?
d. All of the above
4. If you were working full-time now, you could earn $20,000 per year. Instead, you are
working part-time while going to school. In your current part-time job, you earn $5,000
per year. At your school, the annual cost of tuition, books, and other fees is $2,000. The
opportunity cost of completing your education is:
a. $2,000
b. $5,000
c. $17,000
d. $20,000
e. $22,000
6. You have taken this quiz and received a grade of 3 out of a possible 10 points (F). You
are allowed to take a second version of this quiz. If you score 7 or more, you can raise your
score to a 7 (C). You will need to study for the second version. In making a rational
decision as to whether or not to retake the test, you should
a. always retake the quiz
b. consider only the marginal benefits from of retaking the quiz (four extra points)
c. consider only the marginal opportunity costs from taking the quiz (the time spent
studying and taking the quiz)
d. consider both the marginal benefits and the marginal opportunity costs of retaking the quiz
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7. The law of demand states that:
a. as the quantity demanded rises, the price rises
b. as the price rises, the quantity demanded rises
c. as the price rises, the quantity demanded falls
d. as supply rises, the demand rises
8. The price elasticity of demand is the:
a. percentage change in quantity demanded divided by the percentage change in price
b. percentage change in price divided by the percentage change in quantity demanded
c. dollar change in quantity demanded divided by the dollar change in price
d. percentage change in quantity demanded divided by the percentage change in quantity
supplied
9. Community Colleges desired to increase revenues. They decided to raise fees paid by
students with Bachelors degrees to $50 per unit because they believed this would result in
greater revenues. But in reality, total revenues fell. Therefore, the demand for Community
College courses by people with Bachelors degrees must have actually been:
a. relatively inelastic
b. unit elastic
c. relatively elastic
d. perfectly elastic
Answers: D C D C A D C A C C
1. In the case of agriculture,
a. the demand has shifted to the right more than the supply has shifted to the right
b. the demand has shifted to the right less than the supply has shifted to the right
c. the demand has shifted to the left more than the supply has shifted to the left
d. the demand has shifted to the left less than the supply has shifted to the left
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4. If there is a price ceiling, there will be
a. shortages
b. surpluses
c. equilibrium
I. provide information to sellers and buyers , II. provide incentives to sellers and buyers
a. I only
b. II only
c. both I and II
d. neither I nor II
8. In a market system, sellers act in ____________ interest , but this leads to behaviors in
____________ interest.
a. self; self
b. self; society’s
c. society’s; society’s
d. society’s; self
9. The law of diminishing (marginal) returns states that as more of a variable factor is
added to a certain amount of a fixed factor, beyond some point:
a. Total physical product begins to fall
b. The marginal physical product rises
c. The marginal physical product falls
d. The average physical product falls
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Answers: B B B A D A C B C C
2. In pure monopoly, what is the relation between the price and the marginal revenue?
a. the price is greater than the marginal revenue
b. the price is less than the marginal revenue
c. there is no relation
d. they are equal
3. In order to maximize profits, a monopoly company will produce that quantity at which
the:
a. marginal revenue equals average total cost
b. price equals marginal revenue
c. marginal revenue equals marginal cost
d. total revenue equals total cost
10. In price discrimination, which section of the market is charged the higher price?
a. the section with the richest people
b. the section with the oldest people
c. the section with the most inelastic demand
d. the section with the most elastic demand
Answers: A A C C D D B D D C
1. Which of the following concepts represents the extra revenue a firm receives from the
services of an additional unit of a factor of production?
a. total revenue
b. marginal physical product
c. marginal revenus product
d. marginal revenue
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hiring in a competitive labor market. It uses semi-skilled labor to produce dampers used in
office building ventilation systems. Assume that the current market price per damper is
$50 and that the prevailing weekly salary per semi-skilled worker is $550. This company
should employ ______ workers.
a. 2
b. 3
c. 4
d. 5
e. 6
4. The demand for labor slopes down and to the right because of
a. the law of demand
b. the iron law of wages
c. the law of diminishing marginal returns
d. economies of scale
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9. Skills that embodied in a person are called
a. Human capital
b. Embodied skills
c. Physical capital
d. Experience skills
Answers: C B A C C A B D A B
1. If there are 50 firms in a industry, each selling 2% of the total sales, the concentration
ratio is:
a. 50%
b. 2% €
c. 100%
d. 8%
2. When Daimler Benz, maker of the Mercedes, bought Chrysler, the merger was
a. horizontal
b. vertical
c. conglomerate
Questions 3 through 10 involve the functions of the government in a world of laissez faire.
The functions are the following:
A. Create and Enforce the "Rules"
B. Promote or Maintain Competition
C. Provide Information
D. Provide Public Goods
E. Reduce Negative Externalities (External Costs) through regulations or through taxes
F. Subsidize Positive Externalities (External Benefits)
G. Provide Merit Goods
H. Redistribute Income on the Basis of Need
For each of the following, choose the letter that best describes the function of government.
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6. The government has a program of social security to provide a pension for the elderly.
7. The government requires that all gasoline stations post their prices in signs large enough
to be seen by a reasonable person from the street.
8. The government requires people to have a smog control device in their cars.
10. The government makes laws that determine certain behaviors that a corporation must
engage in and other behaviors that a corporation cannot engage in.
Answers: D A B F D H C E G A
1. The largest source of tax revenue for the federal government is:
a. the personal income tax
b. the social security tax
c. the property tax
d. the sales tax
2. When my income was $100,000, I paid $10,000 in taxes. When my income became
$200,000, I paid $40,000 in taxes. My marginal tax rate is:
a. 10%
b. 20%
c. 30%
d. 40%
5. Assume that there are two goods, A and B. In 1996, Americans produced 10 units of A at
a price of $10 and 20 units of B at a price of $20. In 2002, Americans produced 20 units of
A at a price of $20 and 30 units of B at a price of $30. The Nominal GDP for 2002 is:
a. $100
b. $400
c. $500
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d. $900
e. $1300
6. Using the numbers in question 5, the Real GDP for 2002 is:
a. $400 b. $500 c. $800 d. $900 e. $1,300
9. Last week, Martha spent one day cleaning a house. For this, she was paid $50. The rest
of the week, she spent looking for a job. Martha would be classified as
a. employed
b. unemployed
c. not in the labor force
10. John lost his accounting job when Montgomery Wards closed its stores in San Diego.
He looked for a similar job for ten months before finding an accounting job at Sears.
During the month John was unemployed, he was
a. frictionally unemployed
b. seasonally unemployed
c. cyclically unemployed
d. structurally unemployed
Answers: A C A C E C B C A D
3. If the nominal interest rate is 5% and the inflation rate is 2%, the real interest rate is:
a. 2%
b. 3%
c. 5%
d. 7%
e. 2 ½%
4. For which of the following reasons might inflation cause Real GDP to grow slower than
it otherwise would?
a. Inflation makes everyone poorer
b. Inflation reduces the value of consumer debt
c. Inflation increases business investment spending
d. Inflation decreases savings in financial form
6. Assume that Potential Real GDP equals $10,000. National Income is therefore $10,000.
Of this, consumers will pay $2,000 in taxes, save $1,000, and spend $7,000 on consumer
goods. Business Investment spending is $2000. In order to avoid recessions and inflation (to
have equilibrium), the government should have a:
a. balanced budget
b. budget deficit of $1000
c. budget surplus of $1000
d. budget deficit of $2000
7. According to Keynes, when the Great Depression started, the government should have:
a. done nothing
b. decreased the money supply
c. had a large increase in government spending
d. enacted high tariffs, such as the Smoot-Hawley Tariff
8. If the government lowers taxes by $10 billion, the Real GDP will rise by
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a. more than $10 billion
b. less than $10 billion
c. exactly $10 billion
Answers: D D B D D C C A A C
4. Which of the following is true about the Federal Reserve System (Fed)?
a. it is a system of 12 central banks
b. its Board of Governors is elected by a vote of the people
c. its main policy-making body is the FDIC
d. it accepts deposits from the public and makes loans to businesses
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e. all of the above
5. An IOU of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco to Bank of America is called:
a. discounts
b. federal funds
c. reserves
d. collateral
8. If the monetary base is increased by $1,000 and the reserve requirement is 10% (1/10),
by how much will the money supply be increased?
a. $100
b. $1,000
c. $5,000
d. $10,000
Answers: D C C A C A C D C B
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Question 1
Resources in an economy:
Question 2
a) Always fixed
b) Limited
c) Unlimited
d) Likely to decrease over time
Question 3
The sacrifice involved when you choose a particular course of action is called the:
a) Alternative
b) Opportunity cost
c) Consumer cost
d) Producer cost
Question 4
a) What to produce
b) Who to produce for
c) How to produce
d) How to maximise economic growth
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Question 5
a) Market forces
b) Government intervention
c) A mixture of government intervention and the free market
d) The creation of unlimited resources
Question 6
Question 7
A mixed economy:
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c) Individual firms make decisions for themselves about what to produce and how to
produce it
d) The The public sector is large
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Resources in an economy:
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c) Unlimited
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Unlimited - we all want as much as we can get. Its resources that are limited.
Question 3
The sacrifice involved when you choose a particular course of action is called the:
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b) Opportunity cost
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The sacrifice involved when you choose a particular course of action is called the opportunity
cost.
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The economic questions focus on what to produce, how, and for whom.
Question 5
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d) The creation of unlimited resources
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This is impossible!
Question 6
Correct Answer:
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The free market involves market forces of supply and demand and the price mechanism.
Question 7
A mixed economy:
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A mixed economy involves the private sector and the public sector; the free market provides
some items and the government provides and regulates others.
Question 8
Correct Answer:
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In a command or planned economy the government allocates resources so the public sector is
large.
Question 9
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Question 10
Correct Answer:
Question 1
a) Everyone is wealthy
b) Resources are unemployed
c) More of one product can only be produced if less of another product is produced
d) The distribution of income is equal
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c) An outward shift of the production possibility frontier
d) A movement up the production possibility frontier
Question 3
As resources are shifted from one industry to another this can be shown by:
Question 4
Question 5
If an economy moves from producing 10 units of A and 4 units of B to producing 7 As and 5Bs,
the opportunity cost of the 5th B is:
a) 7As
b) 10As
c) 3As
d) 1A
Question 6
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a) It is not utilising its resources fully
b) It is being productively efficient
c) It is a mixed economy
d) It is trading with other economies
Question 7
a) Demand
b) Land
c) Labour
d) Capital
Question 8
a) Constantly increasing
b) Fixed at any moment
c) Constantly decreasing
d) Able to be transferred easily between industries
Question 9
a) Allocatively inefficient
b) X inefficient
c) Consumer inefficient
d) Productively inefficient
Question 10
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An outward shift of the production possibility frontier may be caused by:
a) An increase in demand
b) More government spending
c) Better training of employees
d) Productive inefficiency
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c) More of one product can only be produced if less of another product is produced
Feedback:
If an economy is productively efficient more of one product can only be produced if less of
another product is produced.
Question 2
Correct Answer:
Feedback:
Economic growth can be shown by an outward shift of the production possibility frontier; this
shows more products can be produced.
Question 3
As resources are shifted from one industry to another this can be shown by:
Correct Answer:
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b) A movement along the production possibility frontier
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As resources are shifted from one industry to another this can be shown by a movement along
the production possibility frontier.
Question 4
Correct Answer:
Feedback:
In a free market the combination of products produced will be determined by market forces of
supply and demand.
Question 5
If an economy moves from producing 10 units of A and 4 units of B to producing 7 As and 5Bs,
the opportunity cost of the 5th B is:
Correct Answer:
c) 3As
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If an economy moves from producing 10 units of A and 4 units of B to producing 7 As and 5Bs,
the opportunity cost of the 5th B is 3As.
Question 6
Correct Answer:
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d) It is trading with other economies
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An economy may operate outside the Production Possibility Frontier if it is trading with other
economies.
Question 7
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a) Demand
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Question 8
Correct Answer:
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The resources in an economy are fixed at any moment but can change over time.
Question 9
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d) Productively inefficient
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Any combination of products inside the production possibility frontier is productively inefficient
because more could be produced.
Question 10
Correct Answer:
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An outward shift of the production possibility frontier may be caused by better training of
employees because this will make them more productive.
Question 1
Question 2
A fall in price:
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Demand for a normal product may shift outwards if:
a) Price decreases
b) The price of a substitute falls
c) The price of a complement rises
d) Income falls
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d) Demand is inversely related to the price of substitutes
Question 1
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d) The quantity consumers are willing and able to buy at each and every price all other things
unchanged
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Remember effective demand shows what consumers want and what they can afford at each price all
other things unchanged.
Question 2
A fall in price:
Correct Answer:
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Remember a movement along a demand curve is due to price changes; changes in other factors shift the
curve.
Question 3
Correct Answer:
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Remember a movement along a demand curve is due to price changes; changes in other factors shift the
curve.
Question 4
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d) Total utility will rise at a falling rate as more units are consumed
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The extra satisfaction from consuming a unit will generally fall as more units are consumed.
Question 5
Correct Answer:
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Question 6
Correct Answer:
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Remember consumers will buy less of an inferior good when they have more income as they switch to
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more luxurious products.
Question 7
Correct Answer:
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Question 8
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c) A contraction of demand
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This is a movement along the demand curve and leads to a fall in the quantity demanded.
Question 9
Correct Answer:
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If a product is an inferior good:
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Question 1
Average income increases from £20,000 p.a. to £22,000 p.a. Quantity demanded per year
increases 5000 to 6000 units. Which of the following is correct?
Question 2
The price decreases from £2,000 to £1,800. Quantity demanded per year increases 5000 to
6000 units. Which of the following is correct?
Question 3
a) Reduces revenue
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b) Leaves revenue unchanged
c) Increases revenue
d) Reduces costs
Question 4
Question 5
The income elasticity is +2 and income increases by 20%. Sales were 5000 units, what will they be
now?
a) 3000
b) 7000
c) 5500
d) 4500
Question 6
Question 7
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Price increases from 10 to 12 pence and the price elasticity of demand is -0.5. The quantity demanded
was 500 units. What will it be now?
a) 550 units
b) 500 units
c) 450 units
d) 490 units
Question 8
Question 9
a) The price elasticity of demand is negative; the income elasticity of demand is negative
b) The price elasticity of demand is positive; the income elasticity of demand is negative
c) The price elasticity of demand is negative; the income elasticity of demand is positive
d) The price elasticity of demand is positive; the income elasticity of demand is positive
Question 10
a) The price elasticity of demand is negative; the income elasticity of demand is negative
b) The price elasticity of demand is positive; the income elasticity of demand is negative
c) The price elasticity of demand is negative; the income elasticity of demand is positive
d) The price elasticity of demand is positive; the income elasticity of demand is positive
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Question 1
Average income increases from £20,000 p.a. to £22,000 p.a. Quantity demanded per year
increases 5000 to 6000 units. Which of the following is correct?
Correct Answer:
Feedback:
The percentage change in demand is +20%; the percentage change in income is +10%. This means the
product is normal and has an income elasticity of 2.
Question 2
The price decreases from £2,000 to £1,800. Quantity demanded per year increases 5000 to
6000 units. Which of the following is correct?
Correct Answer:
Feedback:
The percentage change in demand is +20%; the percentage change in price is -10% so the price
elasticity of demand is -2.
Question 3
Correct Answer:
Feedback:
This means the percentage change in quantity demanded equals the percentage change in price so price
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changes will not alter the revenue.
Question 4
Correct Answer:
Feedback:
This means that e.g. a 10% increase in the price of one product reduces the quantity demanded of
another product by 20%; if the products are complements and the cross price elasticity is elastic.
Question 5
The income elasticity is +2 and income increases by 20%. Sales were 5000 units, what will they be
now?
Correct Answer:
b) 7000
Feedback:
This means that a percentage increase in income will lead to an increase in quantity demanded that is
twice as great; this means sales will increase by 40% to 7000 units.
Question 6
Correct Answer:
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This means that an increase in price leads to a fall in quantity demanded; this means the demand curve
is downward sloping.
Question 7
Price increases from 10 to 12 pence and the price elasticity of demand is -0.5. The quantity demanded
was 500 units. What will it be now?
Correct Answer:
c) 450 units
Feedback:
This means that any given percentage fall in price leads to an increase in quantity demanded that is half
as much; a 20% price increase will reduce the quantity demanded by 10%. This means the quantity
demanded will be 450 units.
Question 8
Correct Answer:
Feedback:
This means that the percentage change in quantity demanded is less than the percentage change in price;
this means a price increase will increase revenue.
Question 9
Correct Answer:
a) The price elasticity of demand is negative; the income elasticity of demand is negative
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Feedback:
For an inferior good demand falls as income increases; the quantity demanded falls as price increases;
this means the income elasticity and the price elasticity will both be negative.
Question 10
Correct Answer:
c) The price elasticity of demand is negative; the income elasticity of demand is positive
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For a normal good demand increases as income increases and the quantity demanded falls a price
increases.
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c) Shift supply outwards so more is supplied at each and every price, all other things unchanged
d) Shift supply inwards
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Question 8
Question 9
An increase in price from 25 pence to 30 pence leads to an increase in the quantity supplied from 40
units to 44 units. The price elasticity of supply is:
a) + 2
b) + 0.5
c) - 2
d) - 0.5
Question 10
The price elasticity of supply is +4. The price increases by 15%. Sales were originally 200 units. What
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will they be now?
a) 80 units
b) 320 units
c) 60 units
d) 120 units
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b) The quantity producers are willing and able to sell at each and every point in time all other things
unchanged
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A supply curve shows the quantity supplied at each and every price all other things unchanged.
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d) If it is easy to expand output
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Supply will be more price elastic the bigger the quantity supplied relative to the price change.
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Question 6
Correct Answer:
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This will reduce the quantity supplied at each and every price all other things unchanged.
Question 7
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d) An extension of supply
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An increase in price should lead to an increase in the quantity supplied (an extension of supply).
Question 8
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c) Lead to a shift in supply outwards (i.e. more supplied at each and every price)
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An increase in productivity should increase the quantity supplied at each and every price all other things
unchanged.
Question 9
An increase in price from 25 pence to 30 pence leads to an increase in the quantity supplied from 40
units to 44 units. The price elasticity of supply is:
Correct Answer:
b) + 0.5
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Feedback:
Quantity supplied increases 10%; price increases 20%; this means the price elasticity of supply is +0.5.
Question 10
The price elasticity of supply is +4. The price increases by 15%. Sales were originally 200 units. What
will they be now?
Correct Answer:
b) 320 units
Feedback:
The change in quantity supplied will be 4*15%=60%; this means the quantity supplied increases by 120
units.
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Question 3
Question 4
A shift in supply will have a bigger effect on price than output if demand is:
a) Income elastic
b) Income inelastic
c) Price elastic
d) Price inelastic
Question 5
Assuming a downward sloping demand curve and upward sloping supply curve, a higher equilibrium
price may be caused by:
a) An fall in demand
b) An increase in supply
c) Improvements in production technology
d) An increase in demand
Question 6
If the price was fixed below the equilibrium price there would be:
a) Excess supply
b) Excess demand
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c) Equilibrium
d) Downward pressure on prices
Question 7
a) A change in income
b) A change in the number of buyers
c) A change in advertising
d) A shift in supply
Question 8
Question 9
a) A change in technology
b) A change in the number of producers
c) A shift in demand
d) A change in costs
Question 10
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a) Act as a signal
b) Act as an incentive
c) Act as a rationing device
d) Shift the demand curve
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Question 2
Correct Answer:
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Question 3
Correct Answer:
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Question 4
A shift in supply will have a bigger effect on price than output if demand is:
Correct Answer:
d) Price inelastic
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A shift in supply will affect the equilibrium price more than the quantity if demand is steep i.e. price
inelastic.
Question 5
Assuming a downward sloping demand curve and upward sloping supply curve, a higher equilibrium
price may be caused by:
Correct Answer:
d) An increase in demand
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Assuming a downward sloping demand curve and upward sloping supply curve, a higher equilibrium
price may be caused by an increase in demand.
Question 6
If the price was fixed below the equilibrium price there would be:
Correct Answer:
b) Excess demand
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Feedback:
If the price was fixed too low there would be excess demand.
Question 7
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d) A shift in supply
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Question 8
Correct Answer:
Feedback:
A subsidy to producers will reduce their costs and shift the supply curve.
Question 9
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c) A shift in demand
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A change in demand conditions changes the equilibrium price and leads to a movement along the
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supply curve.
Question 10
Correct Answer:
Feedback:
The price mechanism is a signal, incentive and rationing device; changes in price lead to a movement
along the demand curve not a shift in it.
Question 1
Question 2
a) Signal
b) Incentive
c) Rationing device
d) Indicator of income
Question 3
A shift in demand will have more effect on price than quantity if:
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a) The price elasticity of supply is price inelastic
b) The price elasticity of supply is price elastic
c) The price elasticity of supply is perfectly elastic
d) The price elasticity of supply is infinity
Question 4
A shift in demand will have more effect on price than quantity if:
Question 5
A shift in supply will have more effect on price than quantity if:
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Question 7
Question 8
"Income inequality can be high in the free market and should be reduced." This is an example of what?
Question 9
Question 10
a) The social marginal costs are higher than the private marginal costs
b) A product is not provided in the free market
c) The social marginal cost equals the social marginal benefit
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d) The social marginal benefits are higher than the private marginal benefits
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d) The difference the price a consumer pays for an item and the price he/she is willing to pay
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Consumer surplus is the difference the price a consumer pays for an item and the price he/she is willing
to pay.
Question 2
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d) Indicator of income
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Question 3
A shift in demand will have more effect on price than quantity if:
Correct Answer:
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A shift in demand will have more effect on price than quantity if the price elasticity of supply is price
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inelastic.
Question 4
A shift in demand will have more effect on price than quantity if:
Correct Answer:
Feedback:
A shift in demand will have more effect on price than quantity if supply is price inelastic e.g. the price
elasticity of supply is + 0.2.
Question 5
A shift in supply will have more effect on price than quantity if:
Correct Answer:
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A shift in supply will have more effect on price than quantity if the price elasticity of demand is price
inelastic e.g. the price elasticity of demand is -0.2.
Question 6
Correct Answer:
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A decrease in demand for a product should decrease equilibrium price and quantity.
Question 7
Correct Answer:
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An increase in demand for a product should increase equilibrium price and quantity.
Question 8
"Income inequality can be high in the free market and should be reduced." This is an example of what?
Correct Answer:
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"Income inequality can be high in the free market and should be reduced." This is an example of a
normative economic statement.
Question 9
Correct Answer:
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A public good will not be provided in the free market because it is non-excludable and non-
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diminishable.
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d) The social marginal benefits are higher than the private marginal benefits
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A positive externality occurs when the social marginal benefits of a product are higher than the private
marginal benefits
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a) Not provided in the free market economy
b) Under provided in the free market economy
c) Over provided in the free market economy
d) Provided free
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Question 5
When supply increases in an agricultural market farmer's earnings might fall because:
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a) Negative externalities
b) Positive externalities
c) Monopolies
d) Oligopolies
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Question 7
Question 8
A public good:
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Question 10
a) A price fall
b) A price increase
c) Excess supply
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d) Excess demand
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Correct Answer:
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Correct Answer:
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Question 3
Correct Answer:
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These are products that the government thinks we should have more of.
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Agricultural prices tend to be unstable because:
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Supply tends to shift a lot with agricultural products and because both supply and demand are price
inelastic will mean the effect is mainly on price.
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When supply increases in an agricultural market farmer's earnings might fall because:
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If demand is price inelastic a price fall will reduce total spending and income.
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b) Positive externalities
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The government is likely to subsidise positive externalities because the benefits to society exceed the
private benefits.
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With a positive externality:
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The private benefits are less than the social so the free market tends to lead to under-production.
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A public good:
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A public good is non diminishable and non excludable and so has to be provided by the government.
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d) Excess demand
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This means the quantity demanded will be higher than the quantity supplied because the price is too
low.
Question 1
a) If the marginal cost is greater than the average cost the average cost falls
b) If the marginal cost is greater than the average cost the average cost increases
c) If the marginal cost is positive total costs are maximised
d) If the marginal cost is negative total costs increase at a decreasing rate if output increases
Question 2
a) The marginal product falls as more units of a variable factor are added to a fixed factor
b) Marginal utility falls as more units of a product are consumed
c) The total product falls as more units of a variable factor are added to a fixed factor
d) The marginal product increases as more units of a variable factor are added to a fixed factor
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Question 4
Question 5
The first level of output at which the long run average costs are minimised is called:
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c) Total cost is falling at a falling rate
d) Total cost is increasing at an increasing rate
Question 8
Total increases from £500 to £600 when output increases from 20 to 30 units. Fixed costs
are £200. Which of the following is true?
Question 9
Total increases from £500 to £600 when output increases from 20 to 30 units. Fixed costs
are £200. Which of the following is true?
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Correct Answer:
b) If the marginal cost is greater than the average cost the average cost increases
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The marginal cost measures the extra cost of producing another unit; the average cost measures the cost
per unit. If the marginal cost is greater than the average cost the average cost increases.
Question 2
Correct Answer:
a) The marginal product falls as more units of a variable factor are added to a fixed factor
Feedback:
This occurs when variable factors are added to fixed factors. According to the law of diminishing
returns the marginal product falls as more units of a variable factor are added to a fixed factor.
Question 3
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This occurs when variable factors are added to fixed factors. It assumes some factors of production are
fixed.
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Correct Answer:
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These occur when the unit cost (average costs) falls as the scale of production increases.
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The first level of output at which the long run average costs are minimised is called:
Correct Answer:
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Question 6
Correct Answer:
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This is the variable cost per unit; when added to the fixed cost per unit this leads to the total cost per
unit. As output increases the average fixed cost falls so the average variable cost and average cost
converge.
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Correct Answer:
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This means the extra cost of a unit is falling; total cost will increase at a decreasing rate.
Question 8
Total increases from £500 to £600 when output increases from 20 to 30 units. Fixed costs
are £200. Which of the following is true?
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Question 9
Total increases from £500 to £600 when output increases from 20 to 30 units. Fixed costs
are £200. Which of the following is true?
Correct Answer:
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Correct Answer:
Feedback:
The marginal product is the extra output per factor (e.g. employee); the average product is the output
per factor (e.g. per employee). If marginal product is below average product, the average product will
fall.
Question 1
If the marginal revenue is less than the marginal cost then to profit maximise a firm should:
a) Reduce output
b) Increase output
c) Leave output where it is
d) Increase costs
Question 2
If the price is less than the average costs but higher than the average variable costs:
a) The firm is making a loss and will shut down in the short term
b) The firm is making a profit
c) The firm is making a loss but will continue to produce in the short term
d) The firm is making a loss and is making a negative contribution to fixed costs
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d) No profit is made in accounting terms
Question 4
In the long term a firm will produce provided the revenue covers:
a) Fixed costs
b) Variable costs
c) Total costs
d) Revenue
Question 5
Question 6
a) Profit
b) Profitability
c) Feasibility
d) Realism
Question 7
The total costs are £2000 and 10 units are produced. The marginal cost of an 11th unit is
£1300. Which of the following is true?
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a) The average cost increases from £20 to £30
b) The total costs for 11 units are £700
c) The average cost for 10 units is £1300
d) The average cost for 11 units is £1300
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Price equals:
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If the marginal revenue is less than the marginal cost then to profit maximise a firm should:
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a) Reduce output
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If the marginal revenue is less than the marginal cost then to profit maximise a firm should reduce
output.
Question 2
If the price is less than the average costs but higher than the average variable costs:
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c) The firm is making a loss but will continue to produce in the short term
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If the price is less than the average costs but higher than the average variable costs the firm is making a
loss but will continue to produce in the short term because a contribution is being made to the fixed
costs.
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In the long term a firm will produce provided the revenue covers:
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c) Total costs
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In the long term a firm will produce provided the revenue covers total costs.
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In the short term a firm will produce provided the revenue covers variable costs.
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b) Profitability
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The total costs are £2000 and 10 units are produced. The marginal cost of an 11th unit is
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£1300. Which of the following is true?
Correct Answer:
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The total costs are £2000 and 10 units are produced. The marginal cost of an 11th unit is
£1300. This means the average cost increases from £20 to £30.
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Correct Answer:
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Question 9
Correct Answer:
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If marginal revenue equals marginal cost profits are maximised because there is no extra profit to be
made.
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Price equals:
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In perfect competition:
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d) Marginal revenue equals average cost
Question 4
In perfect competition:
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Question 6
In perfect competition:
a) Short run abnormal profits are competed away by firms leaving the industry
b) Short run abnormal profits are competed away by firms entering the industry
c) Short run abnormal profits are competed away by the government
d) Short run abnormal profits are competed away by greater advertising
Question 7
In perfect competition:
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b) Firms are price makers
c) There are many buyers but few sellers
d) There are many buyers and sellers
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In the short run firms in perfect competition will still produce provided:
Question 9
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Question 2
In perfect competition:
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In perfect competition the price equals the marginal revenue (because the firm does not need to lower
the price to sell more).
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A profit maximising firm in perfect competition produces where marginal revenue equals marginal cost
(this means no extra profit can be made).
Question 4
In perfect competition:
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Correct Answer:
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Question 5
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Question 6
In perfect competition:
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b) Short run abnormal profits are competed away by firms entering the industry
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In perfect competition short run abnormal profits are competed away by firms entering the industry.
Question 7
In perfect competition:
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Correct Answer:
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Question 8
In the short run firms in perfect competition will still produce provided:
Correct Answer:
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In the short run firms in perfect competition will still produce provided the price covers average
variable cost. This means a contribution will be made towards fixed costs.
Question 9
Correct Answer:
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In the long run in perfect competition price = average cost= marginal cost
Question 10
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a) Price equals marginal revenue
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In monopoly in long run equilibrium:
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a) Patents
b) Internal economies of scale
c) Mobility of resources
d) High investment costs
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Question 8
According to Schumpeter:
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a) Bans monopolies
b) Fines all monopolies
c) Prevents firms acquiring more than 25% of the market
d) Has the right to investigate monopolies and will assess each one on its own merits
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c) Costs are higher than they could be due to a lack of competitive pressure
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X inefficiency occurs when costs are higher than they could be due to a lack of competitive pressure.
Question 2
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The marginal revenue curve in monopoly lies below and diverges from the demand curve.
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In monopoly when abnormal profits are made the price set is greater than the marginal cost.
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In monopoly in long run equilibrium the firm is allocatively inefficient.
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c) Mobility of resources
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b) There is freedom of entry and exit into the industry in the long run
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In a monopoly there is not freedom of entry and exit into the industry in the long run.
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According to Schumpeter:
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A welfare loss occurs in monopoly where the price is greater than the marginal cost.
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d) Has the right to investigate monopolies and will assess each one on its own merits
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In the UK the government has the right to investigate monopolies and will assess each one on its own
merits.
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If a few firms dominate an industry the market is known as:
a) Monopolistic competition
b) Competitively monopolistic
c) Duopoly
d) Oligopoly
Question 2
In a cartel member firms may be given a fixed amount to produce. This is called a:
a) Limit
b) Factor
c) Quota
d) Quotient
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Question 4
a) Firms cooperate
b) Firms act as part of a cartel
c) Firms are competitive
d) Firms are not profit maximisers
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Question 5
In Game Theory:
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Question 8
a) Prisoner's Dilemma
b) Monopoly Cell
c) Jailhouse Sentence
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d) Jury Box
Question 9
In cartels:
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In a cartel:
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d) Oligopoly
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This is an oligopoly.
Question 2
In a cartel member firms may be given a fixed amount to produce. This is called a:
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c) Quota
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Question 3
Correct Answer:
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In the Kinked Demand Curve model a price cut by one firm is followed by others; a price increase is not
followed.
Question 4
Correct Answer:
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In the Kinked Demand Curve model a price cut by one firm is followed by others; a price increase is not
followed i.e. the firms are competing against each other and nor cooperating.
Question 5
In Game Theory:
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Correct Answer:
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Game theory takes account of the fact that firms are interdependent.
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a) Prisoner's Dilemma
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In cartels:
Correct Answer:
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Firms are given quotas and set a price; some firms may want to cheat to increase their own profits at the
expense of other firms.
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In a cartel:
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d) Firms collude
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In monopolistic competition:
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d) There are barriers to entry to prevent entry
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In monopolistic competition:
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a) Product
b) Price
c) Place
d) Presence
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b) Supply more price inelastic
c) Demand more income elastic
d) Supply more income elastic
Question 6
In monopolistic competition if firms are making abnormal profit other firms will enter and:
Question 7
In Porter's five forces model conditions are more favourable for firms within an industry if:
Question 8
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In marketing "USP" stands for:
Question 10
In monopolistic competition:
In monopolistic competition:
Correct Answer:
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Firms will make normal profits in the long run due to the entry and exit of other firms.
Question 2
In monopolistic competition:
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Feedback:
Marginal revenue diverges from demand; to sell more the price is lowered on the last unit and all the
ones before.
Question 3
Correct Answer:
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All profit maximisers produce where marginal revenue = marginal cost i.e. no extra profit can be made.
Question 4
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d) Presence
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Question 5
Correct Answer:
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Effective branding should make demand less sensitive to price.
Question 6
In monopolistic competition if firms are making abnormal profit other firms will enter and:
Correct Answer:
Feedback:
This will shift each firm's demand curve inwards until only normal profits are made.
Question 7
In Porter's five forces model conditions are more favourable for firms within an industry if:
Correct Answer:
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A low entry threat means existing firms are protected from competition.
Question 8
Correct Answer:
d) Rivalry is lower
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In marketing "USP" stands for:
Correct Answer:
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In monopolistic competition:
Correct Answer:
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Barriers to entry:
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b) Charging the same prices for different products
c) Charging the same prices for the same products
d) Charging different prices for the same products
Question 3
For a firm operating in two markets and price discriminating the profit maximising condition is:
Question 4
If the price elasticity of demand for a product in market A is -0.2 and in market B is -3 a price
discriminator will charge:
Question 5
Question 6
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A benefit to consumers of price discrimination is that:
Question 7
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Barriers to entry:
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Barriers to entry:
Correct Answer:
Feedback:
Barriers to entry enable abnormal profits to be made in the long run; they do not exist in perfect
competition.
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Correct Answer:
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Question 3
For a firm operating in two markets and price discriminating the profit maximising condition is:
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Correct Answer:
Feedback:
To profit maximise the marginal revenues must be equal and marginal revenue must equal marginal
cost.
Question 4
If the price elasticity of demand for a product in market A is -0.2 and in market B is -3 a price
discriminator will charge:
Correct Answer:
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Market A is more price inelastic and so the higher price will be charged.
Question 5
Correct Answer:
Feedback:
Perfect price discrimination means a different price is charged for every unit and consumer surplus is
removed.
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Correct Answer:
Feedback:
Price discrimination can increase a firm's profits and mean some products can be made available that
would not otherwise be produced.
Question 7
Correct Answer:
Feedback:
The price charged for each unit is the extra revenue gained because the price does not need to be
reduced on the previous units.
Question 8
Correct Answer:
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Abnormal profits occur if the average revenue is greater than the average cost.
Question 9
Barriers to entry:
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Correct Answer:
Feedback:
Question 10
Correct Answer:
Feedback:
The percentage change in demand is less than the percentage change in price; the percentage change in
quantity demanded changes 0.3 times the percentage change in price.
Question 1
If one car company takes over another car company this is an example of which type of integration?
a) Vertical
b) Horizontal
c) Conglomerate
d) Literal
Question 2
If a car company takes over a clothes business this is an example of which type of integration?
a) Vertical
b) Horizontal
c) Conglomerate
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d) Literal
Question 3
Horizontal integration may lead to internal economies of scale. Which of the following is not a type of
internal economy of scale?
a) Purchasing
b) Technical
c) Financial
d) Safety
Question 4
a) Internal growth
b) External growth
c) Organic growth
d) Underlying growth
Question 5
a) Price cutting
b) Predatory pricing
c) Cartels
d) Price fixing
Question 6
If firms join together to set prices and quantities this is known as what?
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a) Interaction
b) Conglomerate
c) Collusion
d) Integration
Question 7
In the Ansoff matrix a strategy focusing on new products and new markets is known as:
Question 8
a) 100%
b) 10% or over
c) 25% or over
d) 33% or over
Question 9
a) 10% of profits
b) 10% of turnover
c) 10% of costs
d) 25% of market share
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Question 10
If one car company takes over another car company this is an example of which type of integration?
Correct Answer:
b) Horizontal
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Question 2
If a car company takes over a clothes business this is an example of which type of integration?
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c) Conglomerate
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Question 3
Horizontal integration may lead to internal economies of scale. Which of the following is not a type of
internal economy of scale?
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Correct Answer:
d) Safety
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b) External growth
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Question 5
Correct Answer:
a) Price cutting
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Question 6
If firms join together to set prices and quantities this is known as what?
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Correct Answer:
c) Collusion
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Question 7
In the Ansoff matrix a strategy focusing on new products and new markets is known as:
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b) Diversification
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c) 25% or over
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Correct Answer:
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b) 10% of turnover
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Question 10
Correct Answer:
Feedback:
This occurs when a firms integrates with another business in the same industry but at a stage nearer the
suppliers.
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To maximise growth without making a loss a firm should produce the highest output where:
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d) Average revenue is maximised
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a) The government
b) Shareholders
c) Employees
d) The community
Question 10
a) Financial audit
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b) Balance sheet
c) Profit and loss account
d) Social audit
Question 1
Correct Answer:
Feedback:
To maximise sales revenue a firm should produce where marginal revenue is zero.
Question 2
To maximise growth without making a loss a firm should produce the highest output where:
Correct Answer:
Feedback:
To maximise growth without making a loss a firm should produce the highest output where average
revenue equals average cost.
Question 3
Correct Answer:
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Question 4
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b) There is the biggest positive difference between total revenue and total cost
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When marginal revenue equals marginal cost profits are maximised and so there is the biggest positive
difference between total revenue and total cost.
Question 5
Correct Answer:
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To be allocatively efficient a firm must produce where the price equals the marginal cost.
Question 6
Correct Answer:
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To be productively efficient a firm must produce where average costs are minimised.
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Question 8
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If the marginal revenue is positive selling another unit will increase total revenue.
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Correct Answer:
b) Shareholders
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An independent assessment of the impact of firm's activities on society is called a:
Correct Answer:
d) Social audit
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d) A higher equilibrium wage and lower quantity of labour
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b) Marginal cost = marginal product
c) Marginal revenue product = average cost of labour
d) Marginal revenue product = marginal cost of labour
Question 8
In a perfectly competitive labour market firms are wage takers and the marginal cost of labour equals:
Question 9
If employees cannot accept a job because of the costs of moving this is known as:
a) Occupational immobility
b) Cyclical unemployment
c) Structural immobility
d) Geographical immobility
Question 10
If the minimum wage is set above the equilibrium wage rate, then other things unchanged:
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a) The price of houses in Oxford
b) The wage rate for plumbers in London
c) Your decision to work or stay at home
d) The level of unemployment in the UK
Question 2
a) A policy
b) A way of reaching a target
c) A target
d) A strategy
Question 3
a) Income tax
b) National insurance
c) VAT
d) Interest rates
Question 4
a) Spending on health
b) Spending on defence
c) Firms' investment decisions
d) Spending on education
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Question 5
a) Unemployment
b) Inflation
c) The wages paid to footballers
d) Economic growth
Question 6
Which of the following can the government not use directly to control the economy?
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d) Lower inflation
Question 9
a) Increasing employment
b) Increasing economic growth
c) Increasing government spending
d) Increasing the level of exports
Question 10
"Reducing inflation is a more important objective than economic growth" is an example of:
a) Normative economics
b) Positive economics
c) Objective economics
d) Reality economics
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Macroeconomics examines issues that affect the whole economy such as UK unemployment.
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c) A target
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This is a target.
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d) Interest rates
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Fiscal policy relates to policies involving government spending and taxation not interest rates.
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Correct Answer:
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The government's policies will influence a firm's investment decision but will not usually affect it
directly.
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The wages paid to footballers are a micro-economic issue because they relate to one market not the
whole economy.
Question 6
Which of the following can the government not use directly to control the economy?
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The government cannot directly control pay rates within the private sector.
Question 7
Correct Answer:
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Changing the interest rate is one way of trying to influence the economy and achieve an objective; it is a
policy instrument not an objective in itself.
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d) Lower inflation
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Lower inflation is an objective; interest rates, taxation rates and government spending are ways of
achieving objectives.
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Correct Answer:
Feedback:
Increasing government spending is not an objective in itself although it may be necessary to achieve its
objectives.
Question 10
"Reducing inflation is a more important objective than economic growth" is an example of:
Correct Answer:
a) Normative economics
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c) Always equal national income
d) Include investment and export spending
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a) National income will increase
b) National income will decrease
c) National income will stay in equilibrium
d) Prices will fall
Question 6
Injections are:
a) Assumed to be exogeneous
b) Assumed to be a function of national income
c) Decrease aggregate demand
d) Decrease the investment into an economy
Question 7
Question 8
a) Increasing injections
b) Reducing taxation rates
c) Reducing interest rates
d) Reducing government spending
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Question 9
A reflationary policy:
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a) Investment
b) Savings
c) Taxation
d) Import spending
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Injections:
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d) Likely to increase spending on imports
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Higher levels of national income increase withdrawals such as savings, import spending and taxation
revenue.
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With more income there is likely to be more spending on imports, worsening the trade position.
Question 4
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A significant increase in the government budget deficit is likely to boost aggregate demand.
Question 5
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With higher levels of planned injections than withdrawals this means aggregate demand is high which
will increase national income.
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Injections are:
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a) Assumed to be exogeneous
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Injections are investment, export spending and government spending; they increase the level of demand.
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A deflationary policy reduces the level of aggregate demand e.g. a reduction in government spending.
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A reflationary policy:
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a) Investment
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Net National Product equals:
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Question 4
In a recession:
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In a boom:
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a) GNP
b) NNP
c) Depreciation
d) Real GDP
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Question 8
a) Deduct depreciation
b) Deduct indirect taxes
c) Deduct subsidies
d) Add inflation
Question 9
In a recession a government:
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d) Is likely to want to increase supply in the economy
Question 10
A higher GDP per capita may not mean that the quality of life has really improved because:
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Gross National Product equals Gross Domestic Product plus net property income from abroad.
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The standard of living is often measured by:
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In a recession:
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c) Growth is negative
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In a boom:
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a) GNP
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This equals the Gross National Product rather than the Gross Domestic Product.
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a) Deduct depreciation
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In a recession a government:
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Question 10
A higher GDP per capita may not mean that the quality of life has really improved because:
Correct Answer:
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It measures the income generated but not the quality of the products; items may be better quality but
cheaper to produce so GDP would fall.
Question 1
a) The CPI
b) The CBI
c) GDP
d) MPC
Question 2
In a boom:
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In a recession, GDP:
a) Grows negatively
b) Grows slowly
c) Grows by 0%
d) Grows rapidly
Question 4
If labour productivity per week is 200 units and there are 5 employees what is the total output?
a) 40 units
b) 195 units
c) 1000 units
d) 200 units
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c) The present rate of growth of an economy
d) The rate of growth that could be achieved if resources were fully employed
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Question 8
a) Zero
b) Negative
c) Where the marginal social benefit = the marginal social cost
d) Total social costs are minimised
Question 9
To anticipate what the economy is going to do next the government will look at:
a) Lagging indicators
b) Flashing indicators
c) Coincidental indicators
d) Leading indicators
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a) GDP increases
b) Inflation is likely to increase
c) Stock levels are likely to increase
d) Investment in equipment is likely to increase
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Correct Answer:
c) GDP
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In a boom:
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In a boom the economy is growing relatively fast and so unemployment is likely to fall.
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In a recession, GDP:
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a) Grows negatively
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Question 4
If labour productivity per week is 200 units and there are 5 employees what is the total output?
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c) 1000 units
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Each employee is producing 200 units so the total output is 1000 units.
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d) The rate of growth that could be achieved if resources were fully employed
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This measures the rate of growth that could be achieved if resources were fully employed.
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Economic growth can be seen by an outward shift of the production possibility frontier.
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The socially optimal growth rate will be where the marginal social benefit = the marginal social cost.
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To anticipate what the economy is going to do next the government will look at:
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d) Leading indicators
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The government will look at leading indicators to gain some idea of what is likely to happen next.
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When an economy first begins to grow more slowly:
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At first firms are likely to carry on producing at the old level so stocks increase.
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a) Consumption falls
b) Investment falls
c) Exports fall
d) Imports fall
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d) Aggregate demand is price inelastic
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a) Increased saving
b) Increasing import spending
c) Increased taxation revenue
d) Increased investment
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a) Increased consumption
b) Increasing export revenue
c) Increased taxation revenue
d) Increased investment
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b) Shift aggregate supply to the left
c) Shift aggregate demand to the right
d) Shift aggregate demand to the left
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A shift in aggregate supply is likely to reduce the general price level and increase national income.
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d) Imports fall
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Aggregate demand will increase if imports fall; with less spending on imports there is more spending in
the UK.
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An increase in aggregate demand will have most effect on prices if aggregate supply is price inelastic.
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d) Increased investment
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An increase in taxation revenue will increase withdrawals and reduce aggregate demand.
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Improved training of employees would increase productivity and should increase the aggregate supply.
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b) Shift aggregate supply to the left
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Increased unemployment benefits and less incentive to work lead to less people working and reduce
aggregate supply.
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Increased levels of consumption should increase aggregate demand and shift this to the right.
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Increased levels of spending on imports leads to less spending in the UK and reduces domestic demand.
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An increase in aggregate demand if aggregate supply is totally inelastic will increase prices but not
change output.
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If the marginal propensity to consume on domestic products is 0.9 the size of the multiplier is:
a) 10
b) 1
c) 9
d) 0.1
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Question 3
If the Keynesian consumption function is C = 10 + 0.8 Yd then when disposable income is £1000, total
consumption is what?
a) 0.8
b) 800
c) 810
d) 0.81
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If the Keynesian consumption function is C = 10 + 0.8 Yd then when disposable income is £1000, the
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marginal propensity to consume is what?
a) 0.8
b) 800
c) 810
d) 0.81
Question 5
If the Keynesian consumption function is C = 10 + 0.8 Yd then when disposable income is £1000, the
average propensity to consume is what?
a) 0.8
b) 800
c) 810
d) 0.81
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As income increases:
a) The average propensity to consume gets nearer in value to the marginal propensity to consume
b) The average propensity to consume diverges in value from the marginal propensity to consume
c) The average propensity to consume falls
d) The average propensity to consume always approaches 0
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a) A fall in savings
b) An increase in exports
c) A fall in taxation revenue
d) A decrease in import spending
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Question 8
a) Decrease consumption
b) Increase cost of borrowing
c) Encourage saving
d) Increase spending
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a) Past income
b) Current income
c) Disposable income
d) Permanent income
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If the marginal propensity to consume on domestic products is 0.9 the size of the multiplier is:
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a) 10
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An increase in the marginal propensity to consume will increase the size of the multiplier.
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If the Keynesian consumption function is C = 10 + 0.8 Yd then when disposable income is £1000, total
consumption is what?
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c) 810
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If the Keynesian consumption function is C = 10 + 0.8 Yd then when disposable income is £1000, total
consumption = 10 + 0.8(1000) = 810
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If the Keynesian consumption function is C = 10 + 0.8 Yd then when disposable income is £1000, the
marginal propensity to consume is what?
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a) 0.8
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If the Keynesian consumption function is C = 10 + 0.8 Yd then when disposable income is £1000, the
marginal propensity to consumer is 0.8.
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If the Keynesian consumption function is C = 10 + 0.8 Yd then when disposable income is £1000, the
average propensity to consume is what?
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d) 0.81
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If the Keynesian consumption function is C = 10 + 0.8 Yd then when disposable income is £1000, the
average propensity to consume = 810/1000=0.81
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As income increases:
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a) The average propensity to consume gets nearer in value to the marginal propensity to consume
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As income increases the average propensity to consume gets nearer in value to the marginal propensity
to consume.
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a) A fall in savings
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An increase in consumption at any given level of income is likely to lead to a fall in savings.
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d) Increase spending
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Lower interest rates are likely to encourage borrowing and therefore lead to more spending.
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d) Permanent income
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Friedman's theory of consumption focuses on permanent income rather than current income.
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c) Change in consumption / change in income
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a) Decrease consumption
b) Increase aggregate demand
c) Reduce aggregate supply
d) Slow economic growth
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The accelerator assumes:
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Investment is:
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a) Government policy
b) Expectations
c) National income
d) Historic trends
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If an increase in investment leads to a bigger increase in national income this is called the:
a) Accelerator
b) Aggregate demand
c) Monetarism
d) Multiplier
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a) Depreciation
b) Acceleration
c) Deceleration
d) Capital investment
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Lower interest rates make it cheaper to borrow and therefore is likely to increase investment.
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If the MEC shifts outwards then investment should increases because the expected returns are higher;
this should boost aggregate demand.
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Higher interest rates increase the cost of borrowing and should decrease the amount of investment.
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c) There is a constant relationship between net investment and the rate of change of output
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The accelerator assumes there is a constant relationship between net investment and the rate of change
of output.
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A firm will invest if the expected return on an investment is greater than the cost of borrowing;
investment will continue up to the point where the rate of return equals the costs of borrowing.
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Investment is:
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Investment is an injection that increases aggregate demand.
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b) Expectations
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If an increase in investment leads to a bigger increase in national income this is called the:
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d) Multiplier
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a) Depreciation
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a) Worsen
b) Improve
c) Stay the same
d) Increase with inflation
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If the marginal rate of tax is 40% and consumers' income increase from £10,000 to
£12,000:
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d) The total tax paid will be £4,800
Question 5
Imagine there is no tax on income up to £10000; after that, there is a tax of 50%. What is the
average tax rate on an income of £20000?
a) £5000
b) 20%
c) 25%
d) £10,000
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a) A measure of the country's trade position
b) A measure of the country's budget position
c) A measure of the country's total debt
d) A measure of the government's monetary stance
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As an economy grows:
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This is when government spending increases and/or tax rates are decreased.
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If the economy grows the government's budget position will automatically:
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b) Improve
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With more income and spending tax revenue should increase improving the budget position.
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If the marginal rate of tax is 40% and consumers' income increase from £10,000 to
£12,000:
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Imagine there is no tax on income up to £10000; after that, there is a tax of 50%. What is the
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average tax rate on an income of £20000?
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c) 25%
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The total tax paid is £5000; this means that the average tax is 25% (£5000 out of
£20,000).
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In a regressive tax system the marginal rate of tax falls as income increases.
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A government might use tax to reduce consumption of negative externalities and move the market
nearer to the socially optimal output.
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As an economy grows:
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With growth in the economy income from tax should increase whilst soending in benefits should
decrease.
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If people are made unemployed because of a fall in aggregate demand this is known as:
a) Frictional unemployment
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b) Seasonal unemployment
c) Cyclical unemployment
d) Structural unemployment
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a) Involuntary unemployment
b) Cyclical unemployment
c) Voluntary unemployment
d) A fall in aggregate demand
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If there is cyclical unemployment in the economy the government might:
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a) Increased training
b) Providing more information
c) Helping individuals to move location to find work
d) Increasing spending on existing industries
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Question 9
Less demand in the economy may increase unemployment; this may lead to less spending which may
reduce demand further. This is called:
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If people are made unemployed because of a fall in aggregate demand this is known as:
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c) Cyclical unemployment
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c) Voluntary unemployment
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Supply side policies can be used to reduce the level of voluntary unemployment.
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Supply side measures can be used to reduce the natural rate of unemployment. In this case training
enables more employees to accept jobs thereby reducing the natural rate of unemployment.
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c) Cut taxes
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To reduce cyclical unemployment the government may try to boost aggregate demand.
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Occupational mobility refers to the ability of people to move between jobs; this depends on skills and
information.
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Reducing involuntary unemployment will move the economy towards to Production Possibility
Frontier.
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Less demand in the economy may increase unemployment; this may lead to less spending which may
reduce demand further. This is called:
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More unemployment can lead to less spending and a multiplier effect bringing the level of national
income down.
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Low interest rates might encourage more spending and reduce cyclical unemployment.
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