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Demand, Supply, and Market Equilibrium MCQ

The demand for plums is unit elastic if _____.

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Correct Answer: A 5 percent rise in the price of plums results in a 5 percent decrease in the quantity of plums demanded

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Elasticity is the percentage change in quantity divided by the percentage change in _______.

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Correct Answer: Price

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A change in _____ does not shift the demand curve.

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Correct Answer: Opportunity costs

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Firms ________ in output markets and ________ in input markets.

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Correct Answer: Supply; demand

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Which of the following is an accurate statement?

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Correct Answer: Surpluses cause producers to cut prices.

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Which of the following is an accurate statement about equilibrium quantity?

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Correct Answer: The quantity demanded is exactly equal to the quantity supplied.

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Which of the following pairs are substitutes?

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Correct Answer: Coffee and tea

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The price of inputs increases significantly. Which of the following SPENT factors does this relate to?

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Correct Answer: S

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A shift of an entire supply curve either right or left is called a(n) ______.

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Correct Answer: Change in supply

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______ prices for a good or service provide incentives for producers to make or sell more of it.

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Correct Answer: Higher

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Which of the following would show the amount of canned tuna that all canneries in Asia are willing to produce at various prices?

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Correct Answer: Market supply curve

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How does income relate to inferior goods?

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Correct Answer: A decline in income can often increase demand for inferior goods.

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In the acronym PYNTE, the letter “P” stands for which of the following?

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Correct Answer: Changes in price of related goods and services

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Which of the following will cause a rightward shift of the demand curve for the listed product?

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Correct Answer: Increased demand for apple juice

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Other things held equal, ______ usually leads to a leftward shift of the demand curve.

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Correct Answer: Declining income

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A market demand curve would show the quantities of coffee demanded by ______.

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Correct Answer: All buyers in a market

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“The law of demand is the law stating that the quantity of a good or service demanded varies inversely (negatively) with its price.” What is wrong with this definition?

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Correct Answer: It should include ceteris paribus at the end.

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What causes a stock to rise?

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Correct Answer: When people expect a company to do well in the future

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Which of the following is an accurate statement about the market?

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Correct Answer: It involves many buyers and sellers.

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Surplus is a situation where quantity ______ exceeds quantity _____

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Correct Answer: Supplied,demanded

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Goods for which an increase in the price of one good causes an increase in the demand for the other good is called

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Correct Answer: Substitutes

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Shortage us A situation where quantity demanded exceeds quantity____

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Correct Answer: Supplied

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Shifts in the demand curve A change in one of the variables, other than the ____ of the good itself.

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Correct Answer: Price

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In Case of Normal Goods IF Income Increases the _______ for a Good Increases

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Correct Answer: Demand

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Market supply curve is The ______ summation of the supply curves of producers

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Correct Answer: Horizontal

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The point at which the market supply and market demand curves intersect is called

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Correct Answer: Market equilibrium

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Market demand curve is The ______ summation of individual demand curves

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Correct Answer: Horizontal

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_____ is The process of buyers and sellers exchanging goods and services

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Correct Answer: Market

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The law stating that the higher the price of the good, the greater the quantity supplied is known as

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Correct Answer: Law of supply

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The law stating that the quantity of a good or service demanded varies inversely with its price is called

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Correct Answer: Law of Demand

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In case of _____ goods If income increases, the demand for a good decreases

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Correct Answer: Inferior goods

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A graphical representation that shows the positive relationship between price and quantity supplied is called

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Correct Answer: Individual supply curve

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A schedule that shows the relationship between price and quantity demanded is called

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Correct Answer: Individual Demand schedule

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A graphical representation that shows the inverse relationship between price and quantity demanded is called

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Correct Answer: Individual Demand curve

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Equilibrium quantity is The quantity at the _____of the market supply and demand curves

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Correct Answer: Intersection

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Equilibrium Price is The price at the _____of the market supply and demand curves

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Correct Answer: Intersection

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Goods for which an increase in the price of one good leads to a decrease in the demand for the other good

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Correct Answer: Complements

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_______ is where the many buyers and sellers have little market power

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Correct Answer: Competitive market

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A change in a good’s own price leads to a change in quantity demanded

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Correct Answer: True

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