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B. False
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1. MC (marginal cost) curve is the same as the ATC (average total cost) curve.
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D. $30
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2. Suppose that the total variable cost for 5 outputs is equal to $100 and the total fixed cost for the same output is equal to $50. The total per unit cost (ATC) is?
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A. accounting profit is $100,000
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3. If a firm has total revenues of $200,000, the owner's labor in the firm is valued at $30,000, and the firm has explicit costs of $70,000, then:
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E. it is negative in the first stage of the production process in the short run
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4. If an increase in the use of a variable resource increases the total product, What can be concluded about marginal product?
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E. increases; variable
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5. Diseconomies of scale result when increases in output lead to _______ in unit costs when all resources are _______
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A. increases
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6. For the most part what happens to the change in satisfaction if we consume fewer units of a good?
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A. No, they can increase satisfaction by consuming more B and less A.
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7. If the marginal utility of good A is 4 utils and its price is $2, and the marginal utility of good B is 6 utils and its price is $1, Suppose the individual spends a total of $3 buying one unit of each good, is the individual consumer maximizing total utility.
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D. Yes, the good turns into a bad (dissatisfaction) after too much consumption
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8. Is it possible to receive disutility or dissatisfaction from consuming a good?
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B. Buy less of B and more of A
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9. If the MU of good A, relative to its price, is greater than the MU of good B, relative to its price. What should the consumer do to maximize total utility?
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B. The politician assumes that the demand for gasoline at the pump is perfectly inelastic.
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10. Suppose the current price of gasoline at the pump is $1 per gallon and that one million gallons are sold per month. A politician proposes to add a 10-cent tax to the price of a gallon of gas. The politician says the tax will generate $100,000 tax revenues per month. What assumptions is the politician making.
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A. The amount of crime increases along with the price of product A.
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11. Suppose the demand for product A is perfectly inelastic. Further, assume that buyers of product A steal to pay for the product. If policies are passed to decrease the supply of A. What happens?
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E. substitutes, CED < 1
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12. As the price of good X rises from $10 to $12, the quantity demanded of goo Y rises from 100 units to 114 units. Are X and Y substitutes, or complements? What is the cross elasticity of demand?
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A. true
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13. The marginal product (MP) is the change in total product from one additional unit of input (labor)
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A. true
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14. The firm's MC curve above AVC curve is the firm's supply curve.
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D. Increases; variable
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15. Diseconomies of scale result when increases in output lead to _______ in unit costs when all resource are
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A. True
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16. If the good has a price elasticity of demand coefficient more than one, then this good is elastic.
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A. True
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17. If the price elasticity of demand is elastic, consumers are relatively responsive to a price increase.
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B. False
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18. If price falls and total revenue rises then demand is inelastic.
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B. False
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19. The law of diminishing marginal utility tells us that, at some point, successive units of a good consumed by the same individual will become more valuable to that individual
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A. true
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20. To say that a good gives you, value in use, is to say that it satisfies some want or desire, or that it gives you satisfaction.
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A. true
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21. By using an artificial construct called, utils, or dollar values one can measure utility.
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A. true
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22. Rising marginal costs are the result of diminishing returns.
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B. false
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23. Short-run costs are U-shaped because of economies and diseconomies of scale
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D. accounting profits were $100,000 and its economic losses were $200,000.
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24. Suppose that a business incurred implicit costs of $300,000 and explicit costs of $1,300,000 over the past year. If the firm earned $1,400,000 in revenue, its:
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A. at least one input is fixed.
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25. The distinguishing feature of the short run is that:
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B. $2,000
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26. If at optimum output of 1,000 units, the firm is incurring average variable cost per unit of $2.50, average fixed per unit of $3.50, and selling its output at $8.00 per unit, its total profit is:
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D. -$2,000
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27. Assume the following: price = $20, quantity = 700, explicit unit cost = $15, and implicit costs = $5,500. What does economic profit equal?
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C. $3
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28. Suppose the MP (Marginal Product) of a company worker is 100 units per hour and the wage is $300 an hour. The unit cost of labor would be:
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D. 5
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29. The change in total cost is $400 and the Marginal cost is $80.00, the change in the rate of output is:
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D. $3.00
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30. Total variable cost for 75 units is $150, the total fixed cost for 75 units is $75. The average total cost is:
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B. inelastic
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31. A college in California raises its annual tuition from $2500 to $3500; while enrollment falls from 7000 to 5800. The price elasticity of demand is:
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A. Substitutes
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32. As the price of good X rises from $10 to $12, the quantity demanded of good Y rises from 100 to 114 units. Are goods X and Y substitutes or complements?
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A. Complements
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33. As the price of good Y falls from $12 to $10, the quantity demanded of good X rises from 100 to 112 units. Are goods X and Y substitutes or complements?
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B. a 10 percent rise in the price of gasoline will decrease the amount purchased by 2 percent.
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34. If the price elasticity of demand for gasoline is 0.20:
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D, rising
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35. As the firm decreases price by 10% its quantity demanded rises by 15%. The firm's total revenue relative to price elasticity of demand is: