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Consumer Choice Theory MCQ

____ deals with the likelihood that an agency or department can implement a policy well.

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Correct Answer: Administrative feasibility

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A system of allocating scarce goods and services using criteria other than price is _____.

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Correct Answer: Rationing

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A price ceiling is a legally imposed ___________ price.

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Correct Answer: Maximum

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A person ________ be cheaply prevented from using national defense, a(n) ________ good.

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Correct Answer: Cannot; nonexcludable

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A monopolist's goal is to maximize _____.

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Correct Answer: Profits

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A period of strong economic growth tends to make a __________________.

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Correct Answer: Trade deficit larger

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The global trend towards large multinational firms is partially driven by __________.

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Correct Answer: Comparative advantage

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__________ is the theoretical basis for reality therapy.

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Correct Answer: C​hoice theory

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In the goods market, firms ________ and households ________.

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Correct Answer: Supply goods and services; purchase goods and services

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Classical conditioning takes place when a(n) ________ is continuously matched with a(n) ________.

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Correct Answer: Conditioned stimulus; unconditioned stimulus

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When we own something, we value it more than other people do. This is known as ______.

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Correct Answer: The endowment effect

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Standard economics views consumers as ______.

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Correct Answer: Completely self-controlled

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When consumers rely on decisions they feel have worked well enough in the past, they are using ______.

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Correct Answer: Rules of thumb

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Behavioral economics augments the traditional economic model by drawing on which of the following fields?

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Correct Answer: Psychology

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At consumer equilibrium, the marginal utility per dollar for smartphones and tablets would be ______.

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Correct Answer: Equal

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If a movie ticket and a dance recital ticket cost the same, but the marginal utility of the dance recital ticket is greater than the marginal utility of the movie ticket, then consumers will buy ______.

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Correct Answer: More dance recital tickets

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Consumer equilibrium occurs when all goods ______.

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Correct Answer: Deliver the same “bang for the buck”

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A consumer will stop buying one good and start buying a second good if she gets ______.

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Correct Answer: More satisfaction per dollar from the second good

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Because of the law of diminishing marginal utility, the marginal utility curve has a(n) ______ slope.

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Correct Answer: Negative

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Extra satisfaction generated by consumption of an additional good or service during a specific time period is known as ______.

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Correct Answer: Marginal utility

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What happens to marginal utility as consumption increases?

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Correct Answer: It decreases.

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As consumption increases, ______ also increases.

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Correct Answer: Total utility

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Economists recognize that it is not really possible to make ______ utility comparisons.

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Correct Answer: Interpersonal

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Which of the following do economists define as equal to one unit of satisfaction?

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Correct Answer: One util

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Which of the following is used to explain why the demand curve has a downward slope?

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Correct Answer: Law of diminishing marginal utility

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Utility is ________ of Satisfaction

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Correct Answer: Relative levels

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One unit of satisfaction is called

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Correct Answer: Util

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Total amount of satisfaction derived from the consumption of a certain number of goods or services is known as

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Correct Answer: Total Utility

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Substitution effect is when a consumer’s switch to another similar good when the _____ of the preferred good increases

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Correct Answer: Price

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Substitution effect is when a consumer’s switch to another similar good when the _____ of the preferred good increases

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Correct Answer: Price

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Extra satisfaction generated by consumption of an additional good during a specific time period is called

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Correct Answer: Marginal Utility

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Income effect occurs because of a consumer’s ____ purchasing power.

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Correct Answer: Decreased

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Diminishing marginal utility is A good’s ability to provide ____ satisfaction with each successive unit consumed

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Correct Answer: Less

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Consumer equilibrium is Based on the ratio of ________Utility.

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Correct Answer: Marginal Utility

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A field of economics that incorporates insights from human psychology is called

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Correct Answer: Behavioral economics

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