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Competition
4)
A)
B)
C)
D)
5)
A)
B)
C)
D)
6)
A)
B)
C)
D)
B)
C)
D)
In perfect competition,
each firm can influence the price of the good.
there are few buyers.
there are significant restrictions on entry.
all firms in the market sell their product at the
same price.
Answer: D
Answer: A
A)
Answer: D
Answer: C
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Answer: D
Topic: Price Takers
Skill: Analytical
7)
A)
B)
C)
D)
Answer: A
Answer: C
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8)
12) In a perfectly competitive industry, the price elasticity of demand for the market demand is ____
and the price elasticity of demand for an individual firms demand is ____.
A) infinite; infinite
B) less than infinite; infinite
C) infinite; less than infinite
D) less than infinite; less than infinite
A)
B)
C)
D)
Answer: D
Topic: Price Takers
Skill: Conceptual
9)
A)
B)
C)
D)
Answer: D
Topic: Price Takers
Skill: Recognition
10)
A)
B)
C)
D)
Answer: C
Topic: Market Demand/Firm Demand
Skill: Conceptual
11) If Steves Apple Orchard, Inc. is a perfectly competitive firm, the demand for Steves apples has
A) zero elasticity.
B) unitary elasticity.
C) elasticity equal to the price of apples.
D) infinite elasticity.
Answer: D
Answer: B
Topic: Market Demand/Firm Demand
Skill: Conceptual
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16)
A)
B)
C)
D)
Answer: A
Topic: Economic Profit and Revenue
Skill: Conceptual
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Answer: C
Answer: A
Topic: Marginal Revenue
Skill: Analytical
Answer: C
24) In the above figure showing a perfectly competitive firms total revenue line, the firms marginal
revenue
A) falls as output increases.
B) does not change as output increases.
C) rises as output increases.
D) cannot be determined.
Answer: B
Quantity sold
5
6
7
Price
$15
$15
$15
25) In the above table, if the firm sells 5 units of output, its total revenue is
A) $15.
B) $30.
C) $75.
D) $90.
Answer: C
Answer: C
Topic: Marginal Revenue
Skill: Conceptual
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Quantity
(units)
9
10
11
Price
(dollars per unit)
10
10
10
Total revenue
(dollars)
90
100
110
33) In the above figure, if the milk industry is perfectly competitive, then the firms marginal revenue curve is represented by
A) curve F.
B) curve G.
C) curve H.
D) curve I.
Answer: C
34)
A)
B)
C)
D)
Answer: A
Topic: Break-Even Point
Skill: Analytical
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Answer: A
Answer: A
Output
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
Total Revenue
$0
$30
$60
$90
$120
$150
$180
Total Cost
$25
$49
$69
$91
$117
$147
$180
37)
A)
B)
C)
D)
Answer: A
Topic: Total Revenue
Skill: Conceptual
Output
(balloons per hour)
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
Total Cost
(dollars per hour)
$4.00
$7.00
$8.00
$12.50
$17.20
$22.00
$29.00
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Answer: B
B)
C)
Q 1 to Q 2, the firm
reduces its marginal revenue.
increases its marginal revenue.
decreases its profit.
increases its profit.
Answer: D
Topic: Total Revenue, Total Cost, and Economic
Profit
Skill: Conceptual
Q 2 to Q 3, the firm
reduces its marginal revenue.
increases its marginal revenue.
decreases its profit.
increases its profit.
Answer: C
Answer: B
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Answer: C
Answer: A
Topic: Total Revenue, Total Cost, and Economic
Profit
Skill: Conceptual
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53) In the above figure, when the firm produces output corresponding to point c, the firms marginal
cost
A) is less than its marginal revenue.
B) equals its marginal revenue.
C) exceeds its marginal revenue.
D) equals its average revenue.
57) A firm will expand the amount of output it produces as long as its
A) average total revenue exceeds its average total
cost.
B) average total revenue exceeds its average variable
cost.
C) marginal cost exceeds its marginal revenue.
D) marginal revenue exceeds its marginal cost.
Answer: B
Answer: D
Answer: D
Topic: Marginal Analysis
Skill: Conceptual
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61) A perfectly competitive firms marginal cost exceeds its marginal revenue at its current output.
To increase its profit, the firm will
A) lower its price.
B) raise its price.
C) decrease its output.
D) increase its output.
Answer: C
Topic: Marginal Analysis
Skill: Conceptual
Answer: B
Topic: Marginal Analysis
Skill: Analytical
Answer: D
66)
A)
B)
C)
D)
Answer: C
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Answer: B
Topic: Economic Profits and Economic Losses in
the Short Run
Skill: Analytical
Answer: C
Topic: Shutdown Point
Skill: Recognition
Answer: A
Answer: A
69) The costs incurred even when no output is produced are called
A) fixed costs.
B) variable costs.
C) external costs.
D) marginal costs.
74)
A)
B)
C)
D)
Answer: C
Answer: A
Topic: Shutdown Point
Skill: Conceptual
75)
A)
B)
C)
D)
Answer: C
Answer: B
76)
A)
B)
C)
D)
Answer: A
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Answer: C
Topic: Shutdown Point
Skill: Conceptual
79)
A)
B)
C)
D)
Answer: C
Topic: Shutdown Point
Skill: Conceptual
Answer: B
Topic: Shutdown Point
Skill: Conceptual
82) If the price of its product falls below the minimum point on the AVC curve, the best a perfectly
competitive firm can do is to
A) keep producing and incur a loss equal to its total
variable cost.
B) keep producing and incur a loss equal to its total
fixed cost.
C) shut down and incur a loss equal to its total variable cost.
D) shut down and incur a loss equal to its total
fixed cost.
Answer: D
Topic: Shutdown Point
Skill: Conceptual
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Output
(tons of rice per year)
0
1
2
3
4
5
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Total cost
(dollars per ton)
$1,000
$1,200
$1,600
$2,200
$3,000
$4,000
Answer: B
Answer: B
Topic: Profit-Maximizing Output
Skill: Analytical
89) In the above figure, if the price is P1, the firm will
produce
A) nothing.
B) where MC equals ATC.
C)
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Answer: D
Topic: Profit-Maximizing Output
Skill: Analytical
Answer: C
Topic: Economic Profits and Economic Losses in
the Short Run
Skill: Analytical
93)
A)
B)
C)
D)
Answer: A
Answer: B
Topic: Economic Profits and Economic Losses in
the Short Run
Skill: Analytical
Answer: A
Topic: Economic Profits and Economic Losses in
the Short Run
Skill: Recognition
96) A perfectly competitive firm will have an economic profit of zero if, at its profit-maximizing
output, its marginal revenue equals its
A) average total cost.
B) marginal cost.
C) average variable cost.
D) average fixed cost.
Answer: A
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105) The short-run supply curve for a perfectly competitive firm is its marginal cost curve
A) above the horizontal axis.
B) above its shutdown point.
C) below its shutdown point.
D) everywhere.
Answer: C
Topic: Long-Run Equilibrium
Skill: Conceptual
104) The short-run supply curve for a perfectly competitive firm is its
A) marginal cost curve above the horizontal axis.
B) marginal cost curve above its shutdown point.
C) average cost curve above the horizontal axis.
D) average cost curve above its shutdown point.
Answer: B
Answer: B
Topic: The Firms Short-Run Supply Curve
Skill: Conceptual
106) The short-run supply curve for a perfectly competitive firm is its marginal cost curve above the
minimum point on the
A) average fixed cost curve.
B) average variable cost curve.
C) average total cost curve.
D) demand curve.
Answer: B
Topic: The Firms Short-Run Supply Curve
Skill: Analytical
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111) The figure above shows a firm in a perfectly competitive market. The firm will shut down if price
falls below
Answer: C
Answer: B
112) The figure above shows a firm in a perfectly competitive market. If the firm does not shut down,
the least amount of output that it will produce is
A) less than 5 units.
B) 5 units.
C) 8 units.
D) 10 units.
Answer: B
A)
P1.
B)
P2.
C)
P3.
D) P4.
Answer: C
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A)
B)
C)
D)
Answer: B
Topic: The Firms Short-Run Supply Curve
Skill: Conceptual
114) The figure above shows a firm in a perfectly competitive market. The firms supply curve is the
curved line linking
A) point a to point c and stopping at point c.
B) point b to point d and continuing on past point
d along the MC curve.
C) point b to point f and stopping at point f.
D) point c to point e and continuing on past point e
along the ATC curve.
Answer: B
Answer: B
Topic: Profit-Maximizing Output
Skill: Analytical
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Answer: A
Topic: Shutdown Point
Skill: Analytical
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130) As firms leave an industry because they are incurring an economic loss, the economic loss of each
remaining firm
A) decreases and the price of the product falls.
B) decreases and the price of the product rises.
C) increases and the price of the product falls.
D) increases and the price of the product rises.
A)
B)
C)
D)
Answer: D
Topic: Long-Run Adjustments; Exit
Skill: Analytical
Answer: C
Topic: Long-Run Adjustments; Exit
Skill: Conceptual
Answer: B
Topic: Long-Run Adjustments; Exit
Skill: Conceptual
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134) In the above figure when the firm has reached its
long-run equilibrium position, it will produce
output equal to the amount
A)
Q1.
B)
Q2.
C)
Q3.
D) Q4.
Answer: C
Topic: Long-Run Equilibrium
Skill: Analytical
Q1.
B)
Q2.
C)
Q3.
D) Q4.
Answer: B
Topic: Long-Run Adjustments; Plant Size
Skill: Analytical
A)
B)
C)
D)
Answer: C
C)
equal to P1.
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Answer: C
Answer: B
144) A long-run supply curve for a perfectly competitive industry can slope upward because of
A) external economies.
B) external diseconomies.
C) diminishing marginal returns.
D) economic profit.
Answer: B
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Answer: B
Answer: B
Topic: External Economies and Diseconomies
Skill: Analytical
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153) Paul runs a shop that sells printers. Paul is a perfect competitor and can sell each printer for a
price of $300. The marginal cost of selling one
printer a day is $200; the marginal cost of selling
a second printer is $250; and the marginal cost of
selling a third printer is $350. To maximize his
profit, Paul should sell
A) one printer a day.
B) two printers a day.
C) three printers a day.
D) more than three printers a day.
Answer: B
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Answer: B
Topic: Study Guide Question; Long-Run
Adjustments
Skill: Conceptual
Answer: A
Topic: Study Guide Question; External Economies
and Diseconomies
Skill: Conceptual
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MyEconLab Questions
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167) Joes Shiny Shoes is a firm that operates in a perfectly competitive market. The figure above shows
Joes cost and revenue curves. If the number of
firms in the shoe market decreases, Joe will
A) decrease his production.
B) increase his production.
C) have an MR curve with positive slope.
D) have an MR curve with negative slope.
Answer: B
Answer: B
MyEconLab Questions
Topic: Perfect Competition
Level 1: Definitions and Concepts
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Answer: D
Topic: Economic Profit and Revenue
Level 1: Definitions and Concepts
174) When a competitive firm produces the profitmaximizing output and it is at its shutdown
point, the firms ____.
A) marginal revenue equals its average fixed cost
B) total revenue equals its total variable cost
C) marginal cost is less than its average variable cost
D) total revenue is less than its total variable cost
Answer: B
Answer: B
Topic: External Economies and Diseconomies
Level 1: Definitions and Concepts
177) The ____ how the quantity supplied by an industry changes as the market price changes when
firms have made all possible adjustments.
A) individual firms supply curves show
B) individual firms marginal cost curves show
C) long-run industry supply curve shows
D) short-run industry supply curve shows
Answer: C
Topic: How Perfect Competition Arises
Level 2: Using Definitions and Concepts
178) The smallest quantity of output at which longrun average cost is at a minimum is a firms ____.
A) maximum efficient scale
B) profit-maximizing output point
C) minimum efficient scale
D) efficient output point
Answer: A
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179) In perfect competition, a firm maximizes its economic profit if it produces the output at which
____.
A) total revenue equals total cost
B) price equals marginal cost
C) price equals average cost
D) economic profit equals zero in the short run
Answer: B
Topic: Profit-Maximizing Output
Level 2: Using Definitions and Concepts
Answer: B
Topic: Efficiency of Perfect Competition
Level 2: Using Definitions and Concepts
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187) Sadies Cleaning Services is a perfectly competitive firm that currently cleans 20 offices an evening. Sadies marginal cost is greater than the
price it charges. Sadies will increase its profit if it
cleans ____.
A) more than 20 offices an evening
B) fewer than 20 offices an evening
C) more than 20 offices an evening and charges a
higher price
D) 20 offices an evening but increases its price
Answer: B
Quantity
(coats per day)
7
8
9
10
11
Total cost
(dollars per coat)
1,410
1,640
1,910
2,210
2,560
189) Tammy sells woolen hats in a perfectly competitive market. The marginal cost of producing 1 hat
is $24. The marginal cost of producing a second
hat is $26 and the marginal cost of producing a
third hat is $28. The market price of a hat is $26.
To maximize profit, Tammy produces ____ a
day.
A) 1 hat
B) 3 hats
C) 2 hats
D) as many hats as possible
Answer: C
191) If the market price in a perfectly competitive industry is less than a firms minimum average variable cost, then the firms total revenue will always
____.
A) exceed its total fixed cost
B) be less than its total economic loss
C) equal its total cost
D) be less than its total variable cost
Answer: D
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Answer: D
Topic: Long-Run Adjustments; Entry
Level 3: Calculations and Predictions
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Price
(dollars per CD)
8.00
8.50
9.00
9.50
10.00
Quantity
(CDs per
week)
50
100
150
200
250
Answer: A
Topic: Efficiency of Perfect Competition
Level 3: Calculations and Predictions
197) The market for lawn services is perfectly competitive. Larrys Lawn Service cannot increase its total
revenue by raising its price because ____.
A) Larrys supply of lawn services is perfectly inelastic
B) the demand for Larrys services is perfectly inelastic
C) Larrys supply of lawn services is inelastic
D) the demand for Larry's services is perfectly elastic
Answer: D
Quantity demanded
(CDs per week)
30,000
25,000
20,000
15,000
10,000
Marginal
cost
(dollars per CD)
8.50
9.00
9.50
10.00
10.20
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200) The figure above shows the costs for the typical
grower in the perfectly competitive turnip industry. Currently, the price of a ton of turnips is
$1,200. The demand for turnips increases permanently. The turnip industry experiences neither
external economies nor external diseconomies. In
the long run, the price of a ton of turnips ____.
A) increases so it is above $1,200.
B) is $1,200 and turnip growers will make normal
profit
C) decreases so it is below $1,200, and turnip
growers will make normal profit
D) decreases so it is below $1,200 and the turnip
growers earn an economic profit
Answer: B
Topic: Long-Run Adjustments; Exit
Level 4: Advanced Calculations and Predictions
199) The figure above shows the costs for the typical
grower in the perfectly competitive turnip industry. Currently, the price is $1,000 for a ton of
turnips. In the long run, the industry supply of
turnips will ____.
A) decrease, and the price of a ton of turnips will
fall to $600.
B) increase, and the turnip growers economic
profit will increase.
C) increase, and the turnip growers economic
profit will decrease.
D) decrease and the price of a ton of turnips will
rise to $1,200.
Answer: D
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Answer: B
Answer: C