Answer ALL questions.
Each question carries ONE (1) mark.
1. Which of the following statements about the use of resources is not one of the key
questions in economics?
A. How are resources used?
B. Where are resources used?
C. For what are resources used?
D. For whom are resources used?
2. Suppose a market is in equilibrium, and then the demand increases. Which of the
following would be shown on a graph that illustrated the effects?
A. An excess demand at the initial equilibrium price.
B. An excess demand at the new equilibrium price.
C. An excess supply at the initial equilibrium price.
D. An excess supply at the new equilibrium price.
3. What is meant by intermediate goods and services?
A. The same as capital goods, such as plant, buildings, vehicles and machinery.
B. Products which one firm buys off another and then uses up in its own products.
C. All inputs bought by firms, including labour and raw materials.
D. Imports.
4. Suppose the price of a product increases from P12 to P20 and the quantity demanded
falls from 55 a week to 45. What is the price elasticity of demand?
A. 0.4
B. -0.4
C. 2.5
D. -2.5
5. Which of the following statements about a profit-maximizing firm is false?
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A. It might set its daily output at a higher level in the short run than in the long run.
B. It might set its daily output at a lower level in the short run than in the long run.
C. If it had a daily output of zero in the short run, it would be sure to have a total cost
of zero.
D. If it had a daily output of zero in the long run, it would be sure to have a total cost
of zero.
6. Utility _________________
A. is the satisfaction the consumer experiences when he or she consumes a good.
B. is not a topic for economists.
C. can be used to compare different people's likes and dislikes.
D. all of the above
7. Marginal utility is defined as the ________________
A. additional utility gained by consuming an extra unit of a good.
B. total utility from all units consumed of a good.
C. total utility from all units consumed divided by the number of units consumed.
D. additional utility gained divided by the price of the good.
8. A profit-maximizing monopolist sets an output of 100 per day and a price of P10.
Which of the following statements is true?
A. The firm's short-run MC and MR curves intersect at an output of 100, and the point
on its demand curve at this output is at P10.
B. The firm's short-run MC and MR curves intersect at an output of 100, and the point
on its MR curve at this output is at P10.
C. The firm's short-run MC and AR curves intersect at an output of 100, and the point
on its MR curve at this output is at P10.
D. The firm's short-run MC and AR curves intersect at an output of 100, and the point
on its AR curve at this output is at P10.
9. Which of the following will not cause a country's AD curve to shift left?
A. A reduction in government transfers.
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B. An increase in VAT
C. A reduction in exports.
D. An increase in the price level.
10. The long run aggregate supply curve is vertical because __________________
A. an increase in the price level does not change the economy’s resource base.
B. it is impossible for the economy to ever exceed the maximum output rate implied
by the long run aggregate supply curve, even on a temporary basis.
C. structural unemployment is at a maximum at that level of output.
D. there is a zero rate of joblessness at this level of output.
1. B. Where are resources used?
2. B. An excess demand at the new equilibrium price.
3. B. Products which one firm buys off another and then uses up in its own products.
4. A. 0.4
5. C. If it had a daily output of zero in the short run, it would be sure to have a total cost of zero.
6. D. all of the above
7. A. additional utility gained by consuming an extra unit of a good.
8. B. The firm's short-run MC and MR curves intersect at an output of 100, and the point on its MR curve at this output is at P10.
9. C. A reduction in exports.
10. A. an increase in the price level does not change the economy’s resource base.